Kari Organtini is a Principal Scientist at Waters Corporation and has been with the company for ten years. She received her PhD from Penn State University in 2015 studying the occurrence of dioxins and furans in fire debris and their implications to first responder health. At Waters, Kari is part of the PFAS Program within the Research, Development and Advanced Testing Group. During her career, Kari has developed applications using both LC and GC techniques for a variety of applications ranging from pesticides to persistent organic pollutants. She is currently the scientific lead for developing PFAS applications at Waters and has been working with this group of compounds since 2017.