Winefordner at the University of Florida in 2007. While at UFL, she concurrently earned a MS degree in Forensic Drug Chemistry under Dr. Ian Tebbitt. Her work at BMS involves the use of a broad range of atomic spectroscopic techniques, including inductively coupled plasma-atomic emission spectroscopy (ICP-AES), inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ICP-MS), atomic absorption spectroscopy (AAS) and laser ablation (LA)-ICP-MS for method development and metals analysis of a variety of pharmaceutical products. Lydia is also involved in developing laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) methods for a variety of pharmaceutical applications, including excipient and active pharmaceutical ingredient homogeneity determination and identification of counterfeit drug products.