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Indianapolis, Indiana, Us

• Managed daily operation of four 3PL depots/hubs (Thermo Fisher/Catalent/PCI) in North and South America for distribution of over 2500 site shipments and 50 bulk shipments per month through SAP, Korber One, and eCTS.• Designed and optimized process flows for global distribution processes and harmonized warehouse distribution/ supply chain practices across all hubs/depots.• Implemented and maintained Daily Management System (DMS) using Microsoft Power BI for bulk shipments from US hub to depots across the world and reduced total lead time by 29%.• Designed local SOPs/Tools for training warehouse operations on the use of the Warehouse Management System (WMS) as the Local Subject Matter Expert (SME).• Managed and periodically updated standard shipping timelines to use when advising supply planners of possible RDDs for international shipments.• Coordinated with couriers and 3PLs to expedite critical shipments and avoid critical patient impact through charters and rescues.

Indianapolis, Indiana, Us

Indianapolis, Indiana, Us

• Executed the full investigation of 16 major deviations, preventing the loss of over 100,000+ vials of commercial product.• Identified gaps in statistical dose control automation system for insulin manufacturing line and proposed CAPAs to improve future detectability of incorrectly dosed vials and prevent future loss of batches from same failure mode.

Indianapolis, Indiana, Us

• Utilized first engineering and purification principles to scale-up and streamline E. coli protein purification for insulins, synthetic peptides, and late-stage immunotherapy products. • Implemented lean manufacturing in Pilot Plant to reduce changeover time between campaigns through the creation ofa Daily Management System and use of 5S, A3 Thinking, Visual Management, and Standard Work.• Optimized chromatography and crystallization for PEGylated insulin through small and large scale studies to alter process to match constraints of full-scale manufacturing and reduce costs related to new raw materials. • Coordinated with third-party manufacturers to develop scaled up process for purification of Phase 2 immunotherapy treatment using anion exchange chromatography and ultrafiltration, ultimately improving yield by 5%.• Scaled up optimized crystallization process of fast-acting insulin using an AKTA system to support technical transfer of process to manufacturing site in Puerto Rico, saving an estimated 4.5 million dollars per year. • Developed GMP SOP protocols, user requirements, equipment qualification packages, OJT trainings, major cleaning strategies, and master production records for Reverse Phase Chromatography purification of GLP receptor antagonist. • Trained 33 personnel on operations of Reversed Phase Chromatography for manufacture of GLP receptor antagonist and led operations of the process step, producing 5 kg of GLP receptor antagonist for clinical trials and registration stability studies. • Led shutdown of GMP manufacturing site as shutdown coordinator and created change controls for decommissioning of GMP equipment and facility for non-GMP development studies. • Designed proof-of-concept insulin crystallization study for replacement of standard insulin filtration and drying technologies with agitated filter dryer (AFD) technologies in the current insulin purification platform.

Indianapolis, Indiana, Us

Denver, Co, Us

• Initiated corporate partnerships with Shell, Fiat Cooper Automobiles, General Motors, and Eli Lilly in order to connect alumni with SASE members• Launched mentorship program with corporate partners for 20 undergraduate students• Developed five community outreach program with local businesses including homeless shelters, retirement homes, etc.

West Lafayette, In, Us

• Instructed class of 25 students on proper protocols and procedures for the isolation, purification, amplification, extraction, and characterization of novel bacteriophage• Coordinated with group of 8 TA’s to solve any issues that arose during the lessons and effectively solved them

West Lafayette, In, Us

• Advised and guided current as well as incoming students and their families of programs offered by Dean of Students Department at events sponsored by Purdue University• Trained through programs that provide skills to deal with students suffering from abuse and mental instabilities

West Lafayette, In, Us

Project: Multifunctional Nanobubble Embedded Hydrogels• Participated in research project focused on the creation of a wireless chemical sensing scheme using ultrasonic imaging of nanobubbles embedded hydrogels and size dependent drug release from nanobubbles triggered by specific ultrasound trigger• Led project focused on fabrication of Nano-Bubble embedded glucose sensitive hydrogels and analyzed Grey Scale Imaging and Acoustic data of ultrasound imaging of the hydrogels

West Lafayette, In, Us

Focus: Classification of Novel Bacteriophage• Assisted Graduate Researcher in project focused on developing new expedited method of classifying bacteriophage into phamilies by omitting purification phase of bacteriophage detection• Cross referenced PhagesDB and NCBI database with Mass Spectrometry data under stringent and relaxed settings to confirm the validity of new method for classification of the bacteriophage

Basel, Baselstadt, Ch

Project: Late phase Process Development in Cell and Gene Therapy, Chimeric Antigen Receptor Technology (CAR-T)• Streamlined and optimized post thaw re-stimulation of CAR-T therapy product through elimination of pre-stimulation incubation as well as improved conditions for cell growth, improving growth rate by 39%• Developed updated batch record for CAR-T therapy product post-thaw re-stimulation in order to improve overall efficiency and output• Performed comparative studies of different cell counting/viability devices in order to implement NC200 in CAR-T production and reduce overall process time by 10 minutes each run

New Brunswick, Nj, Us

Project: Nrf2-Mediated Redox Signaling and Pharmacodynamics Response• Contributed to research project focused on studying and understanding the mechanism behind the Nrf2 pathway and analyzing phytochemicals on their ability to induce the Nrf2-mediated anti-oxidative stress signaling in different mammalian cell lines • Harvested and grew cell cultures of PC3 and LnCap cancer line cells for tests then ran qPCR and western blot analysis with the cell lines treated with curcumin to analyze expression of antioxidants that reduce oxidative stress

Master Of Science - Ms, Industrial Engineering

Bachelor'S Degree, Biological/Biosystems Engineering, Economics