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Please welcome Randy Holmes-Farley our newest expert and contributor to R2R!
Randy will be modding and overseeing the Reef Chemistry forum and I am sure will be venturing into other forums to help our community! He will also be contributing new, updated articles specifically for our members here at R2R.
Here is some info about Randy.
Randy started keeping reef aquaria in 1995. At that time, wild Florida live rock was still collected, and he still has some in refugia for his current 120 gallon display system. He has very actively participated in reef-oriented internet forums since that time, and was an expert moderator on Compuserve's Fishnet in the 1990's, as well as in more recent forums focused on reef aquarium chemistry. Over the years he has read hundreds of thousands of online posts of other reef keepers, and has answered countless questions in nearly a hundred thousand posts of his own. He was awarded the MASNA Aquarist of the Year award in 2007 for his efforts in assisting fellow reef hobbyists.
Randy's expertise is primarily in the science behind the aquaria we keep, especially the chemistry. He has a BA with a Chemistry and Biology double major from Cornell University, and a PhD in Chemistry from Harvard University. Using that background, coupled with his years of reef keeping experience, he has written dozens of articles for magazines such as Advanced Aquarist and Reefkeeping.
In the real world, Randy has spent the past 24 years in drug discovery. He co-invented three pharmaceuticals approved worldwide (Renagel; Renvela; Welchol/Cholestagel) which together have sales well over $1 billion annually. His recent positions include Vice President and Distinguished Scientific Fellow at Genzyme and Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer at the startup, PixarBio Corporation. He has 72 issued US Patents and more than 30 scientific publications. He is currently an independent consultant in the area of therapeutic polymers, biomaterials, and drug delivery.
Randy lives in Arlington, Massachusetts with his wife, two daughters in high school, and two beagles.
Randy will be modding and overseeing the Reef Chemistry forum and I am sure will be venturing into other forums to help our community! He will also be contributing new, updated articles specifically for our members here at R2R.
Here is some info about Randy.
Randy started keeping reef aquaria in 1995. At that time, wild Florida live rock was still collected, and he still has some in refugia for his current 120 gallon display system. He has very actively participated in reef-oriented internet forums since that time, and was an expert moderator on Compuserve's Fishnet in the 1990's, as well as in more recent forums focused on reef aquarium chemistry. Over the years he has read hundreds of thousands of online posts of other reef keepers, and has answered countless questions in nearly a hundred thousand posts of his own. He was awarded the MASNA Aquarist of the Year award in 2007 for his efforts in assisting fellow reef hobbyists.
Randy's expertise is primarily in the science behind the aquaria we keep, especially the chemistry. He has a BA with a Chemistry and Biology double major from Cornell University, and a PhD in Chemistry from Harvard University. Using that background, coupled with his years of reef keeping experience, he has written dozens of articles for magazines such as Advanced Aquarist and Reefkeeping.
In the real world, Randy has spent the past 24 years in drug discovery. He co-invented three pharmaceuticals approved worldwide (Renagel; Renvela; Welchol/Cholestagel) which together have sales well over $1 billion annually. His recent positions include Vice President and Distinguished Scientific Fellow at Genzyme and Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer at the startup, PixarBio Corporation. He has 72 issued US Patents and more than 30 scientific publications. He is currently an independent consultant in the area of therapeutic polymers, biomaterials, and drug delivery.
Randy lives in Arlington, Massachusetts with his wife, two daughters in high school, and two beagles.
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