Experience

Toronto Research Chemicals

• Canada
• Chemical Manufacturing
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Synthetic Organic Chemist

  • Oct 2016 - Present

  Manufacture catalogue compounds and custom molecules through synthetic organic chemistry. Manufacture catalogue compounds and custom molecules through synthetic organic chemistry.



GL CHEMTEC INTERNATIONAL LTD.

• Canada
• Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Synthetic Organic Chemist

  • May 2013 - Jun 2016

  Set up, analyzed and purified experiments during the synthesis of custom organic compounds and materials. Worked on multistep projects of varying complexity, timelines, and scales (mg to Kg). Gained proficiency in working with large scale equipment during the completion of several Kg scale projects. Gained experience with NMR, LC/MS, GC/MS, GC, analytical and preparatory HPLC, UV/VIS, FT-IR, and Biotage and Combiflash chromatography units. Managed my time to accommodate multiple projects and deadlines. Participated in conference calls with clients, prepared progress and final reports, proposed alternative synthetic pathways and prepared preliminary quotations. Recorded data in a lab-book as well as electronically and followed ISO 9001:2008 protocols. Show less



York University

• Canada
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Assistant

  • Sep 2007 - May 2013

  Dissertation title: “Robust protocols and challenges in the synthesis of sterically hindered N-Heterocyclic Carbene ligands”. My thesis was centered on the synthesis of N-Heterocyclic Carbene (NHC) ligands of unprecedented steric bulk. My research showed that existing protocols for the formation of NHCs are ineffective for substrates of a certain size. Consequently, I developed new methodology that supplemented the available procedures by efficiently forming hindered NHCs. I then complexed the NHCs to palladium and investigated the activity of the complexes in cross-coupling reactions. Show less

• Teaching Assistant

  • Sep 2007 - Jan 2013

  -Acted as a basic laboratory skills demonstrator for groups of up to 25 students in advanced and introductory organic chemistry as well as 1st year general chemistry courses.-Graded lab reports, tests and exams for organic and general chemistry courses.



The Princeton Review

• United States
• Education Management
• 700 & Above Employee

• Lecturer

  • May 2011 - Aug 2011

  -Prepared and presented lectures to five sections comprising 150 people on introductory organic chemistry. -Prepared and presented lectures to five sections comprising 150 people on introductory organic chemistry.