AOAC INTERNATIONAL Announces Dr. Eric Verdon as the 2025 Wiley Award Winner
AOAC INTERNATIONAL announced that French chemist Dr. Eric Verdon is the recipient of the 2025 Harvey W. Wiley Award, the Association’s highest honor for lifetime scientific achievement.
Dr. Eric Verdon is the head of the European Union Reference Laboratory (EU-RL) for Antibiotic Veterinary and Dye Residues in Food from Animal Origin. He also heads up the French national reference laboratory at ANSES, the French Agency for Food, Environmental, and Occupational Health Safety.
Verdon’s engagement in analytical chemistry has notably influenced the field of Veterinary Drug Residue Control in Foods. He has been instrumental in the development of different analytical methods using High Performance Liquid Chromatography detecting both ultraviolet light and fluorescence (HPLC/UV and HPLC/FLD), and Liquid Chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry (LCMS/ MS) in accordance with European Union regulatory standards.
A member of AOAC since 2002, Verdon has been the recipient of the AOAC Fellow Award in 2018, the AOAC Method of the Year in 2016 for AOAC 2012.25 for use in the veterinary drug residue / marine and freshwater foods community, and the 2013 Expert Review Panel of the Year for Veterinary Drugs.
AOAC leadership will present Verdon with the 2025 Wiley Award at the 2025 AOAC Annual Meeting & Exposition, from August 23 to 28, 2025, in San Diego, California, USA
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