Mathew Jennison Email & Phone Number

Philadelphia, PA, US

Cambridge, England, United Kingdom

• Project manager of several multidisciplinary projects, leading to the achievement of key company milestones
• Preparation of detailed project plans including estimated timelines, resource allocation risk identification and assessment, key milestone identification, project scoping and outlining of deliverables
• Management of multidisciplinary teams that included biologists, physicists, chemists and engineers
• Review of both in house and external literature to develop solutions to… Show more
• Review of both in house and external literature to develop solutions to presented technical challenges
• Design and optimisation of synthetic routes to key intermediates and functionalised nucleotide phosphoramidites (mgs initial route identification to 100’sG scale process development), the protocols developed were.

Cambridge, England, United Kingdom

• Technical expert on multiple projects simultaneously, covering the areas of synthetic chemistry, analytical quality control and surface functionalisation strategies
• Design of synthetic routes and synthesis of challenging molecules from mg to 100’s g scale
• Development of novel molecules with improved reaction kinetics based on SAR (structural activity relationships) of previously synthesized analogues and computational modeling, resulting in the publication of three.
• Lead… Show more
• Lead technical authority for the companies suite of LCMS instruments (Waters Acquity, Waters Bioaccord, Agilent 1290), developing analytical methods for the analysis of small molecules and large bio molecules.
• Supervision of projects outsourced to external contractors, successfully delivering large scale key intermediates

Cambridge, England, United Kingdom

• Design and synthesis of novel chemical entities to advance the progress of the thermally controlled DNA synthesis research program
• Equip lab from the ground up, implementing relevant health and safety protocols and logistical requirements
• Collected and recorded synthetic results to a high standard using Electronic lab notebook (ELN) software
• Maintenance, troubleshooting and daily housekeeping of analytical instruments and laboratory equipment

Liverpool, United Kingdom

• Development of viable synthetic organic routes (via literature searches and chemical knowledge) to desired target molecules, carrying out said synthetic routes and solving related issues. These range from a milligram.
• Purification of compounds using HPLC, LC and semi preparative LC-MS
• Synthetic route optimisation and development to increase efficiency of the route and lower cost of final product
• Interpretation of NMR (1H, 13C, NOESY, COESY and 19F) and LCMS data… Show more Development of viable synthetic organic routes (via literature searches and chemical knowledge) to desired target molecules, carrying out.
• Interpretation of NMR (1H, 13C, NOESY, COESY and 19F) and LCMS data for characterisation of compounds.
• Proposition of new target molecules using computational chemistry software (Pymol, Cresset etc) and knowledge of bioisososters.

Liverpool, United Kingdom

I undertook my industrial placement year for my masters degree in chemistry at Redx oncology. The role involved the planning and exicution of synthetic routes with the aim of developing novel drug candidates.

Master Of Chemistry, Chemistry, 2:1 (69%)

Activities and Societies: University of York jiu-jitsu club (President 2011-2012)

Education record

A Levels; Biology (A), Psychology (A), Chemistry (B), General Studies (A) AS level; Geography (A)

Education record

13 GCSE's A-C