Gil Dichter is the World Wide Technical Support Manager, Water for IDEXX Laboratories. Education: B.A. in Chemistry from Brooklyn College, Brooklyn New York MBA in Management from Marist College, Poughkeepsie, New York. Experience: Over 15 years experience in the Pharmaceutical and Clinical Industry Past 20 + years experience in water microbiology. Chair of ASTM D19-24 Methods for Water Microbiology Member of Standard Methods for Water and Wastewater Microbiology section 9000; Sub-Committee Chair for sections 9030 & 9060 Member of the Quality Systems Committee for TNI (The NELAC Institute) Publications: Basic Laboratory Procedures for the Operator Analyst. WEF Special Edition, Fifth Edition, 2012, Chapter 5, Microbiological Examinations Gil Dichter, February/March 2009. Advances in Microbiological Detection and Quantification. Solutions –Covering Analytical methods and Practices, Water Environment Federation, Volume 16, Number1 Gil Dichter, Use of an Innovative Enzymatic Method for the Determination of Total Coliforms, E.coli and Enterococci in Drinking, Recreational, Raw and Wastewater. Everything About Water. September, 09 Gil Dichter, Faster multiple parameter water testing method procedure saves time and money. Environmental Science and Technology. Vol 24 No.4 August 2011 Gil Dichter & Chris Dunn, Testing Packaged Ice for Total coliforms and E.coli is Easy and Affordable. Ice World Journal. Volume 13, Issue 4. Fourth Quarter 2011 Organizations: American Society of Microbiology (ASM) American Water Works Association (AWWA) Water Environment Federation (WEF) American Society of Testing Materials (ASTM) American Chemical Society (ACS)