Sam Albeke
Sam Albeke has over a decade of experience in biochemistry and has been with Element since 2014.
Experience
Sam started his career as an R&D chemist formulating polymeric coatings with some of the same additives that he now spends his time detecting and identifying as extractables and leachables.
Sam also has a vast array of experience overcoming the multitude of analytical challenges that can present themselves when performing E&L data analysis, such as performing structural elucidation on hundreds of unknown compounds. He has led teams in overcoming analytical challenges presented with leachable testing of pharmaceutical drug products and specializing in structural elucidation of unknown organic compounds. Sam regularly shares impactful E&L industry findings at conferences such as Pittcon, Pharma Ed E&L, Smithers E&L, an Agilent Pharma Workshop, and PDA events.
Sam is based at Element Bend, but collaborates with many others throughout Element Life Sciences in the Americas.
Career Highlights
Sam has presented at industry conferences including:
- “Overcoming Challenges Associated with E&L Testing of Flexible Plastic Formulations Used in Medical Devices & Pharmaceutical Packaging” Sam Albeke, Smithers Extractables & Leachables USA, Washington, D.C. May, 2023
- “Sample Enrichment Approaches for Extractable and Leachable Studies” Sam Albeke, Pharma Ed Extractables & Leachables East, Philadelphia, PA, September, 2022
- “Sample Enrichment Approaches for Extractable and Leachable Studies” Sam Albeke, The Ever Changing World of E&L, Virtual Event, May, 2022
- “Epoxidized Soybean Oil as Plasticizers” Sam Albeke, LinkedIn Whitepaper, April, 2021
Other highlights of Sam’s career include:
- Developed internal process for matching drug product extraction propensity with simulation solution to streamline extractables evaluations
- Developed Element Bend pharmaceutical stability impurity characterization program
- Led creation of high-resolution accurate mass E&L screening methods that allow for automated database searching
- Manages team of experienced team of GC and LC chemists as Chromatography Manager
Qualifications and Credentials
Qualifications
- Smithers E&L USA, Washington D.C.
- Pharma Ed E&L East, Philadelphia PA
- Pharma Ed E&L West, La Jolla CA
- American Homebrewers Association, Boulder CO
- BA in Biochemistry & Biophysics from Oregon State University
