Upcoming August Webinars!

Overview of Webinars

Thursday, August 4

11:00 AM SGT

Exploring LC Selectivity Using Steroids in a Clinical Research Setting

Speaker: Mackenzie Fregie

Application Scientist, Phenomenex

Key Learning Points:

Overview of theory of LC selectivity and parameters that can affect it
Look at column phases and expected interactions with different steroids
Review of results for screening 4 phases and how they affect the LC selectivity for a steroid panel
Understand the differences between phase options
What to consider when picking a column

Thursday, August 11

11:00 AM SGT

A History of HPLC and UHPLC Column Technology

Speaker: Dr. Rajesh Babu

Technical Manager, Phenomenex

Key Learning Points:

Overview of the particle shapes
Overview of HPLC instrument evolution
Particle sizes and what their significance
Particle treatment technologies and their implications
Column hardware – How to choose the right one
Evolution of mixed-mode chemistries

Thursday, August 18

11:00 AM SGT

HPLC Column Care and Extending Column Lifetimes

Speaker: Dr. Rajesh Babu

Technical Manager, Phenomenex

Key Learning Points:

Impact of sample preparation on column lifetime
Impact of mobile phase
Role of guard column
Column cleaning
Start up and shut down of HPLC
Assessing column lifetime

Tuesday, August 23

11:00 AM SGT

Phenomenex + Sciex Webinar: Decrypting liquid chromatography variation and managing compound optimization and ion suppression for improved LC-MS/MS assay reproducibility

Speakers: Brad Patterson Application Specialist, SCIEX & Namrata Saxena, Technical Manager, Phenomenex

Key Learning Points:

The effect each HPLC instrument component has on chromatographic variation
The impact of column stationary phase and the significance of precision in mobile phase preparation
The advantages and disadvantages of compound optimization by flow injection analysis (FIA)
The varying sources of ion suppression and how you can be best prepared to manage them

Thursday, August 25

11:00 AM SGT

HPLC/UHPLC Reversed Phase Method Development - Selecting A Reproducible Starting Point

Speaker: Dr. Phil Koerner

Global Pharmaceutical Industry Manager , Phenomenex

Key Learning Points:

Best practices to selecting a reproducible starting point
How to maximize speed while maintaining selectivity or retention
Ways to improve reproducibility through method development and lifecycle of the method

Meet Our Speakers

Mackenzie Fregie

Application Scientist, Phenomenex

Mackenzie received a Bachelor of Science degree in Life Sciences from Kansas State University and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Chemistry from Wichita State University. She has 5 years of experience in LC-MS/MS, GC-MS, and sample preparation. She has previously worked in labs in toxicology, environmental chemistry, and food science industries. She also has sales experience in the pharmaceutical industry.

Mackenzie joined Phenomenex in 2021 as an Application Scientist at PhenoLogix. She is based in Torrance, CA. She specializes in developing applications for clinical research and brings experience in method development and instrumentation. She focuses on helping customers with method development for HPLC, MS, and sample preparation. In her free time she practices yoga and enjoys reading.

Dr. Rajesh Babu Dandamudi

Technical Manager, Phenomenex

Dr. Rajesh Babu Holds M.Phil and Ph.D. from Sri Sathya Sai University, Andhra Pradesh. He has 13 years of experience in analytical chemistry. He has set up a mass spec facility and has done extensive analytical method development in the area of natural products, nutraceuticals, and clinical metabolomics. He has method development experience in LC, LC-MS/MS, LC-HRMS, GC, and GC-MS instruments.

Dr. Rajesh worked as a faculty member at the same university and was involved in extensive research work. He has published more than 30 papers in international journals and has presented at more than 25 international and national conferences.

In his current role as Technical Manager, Dr. Rajesh is involved with technical training and helps customers with their product recommendations, method development, and troubleshooting issues. Dr. Rajesh also delivers regular webinars on several interesting topics across the globe. He is also part of the global technical team that handles Live chat and all technical issues relating to our products globally.

Dr. Phil Koerner

Global Pharmaceutical Industry Manager , Phenomenex United Kingdom

Dr. Phil Koerner has over 30 years of experience in LC, GC, and sample preparation techniques, and is an expert in practical HPLC and UHPLC method development. Phil joined Phenomenex in 1999 as Senior Technical Manager after 11 years with DuPont. Phil received his B.S. in Chemistry at the University of California, Irvine, earned his M.S. and Ph.D. in Chemistry at the University of Illinois, and an MBA at the University of Delaware.

Phil has traveled extensively around the world presenting technical seminars, hands-on training, and providing technical assistance covering various topics in HPLC, GC, and SPE, in support of Phenomenex customers globally. In his current role, Phil is the Global Pharmaceutical Industry Manager at Phenomenex. A self-confessed food and wine geek, Phil would love to spend time working in a winery tasting room pouring (and tasting) wine, and discussing food and wine parings.

Brad Patterson

Application Specialist, SCIEX

Brad Patterson obtained his Ph.D. in Chemistry at James Cook University in 2003 and has been involved with Mass Spectrometry ever since. Brad is based in Melbourne, Victoria and has worked for SCIEX for just over 14 years.

He has been training people on and performing LC-MS development for over 18 years and in this time has supported many applications in many industries throughout the world but primarily in ANZ.

Namrata Saxena

Technical Manager, Phenomenex

Namrata Saxena is a Technical Manager - Asia/Pacific” with Phenomenex and is based in Sydney, Australia. She has a post graduate degree with a specialization in Analytical Chemistry, with extensive experience in the Liquid chromatography domain, and her current focus is in Omics and Biologics field.

Before joining Phenomenex she had worked as “Product Specialist” and spent several years in column chemistry, column manufacturing and method development in the application and manufacturing labs of Bischoff Chromatography, Germany.

In her current role, she provides product selection, method development, training and troubleshooting support to customers as well as Phenomenex Sales Consultants globally.

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