Quality Control High School

Joshua J. Kassanchuk

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WORK EXPERIENCE

Nostrum Labortories Inc, Kansas City, MO 2007-Present

Position – Chemist III

• Quality Control Finished product testing including Dissolution with UV finish & HPLC –

chromatography in a cGMP environment – generic pharmaceuticals

• Compendial Monograph Raw Material testing

• Performed calibration and maintenance of various equipment including Varian and Distek

Dissolution Baths

• Completed full method validation and reporting of Dissolution test method

• Managed small projects under tight deadlines

Sanofi-Aventis, Kansas City, MO 2005-2007

Position – Senior Lab Tech

• QC/AD related functions using LC-UV and UV instrumentation, Dissolution

• Method development

• Stability

Apex International, Chaska, MN 2004-2005

Position – R&D Chemist

• Formulations of various personal care products

• Micromanage various small projects

Ecolab, Mendota Heights, MN 2001-2004

Position – Lab Tech

• Product Development/ formulations

• Rheology studies

• Micromanage various small projects

• Work with vendors in problem solving

• Field test experimental products

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Upsher-Smith Laboratories, Plymouth, MN 2001 - 2001

Position – QC Analyst

• QC related functions using AA instrumentation, Dissolution and Raw material testing.

• Performed calibration and maintenance of various equipment under a GMP environment

3M, Woodbury, MN 1999 – 2001

Position – Lab Analyst I

• Conducted physical testing on materials to evaluate performance on new products

• Utilized Miran-IR, FID and GC/MS.

Undergraduate research in Inorganic Chemistry, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN 1998 - 1999

• Work included wet chemistry, NMR, IR, cyclic voltammetry, and Schlenk line

• Presented at 43rd Undergraduate Research Symposium

EDUCATION

University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN, BS Chemistry – ACS certified 3.35 GPA 1995 - 1999

Benilde-St. Margaret's High School, St. Louis Park, MN 3.87 GPA 1991 - 1995

OTHER ACTIVITIES

• Martial Arts – 3rd degree black belt (involved since 1983)

• Exotic Amphibian pets

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