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

Artificial Intelligence for the Chromatography Community

In this LCGC Blog, Tony Taylor performs various experiments with ChatGPT to test how useful the AI technology can be in aiding chromatographers' work.

Capillary GC Column Manufacture – A Troubleshooting Insight

Manufacturing capillary gas chromatography (GC) columns is a very complex procedure, with many production factors to consider. In this LCGC Blog, Tony Taylor lists some of the vital components of the GC column-making process.

Gas Chromatography (GC) Column Killers!

By following some simple guidelines, you can ensure your GC columns live a long and healthy life.

Are We Greenwashing Analytical Chemistry?

In this LCGC blog, we reflect on the movement to make analytical chemistry more environmentally friendly, and how to potentially better those efforts for the industry's future.

GC Column Killers!

In this LCGC blog, some words of wisdom are offered to help one avoid that panic situation of having to change the GC column or delay the analytical results.

Allowable Changes to Chromatography Methods for HPLC – More Freedom for Chromatographers Granted by the Pharmacopeias?

The new General Chapter does reflect the great work of the Pharmacopoeias in helping chromatographers to use more modern technology for their regulated methods, speeding up analysis, and reducing waste. The latest revision allows us to adjust column dimensions for gradient separations, which is a significant advance. Although these freedoms are welcomed, one must be very mindful of the requirements or limits of the allowable changes and the verification work that underpins our demonstration of equivalent performance of the adjusted method.