Rachel Utterback Peters, Ph.D. Email & Phone Number

• Drafted patent applications for clients
• Drafted foreign and US office action responses
• Worked with technologies including pharmaceuticals, medical and mechanical devices, life sciences, and materials science
• Performed patentability and freedom-to-operate analysis
• Interviewed with inventors about new ideas
• Interviewed with USPTO patent examiners on office actions and office action responses

• Drafted patent applications for clients
• Drafted office action responses
• Worked with technologies including pharmaceuticals, medical and mechanical devices, life sciences, and materials science
• Performed patentability and freedom-to-operate analysis
• Interviewed with inventors about new ideas
• Interviewed with USPTO patent examiners on office actions and office action responses

• Drafted patent applications for clients
• Drafted office action responses
• Worked with technologies including pharmaceuticals, polymers, medical and mechanical devices, microfluidic devices, life sciences, and materials science
• Performed patentability and freedom-to-operate analysis
• Interviewed with inventors about new ideas
• Interviewed with USPTO patent examiners on office actions and office action responses

• Inorganic Preparations (CHEM 412/512)General Chemistry II (CHEM 152)General Chemistry I (CHEM 151)
• Drafted problem sets and lecture exams
• Managed lab inventory and order lab materials
• Presented prelab lectures
• Oversaw lab work conducted by the students
• Assisted students during office hours

• Designed and synthesized disulfide prochelators to target the iron metabolism of cancer cells
• Characterized synthesized compounds using various spectroscopic techniques
• Performed cell-based assays to study the effects of synthesized compounds on cultured cancer cells
• Presented weekly updates on projects to the lab group and supervisor
• Wrote quarterly and year-end reports summarizing research findings
• Published and presented research findings

• Developed calibration and validation procedures for laboratory instruments
• Developed analytical methods for various laboratory techniques
• Drafted Standard Operating Procedures to establish regulatory guidelines
• Performed wet chemistry procedures
• Worked under a Current Good Manufacturing Practice (cGMP) environment
• Trained new employees

• Developed calibration and validation procedures for laboratory instruments
• Developed analytical methods for various laboratory techniques
• Drafted Standard Operating Procedures to establish regulatory guidelines
• Performed wet chemistry procedures
• Worked under a Current Good Manufacturing Practice (cGMP) environment
• Trained new employees

• Oversaw lab work conducted by the students
• Assisted students during lab
• Ensured that students follow proper safety requirements

• Helped students understand their coursework
• Evaluated the progress of the students over the semester

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Chemistry

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Chemistry And French