Associate Professor and Laboratory Director
Virginia Commonwealth University
Dr. Matthew Halquist is an Associate Professor in the Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) and Director of the Bioanalytical Shared Resource Laboratory. He received his Bachelor’s degree in biology along with minor studies in chemistry and forensics science, and a doctorate in pharmaceutical sciences. After eight and a half years in private industry developing LC-MS bioanalytical methods at PPD, he returned to academia in 2006 and continued working as Technical Director in the Bioanalytical Core Laboratory at VCU. Since 2013 as Director, Dr Halquist leads all collaborations and helping graduate students with their research. Dr. Halquist has over 100 publications, USP monographs and invited presentations. His research interests include bioanalytical techniques for analysis of therapeutic proteins, drugs of abuse research, tobacco products research, biomarkers of exposure, API/product analysis, and in vitro devices to evaluate biorelevant drug release.