About Daniel Lu
PhD, Director of Technical Services
Daniel Lu is an expert in nutritional product formulation and manufacturing. Since 2010 Daniel has served as Director, R&D / Technical Services at SOUL Pharma. In this capacity he has lead numerous nutritional product formulation development projects, from initial concept screening to execution, scale-up, and successful completion of validation batches. Daniel’s responsibilities also include developing standards and protocols, supervising a team of chemists and scientists, troubleshooting manufacturing issues, and more.
Prior to joining SOUL Pharma, Daniel served in a similar capacity as the Technical Director at Pfizer Canada. David’s strong creative problem solving skills in formulation and manufacturing-related issues were much appreciated as he led multiple nutritional product formulation development projects for both powder and liquid products. Daniel also led the quality control team; supervised managers, group leaders, chemists and scientists; and developed a wide range of manufacturing and development protocols and processes.
Education
- He holds a PhD in Nutrition
- Master of Science in Food Engineering,
- Bachelor of Science in Industrial Pharmacy.
Qualifications
Daniel is fluent in Chinese.
Professional Successes
Other career highlights include serving as Direct / VP, Product Development at Nexgen Pharma Inc.; R&D Manager at Gero Vita International; Scientist / Sr. Scientist at Amrion Inc.; Postdoctoral Fellow at UBC; R & D Scientist / Group Leader at Coca-Cola Ltd. in Canada; and Research Assistant at UBC University of Technology.