Experience

Acuitas Therapeutics

• Canada
• Biotechnology
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Scientist

  • May 2023 - Present

  Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada



University of Southampton

• United Kingdom
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Fellow

  • 2018 - 2023

  Southampton, United Kingdom



Newcastle University

• United Kingdom
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Associate

  • 2017 - 2018

  Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom Developing a stimuli-sensitive drug delivery technology for brain cancer.



UBC Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences

• Canada
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Research Associate

  • 2014 - 2016

  Vancouver, Canada Research, Teaching and Lab management



Ontario Institute for Cancer Research

• Canada
• Research Services
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Nanomedicine Pdf, Med Chem Group

  • 2011 - 2014

  Toronto, Canada Development and optimization of novel nanoparticle formulations for drug delivery.



Centre for Drug Research and Development

• Medicinal Chemist / Liposomal Formulation Scientist (Industrial Post-Doc)

  • 2008 - 2010

  Managed multiple projects and developed collaborations to meet company objectives with responsibilities in two key areas: 1) Member of a successful Medicinal Chemistry team, responsible for synthesis of a wide variety of molecular targets (small molecules, heterocycles and bio-conjugates). 2) Responsible for the successful formulation and characterization of novel targetted liposomes for gene therapy and vaccine based approaches. Responsible for setting up the first fully… Show more Managed multiple projects and developed collaborations to meet company objectives with responsibilities in two key areas: 1) Member of a successful Medicinal Chemistry team, responsible for synthesis of a wide variety of molecular targets (small molecules, heterocycles and bio-conjugates). 2) Responsible for the successful formulation and characterization of novel targetted liposomes for gene therapy and vaccine based approaches. Responsible for setting up the first fully functioning Medicinal Chemistry lab at the CDRD. Show less



The University of British Columbia

• Canada
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Post-Doc / Research Associate II

  • 2003 - 2007

  Vancouver, Canada Awarded a Post-Doctoral Fellowship from The Royal Society, UK 1) Prepared hydroxypyroloindole derivatives and used these to prepare bicyclic peptides (amatoxins). 2) Studied a new found AP-lyase activity of a previously selected DNAzyme.



Eurogentec

• Belgium
• Biotechnology Research
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Synthetic Chemist CASE studentship Intern

  • 1999 - 2003

  Synthetic chemist whose research led to a product that was developed for the biotechnology market