Dr. Vipin Agarwal is the founding member of NorthEast Bioanalytical Laboratories and serves as President and Chief Executive Officer.  He received his Bachelor's and Master's degrees in chemistry in India and completed his Ph.D. in 1982 at the University of New Brunswick, Frederricton, N.B., Canada.  He also completed an M.B.A. in R&D management at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York.  Dr. Agarwal worked for the state of Connecticut analytical laboratory for seven years and was then employed at Bayer Pharmaceuticals in West Haven, Connecticut for ten years.  While employed at Bayer, Dr. Agarwal oversaw all managerial aspects of the bioanalytical laboratory, which was responsible for supporting all clinical trials that were conducted in North America.  He has more than 18 years of practical experience in the areas of analytical chemistry, laboratory management and clinical development.  He has authored more than 30 scientific publications and served as editor for a book entitled, "Analysis of Antibiotic/Drug Residues in Food Products of Animal Origin", proceedings of an American Chemical Society Agricultural and Food Chemistry Division Symposium.  He is also a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Liquid Chromatography and Related Technologies.