A Research Chemist with expertise in Medicinal and Analytical Chemistry involved in drug discovery within the Biotech and Pharmaceuticals industries.KEY TECHNICAL SKILLS• Multi-Step Small Molecule & Oligo Organic Synthesis • HPLC, UPLC, SFC, LC-MS, LC-MS/MS, NMR• GC, GC-MS, CE (with dynamic coating), CGE, FT-IR(ATR), XRD, KF, TGA-DTA/DSC• Structure Elucidation by NMR Spectroscopy • Software: ChemStation, Empower Pro, MassHunter, Chromeleon, Analyst, Xcalibur, Bruker TopSpin, ACD/NMR Workbook, MestReNova, ChemBioDraw, E-Notebook • Extensive work in the synthesis of novel Small-Molecule Heterocyclic Organic Compounds, Carbohydrate Chemistry, Nucleosides/Nucleotides, and Oligonucleotide/DNA synthesis• Experienced in Drug Design, Synthetic Method Development, Hit-to-Lead & Lead-Optimization processes with a firm understanding of biology• Ability to analyze SAR and ADME-Tox data to improve potency and efficacy of compounds as modulators of GPCRs• Wide experience ranging from small scale Parallel Synthesis of compound libraries to large scale (2 kg) syntheses of Product Development Candidates.• Synthesized heterocyclic compound libraries targeting GPCRs involved in cardiovascular, central nervous system, inflammatory, and metabolic (obesity, diabetes) diseases. • Performed Structure Elucidation by NMR Spectroscopy (H, C, HMQC, COSY, NOESY, ROESY, HMBC experiments and interpretations) (400MHz, 500MHz, & 600MHz).Analytical Chemistry: Developed and Validated analytical testing methods to identify Small Molecules utilizing modern analytical techniques including HPLC, UPLC, LC-MS/MS, NMR, GC, GC-IR/MS, FT-IR(ATR), IR-Microscopy, Raman, CE (with dynamic coating), and XRD in an ISO/IEC 17025:2005 accredited laboratory. Maintained instruments. Federal Security Clearance Level: Top Secret Extensive publication record in peer reviewed Journals and Patents.Interested in Medicinal Chemistry, Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry and R&D.Specialties: • Agilent 1100/1200 Series HPLC• Waters ACQUITY UPLC• Thermo Finnigan LCQ Advantage MAX Quadrupole Ion-Trap MS, ESI + APCI source, Surveyor HPLC, Xcalibur software (LC-MS/MS, LC-MSn)• Agilent 6890N Series GC, GC-MS• Varian Pro/Prep Star HPLC• Shimadzu-AB/MDS Sciex LC-MS• Bruker Avance 400/500/600MHz NMR• Biotage Initiator Microwave SynthesizerMedicinal/Synthetic/Analytical/Process Chemistry; Structure Elucidation by NMR; Drug Discovery; Parallel Synthesis; Nucleoside, Nucleotide, DNA Synthesis; R&D
Listed skills include Gc, Spectroscopy, Drug Design, Gas Chromatography, and 25 others.