Christopher Shade
Dr. Christopher Shade, PhD, is the Founder and CEO of Quicksilver Scientific and one of functional medicine’s leading voices on detoxification and bioavailability.
The chemist and inventor of pharmaceutical-grade nano-liposomal delivery systems has transformed the nutraceutical industry, building Quicksilver Scientific into a category-defining company trusted by more than 40,000 clinicians worldwide.
His academic foundation in environmental and aquatic chemistry led him to become one of the world’s leading experts on mercury toxicity, founded the first clinical lab specializing in human mercury analysis. He holds 38 patents spanning nutrient delivery, diagnostics, oral peptides, glutathione administration, and mitochondrial optimization.
Dubbed the “Detox Alchemist,” he is a sought-after authority training physicians across the US and internationally at the intersection of environmental toxicology, cellular longevity, bioavailability, and metabolic optimization.
















