Tony Taylor | Authors

Tony Taylor is Group Technical Director of Crawford Scientific Group and CHROMacademy. His background is in pharmaceutical R&D and polymer chemistry, but he has spent the past 20 years in training and consulting, working with Crawford Scientific Group clients to ensure they attain the very best analytical science possible. He has trained and consulted with thousands of analytical chemists globally and is passionate about professional development in separation science, developing CHROMacademy as a means to provide high-quality online education to analytical chemists. His current research interests include HPLC column selectivity codification, advanced automated sample preparation, and LC–MS and GC–MS for materials characterization, especially in the field of extractables and leachables analysis.

Articles

The LCGC Blog: How long should my GC column last?

The question, which is often asked of our technical support and applications chemists, is one to which I often reply, in the words of John F Kennedy, "Ask not what your column can for you, ask what you can do for your column.” OK, JFK substituted “column” for “country” in his version of the quotation, but as you will see, it’s a very relevant premise!

12 Tips for Successful Chromatography in 2021

Inspiring tips from successful analytical chemistry practitioners, to boost your laboratory activities and brighten your New Year.

Fundamentals

Tips for Electrospray Ionization LC–MS

Here are some great tips for optimizing liquid chromatography (LC)–electrospray ionization (ESI)–MS to achieve the best possible results every time. This is a beginner’s guide to LC-ESI–MS.

The LCGC Blog: 10 Great Tips for Electrospray Ionization LC–MS

Here are 10 great tips for optimizing LC-Electrospray Ionization (ESI)-MS so that you achieve the best possible results every time. These tips and tricks have been collated by my colleagues to form a beginner’s guide to LC-(ESI)MS and as a primer for those who are already using the technique.