Melissa Werkema is a respected analytical chemist who founded Future Analytics Inc at 32 years old without the aid or assistance of investors or signed contracts. Through word of mouth only, she has successfully been able to grow her independent lab in Alberta, Canada which has provided opportunities to help farmers and agronomists through different approaches where industry is limiting.

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With education being the forefront, she mostly enjoys educating students who work for her along with teaching yearly conferences to farmers and agronomists, some who have travelled from as far as Germany and the United States.

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Her love for chemistry began at nine years old when she discovered the periodic table for the first time. This passion eventually led her to accept a Master's level research project at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel. This defined who she is as a person today along with her chemistry career.

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Gilbert N. Lewis, a renowned chemist who taught at Harvard University and discovered the electron concept is the sole concept behind the soil test Melissa has developed. Using a zwitterion approach, this concept extends beyond traditional definitions that focus solely on proton transfers.