Our People
National Laboratory Services is a group of analytical chemists with decades of laboratory and instrumentation experience.
We provide on-site and remote consulting services.
National Laboratory Services Chemists
Emily Kirkham
Emily is the founder and principal owner of National Laboratory Services Inc. She is a professional chemist specializing in method development and validation, GMP, quality control and technical training. She brings over 25 years of experience in various analytical laboratories, including pharmaceutical, environmental, food, oil and gas and nutraceuticals.
Emily focuses on supporting laboratories through their development stages; whether you want to start from the ground up, or you are working through the challenges of your first or ninety-first audit, Emily can provide you with the support you need to overcome any technical or quality systems challenge.
Emily is a member of the professional chemists of British Columbia and holds a degree in chemistry from McGill University.
Pat Steffes
Patrick Steffes has 30 years of experience in the analytical instrumentation business, including service, sales, and management. He has formal training on a variety of analytical instrument and software platforms, qualification delivery and custom software.
He has consulted at laboratories across North and South America. He has delivered hundreds of technical courses and presentations on laboratory instrumentation and software. He has provided method optimization and method development services on LC, GC, LCMS, GCMS, CE and IC in a diverse range of laboratories.
Pat specializes in regulatory processes associated with analytical instrumentation: GMP documentation, procedures, qualification and validation systems in regulated environments.
Patrick is a Professional Chemist registered with ACPA, a member of the Chemical Institute of Canada, and a huge nerd.
Jonathan Adair
Jonathan has been a leader in analytical chemistry since 2007, with extensive experience in the extraction and analysis of food and environmental samples. He has operated and maintained a wide range of advanced instrumentation, including GCMS, GC-FID/ECD, HPLC-DAD/FLD, and LCMSMS.
He brings strong technical expertise in method verification and validation, having completed numerous food and environmental methods and supported accreditation audits.
Jonathan holds a degree in Biochemistry from the University of British Columbia.
Stewart Cusator
Stewart spent 22 years with Hewlett Packard and Agilent Technologies supporting instruments for chemical analysis: GC, GCMS, LC, LCMS, UV/VIS, and lab data systems.
In 2001 Stewart moved to Isotechnika to support their drug discovery and development activities. Ultimately this also involved supporting building HVAC systems as well as instruments involved in clinical diagnosis of h. Pylori.
Currently in semi-retirement, he continues to support the analytical chemistry community with training, troubleshooting and incorporating new instruments into current laboratory workflow, His particular area of expertise being GCMS and LCMS. He operates a small isotope ratio reference lab in order to support the h. Plyori Urea Breath Test community with parts, repairs, consulting, and custom 13CO2/12CO2 isotope gas reference blends.