Tom Ryan joined Bowser Morner, Inc. as a chemist in 1978 after earning a B.S. in Chemistry from the University of Dayton. Having spent his entire career at Bowser-Morner, Tom has risen steadily
through the ranks of the Analytical Sciences laboratories from
chemist to supervisor to operations manager to his current position of
Chief Chemist and Technical Manager of Analytical Sciences Labs, where
he is responsible for technical oversight of our Analytical Services and
Radon Reference Laboratories.
He has more than 35 years' experience in chemistry and analytical testing methodologies, including Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy (EDS), Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR), Glow Discharge Spectroscopy (GDS), Inductively Coupled Plasma Spectroscopy (ICP), Xray Fluorescence Spectroscopy (XRF), Leco Carbon/Sulfur Analyzer, UV/ VIS Spectrophotometer, Karl Fischer Titration, and Auto Titration. He routinely assists manufacturing and industrial clients with materials characterization, chemical identification of unknown material, identification of contaminants, cleanliness testing and studies to determine corrosion resistance and the causes and impact of corrosion on manufactured products and materials.
Mr. Ryan is active in ASTM C07 Committee on limestone and a member of the ASTM Collaborative work group WK20129 to develop a new standard for evaluation of limestone reactivity in flue gas desulfurization systems.
Finally, Tom oversees activities in the Division’s chemistry & mechanical test lab, limestone analysis, product testing, calibration, and the radon reference laboratory.