Expert Details
Process Chemistry: R&D, GC, HPLC, Flash Chromatography, NMR, IR, Mass Spec, & LCMS, Synthetics
ID: 724436
California, USA
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Developed a garage-scale production system for a friend that wanted to prepare his own biodiesel.Wrote four short white papers relating to interactions of light and matter for a client company.
Education
Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
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Year: 1984 | Degree: MS | Subject: Organic Chemistry | Institution: University of Arkansas |
Year: 1976 | Degree: BS | Subject: Chemistry | Institution: Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo |
Work History
Years | Employer | Title | Department |
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Years: 2006 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Process Chemist | Department: ALOHA |
Responsibilities:Scale-up and development of methodologies and processes; Oversee and train technicians; Write SOPs, HazOps, and instructions on as needed basis; |
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Years | Employer | Title | Department |
Years: 2005 to 2006 | Employer: A. P. Pharma | Title: Sr. Research Associate | Department: |
Responsibilities:Prepared samples of poly-ortho esters for research program in drug delivery systems |
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Years | Employer | Title | Department |
Years: 2005 to 2005 | Employer: Nanosyn | Title: Contract Scientist | Department: |
Responsibilities:Prepared libraries of chemical compounds using combinatorial methods for pharmaceutical customers |
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Years | Employer | Title | Department |
Years: 2004 to 2005 | Employer: Cytokinetics | Title: Contract Scientist | Department: |
Responsibilities:Scaled up synthetic sequences of small-molecule drug preparatory for in vivo testing program |
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Years | Employer | Title | Department |
Years: 2002 to 2003 | Employer: Targesome | Title: Contract Scientist | Department: |
Responsibilities:Functionalized dextran to be used in liposome materials for drug delivery |
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Years | Employer | Title | Department |
Years: 2002 to 2002 | Employer: Affymax | Title: Research Associate | Department: |
Responsibilities:Developed linkers to attach peptide pharmaceuticals to PEG; synthesized small-molecule pharmaceuticals |
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Years | Employer | Title | Department |
Years: 1997 to 2001 | Employer: Catalytica | Title: Process Research Chemist | Department: |
Responsibilities:Developed processes for scale-up of synthetic sequences: pharmaceutical intermediates, impurity profiling, catalyst materials for asymmetric hyrogenation of chiral pharmaceuticals |
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Years | Employer | Title | Department |
Years: 1990 to 1997 | Employer: Clontech | Title: Sr. Research Associate | Department: |
Responsibilities:Development and scale-up of production methods aimed at DNA modification reagents |
International Experience
Years | Country / Region | Summary |
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Years: 1986 to 1987 | Country / Region: United Kingdom | Summary: Research on epoxide resins and modifiers for epoxide resins for aerospace applications |
Career Accomplishments
Associations / Societies |
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ACS, AAAS |
Publications and Patents Summary |
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Three publications and one patent related to synthetic oligonucleotides |
Additional Experience
Vendor Selection |
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Experience developed over 20+ years in finding vendors/ suppliers as needed |
Other Relevant Experience |
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Analysis and interpretation of NMR, GCMS, HPLC, and GC results; skills in writing SOPs, HazOps, work instructions; training of technicians and junior chemists |
Language Skills
Language | Proficiency |
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German | Minor Proficiency |