Manager Assistant
Resume:
David B. Rodriguez
Home Address:
Boca Raton, FL, 33434
Cell Phone: 774-***-****
email address:************@*****.***
Education: BS, Chemistry, May 2009; Quinnipiac University
MS, Chemistry, August 2013; University of Miami
Objective: To acquire a job in the chemistry field that is challenging
with the possibility for growth. The job should use skills and techniques I
have already obtained from my years at school as well as teach me new
advanced skills.
Chemistry Techniques: Titrations, Buffers, Gas Chromatography,
Crystallization, NMR, IR, Mass Spec, Simple Distillation, Refluxing,
Fraction Distillation, Flash Chromatography, Tecan Liquid Handler, UPLC,
HPLC, Auto-Vaps
Biological Techniques: Cell Fixation and Scanning Electron Microscopy
Computational Skills: PowerPoint, Excel, Gemini Software, Online Databases
Experience:
2 Month Contract QC Chemist At Collegium Pharmaceutical 2009
Followed GMP's and SOP's
Used USP's to follow and run experiments
Used HPLC to Analyze Compounds Percentage in Drugs
Tested products for Stability under various conditions
Tested Raw Materials and Components
Worked with OOS's and OOT's
6 Month Contract Compound Manager at Cubist Pharm. 2009-2010
Created system for requesting and delivering compounds to different
departments
Used Tecan Liquid Handler to create daughter plates and to aliquot samples
Created programs for liquid handler using Gemini software involving
robotic arms, LiHa, and Temo
Analyzed compounds using NMR, UPLC, and HPLC
Registered compounds into online data base and kept track of compounds
being used
Worked directly with all medicinal chemists to make sure compounds were
being tested properly
Environmental Chemistry Technician at Smithers Viscient 2010-2011
Analyzed environmental samples for drug concentration using HPLC
Helped to generate MSDS's for new regulated drugs
Tested physical properties on newly liscensed drugs
Followed SOP's
Research Assistant at U of Miami 2011-2013
Worked on Hydrogen Bonded assymetric catalysis
Used organic techniques to create catalysts for testing
Analyzed compounds using NMR
Awards and Deans List, Provost Teaching Fellowship at U of
Miami
Honors:
References: Dr. Douglas Heller
Senior Lecturer at University of Miami
*******@*****.***
Dr. Tegan Eve
Chemistry Lab Coordinator at University of Miami
****@*****.***
Dr. David Van Meter
Senior Scientist at Unilever HPC
**********@*****.***
9418 Southampton Pl
Boca Raton, FL 33434
To whom it may concern,
My name is David Rodriguez. I received my undergraduate BS in chemistry
from Quinnipiac University and I just received my MS in Chemistry from the
University of Miami. I am contacting you to inquire about the chemistry job
being offered. I am very interested in the pharmaceutical industry, and I
believe your company would be an excellent place to gain valuable knowledge
that will help me in the future.
I believe that I possess the necessary skills and attitude to be a
successful candidate. Before deciding to attend graduate school for a
masters degree I had worked in the chemistry field for 2 years in various
positions. Right after graduation I received a contract job as a quality
control chemist at Collegium Pharmaceuticals. At Collegium I learned how to
follow SOP's and GMP's as well as being trained in various areas such as
how to work and use an HPLC system to anazlyze drugs. After leaving
Collegium I then transferred to work as a compound manager at Cubist
pharmaceuticals. Over the past 6 months I have worked for Cubist
Pharmaceuticals as a compound manager. In this position I learned how to
use online data bases in order to register compounds and to keep track of
where the compounds were going and what amounts were left for future
testing. I also learned how to use a Tecan Liquid Handler in order to make
duplicate daughter plates as well as aliquoted samples for solubility,
stability and protein binding tests. Using the Gemini computer program I
created specific protocols for the liquid handler involving robotic arms
and pipettes to create samples in a fast and efficient way. Also included
as my duties as a compound manager was to help chemists analyze compounds
being delivered from other companies using a 300 MHz NMR, UPLC and HPLC
system. Lastly I helped create the protocol for how samples will be
requested and delivered to the various departments.
After 6 fulfilling months at Cubist I found a permanent position as a
chemistry technician at Smithers Viscient. Smithers was an environmental
company hired to approve drugs for distribution by the FDA and EPA. At
Smithers I became a product chemist which entailed many responsibilities
such as testing physical properties of new drugs as well as testing drug
concentrations in micro environments. There I used techniques such as HPLC,
pH testing, and UV to test and gather data on these drugs, as well as
followed SOP's. After working at Smithers for 1 year I decided to further
my education by gaining a masters degree.
For my masters degree I attended the University of Miami for the past two
years. I took one year of classes which included inorganic chemistry,
photochemistry and many others. After one year of classes I joined Dr.
Norito Takenaka's group doing hydrogen bonding asymmetric catalysis. In
Takenaka's group I used advanced organic synthesis techniques in order to
create new catalysts to test for selectivity on various dienes. On top of
learning organic techniques I also used the HPLC to help see the % ee of
the catalyst used. While at Miami I also was a teaching assistant and after
one semester as a lab TA I won the honor of the provost teaching fellowship
which allowed me to help teach an honors chemistry class along with Dr.
Douglas Heller. Other accomplishments and jobs I have received include an
REU internship at Harvard University doing SEM on cardiomyocytes, deans
list, and doing organic synthesis research for one year with Dr. Kent
Marshall at the University of Quinnipiac on a model study of decanoic acid.
I hope that I have been able to accurately express my strong desire to work
for your company. I can be contacted at 774-***-**** or by email at
************@*****.*** I look forward to further discussing my candidacy
with you.
Thank you for your time,
David B. Rodriguez
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