David Chimento leads the custom services division at Rockland, coordinating and overseeing R&D engagements for both internal and external stakeholders with a focus on project design and strategy for customers. David joined Rockland in 2008 and has been working on critical reagent development and assay development ever since. He has a strong interest in creating tools for traditional and emerging biotherapeutics and biomanufacturing. One of his current focus areas is on bioprocessing and the analysis of host cell proteins and other impurities. Before joining the biotechnology industry, David studied microbiology and molecular biophysics with a focus on protein structure and protein-protein interactions.