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Canterbury, Gb

Sandwich, England, United Kingdom

●Multidisciplinary role supervising the UK R&D group alongside customer ‘Technical Service’ enquiries.●Managing R&D projects from concept to scale-up, aligning with stakeholders in all areas of the business.●Managing and advising customers to satisfy product requirements, resolve technical issues, complete trials at customer locations and maintain/build customer relationships.

Sandwich, England, United Kingdom

●Working within Pfizer’s PGS group to determine physical attributes of API’s/excipient’s using a range of solid and liquid characterisation techniques (dissolution, rheology, sedimentation analysis, tensiometer, pH, PSD (wet/dry), light microscopy).●Leading solution/suspension projects and clearly interpreting data through technical presentations and reports, while translating content into a basic form which can be understood by all customers.●Managing project timelines through use of IMEX scheduling and analysing causes of delays through task deviation tracking.●Applying methods of lean working (5s) to promote efficiency and productivity in the workplace.

Canterbury, United Kingdom

●Managing a small research team to formulate, trial and commercialise innovative high performing biomaterials for packaging, construction and automotive industries.●Working with 3rd party companies to outsource laboratory testing and product certification.●Setting up academic and industrial partnerships to secure research projects and funding opportunities to utilise new raw materials for product development and scale up.

Sandwich, Kent

●Lab based role within SACO AEI’s Research and Development team.●Researching developments in high performance polymer systems including HFFR, PEXIDAN/XLPE, Thermoplastics and PEX Pipe.●Leading research projects from initial design/formulation, preliminary testing through to final development and mechanical/analytical testing (Tensiometer, FTIR, TGA, DSC, Rheology).●Resolving production issues by critical analysis of samples and understanding compounding factors which affect polymer reactions to successfully reformat formulations and work processes.●Carried out training of research personnel, ensuring training records are relevant and up to date and reviewing/authorising SOP’s.●Applying methods of lean working (5s) to promote efficiency and productivity in the workplace.

Sandwich,Kent

●Industrial based role manufacturing polymers for the application of household/industrial cable insulation, sheathing and piping.●Piloting cross-screw and twin-screw compounding systems, ensuring the correct mixture and quantities of solvent and solids master batches were formulated while following GMP documentation.●Gaining essential technical skills when conforming to strict quality control guidelines. Correcting any faults with the alteration of compound and solvent blends.

San Francisco Bay Area

●Laboratory-based internship in Genentech Research & Early Development (gRED), Discovery Oncology.●Analysed a variety of compounds to determine if agents that induce lipid peroxidation are effective in overcoming drug tolerant persisters in human non-small cell lung cancer cells (PC9).●Researched regulation of tumour growth by screening breast cancer cell lines to determine the activity of STAT proteins in the JAK-STAT signalling pathway.●Gained fundamental research skills (aseptic technique, tissue cell culture, cell-viability assays (MTT), drug screening, basic microscopy, western blotting and transient transfection assays).

Sandwich, Kent

●Laboratory-based apprenticeship in the Research Formulation department.●Independently ran and managed the automated aqueous solubility screen receiving API from customers and generating the pH solubility profile to support toxicology and FIH formulation development.●Ran HPLC and single quad mass spectrometry methods to determine equilibrium solubility and assessed the crystallinity of undissolved API using polarised light microscopy.●Routine equipment maintenance and lab organisation.

Master’S Degree (Mres), Biochemistry, Pass With Minor Corrections

Masters by research degree At the University of Kent, investigating Cisplatin resistant human ovarian cancer cell lines..

Bachelor'S Degree (Hons), Bioscience, Upper Second Class Degree (2:1, Hons)

Btec National Certificate In Applied Science, Applied Science, Distinction - Merit (Double Award)

Two year course linked with an industrial placement at Pfizer.