John Hayes

John Hayes is a Product Manager for Separation Science at LECO since November 2022, following a role as GC/GCMS Service Product Manager at Shimadzu Scientific Instruments from January 2019 to November 2022, where recognition included the award for Service Employee of the Year in 2019. Prior to Shimadzu, John served as a Laboratory Technician at the University of Idaho's Biogeochemistry Core Facility, focusing on biogeochemical processes, and as a Researcher at the Blair Lab Group, where work involved characterizing organic carbon in fluvial systems and contributing to published research. Early research experience includes a position at the Woods Hole Marine Biological Laboratory, involving innovative greenhouse gas flux measurement techniques. John holds a Bachelor of Arts in Earth and Planetary Sciences with a focus on Geochemistry and Environmental Sciences from Northwestern University.