Greg Svanas
Sr. Clinical Research Associate
Greg Svanas grew up in the oil fields of west Texas before receiving Bachelor of Arts degrees in biology and chemistry from Austin College. He then received a Ph.D. in biochemistry from Purdue University studying the enzymology of ethanol metabolism. His post-doctoral work was at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine studying metabolic changes in the diseased livers recovered from liver transplant patients.
Greg then began working in industrial biochemistry with a focus on novel commercial human diagnostic kits. He has worked in small and large companies to develop rapid qualitative and quantitative tests for targets ranging from food poisoning to infectious diseases (e.g., sexually transmitted diseases) to blood heart attack markers. The assay formats ranged from urine dipsticks to manual and instrumented configurations. He is an author on 15 peer-reviewed articles and also presented an Xtalks webinar on installing a CGMP quality system in the R&D department of a contract drug manufacturer.
Greg currently lives with his wife about 15 miles north of Oklahoma City in Edmond, Oklahoma. He enjoys public speaking, and he has been a member of Toastmasters for more than 10 years.