Robert E. Synovec is a Professor of Chemistry at the University of Washington (UW) in Seattle WA, USA. He obtained his PhD in 1986 from Iowa State University under the direction of Edward S. Yeung, then joined the UW Faculty, also in 1986. At UW, he served as Associate Chair of the Chemistry Graduate Education Program from 2007-2020 and is now Co-Director of the MSACST Program (2022-present). Synovec has graduated 51 PhDs, 7 Thesis Masters, and 12 Non-Thesis Masters, with 10 Post Docs and 67 Undergraduate Researchers.His group pioneers the development of novel analytical instrumentation and methodology based upon chemical separation science, coupled with chemometric data analysis at both a fundamental and problem-solving level. He has over 300 publications (which includes over 75 publications in Analytical Chemistry, with an h-index of 60 and i10-index of 212), and over 680 research presentations which includes 280 invited lectures. The tile-based Fisher ratio software pioneered by the group to perform discovery-based analysis of GC×GC-TOFMS data was licensed by LECO corporation, commercialized as ChromaTOF Tile. In May 2013, Synovec was awarded the GC×GC Scientific Achievement Award at the 10th GC×GC International Symposium. This award has been instituted to recognize pioneering contributions in developing and promoting GC×GC instrumentation, method development and/or applications. In May 2016, Synovec received the Marcel Golay Award at the 40th ISCC meeting in Riva del Garda, Italy, presented to a scientist in recognition of a lifetime of achievement in capillary chromatography.