Vitaly Kirkpatrick — NIR Spectroscopy Consultant & Trainer
Vitaly Kirkpatrick is an independent near-infrared spectroscopy consultant with more than a decade of experience supporting food and agriculture operations across grain, dairy, feed, oilseed, and food manufacturing sectors.
He works with quality managers, lab technicians, and operations teams to deploy and maintain NIR calibrations that hold up in production environments. His focus is vendor-neutral: instrument selection, calibration development, validation design, and troubleshooting — without representing any manufacturer.
Background and Approach
Vitaly has consulted on projects spanning moisture measurement in grain receiving, protein and fat calibrations in feed mills, and inline fat monitoring in dairy processing. He bridges the gap between the chemistry, the instrument, and the production decision — so teams can use their analyzers with real confidence.
SpectroScience is his consulting platform and the home of the NIR Spectroscopy Fundamentals course — 32 lessons built specifically for food and agriculture professionals who want to understand the technology, not just operate it.
Course and Training Resources
- NIR Spectroscopy Course — 32 Lessons
- NIR Training Online
- Full Course Curriculum
- NIR for Grain and Agriculture
- NIR for Dairy Processing
- NIR for Feed Mills
- NIR Calibration and Chemometrics Guide
- NIR Spectroscopy Blog
- Enroll in the Course