Strengthening SPE Workflows for Today’s Laboratory

Advancing SPE Workflows for Modern Laboratories

As analytes become more chemically complex and methods are expected to cover broader panels across challenging biological or food-based matrices, laboratories are looking for ways to get more performance, reliability, and confidence from solid-phase extraction (SPE).

In this interactive webinar, we will review best practices for troubleshooting SPE protocols including:

• Sorbent and solvent selection
• Method success via recovery and matrix effects
• Mass balance to diagnose issues
• Tips for each SPE step: load, wash, elute
• Live Q&A

Why you should attend

Following the presentation, in a live Q&A, our panel of scientists and product management experts will discuss real-world sample preparation challenges, share practical strategies for strengthening method confidence, and answer audience questions.

Attendees are encouraged to bring their own sample preparation questions and challenges, using this session as an opportunity to connect with our team and explore practical approaches for current and future methods.

Who should attend

This webinar is ideal for professionals working in pharmaceutical research, drug development, and bioanalysis, including CXOs, generic drug manufacturers, bioanalytical service providers, ADME/DMPK scientists, bioanalytical and method development scientists, analytical chemists, laboratory managers and supervisors, research scientists, sample preparation specialists, automation scientists, and LC-MS experts.

Speaker: Thomas Considine (Principal Scientist, Waters Corporation)

Thomas (Tony) Considine is a Principal Scientist with Waters' Core Separations Portfolio and joined the company in April 2026. With more than two decades of industry experience, he specializes in separation science, LC-MS, analytical method development, and workflow optimization across pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical, and environmental applications.

Prior to Waters, Tony held scientific and leadership roles at the Broad Institute, GSK, Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Moderna, and Bristol Myers Squibb, supporting genomics, small molecule drug discovery, mRNA and lipid nanoparticle (LNP) characterization, and commercial manufacturing.

At Waters, he has focused on ultra-short-chain PFAS method optimization, improving chromatographic performance, sensitivity, and sample preparation workflows for food and environmental analysis.

Speaker: Makda Araya (Senior Scientist, Waters Corporation)

Makda Araya is a Senior Scientist with Waters Core Separations Portfolio, where she develops advanced analytical and sample preparation technologies to address challenges in pharmaceutical, bioanalytical, food, and environmental testing.

As part of the Chemistry R&D organization, she specializes in separation science, small-molecule characterization, and bioanalytical method development. Her expertise includes solid-phase extraction (SPE) workflow design and optimization for a broad range of therapeutic molecules, including modified oligonucleotides, ASOs, and siRNAs. Most recently, she has led efforts to automate GLP-1 bioanalytical sample preparation and modernize AflaTest immunoaffinity workflows for aflatoxin detection in corn.

Speaker: Chelsea Plummer (Principal Product Marketing Manager, Waters Corporation)

Chelsea Plummer, PhD, is a Principal Product Marketing Manager at Waters Corporation with a background in bioanalytical mass spectrometry, specializing in small molecule and peptide analysis.

At Waters for 9 years, she is now part of the sample preparation and automation team, leading product initiatives focused on solid-phase extraction (SPE) workflows to support pharmaceutical, food, and environmental applications. Chelsea is passionate about delivering solutions that help scientists achieve high-quality, reproducible results across complex sample matrices.