• Function & group leader with 20+ years of experience applying analytical and natural product chemistry skills in research• Experience in leading groups of junior and senior-level scientists with a record of proactively mentoring and developing reports• Hands-on expertise in natural product purification & characterization with strong technical backgrounds in multiple chromatographic methods (i.e. HPLC, VLC, MPLC), nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, and liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LCMS)• Strong cumulative patent and publication records (8 published patents, 27 peer-reviewed publications, 4 book chapters, and reviews, plus seminars/invited lectures, contributed presentations, and co-authored presentations).

• Created and implemented library building strategies for discovery and subsequent development of flavor-related natural products• Directed analytical chemistry function in support of all company projects • Managed external collaborations with clients, consultants, vendors, and CROs• Coordinated safety studies and regulatory submissions of flavor-related substances

• Served as point of contact and subject matter expert for legacy Wyeth natural product portfolio following Pfizer acquisition. • Analyzed company’s combined NP collection for determining the best strategy for obtaining developable therapeutics•Directed and engaged in the characterization of a high-profile marketed product, sharply defining its components in order to distinguish it from those of potential generic competitors.•Coordinated a team of internal colleagues (biologists and chemists) and an external partner in designing and producing novel engineered natural product analogs resulting in the delivery of prioritized compounds to the development pipeline•Lead natural product lead generation and compound production activities for Oncology & Infectious Diseases therapeutic areas, resulting in compound leads moving to early development stages

Through various roles with increasing responsibilities, I engaged in discovery and development of small molecule pharmaceuticals from natural sources while applying or evolving my experience in the following areas: • managing small groups • working with multi-disciplinary teams • conduction natural product analysis and identification by applying nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy and mass spectrometry (MS). Significant contributions were made to strategic initiatives for improving Natural Product drug-discovery workflow, resulting in accelerated identification of novel natural products.

Natural products isolation and characterization