Reimagining FTIR Microscopy: Speed, Clarity, and Confidence with Spotlight™ Aurora

Join us for a live webinar exploring how innovations in FTIR microscopy are transforming complex sample analysis with greater speed, clarity, and confidence. Discover practical strategies to streamline your workflows and elevate your lab’s capabilities.

Register Free: https://www.spectroscopyonline.com/spec_w/ftir-microscopy

Event Overview:

As laboratories face growing pressure to analyze complex samples quickly and accurately while meeting stringent regulatory standards, FTIR microscopy is evolving to keep pace. This webinar offers a practical look at how advances in imaging, automation, and spectral analysis are streamlining workflows and improving reproducibility in real-world lab environments.

Join us in this informative presentation, where we’ll explore techniques that simplify tasks such as contaminant detection, polymer layer analysis, microplastics characterization, pharmaceutical and nutraceutical QA/QC. You'll learn how to reduce manual effort with integrated automation, high-definition imaging, and advanced ATR capabilities, while delivering faster, more reliable insights.

Whether your lab’s focus is on high-throughput quality control or advanced materials research, this session will provide actionable strategies to enhance your FTIR microscopy practice and stay ahead of evolving analytical needs.

Key Learning Objectives

• Discover how the Spotlight™ Aurora’s intuitive automation and widefield imaging improve speed and consistency in FTIR microscopy.
• Learn how Spotlight Aurora delivers high-resolution, reproducible results using advanced ATR and optimized optics – even on non-flat, complex samples.
• Explore real-world applications across microplastics, polymers, pharmaceuticals, food quality, and advanced materials using guided workflows and integrated ATR.

Who Should Attend

• Lab managers and scientists performing IR microscopy for QA/ QC, troubleshooting, or contamination analysis
• Researchers in polymer science, pharmaceutical development, food quality, or environmental testing
• Analysts working on microplastics identification, laminate analysis, or complex material characterization
• Anyone seeking to improve analytical throughput, reproducibility, and workflow automation

Speaker:

Warren Edmunds, PhD
Senior applications scientist for PerkinElmer

Warren Edmunds, PhD, is a senior applications scientist for PerkinElmer. He specializes in FTIR spectroscopy, infrared microscopy, and chemometric multivariate data analysis. He received his PhD in biological and agricultural engineering from North Carolina State University. Edmunds has been at PerkinElmer for approximately 7 years. Prior to working at PerkinElmer, he held research positions at the University of Tennessee and at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, where his research involved developing novel conversion pathways for plant-based biofuels and high-value chemicals. Edmunds is currently developing various FTIR analytical techniques and measurement methodologies for different industries.

Register Free: https://www.spectroscopyonline.com/spec_w/ftir-microscopy