2026 Short Courses will be offered November 15-18, 2026, at the Crowne Plaza Conference Center in Princeton, NJ.  We will offer a variety of our courses. 

The short course program has long been an integral part of EAS and provides a valuable service to both students and professionals who seek to refine or augment their scientific development. The Short Course committee strives to offer high caliber courses that align with EAS’s mission and can include fundamental analytical techniques and principles, novel technologies and regulatory affairs.  EAS short courses are designed to help the practicing analyst develop new skills and enhance knowledge. Taught by experts, the short courses emphasize practical knowledge of a variety of important topics to help one keep current with best practices and new techniques. Whether you want to learn a new analytical technology, understand new regulations, explore an analytical field, or just brush up new concepts in your area of expertise, there is a course for you.  EAS’s short courses emphasize: A wide range of topics; interactive discussions; case studies for illustration; and practical and problem-solving tips.

Pricing for 2026 IN-PERSON Short Courses: 
Registration rates for a one-day course are $750 before Oct. 15th and $1,100 after Oct. 15th and a two-day course is $1,200 before Oct. 15 and $1,500 after Oct. 15th; note:  In-person short courses require a Full Conferee registration to the symposium & exposition.  Prices include breakfast, 2 coffee breaks and a buffet lunch.  Register for two courses and receive a $100 discount.

EAS will be offering short course student rates for full-time students (proof of ID required) but you must register in advance.  In-person short courses require a Full-Time Student registration to the symposium & exposition ($50).  Space is limited. Student rates for a one-day course are $125 before Oct. 15th and $450 after Oct. 15th.  A two-day course is $225 before Oct. 15th and $650 after Oct. 15th.

2026 Preliminary List of IN-PERSON Short Courses
These courses below will be offered in-person this November 15-18 at the Crowne Plaza Conference Center;
times each day are 8:30am – 5:00pm

# Days	Course Names Click on course title for description	Instructors
2-Day	Basics of T-Ray Metrology and Time-Domain Spectroscopy with Advanced Applications (NEW)	Anis Rahman, Applied Research & Photonics, Inc.
2-Day	Practical LC‐MS/MS Method Development and Sample Preparation	Perry Wang, LC-MS Technical Expert
2-Day	HPLC and UHPLC for Practicing Scientists 1 and 2: Fundamentals, Method Development, and Troubleshooting	Michael Dong, MWD Consulting
1-Day	Nitrosamine Risk Assessment and Control for Pharmaceutical Products (NEW)	Jinjian Zheng, Merck & Co., Inc.
1-Day	Supercritical Fluid Chromatography (NEW)	Larry Miller, Novartis
1-Day	Leading Labs: Improving Staff Performance and Engagement (NEW)	Scott Hanton, Lab Manager
1-Day	Painless Gas Chromatography Bootcamp – Show Your GC Who’s Boss (NEW)	Lee Polite, Axion Analytical Laboratories, Inc.
1-Day	Advanced Proteomics Sample Preparation: Targeted Enrichment and Micro-to-Nanogram Scale Workflows (NEW)	Reihaneh Safavisohi, Seton Hall University
1-Day	Regulatory Requirements for Therapeutic Peptides	Shreekant Karmarkar, DAT Pharma Consulting Inc.
1-Day	Advances in Portable Spectroscopy: Instruments and Applications	Richard Crocombe, Crocombe Spectroscopic Consulting Pauline Leary, NOBLE
1-Day	Sample Preparation for Chromatography	Douglas Raynie, South Dakota State University
1-Day	Practical NMR Spectroscopy	Damodaran Achary, University of Pittsburgh
1-Day	Introduction to Quantitative Spectroscopy for Quality Assurance in the R&D and Manufacturing Environments	Deborah Peru, DP Spectroscopy and Training, LLC
1-Day	Successfully Implementing Key AQbD Elements in the Current USP and ICH Guidances to Dramatically Accelerate Fit-for-Purpose Analytical Method Development	Richard Verseput, S-Matrix Corp
1-Day	Getting the most from GC and GC/MS	Gregory Slack, Consultant Nicholas Snow, Seton Hall University
1-Day	Analytical Method Validation and Lifecyle Management – FDA, ICH and USP Expectations	Kim Huynh-Ba, Pharmalytik Consulting
1-Day	Chemometrics without Equations (or hardly any)	Neal Gallagher, Eigenvector Research
1-Day	Best Practice Data Analysis for Reliable Chromatographic Results	Merlin Bicking, ACCTA, Inc.
1-Day	Systematic HPLC Troubleshooting: A Practical, Case Study Driven Approach	Merlin Bicking, ACCTA, Inc.
1-Day	Practical Bioanalytical Method Validation by LC-MS/MS	Perry Wang, LC-MS Technical Expert
1-Day	Collecting Infrared Spectra and Avoiding the Pitfalls	Ellen Miseo, Miseo Consulting Jeff D’Agostino, Specac, Inc.
1-Day	PFAS – A Wonder Chemical which became a Nightmare	Jay Meegoda, NJ Institute of Technology
1-Day	Process Analytical Technology: Out of the Lab and into the Line	James Rydzak, Specere Consulting
Half-Day	An Overview of Drug Development, Drug Quality, Regulatory, and Quality Control Processes	Michael Dong, MWD Consulting
Half-Day	Analytical and Bioanalytical Aspects in ADC Drug Development and Subsequent Regulatory Submission (NEW)	Xiaohui (Sophia) Xu, Daiichi Sankyo Zhi Chen, Bristol Myers Squibb
Half-Day	Green Analytical Chemistry	Douglas Raynie, South Dakota State University