Manager of Bioanalytical Services
ICON Plc
Mackenzie Bentley - Manager of LC/MS Bioanalytical Services for ICON Bioanalytical Laboratory (KS, USA)
Mackenzie Bentley earned her Bachelors in Chemistry in 2014 and her Masters in Business Administration with an emphasis in Business Analytics in 2021 from the University of Missouri – Kansas City. She began her industry career in 2014 in Toxicology developing small molecule assays for drugs of abuse using LC-MS/MS. She later joined the Bioanalytical space where she has served as a lead scientist for small molecule therapeutics assay development and validation. More recently she has emphasized in large molecule LC-MS for biomarkers and hybrid assays for biotherapeutics such as monoclonal antibodies, modified proteins and oligonucleotides. Mackenzie is the Manager of LC–MS Bioanalytical Services for the Lenexa, ICON Bioanalytical Laboratory. She has been with ICON since January 2023. She is responsible for overseeing the Method Validation and Bioanalytical Operations team. She also collaborates with the Method Development team to mentor the scientist on large molecule LC-MS development.