Christopher Shaffer is a chemist and Sr. Sales Development Manager for Thermo Scientific’s Bulk Element Analysis Division, overseeing XRD, XRF, and OES technologies. He has been with Thermo Fisher Scientific since 2007.
Chris holds a chemistry degree from Washington & Jefferson College and completed postgraduate studies in analytical chemistry at the University of Pittsburgh. He began his career managing an analytical lab where he gained expertise in XRD and XRF, before joining Thermo as an XRF applications specialist. He later served as product manager for the Thermo ARL Perform’X XRF in Switzerland and as Latin American business manager before assuming his current role in 2017.
