Professional Experience Technician

Kesha Patel

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Professional Profile

• Experienced laboratory technician with master degree in biotechnology in medical, certificate of pharmacy (CPhT) technician and three years of experience in performing laboratory services and drug testing.

• Performing systematic analysis of active pharmaceutical ingredients at various stages; including in- process/intermediate/final products using TLC, HPLC, FTIR, autotitrators, UV-Vis spectrophotometer and polarimeter.

• Experienced in running bioassays and laboratory bench studies, writing scientific reports and maintaining research lab operations and equipment.

• In depth working knowledge of cGMP and R&D, pharmacopoeia and regulatory requirements for testing and validation procedures.

Relevant Skills

• Technical: UV-Spectrophotometer, Dissolution Apparatus, Potentiometer, Particle size analyzer, pH meter, Viscosity measurement, Karl fishers titration, Bulk density test, TLC, HPLC, GC, Wet chemistry, Centrifuge

• Characterization: One and two-dimensional LC/MS, MS, IR, HPLC

• Software: Tecan Gemini (pipetting software), Tecan Pegasus (advanced scripting engine), MS Visual Basic for Application (Excel), MS Windows, Microsoft Suites Professional Experience

ACCU REFERENCE MEDICAL LABORATORY, Linden, NJ March 2016 - Present Toxicologist

• Develop and validate LC-MS/MS methods for analysis of a pain panel management drugs in patients' urine samples.

• Prepare standards, controls, internal standards, calibrators and samples.

• Review the LC-MS/MS analysis data of the pain medication, abused drugs and report the results to supervisor.

• Provide regular maintenance and perform troubleshooting of LCMS AB Sciex 4500 and 6500.

• Familiar with the guidelines and regulations of FDA, OSHA and cGMP and analytical procedures. ACCURATE DIAGNOSTIC LABORATORY, South Plainfield, NJ September 2015 – February 2016 Lab Technician - Cytology

• Performed diagnostic microscopic cytology procedures on gynecological and non-gynecological specimens.

• Practiced quality control procedures according to department policy and procedures; rescreen of high risk patients, hierarchal reviews, review of cytology and histology correlation cases.

• Prepared cytopathological reports and certified benign GYN cytology cases using the COPATH system.

• Experienced with analytical equipment such as autoclave, centrifuge and copy machine. Kesha

Mediwin Pharmaceutical Company, Gujarat, India March 2014 – February 2015 Associate Chemist

• Conducted routine and non-routine analysis of raw materials, in progress and finished formulation and special projects on analytical problems on a strict timeline.

• Used analytical instruments such as Gravimetry, Volumetry, GC, HPLC, FTIR, PH-meter, Karl fisher titration, UV-VIS, Calibration instruments for measuring specs.

• Demonstrated instrumental and technical competence with operating and maintaining IR and UV spectroscopy.

• Prepared mobile phase and a variety of assays for HPLC testing.

• Performed routine QC Stability testing of all active substances, finished dosage forms and complaint samples.

Education and Training

Training and Certification, Phlebotomy March 2016

AIMS Education, Piscataway, NJ

M.S., Biotechnology December 2014

Sardar Patel University, Gujarat, India

B.S., Biotechnology December 2011

Sardar Patel University, Gujarat, India

Research

Panchal, K., Patel, K., Tiwari, A.K. "Dietary Supplementation of Citric acid (monohydrate) Improves Health Span in Drosophila melanogaster." Journal of Applied Biology & Biotechnology. Online: http://www.jabonline.in, March 2016, 060-066

Certification

• Certified Pharmacy Technician, New Jersey Board of Pharmacy, 2016 - 2018

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