Romana Rigger, PhD profile page

Romana is part of the Customer Solutions R&D team at Merck Life Science, where she develops analytical workflows and application notes in collaboration with internal labs and external partners. Her work focuses on topics relevant across all market segments (e.g. PFAS analysis, sustainable chromatography) with the goal of helping customers implement effective methods and streamline their daily lab routines. Prior to this role, she developed certified reference materials, with a specialization in quantitative NMR. Romana holds a PhD in organic chemistry from the University of Innsbruck, completed in part at the University of Cambridge, UK, and a master’s degree in chemistry from the University of Innsbruck.