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England, United Kingdom

Supporting organisations to be able to pursue impactful and values-driven ESG strategies, including setting targets (e.g., science-based, and net zero road maps and strategies) aligned with their mission, values, and goals.

Driving innovative R&D projects at Allotrope Scientific.

WoW Knowledge Hub is an online program for WoW members consisting of carefully curated sessions with WoW experts, covering areas such as product development, brand, PR and marketing, legal, investment, and fundraising, and everything in between, in the health tech, femtech, wearables, smart textiles, and fashion tech fields.

Brighton, England, United Kingdom

• . Networking and building consortia of high calibre teams for grants applications.
• Delivering high-quality proposals through internal and external teams.
• Researching existing products, competitors, and new technologies.
• Triaging opportunities with academics and companies for potential projects and grant applications
• Contribution to the innovation pipeline
• Building and maintaining strategic partnerships

Sedgefield, County Durham, United Kingdom

• Complete overseeing of the day-to-day running of the company
• Improving the business operation method and culture
• Identifying and implementing process improvements to enhance the efficiency and accuracy of the monthly, quarterly and annual reporting process
• IUK projects managed and deliveredhttps://gtr.ukri.org/organisation/7AF9554F-9F3B-4662-B6CE-294B0184AE10

Sedgefield

• Managing Innovate UK projects involving international partners and multidisciplinary teams. project management, quarterly reporting, filing claims etc.
• Managing customer projects, costing, trouble shooting, product development, communication, NDA/contracts/agreements
• Forming collaborations, writing project proposals for grants
• Managing IP portfolio of the company, writing IPR, new patents filing, FTO search
• Leading innovation-oriented research in materials chemistry, biosensors and consumer electronics
• Recruiting, training/mentoring of new personnel

Sedgefield, UK

• Driving and supporting company’s research programs.
• Devising detailed plans for the development, verification and validation of new materials.
• Writing projects for funding and grants.
• Business development for international collaboration and investment.
• Supporting IP generation and technical writing.

Private Chemistry tutor to GCSE, A-levels and Degree level.

• Worked in Healthcare photonics
• Experience in working with fabrication and measurement of light-emitting devices, Organic LEDs (OLED) or Light-Emitting Electrochemical Cells (LEEC).
• Experience of working within a laboratory environment designing experiments, carrying out those experiments (which involved several complicated fabrication steps where devices are manufactured), characterisation of.

• 2005-2007 (Prof. David Parker) -Synthesis and characterization of lanthanide complexes for applications such as in the field of MRI contrast agents by studying the role of the counter-ion in defining water structure.
• 2007-2010 (Prof Martin Bryce) -Synthesis of polymers and complexes (Ir and Pt) as efficient Phosphorescent emitters with high phosphorescence quantum efficiencies and good solubilities for OLED applications..
• Training and mentoring master’s students. Writing publications and presenting conferences.

Southampton, United Kingdom

• Worked in Prof. Tom Brown’s group synthesizing novel fluorescence-based real-time PCR method for the identification of mutations and single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the human genome.
• Synthesised derivatives of triazacyclononane-containing monomers and their Ni complexes to provide the platform for a range of technologies for enabling the reversible and specific attachment of proteins to synthetic.
• Also worked on the synthesis of a novel long-wavelength fluorescence quencher based on the 1-((3-hydroxypropyl)amino)-4-hydroxy-anthraquinone HAQ chromophore as an alternative to radiolabels in DNA probes and primers..

Gujarat, India

• Teaching organic chemistry at the graduate level (First, Second & Third-year B.Sc.)
• Designing and conducting Organic Chemistry laboratory practicals.
• Recognized as Post-graduate Teacher and PhD Guide in Chemistry by Sardar Patel University vide notification No. D.F/10/4614 dated 12 October 2004.

Gujarat, India

• Teaching organic chemistry to undergraduate students, development of syllabus,
• Administrative & managerial duties (managing staff of 33 + 8 non-technical staff) of 5 departments -Pure Chemistry, Applied Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, Industrial Chemistry, Industrial Polymer Chemistry.
• Other duties included financial & budgetary management of the department, setting lecture time-tables, representing the college & department at various meetings and education fairs, management of theory and practical.
• Involved BSc students in research projects and supervised postgraduate research students for their research projects/dissertations.
• Initiated a platform for thoughtful and intellectual discussions on scientific and technological issues facing society discussion groups and social groups for teachers and students.

• Awarded Summer Research Fellowship (Teachers)-2002 by Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore to carry out research with Prof. Uday Maitra at IISc, Bangalore from 1 May 2002 to 7 June 2002 on “Novel [Tris (hydroxymethyl).
• Awarded Summer Research Fellowship (Teachers)-2003 by Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore to carry out research with Prof. Uday Maitra at IISc, Bangalore from 22 April 2003 to 20 May 2003 on “ Bile acid-based.

Grenoble Area, France

• Worked in Prof. Yannick Valleè’s group on asymmetric synthesis of physiologically active natural product. Studied the reactivity of vinylic organozirconium and organozinc species as a part of synthesis of chiral.
• Writing publications and paper presentations at international conferences.

Education record

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Chemistry, Best Thesis Award

Activities and Societies: Debate, Kathak DanceMSc, PhD (Organic Chemistry)

Higher Secondary School Certificate, Physical Sciences

Activities and Societies: School Captain, Debate and Elocution, Volleyball team, Drama and dance.