Ben Moritz Email & Phone Number

Reno, Nv, Us

Reno, Nevada, United States

Reno, Nevada

Jacksonville, Florida Area

I provide technical support for a range of equipment in the Florida Dept of Health's Newborn Screening Lab, such as installation, preventive maintenance, repair and validation.This equipment includes Genetetic Screening Processor (GSP), Triple Quad MSMS, PerkinElmer QSight MSMS, and PerkinElmer Panthera Punchers.I also provide support and maintenance for the liquid handling equipment in the lab (Zephyr/Sciclone).

Jacksonville, Florida

• HPLC and GC method development for client specific projects• Responsible for the validation and transfer of client specific methods (cGMP)• Helped develop an investigational tool for an unknown precipitate based extraneous polymer using Gel Permeation Chromatography• Developed a method for the determination of a surfactant based chemical in a biological matrix via solid phase extraction using HPLC/ELSD detection

Houston, Tx

• Synthesized and scaled-up modified nucleotides on mg – multi-gram scale• Optimized synthesis of key intermediates and improved synthetic route of nucleotides• Independently researched and streamlined the synthesis of a common nucleotide precursor for later modification• Developed and authored batch record documentation for the tracking of modified nucleotides• Performed method development for semi-prep HPLC/MS purification of synthetic intermediates

Northwestern University

---Regan Thomson Research Group---Synthetic Organic ChemistryTotal Synthesis of Diterpene Natural Products

Ann Arbor, Mi

• HPLC/MS and GC/MS analysis of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API) purity• HPLC/MS and GC/MS method validation for drug substance and drug product testing• Prepared and reviewed technical documents for validation protocols, analytical testing procedures, and reports• Kept accurate and current records of research and project related activities• Participated in company meetings involving multi-disciplinary team members

Boise, Id

• Performed sample analysis and data acquisition for production chemicals• Performed data analysis and results reporting in a high throughput environment• Operational maintenance and repair of analytical instrumentation (ICP/OES, ICP/MS, FTIR)

Sparks, Nv

• Performed ELISA assay’s for certain cytokine/antibody markers in Non-Human Primate Serum in a high throughput environment• Authored and developed standard operating procedures (SOP) for ELISA testing• Prepared and reviewed technical documents for validation protocols, analytical testing procedures, reports, and SOP’s

Doctor Of Philosophy (Phd), Organic Chemistry

Materials Engineering

Bsc, Chemistry