Beta Analytic Management and Organization

Beta Analytic was founded in 1979 by Murry Tamers, Ph.D. (Yale University), D.Sc. (Universite de Paris Sorbonne) and Jerry Stipp, Ph.D. (Australian National University). They have both been instrumental in the development of radiocarbon dating methodology since 1959 and have published over 100 papers on radiocarbon dating, geochronology, and hydrology.

Murry Tamers, Ph.D., D.Sc. – Co-founder

Dr. Tamers is a co-developer of the conventional method of radiocarbon dating. In 1961 at Gif-sur-Yvette in France, he presented the liquid scintillation counting (LSC) radiocarbon dating method. The LSC method overcame the problems of prior methods, and by 1970 it was adopted as the conventional method for radiocarbon dating.

He is an author of 65 publications. Many of his work in the 1960s on carbonate correction of groundwater radiocarbon measurements remains applicable in present-day research.

Dr. Tamers was a director for university radiocarbon dating labs for twenty years before he commercialized radiocarbon dating analysis as chairman and lab director of Beta Analytic.

Ronald Hatfield – President & Quality Assurance Manager

Mr. Hatfield is a graduate of the University of Miami and past assistant director of the University of Miami Radiocarbon Dating Laboratory. He joined Beta Analytic in 1983. He is an expert in all aspects of radiocarbon dating and biobased analysis procedures and acts as the senior supervisor in the daily performance of the AMS laboratory.

He is the author of Beta’s ISO 17025 Laboratory Quality Management system and the senior quality assurance manager. In addition to supervising analyses, he makes QA assessments daily prior to calculation of final results. He serves as a senior advisor to Beta’s clients, spending much of his time communicating specific quality-affecting aspects associated with their samples.

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Christopher Patrick – Director and Vice President of Laboratory Operations

Mr. Patrick is a graduate of the University of Miami. He joined Beta Analytic in 1985. He is also an expert in all aspects of carbon-14 analysis, including AMS dating and biobased analysis. He oversees the daily operation of the lab.

As the VP of Laboratory Operations, Mr. Patrick ensures that samples progress through the lab without delay. He consults with clients daily on the suitability of their samples for radiocarbon dating, both pre- and post-pretreatments.

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