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Monique Paré Speirs is a researcher and method developer for Rhyz Analytical Labs (a Nu Skin company), a QC testing lab for raw materials, dietary supplements, cosmetics, and personal care products. She has 6 years of experience in the industry through her work in companies of Nu Skin, a global beauty and wellness business aiming to provide cutting-edge anti-aging products, nutritional supplements and beauty devices with strong focus on science backed innovation, sustainability, and humanitarian service through our Force for Good Foundation. Monique and her incredible Rhyz team develop and validate analytical methods to ensure the quality of such products using a broad range of equipment including Agilent LC and GC products and instrumentation. She has collaborated with Agilent on development projects including Determination of UV Filters in Sunscreens Using Agilent Captiva EMR—Lipid Cleanup by HPLC (Agilent [2019] 5994-1611EN) and Modernizing LC Methods for USP Phenylephrine HCl and Pramoxine HCl in OTC Products (Agilent [2025] 5994-8113EN). Her application and appreciation for Agilent LC technology originated from her experience with Agilent LC/MS systems during her graduate work in the John C. Price Lab at Brigham Young University. She obtained her PhD in Biochemistry from BYU in 2018 with a focus on development of lipidomics and proteomics methods to identify and measure pro-survival metabolic pathways in cancer. Due to her struggling with a chronic auto-inflammatory skin disorder diagnosed at age of 12, her dream was to use the LC skills she developed in graduate school to contribute to effective skin care and wellness products. She is very passionate about analytical method development, the products that have inspired such methods, and how they can be used to improve skin health and quality of life.