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OBJECTIVE:

Seeking a research and development based position in a chemical/pharmaceutical setting requiring strong skills and expertise in synthetic organic chemistry.

EDUCATION: M.S. (Organic Chemistry Thesis- Towards the development of Rotaxanes with two functional blocking groups.

M.Sc. (Organic Chemistry) B.Sc. (Chemistry) Major Coursework at Graduate level: Chemical Separations, Advanced Inorganic Chemistry, Organic Spectroscopy, Advanced Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Physical Organic Chemistry, Advanced Organic Chemistry: Bioorganic Chemistry.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, OH September 2006 to Dec 2009 Graduate Teaching Assistant

  • Involved in teaching and grading duties for undergraduate organic chemistry and general chemistry labs.
  • Involved in recitation duties for general chemistry.

Confidential, November 2005 to June 2006 R&D Technologist

  • Worked on process development and total synthesis of commercially viable products.
  • Developed routes for synthesis of a commercially viable antioxidant.
  • Gained experience with purification techniques like GC, HPLC, Column Chromatography etc.

RESEARCH PROJECTS:

Confidential January 2010 to present Graduate Research Assistant

  • Project involves structure, stability and reaction mechanism studies of a patented compound.
  • Small scale synthesis of target molecules and their subsequent characterization via IR, NMR, UV-Vis, HPLC, GC, GC-MS.

Confidential, OH September 2006 to present Graduate student (Graduate Advisor- Dr. David B. Smithrud, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry)

  • Designed and carried out multi-step organic synthesis of project related compounds.
  • Accomplished total synthesis of Host- rotaxanes which have been shown to act as cellular transport agents.
  • Proficient in characterization techniques like Column chromatography, HPLC, GC-MS,1D/2D NMR, UV-Vis, IR spectroscopy.
  • Good understanding of synthetic and mechanistic chemistry.
  • Confidential, May 2005 - July 2005 Undergraduate research (Research Advisor - Dr. J.N. Gadre, Reader in chemistry, University of Mumbai)

    • Worked on a project titled 'Synthesis of Piperazines by Mannich Reaction'.

    Confidential, April 2002 - May 2002 Project Trainee in R&D and Quality Control department of Pfizer.

    Confidential, May 2001 - June 2001 Project Trainee in the Quality Assurance Department of German Remedies.

    COMPUTER SKILLS: MS Office , Chemdraw, Gaussian 98 , Mestrec.

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