John C. Fetzer — Fetzpahs Consulting

Fetzpahs Consulting is a provider of practical solutions to problems in the chemistry and analysis of petroleum-related materials and the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). The size of projects can be large or small, with rates that are flexible enough to meet budgetary constraints.

The principal, John C. Fetzer, is a recognized world-class expert in the chemistry and analysis of the polycyclic aromatic compounds. Specialist in the development of separation methods aimed particularly at crude oil, its distillate fractions (including asphalt and residuum), catalytically-processed petroleum products (waxes, mineral oils, lube oil basestocks, fuels, and intermediate oils, petrochemical products, and additives. He has a high-level of expertise in high-performance liquid, supercritical fluid, gel-permeation and gas chromatographies, and fluorescence and UV absorbance measurements.

He is very capale in reviewing and evaluating analyses, especially chromatography and spectrometry, for quality and appropriateness for use in cases.

With more than two decades of experience working for a major oil company and since 2001 working through Fetzpahs Consulting, Dr. Fetzer brings knowledge and understanding from many areas to bear on his clients' needs. Dr. Fetzer has written 15 expert reports, given 9 depositions, and testified once in trial and once before a regulatory agency hearing. Very skilled at assessing the quality and validity of chemical analyses — the appropriateness; skill level; the accuracy; the interpretation of results; and weaknesses in these areas (these skills have been key in the outcome of several cases).

The 2005 Erich Clar Award of the International Society for Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds was given to Dr. Fetzer for his variety of research achievements.