Narlin B. Beaty, Ph.D.

Narlin Beaty, Ph.D. is the managing partner in Qualification Process Solutions (QPS), an engineering firm that specializes in pharmaceutical process design and implementation. He is also a founder of Sublimation Science, a wholly owned subsidiary of QPS, and a service organization to the parenteral pharmaceutical industry specializing in lyophilization commissioning, cycle development and both machine and product cycle validation. Previously he served as the Chief Science Officer at Chesapeake Biological Laboratories, Inc. in Baltimore Maryland. Dr. Beaty has 30+ years of experience in diverse areas of sterile manufacturing, engineering related to fill and finish of pharmaceuticals, sales, and contracts. He has been closely involved in the transfer of scores of processes from the development lab to commercialization. In addition to lyophilization projects, Dr. Beaty is knowledgeable in test method development and testing validation; sterile process design and manufacturing validations; preparation of clinical trial materials; and engineering process control. He holds BS and MS degrees from the Univ. of Texas at Austin, and a Ph.D. in Biological Chemistry from the Univ. of Michigan at Ann Arbor. His current professional associations include the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Chemical Society.