Senior Process Engineer June 2021 – Present Drug Substance Process Engineering (DSPE), Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, CATechnical Subject Matter Expert for DS Processes: Upstream and Downstream ● Lead/ support commercial and clinical campaigns ● Work with a cross functional team to perform root cause analysis using RCA tools and implement remediation actions for technical troubleshooting● Commercial Tech Transfer Support● Author process performance qualification reports

Downstream process engineer, successfully transferred a clinical process to the BIFI.

Genomics Facility and research lab-Next Generation Sequencing using Solexa Genome Analyzer - Work primarily involoves: Co-ordinating the facility's projects for NGS. Interacting with Clients. Sample preparation, clusterization and sequencing(single read and paired end with multiplexing), technical trouble shooting. R & D with respect to the technology. Involoved in Capillary DNA sequencing.Also, perform qRT PCR

Prepare samples for the Solexa Genome analyzer runs. Adapted the Picogreen assay for measuring pg levels of DNA.

Evaluated disposable Bioreactor technology for growth of yeast cells at 1-20L scale - Responsible for design and implementation of the run in GMP suites. Collaborated with Vendors, team members and members from other departments at Merck.Evaluated mixing parameters for solid-liquid and liquid-liquid mixing in 1000L disposable mixer system for buffer and media prep - Responsible for data collection and analysis.

RNA isolation and sample-QC for Illumina microarray runs