Arne Egberts, born in the Netherlands, studied Chemistry at the Free University Amsterdam between 1986 and 1995. He began his career at Cambridge Isotope Laboratories, later becoming a Lead Assessor at Lloyd's Register and then joining JT Baker on pharmaceutical and analytical chemistry. With over 30 years in the field—14 of them at Merck Life Science Netherlands—he now serves as Technology Manager specializing in Analytical Chemistry at Merck.