Pharmaceutical Analytical Chemist Consultant Specializing in Chiral Chromatography

Expertise

• 35 years of experience in analytical chemistry for chemical, pharmaceutical, environmental and polymers.
• Experience in wet chemistry and instrumental analysis.
• In depth knowledge of chromatographic (HPLC, GC, CE and GPC) techniques.
• Chiral chromatography.
• Skilled at reversed-phase, normal phase and chiral methods development with short turn around time.
• Chiral and achiral methods development for starting materials, intermediates and products.
• Analysis of starting materials, intermediates, API and products.
• Analysis of polymer materials and constituent ingredients.
• Taught short courses in Advanced HPLC and GC offered by CFDV.

Experience

Independent Consultant, Present

Johnson & Johnson, 1984 - 2008

• Provide analytical support to chemical development and discovery scientists.
• Develop chromatographic separations methods, (chiral and achiral) for the whole synthetic route in short period of time.
• Determine enantiomeric purity of starting material, intermediates and product for asymmetric synthesis.
• Work with process chemists and synthetic chemists to understand and define organic reactions and synthesis routes, testing opportunities, with experiments supported by analytical methods and data analysis.
• Methods development for starting material, intermediates and product.
• Analysis of starting material, intermediates, crude and pure product.
• Validate analytical methods for GMP use.
• Analysis of polymer materials and constituent ingredients.
• Identify, recommend and purchase instruments in support for the analytical services.

Glaxo SmithKline (GSK), 1982 - 1984

• Analysis of drugs in biological fluids.
• Work as a liaison between GSK and contract laboratories.
• Collect results from contract lab, summarize and preset data to medical group.
• Evaluate contract labs for GSK to work with hospitals.

Union Carbide Agriculture Division, 1979 - 1984

• Analytical method development for herbicides and pesticides.
• Provide analytical support to formulation and quality control groups.
• Give technical support customers.

Honors & Publications

Awards

• Johnson and Johnson Distinguished Analytical Scientist award for chiral chromatography.
• Johnson and Johnson Vice president technical achievement award.
• Chromatography Forum of Delaware Valley, (CFDV), Award for service to chromatography.
• The M. S. University of Baroda Gokhle Award for laboratory experimentations.
• Council of Indian Organization, (CIO), Award for the community services.

Publications and Scientific Activities

• 25 papers and two book chapters.
• About 50 presentations at the local, national and international meetings and symposiums.
• Invited speaker at universities, local, national and international meetings.
• Organized, chaired and conducted technical sessions, meetings and symposiums.
• Participated in international chirality meeting in hosting and chairing sessions.
• Program chair of Johnson & Johnson Chromatography committee for 18 years.

Education

• M.S. Analytical-Organic Chemistry; Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN
• M.Sc. Organic chemistry; M. S. University of Baroda, Gujarat, India
• B.Sc. Chemistry; M. S. University of Baroda, Gujarat, India