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Dr. Saurabh Kumar Singh

LinkedIn Profile: www.linkedin.com/in/saurabh-singh-21734665

Tel: +91-961******* E-mail: ac27zd@r.postjobfree.com

Experienced PhD (Biotechnology) Scientist/Research Manager with 7+ years’ experience in a global leading FMCG organization

Innovation and global technology discovery leader for foods and beverages/laundry with leading edge in flavour/aroma science, tea biochemistry and processing

R&D management, developed and delivered technology solutions for health & wellness

Skilled in protein biochemistry, cell and molecular biology, cell culture, bioassays, protein crystallography, structural biology and enzymology Work Experience:

February 2010 – Present: Different science/project and leadership roles in the organization Unilever R&D Centre, Bangalore, India

Workstream Leader (2014-Present)

Technology development and delivery leader in foods and refreshment category o Developed technology to unlock flavour/aroma modulation in beverages, early stage technology testing at pilot scale in progress

Responsible for new product development, define, identify and develop early stage technology testing to deliver superior beverages products and winning concepts

Driving innovations with academic partners and 3P to build long term insights

Lead and deliver innovation on enzyme applications projects for various product benefits, develop long term understanding on enzyme technology o Developed enzyme solutions and process intervention to deliver a global superior product

Early stage consumer behavior and sensory assessment for flavour delivering technology, global partnering for the technology format and brand alignment

Capability and Science leader to build –Omics platform for Refreshments category o Established a holistic systems biology (genomics-transcriptomics- proteomics) network to understand key physiological and biochemical changes

Leading a team of 5 scientists consisting of biologists, chemists and process engineers

Project Leader (2011-2014)

Project leader/Research manager for global projects in two key categories: Refreshments and Homecare) of the organization

Refreshments: Project leader for an OI technology project with a world’s leading enzyme company and strategic alliance partners to develop sustainable technologies 2

Homecare: Delivered a technology based enzyme formulations solution to address the core benefit of superior cleaning

o Selection of enzyme class and enzymes activities for current detergent systems to deliver an efficient and step change product benefit

Explored work on enzymes application for a global product concept to deliver a beverage format with consumer winning formats

o Mechanistic understanding of enzyme activity, enzyme biochemistry, complex molecular and enzymatic interactions

Experience with regulatory and safety assessments of the technologies, lab and pilot scale technology evaluation

Senior Research Scientist (2010-2011)

Worked on innate immunity receptors in collaboration with leading scientists from various academic research institutes in India and abroad

Herbal actives for immunity benefits, nutraceuticals, fortification through beverages

Health, nutrition and functional benefits claim and delivery system for beverages Skills and Competencies:

Soft Skills:

Project and stakeholder management, interfacing with multiple internal and external stakeholders

Technical Leader for global research projects, on-time delivery solutions

Long term Innovation and technology funnel building, product development

Early stage technology testing, NPD, regulatory and safety assessments

Championing Open Innovation and leveraging external networking and partnerships

Building cross-cultural and cross-functional teams

IPR management and filing framework

Finance management, budgeting basics, CAPEX forecasting

Consumer and customer focus

Team management, scientific/technical documentation and strategy leadership Core Skills:

Cell and molecular biology, mammalian/animal cell culture and bioassays

Protein biochemistry and characterization

HTP Protein crystallography and structural biology

Systems biology

Tea biochemistry and processing

Enzymology and enzyme biochemistry

Technology scale-down and Scale-up evaluations, early prototyping

Analytical skills: GC and GC-MS, HPLC, LC-MS

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Research Experience:

September 2006 – January 2010: Postdoctoral Fellow [Spine2 complex, an FP6-EU initiative] European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Grenoble, France

Studies on innate immunity receptors, NOD like proteins (NLR) signaling pathways

Exhaustive training in protein purification, protein crystallography, X-ray diffraction and data collection and structure determination on the synchrotron at ESRF, Grenoble July 2002 – August 2006: Research Scientist (Wellcome Trust, UK) International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), New Delhi, India

Biochemical and structural studies to explore potential malaria vaccine candidates

Solved the crystal structure of the Plasmodium knowlesi DBL domain (Pk -DBL), published in NATURE, 2006, February 9, 439, 741-744

Laboratory management, training of pre and postdoctoral fellows, new staff members October 1996 – June 2002: Doctor of Philosophy in Biotechnology Centre for Biotechnology, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India

Doctoral (PhD) thesis on "Transcriptional regulation of human apolipoprotein(a) gene by multiple 5'- upstream cis- regulatory elements"

Teaching activity in Molecular biology for M.Sc. Biotechnology students

August 1995 – September 1996: Pre-PhD coursework, CGPA of 8.0 Educational Experience:

June 1995: Master of Sciences (M.Sc.) in Biotechnology, First Class, 72% School of Biotechnology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India:

October 1992: Bachelor of Sciences (B.Sc.), First Class, 77% Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University, Srinagar, India

June 1988: A.I.S.S.C.E, Senior Secondary School, First Class, 73% Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), New Delhi Achievements and Memberships:

Publications and Patents: 13 publications (available on request) and 2 patents (In-filing)

Scientific member of ACS (American Chemical Society), AAAS (American Association for the Advancement of Sciences) and SBC (Society for Biochemists, India)

Qualified CSIR-UGC, National Eligibility Test (UGC-NET) and National merit scholarship

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