John A. MacKay earned a B.A. in Chemistry from St. Lawrence University, and Ph.D. from the University of Vermont in chemistry focused on the synthesis for cancer fighting compounds.  After positions teaching at Davidson College, Lyndon State College and University of Vermont (UVM), John joined Waters Corporation in 1983.  His career has included many roles in innovative product development and currently leads the Strategic Technology team.  He is widely recognized as scientific expert in sub and supercritical fluid for extraction and chromatography in the botanical space.