Adrian Carranza

Adrian Carranza is an Associate Scientist (EW) working within the Synthetic Separations team at Amgen. His current work focuses on quantification and analysis of small molecules, and a high throughput LC-based solubility assay for early-stage synthetic compounds. Adrian received his degree in Microbiology from California State University Northridge in 2019. He has previously worked on liquid formulation screenings of adeno-associated virus (AAV)-based drug products and other chromatographic techniques, such as, size exclusion and ion exchange chromatography.

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Muhammad Qamar Farooq is a Senior Scientist in the Synthetics Separations team at Amgen. His work focuses on analysis and purification of small and hybrid molecules using chromatographic techniques. Performing mass-directed high throughput purifications at microgram-scale as well as chiral method development and purifications at preparative scale using supercritical fluid chromatography (SFC). He completed his PhD in 2022 under the supervision of Dr. Jared Anderson at Iowa State University. His graduate research focused on using ionic liquids and deep eutectic solvents for analytical separations. He is also an executive committee member of ACS SCSC (Subdivision of Chromatography & Separations Chemistry).

The LCGC Blog: A Simplified Guide for Weighted Fitting and its Significance in Separation Science

Adrian Carranza;Troy T. Handlovic;Muhammad Q. Farooq

June 2nd 2025

In this month's edition of the LCGC Blog, discover how weighted least squares regression enhances quantitation accuracy in analytical chemistry, particularly for low-concentration analytes in HPLC.