Laboratory Supervisor, Ohio Department of Agriculture, Consumer Protection Laboratory
Deidre E. Damon, PhD, has been a scientist and mass spectrometrist for the Ohio Department of Agriculture’s Consumer Protection laboratory since 2019. She earned her PhD in analytical chemistry at the Ohio State University, focusing on alternative sampling and ionization sources for mass spectrometry. Since 2021, she has supervised the Pesticide Residue and the newly acquired Metals laboratory where she oversees regulatory and surveillance testing of pesticides and other toxic contaminants in environmental and food commodities on behalf of the U.S. EPA, USDA, and FDA for the state of Ohio.