John Lin, Ph.D.
Dr. John Lin is the Co-Chief Executive Officer at Frontage Laboratories.
Previously, Dr. Lin has served as the President of Global Laboratory Services responsible for Bioanalytical, Biologics and the Central Laboratory Services at Frontage.
As a well-recognized leader in the CRO industry, Dr. Lin will lead the Laboratory Services including Bioanalytical, Biologics, Biomarker, Central Laboratory, Analytical Services and the Clinical Operations with additional responsibilities for global Quality Assurance, Information Technology, Sales & Marketing, and the Facility Management.
Dr. Lin has more than 25 years of bioanalytical chemistry experience and has served Frontage since 2007 in various leadership roles. Prior to joining Frontage, he held both management and scientific positions including as Laboratory Director at Avantix Laboratories, Inc., and as the Business Leader in the global DMPK division at AstraZeneca. His expertise includes the drug discovery and development process and pharmaceutical project lifecycle and data management. Dr. Lin’s current research focus is in micro sampling technique (DBS and CMS, etc.), and ultrasensitive biomarker assays, large molecules (antibody drug conjugate (ADC), mAb, proteins, oligonucleotide, etc.) quantification using LC-MS/MS.
His achievement is evidenced by more than 40 research publications encompassing the development and validation of LC-MS/MS methods for the determination of small and large molecules (peptide and protein, etc.) in biological matrices, 8 book chapters and one technical patent. He is the invited reviewer for several international journals. Also experienced with regulatory requirements and guidelines, Dr. Lin has hosted over 12 FDA inspections and supported several successful regulatory submissions of medical products.
Dr. Lin received his Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry from Dalhousie University in Halifax, Canada and did his post-doctoral research in Pharmacokinetics and Metabolism at the College of Pharmacy and the Comprehensive Cancer Center of the Ohio State University, USA.
