Experience

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  Precision NanoSystems Inc.

  • Canada
  • Biotechnology Research
  • 100 - 200 Employee

  • Product Manager

    • Nov 2021 - Present

  • Client Learning Engagement Specialist

    • Feb 2021 - Oct 2021

  • Scientific Specialist

    • Mar 2020 - Feb 2021

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  Pharma Inventor Inc.

  • Research Scientist II, Medicinal Chemistry

    • Jan 2020 - Mar 2020

  • Research Scientist I, Medicinal Chemistry

    • Jan 2019 - Jan 2020

     Designed experiments, proposed timelines and completed small molecule-based drug discovery projects for clients  Troubleshot synthesis of complex organic molecules and generated detailed project reports  Communicated (email and teleconference) with clients on a regular basis, provided technical summaries of data and future action items  Negotiated the price of chemicals/reagents with several companies to cut down the overall cost of projects  Represented the company in Vancouver Pharmaceutical and BioScience Society (PBSS) and Vancouver Post ASMS Symposium vendor show

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  The University Of British Columbia

  • Canada
  • Higher Education
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Joint Postdoctoral Fellow with Prof. Marco A. Ciufolini and Prof. Dieter Bromme

    • Dec 2017 - Nov 2018
    • Vancouver, Canada Area

     Synthesis of biologically active organic compounds  Design and Execution of synthesis of heterocyclic compounds  Training undergraduates

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  Rwth Aachen University

  • Germany
  • Research Services
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Postdoctoral fellow with Prof. Dr. Carsten Bolm

    • Oct 2015 - Dec 2017
    • Aachen, Germany

     Developed new synthetic methodologies for the radical fluoroalkylation of organic compounds  Performed structural analysis of organic compounds using MS, NMR, IR and GC techniques  Purified fluorinated organic compounds using crystallization, Kugelrohr distillation and column chromatography  Designed research projects on photoredox catalyzed fluorination and trained master’s students  Performed collaborative projects on Rh-catalyzed C-H activation and fluorination of alkenes

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  Weizmann Institute Of Science

  • Israel
  • Research
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Postdoctoral Fellow with Dr. David Margulies

    • May 2014 - Aug 2015
    • Rehovot Area, Israel

     Developed concept for a new category of hydoxamate-boronic acid enzyme inhibitors  Performed multistep synthesis of hydrophilic triboronic acid compounds  Learned techniques like reversed phase HPLC and enzyme inhibition assay  Helped the fellow colleagues in their structural analysis problems

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  Indian Institute Of Technology, Kanpur

  • India
  • Higher Education
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • PhD in Synthetic Organic Chemistry with Prof. Dr. Manas K. Ghorai

    • Sep 2007 - Jan 2014
    • Kanpur Area, India

     Performed synthesis of biologically important compounds like γ-lactams, GABA and diarylethylamines  Published scientific articles in internationally renowned journals and filed a patent for the synthesis of γ-lactams  Co-supervised and trained master’s/graduate students  Presented the research work in conferences and research meetings