MOHAMMADZAHID MALL

E-mail: te86wl@r.postjobfree.com, Phone: 408-***-****

Objective

To obtain a challenging position in a well established organization where I can work enthusiastically and exploit my educational knowledge, skills and intelligence for the growth of company.

Education

Master of Science in Pharmaceutical Sciences (M.S) Dec – 11

Specialization in Industrial Pharmacy, GPA – 3.45

Long Island University, Brooklyn, NY.

Major subjects: Industrial Pharmaceutics, Pharmacokinetics, Bio-pharmaceutics, Instrumental Analysis,

Pharmacokinetic compartment modeling, Physical Pharmacy and Physical chemistry

Bachelor of Pharmacy (B.Pharm) May – 08

Hemchandracharya North Gujarat University, India.

GPA – 3.67

Professional Skills

• 2+ years of diversified experience working in industry as Assistant chemist.

• Formulation development of tablet, capsules, creams, emulsion and suspension.

• Formulation development of mucoadhesive controlled release tablets.

• Dry granulation, Wet granulation method, Tablet coating; wruster coating.

• In-vitro dissolution; USP dissolution apparatus, In- vitro diffusion; Franz diffusion.

• Academic knowledge of Pre-formulation of solid dosage form required for ANDA filling.

• Pre-formulation of semi-solid dosage form.

• Use of penetration enhancer and release modifier to alter the release from dosage form.

• Stability studies of solid and semi-solid dosage from.

• HPLC Method development and Analysis, HPLC method validation, UV analysis; Derivative UV spectroscopy for quantitative analysis of more than one drug in single formulation, TLC, GC, MS, fluorescence spectroscopy, potentiometer, Polari-meter, Colorimeter, Karl-fischer titration.

• Wet analysis of various grades of steel and titrimetric analysis.

• DOE e.g. Factorial design, two component & three-component system.

• In-Process quality control tests of Tablets.

• Hands on experience on Winnonlin®: IVIVC tool, compartmental modeling, NCA approach, Pharmacodynamic model, Simultaneous fitting of plasma and urine data, Programming language.

• Pharmaceutical Unit operations; drying, vacuum filtration, mixing, centrifugation.

• pH meter, solubility determination, viscosity measurement, Partition coefficient determination.

• Microbiological technique : Gram staining, aseptic technique, Use of incubator and Autoclave.

• Well versed with cGMP lab techniques.

• Able to read, understand and follow all associated SOP’s.

• Documentation of laboratory report, validation protocol, BMR and SOP.

Software skills

• Winnonlin®

• Statplus

• Graphpad prism

• Microsoft word, Excel, Powerpoint.

Work Experience

GRADUATE ASSISTANT/ MATHEMATICS TUTOR Sept 10 – Present

Long Island University, Brooklyn, NY

• To help the students to understand fundamentals of basic and advanced mathematics.

• Expertise in basic algebra, pre calculus and calculus.

ASSISTANT PRODUCTION CHEMIST June 08 – Aug 09

United Industries, India

• Worked in Bulk drug manufacturing department.

• Conducting unit operation during production including vacuum filtration, centrifugation, drying, pulverization, micronization and packaging of finished product.

• Maintaining batch-manufacturing records (BMR).

• Quantitative analysis of carbon, chromium, nickel, manganese, sulfur, phosphorous, tin and lead from metal sample and match the result with British and US standards.

• Prepared document for the environmental clearance from the Indian government.

• Air pollution, water pollution, and hazardous pharmaceutical waste management.

• Chemical oxygen demand (COD), biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), total dissolved solid (TDS) of water.

STUDENT INTERN (QUALITY CONTROL DEPARTMENT) June 07 - May 08

Kayvee Aeropharma Pvt. Ltd.

• Determined tablet dissolution test to check cumulative percentage release of the drug.

• Tablet disintegration test, friability test, weight variation analysis, content uniformity test, tablet hardness test.

• Documentation of results.

• Solubility test, pH meter, Partition coefficient determination.

• UV & HPLC analysis.

STUDENT INTERN June 06 - May 07

Megh Pharmaceutical Pvt. Ltd.

• Work with senior staff using Rotary tablet press, mixer, granulator, coating pan, FBD during manufacturing process

• In process quality control.

• Wet granulation and dry granulation, particle size analysis.

Project

“Formulation & In-vitro diffusion studies of transdermal cream containing NSAIDs” Sep 10 – Aug 11

Long Island University, Brooklyn, NY

• Formulated various transdermal cream containing ibuprofen and ketoprofen with different polymers.

• Evaluated the effect of penetration enhancer to improve drug release from dosage form.

• Performed Franz diffusion to study in-vitro release of drug.

• Quantitative analysis using derivative UV spectroscopy (Varian) and HPLC (Empower).

“Formulation and Evaluation of Mucoadhesive tablet of Venlafaxine HCL” June 07 – May 08

Shri B.M.Shah College of Pharmaceutical Education & Research, Modasa, India

• Formulated six different controlled release tablet formulation using DOE (design of experiment) method and In-Vitro dissolution of each formulation.

• Performed In-vitro dissolution of formulated tablet batches and compare release profile of Batches.

• Quantitative analysis using UV spectrophotometer.

Interpersonal Skills

Self-motivated, Quick learner, dedicated to duties, well determined, good verbal and communication skill, ability to multi-task, efficiently works as team and alone as well.

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