Vinu Panikkattu Email & Phone Number

A senior scientist with two years of hands-on experience in solid form screening and development projects of polymorphs, salts, cocrystals, and non-crystalline materials. Strong background in solid-state chemistry and crystal engineering through graduate research and industry experience. Skilled in the design, planning, and execution of experiments towards solid form screening and crystallization development experiments of pharmaceutically relevant compounds, as well as carrying out virtual screening of cocrystals through quantum chemical calculations. Proficient in multi-step organic synthesis, characterization, crystallization, and co-crystallization of small functional heterocyclic drug-like compounds. Instrumentation include NMR (1H, 13C, 19F, 77Se), FTIR spectroscopy, UV-Vis & Fluorescence spectroscopy, single crystal and powder X-ray diffraction, thermogravimetric analysis, and differential scanning calorimetry. Techniques include solvent and solid phase extraction, distillation, sublimation, screening, and crystallization techniques including slow evaporation, vapor diffusion, solvent layering, melt crystallization, sublimation, milling, and liquid-assisted grinding, and slurrying. Familiar with Olex, CrystalExplorer, Mercury, ConQuest, Origin, Spartan, MestreNova, Chemdraw, Microsoft Office, and Outlook.