Principal Research Scientist trained as a medicinal chemist advancing small molecular entities from early drug discovery phase to development track / clinical status. Extensive knowledge of process flow in small molecule drug discovery including HTS, lead identification / optimization, QSAR, in vitro pharmacokinetics and in vivo assays. Detail oriented team player with great adaptive skills at achieving program goals as resource allocation necessitates. Very clear understanding of biochemical in vitro and in vivo models, in vitro metabolism, Cyp inhibition, TPSA, cLogP, LLE, hERG, BBB, CaCo2, MDCK, and in vivo ADME and PK/PD relationships. Holder of 21 issued US patents and author on 9 peer reviewed journal articles.Specialties: Homogeneous Reaction Synthesis, Heterogeneous Reaction Synthesis, Linear and Parallel Techniques, Chiral and Achiral Methods, Large Scale Synthesis, Microwave Synthesis, Purification Skills, Crystallization, Silica Gel FC, ISCO Companion, Combiflash Rf, Gilson HPLC, Interpretation of IR, Elemental Analysis, Mass Spec, LC-MS, 1HNMR, 13CNMR, 2D NMR, X-Ray Crystallography, and Computer Modeling.