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Collaborating with the pharmaceutical industry to develop new, innovative NMR solutions

NMR and MS expert, head of the local Analytical Chemistry unit. Responsible for the LC-MS and NMR analytical processes. Team and lab management (inc. budget, cost optimization, CAPEX and infrastructure)- Managed and optimized a high-throughput analytical lab with 6 instruments, ensuring efficient operations and increasing its capacity by a factor of 3.- Led internal and external analytical projects, driving successful completion on time and within budget.- Served as a cross-functional expert, supporting other sites by tackling analytical challenges, optimizing workflows and troubleshooting issues.- Implemented new interfaces and custom tools for instruments and data, optimizing systems capacity and streamlining analysis and reporting.- Evaluated and implemented new technologies and methodologies, driving innovation and improving the group performances.

Manager, principal scientist and technical expert of the structural analysis platform, specialized in NMR and MS for the pharmaceutical and medical devices markets. Local QA manager. Budget management and cost optimization. Team manager (2 engineers, 3 technicians).- Delivered analytical projects tailored to customer needs within a regulated environment (GMP, GLP), ensuring compliance and satisfaction.- Developed and validated NMR and MS methods strictly adhering to pharmaceutical regulations and/or ISO 17025 standards, guaranteeing performances and compliance- Maintained and optimized an analytical platform encompassing NMR, HRMS, LC, and GC, maximizing capacity, uptime and performance.- Implemented new expertise and technologies to meet the market trends and demands, strongly increasing the activity and profitability of the service.- Provided support and training sessions to the customers, maximizing their satisfaction and fidelity- Led the business growth, ultimately increasing the service revenues by a factor of 4.

Senior member of the Williams' group, I actively worked on the development of NMR and SEC methods for the analysis of well-defined (co)polymers derived from bio-resources and mechanistic studies of (co)polymerization reactions

Team manager (up to 6 technicians) involved in the development of several innovative projects for regenerative medicine. Design, synthesis and characterization of new macromolecules (SEC,NMR, MS) and development of new NMR methods

Synthesis and characterization of polymers and copolymersNMR mechanistic studies of ring opening polymerization reactionsDesign, synthesis and characterization of new organometallic complexes

Organometallic synthesisExploration of polymerization mechanisms by NMR