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Nazmul Alam PhD

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I teach HPLC and LC-MS. When a method breaks, I find the cause.

Online for the fundamentals, or hands-on: at my bench, or in your lab on your own instruments. Method development and troubleshooting for companies, where the cause is usually in the sample preparation and that is the last place a lab checks. My PhD was in the lab that invented SPME.

200+ scientists trained. 18 peer-reviewed papers, 1,900+ citations. 14 years across pharma, CRO, environmental and natural product labs.

Tell me what your method is doing Or grab the free LC-MS cheatsheet →

A two minute introduction

Who I am, what I actually do in a lab, and when it is worth calling someone in.

  • University of Waterloo
  • Tokyo Institute of Technology
  • Pawliszyn lab
  • h-index 19
  • Mississauga, Ontario

— 02 / Who is this for

For labs that run an HPLC or LC-MS

The method that has already cost your team two weeks, solved by someone still at the bench.

On-site and remote help for labs that run an HPLC or LC-MS without a chromatographer on staff. I find the cause, and I train whoever runs the instrument.

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A chemistry postdoc or recent graduate moving into industry? The workshops and CV workbook are over here.

— 03 / What I do

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Training

Hands-on training on your own instruments, for whoever runs them. Sample preparation, HPLC and LC-MS, so they can do the same diagnosis.

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Consulting

A method that has failed and already been worked on. I find the cause, and it is usually upstream of the instrument.

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Lab operations

Monitoring, calibration records, reagent stock and the audit trail. Independent help deciding what you need before anyone sells you a platform.

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Workshops

Technical workshops on method development and troubleshooting for working chemists. A separate career track runs for people moving into industry.

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— 04 / Start free

Three things you can have before you talk to me.

Written for the bench, not for a mailing list. Take them, use them, and come back if the problem is still there.

  • LC-MS troubleshooting cheatsheet

    The order I check things in when sensitivity drops or a peak misbehaves.

    Get it →

  • Validation readiness checklist

    What has to be true before you start a validation, so it does not stall halfway.

    Get it →

  • Chemistry career guide

    For anyone moving from academic work into an industry lab.

    Get it →

— 05 / From the writing

— 06 / How it starts

Most projects begin with a 30-minute call. You tell me the symptom or the goal, I tell you honestly whether I can help, what it would take, and what it would cost. No pitch, no obligation. If it's a fit, I send a written scope before any work begins.

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