THE INSTRUCTORS

All of our instructors have the unique combination of great technical expertise, and outstanding teaching skills. Each instructor has a Ph.D. in chromatography, and at least 18 years of chromatography teaching and laboratory experience.

Dr. Lee N. Polite, B.A., M.B.A., Ph.D. is the primary instructor and institute coordinator for all of the courses. He has been teaching chromatography short courses for over 18 years. Lee is the National Instructor for the American Chemical Society's popular Fundamentals of HPLC courses. He has also taught courses for the FDA, FBI Academy, and several industrial clients. Before becoming lab director for Axion, Lee spent 9 years with Amoco Corporation with a variety of responsibilities including: heading up their HPLC efforts, serving as Technology Supervisor of a refinery lab, and Group Leader of their environmental analysis efforts. He also spent time working as an applications chemist for an HPLC vendor, an HPLC specialist for a QC laboratory, and a technician in a pharmacology research lab.

Professor Harold McNair, B.S., M.S., Ph.D. is one of the icons of modern chromatography. He developed one of the first chromatography short courses over 35 years ago and has been teaching ever since. He was instrumental in the start-up of the chromatography divisions of both Hewlett Packard and Varian. He has consulted for the FDA, FBI, FAA, CODEX, and numerous industrial organizations. Professor McNair has trained 50 graduates students in chromatography with 200 publications and countless national and international awards.

Other Highly-Qualified Instructors May be Called Upon to Assist in the Delivery of the Courses