About us

Laura Cojocaru is the Laboratory Operations and General Manager at Symbiotic Research.  Laura graduated with a BS degree majoring in Organic Chemistry from the Chemical Engineering department of the Polytechnic Institute in Bucharest, Romania.  She continued post graduate studies encompassing Biochemistry and Bioengineering in the same institute.

Laura has extensive experience in bench chemistry at CROs out of two continents-EU & US.  Here in the US, as a product of her exceptional bioanalytical and residue chemistry experience in FDA-compliant GLP studies, combined with her organizational skills and her assertive personality she quickly rose to Sr. management roles at Huntingdon Life Sciences (East Millstone, NJ) and later at Tandem Labs/Covance (West Trenton, NJ) assuming the role of Director of Bioanalysis managing over 40 LCMS specialists.

She is a great resource to our team providing scientific, technical, and regulatory advice on all aspects of analytical chemistry especially in LCMS and bioanalysis/residue chemistry areas. Laura ensures that the team’s studies are conducted and reported to the required scientific and quality standards, complying with appropriate GLP guidelines, protocol and SOPs.

Lindsey O’Brien is the Laboratory Director at Symbiotic Research since 2021.  Lindsey graduated with honors from Lynchburg College (now University of Lynchburg) where she was a Westover Fellow in the honors program.  She obtained her Bachelor of Science in biomedical science with minors in biology and Spanish.  Lindsey joined SRL when the company opened in 2009 and grew with the company, working as a bench chemist, Principal Investigator and then Study Director.  Lindsey played a key role in implementing many procedures, instruments and tests at SRL.  She has extensive experience in the design and conduct of environmental fate, metabolism and product chemistry studies under Good Laboratory Practices.  Lindsey’s broad experience at SRL and knowledge of the company allows her to work effectively between groups, bring together team members and serve as a go-to resource.  She enjoys conducting research and problem-solving, as well as leading and mentoring a team of scientists.