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title: "The experts behind your analysis"
url: "https://mat-cs.com/meet-the-team/"
description: "Decades of hands-on lab experience, deep technique knowledge, and a network built across hundreds of partner labs. Meet Scott, Debbie, Chris, and Heidi."
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Meet the Team

# The experts behind your analysis

Decades of hands-on lab experience, deep technique knowledge, and a network built across hundreds of partner labs.

![Portrait of Scott Baumann](/img/team/scott-baumann.webp)

### Scott Baumann

Founder, Managing Partner

Scott formed MAT-CS in 2009 after gaining over 25 years of experience in materials characterization and surface analysis. Having served as a lab manager and analyst, he built a broad network of laboratory contacts while designing hundreds of experiments and analyzing thousands of samples. Scott is an expert with years of lab experience performing RBS, SIMS, XRF, TXRF, XRR, and AFM analysis on materials ranging from semiconductors to polymers and glasses. He has taught over 20 classes on materials characterization techniques and has extensive knowledge of AES, XPS, GDMS, FTIR, GCMS, and more.

*   RBS
*   SIMS
*   XRF
*   TXRF
*   XRR
*   AFM
*   AES
*   XPS
*   GDMS
*   FTIR

[Email](mailto:sbaumann@mat-cs.com) [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/scott-baumann/)

![Portrait of Debbie Hess, PhD](/img/team/debbie-hess.webp)

### Debbie Hess, PhD

Partner, Senior Analytical Chemist

Debbie is an analytical chemist with over 24 years of hands-on laboratory experience. She graduated from Saint Mary's College with a BS in Chemistry and earned her PhD at the University of Texas at Austin specializing in high vacuum surface science. She began her industry career as an R&D scientist using XPS, AES, FT-IR, GC-MS, and SEM/EDS supporting oil & gas and semiconductor industries. She joined MAT-CS in 2013 to work one-on-one with clients on petrochemicals, nanotechnology, food, resins, aerospace materials, pharmaceuticals, and medical devices. Active ACS member for 30+ years.

*   XPS
*   AES
*   FT-IR
*   GC-MS
*   SEM/EDS
*   Surface Science

[Email](mailto:dhess@mat-cs.com) [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/dahess/)

![Portrait of Christopher Andren](/img/team/christopher-andren.png)

### Christopher Andren

Senior Technical Specialist

Chris is an analytical chemist proficient in laboratory operations, instrumental analysis, polymer chemistry, material sciences, and consultative technical sales. He began his career in engineered materials research and has over 25 years of laboratory experience with spectroscopic, chromatographic, thermal, microscopy, and physical testing methods. He has collaborated with technical and managerial personnel in manufacturing, automotive, aerospace, litigation, medical device, and pharmaceutical industries.

*   Spectroscopy
*   Chromatography
*   Thermal Analysis
*   Microscopy
*   Polymers

[Email](mailto:candren@mat-cs.com) [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopher-andren/)

![Portrait of Heidi Magid](/img/team/heidi-magid.png)

### Heidi Magid

Support

Heidi received her Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from Tulane University and has worked for IBM among other companies. At MAT-CS she covers customer support and service, technical support, invoicing, accounts payable, and accounts receivable. She sets up new accounts, manages a small subset of accounts, and works one-on-one with customers to solve problems as they arise.

*   Customer Support
*   Account Management
*   Operations

[Email](mailto:support@mat-cs.com) [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/heidipohlmagid/)

## Work directly with the people doing the work

Have a specific question for one of us? Reach out by email — or send the team a request and we'll route it to the right specialist.

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