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Austin, Texas, United States

• Develop and provide comprehensive SOW by accurately interpreting and translating the protocol and leveraging technical knowledge alongside company’s SOPs.
• Primary project contact with Sponsors, Vendors, and Contract Research Organizations to advise and guide on the study design choices, while highlighting the risks and budget impacts related to the trial.
• Liaise with internal departments for assessing the feasibility of request and meet the study requirements.
• Develop Lab manual, kit build, and requisitions as outlined in the SOW.
• Train and mentor internal staff on study specifics, setup, and operation.
• Develop project milestones, maintain timelines and reporting, resulting in on-time study completion within budget.

Austin, Texas, United States

• Managed multiple clinical studies; ensured regulatory compliance with ICH and GCP
• Created and reviewed the protocols for sample collection, manuals, and ICF’s
• Facilitated initial and updated documents submission to IRB for investigator and sponsors
• Ensured non-regulatory compliance with study documents, develop project plans to meet study deliverable
• Analyzed, interpreted, and presented clinical data with thorough summaries
• Collaborated with bioanalysis team to understand the pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamic data for summarizing and presenting at dose escalation meetings

United States

• Independently drafted protocols and study documentation in compliance with SOP’s
• Developed methods and experiments based on project requirements
• Maintained and tracked project deliverables and milestones; Lead client calls and draft meeting minutes
• Served as primary contact for study related queries; Liaise between clients and internal departments
• Performed sample management activities
• Provided supervision and guidance for team members

Houston, Texas Area

• Managed the core facility operations, reviewed proposals from clients, distributed projects to team members and provided overall project management oversight
• Ensured project deliverable deadlines were met, provided support to clients and ensured on-time data delivery
• Provided support for oncology clinical trial; Performed sample analysis and data management activities in compliance with regulatory requirements
• Independently planned and executed methodologies in compliance with SOP’s and protocol guidelines
• Performed QC and QA for data and instruments
• Supervised personnel to ensure the smooth and efficient operation of research and data collection activities

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

• Interacted and collaborated with customers to understand the project requirements and planning.
• Independently performed sample and data analysis
• Performed QC and QA of services provided by the mass spectrometry and liquid chromatographers.
• Trained and mentored personnel on instrument handling, operation and sample processing.
• Established SOP’s for routine analysis of proteins, post-translation modification and peptides.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

• Offered service of peptide synthesis and interacted with clients for the specific needs.
• Assisted in peptide synthesis, Edman degradation and Mass spectrometry using MALDI-TOF.
• Performed purification of peptides on HPLC (High performance liquid chromatography) using C4 and C18 columns.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

• Optimization of multi-dimensional HPLC. Focussing on the optimization of Ion- Exchange chromatography (IEX), Hydrophobic Interaction Chromatography (HIC) and Size Exclusion chromatography (SEC).
• Benchmarked the OFFGEL electrophoresis instrument and developed standard operating protocol for protein and peptide separation. Also, optimized the downstream sample clean-up and processing. Further analysis of the.

Chennai Area, India

Project: A polyherbal ayurvedic preparation(HEARTOGEN) exerts its cardioprotective action through anti-apoptotic pathway in isoproterenol induced experimental model of myocardial infarction.

Master'S Degree, Biotechnology

Bachelor'S Degree, Biotechnology

High School, Biology, General

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