S weety Vadlamudi

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Summa ry

• 4 years of experience as a QC Chemist, R&D Chemist and Graduate Research Assistant.

• Experience in method development, method validation, product specification & metrics for R&D,

s tability studies and stress studies.

• Experience in wet chemistry, instrumentation (HPLC, Mass spec, GC, UV, FTIR, AA, pH etc.),

t roubleshooting, following GLP, GMP, FDA & NFS guidelines.

• Experience with sales, suppliers and vendors, sourcing alternate vendors and data analysis.

• Experience in writ ing protocols, testing of raw materials and products following GLP, GMP, NSF

and FDA guidelines.

P rofessional Experience

Natural Alternatives I nternational, Vista CA June 2012-

Present

Quality Control Chemist

• Testing of raw material and finished products to analyze active composition and purity of samples

by HPLC.

• Method development (HPLC) to analyze the purity of raw material and products.

• Experience in stress study and stability studies.

• Resolved technical issues during method development and evaluated alternatives.

• Experience in calibration of instrumentation, wri ting and reviewing protocols and reports.

• Conducted OOS/OOT investigation and implemented corrective and preventive action (CAPA).

• Established schedules and project plans, kept supervisor/manager updated for the project status.

• Supervising chemists and technicians in the laboratory.

Quality Control Microbiologist

• Performed routine Environmental Monitoring of designated areas including viable air and surface

sampling, swabs and Pathogen monitoring.

• Water testing involves Bioburden, TOC, conductivity testing.

• Maintain accurate records and documents of work performed on a daily basis and as needed for

quality control tests or regulatory purposes; record test data and results for samples in notebook

or worksheet, and, as requested, enter the data or results into database in a t imely and accurate

manner.

• Experience in handling of Biolumix for a range of microbiological tests like Total Aerobic

M icrobial Count, Yeast and Mold, Enterobacterial count, Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas

aeruginosa, Staphylococcus aureus, Salmonella to analyze various raw materials, in-products and

f inished products.

I r ma Lerma Rangel College of Pharmacy Jan 2012-April

2012

Texas A&M University-Kingsville, TX.

Research Assistant

• Worked on the effects of Cannabinoid Receptor Antagonist in insulin-administered mice, monitored

m ice subjects’ feeding behavior, administered dosages, analyzed subjects’ brain tissue samples and

p lotting observational data.

National Natural Toxins Research Center, K ingsville, TX May

2008- Dec 2010

Graduate Research Assistant

• Worked on testing venom proteins for anti-cancer activity on various mammalian cell lines.

• Worked on a thesis project on the isolation and partial characterization of antibacterial peptides

f rom the venom.

• Maintained technical documentation, record keeping, protocol design and submission of quality

assurance protocols and followed research according to GMP safety guidelines.

• Writ ten technical documentation and articles for journals, worked on research projects.

• Worked on HPLC and Mass spectrometry techniques, Cell culture and Cell isolation, wet

chemistry, general chemistry, SDS-Page, Capillary Electrophoresis and ELISA techniques, while

following GLP Standards.

NATCO Pharmaceuticals, India. Jan 2007-Dec

2007

Internship

• Analyzed various drug samples using HPLC techniques (Reverse Phase and Ion Exchange

Chromatography, Thin Layer Chromatography and Gas Chromatography techniques) and conducted

s tudies using Dissolution & Disintegration apparatus.

JSS College of Pharmacy, India. Jan 2005-Aug

2006

Department of Pharmacology

Researcher

• Testing the Effectiveness and Side Effects of a Polyherbal Formulation in the Treatment of

I nsomnia.

• Isolation and separation of compounds through Ion Exchange Chromatography and analysis of

mass by Mass Spectrometry, conduct various pharmacological experiments on mice and rats and the

analysis of data by Student T-test and SAS software.

Educational Background

Graduate level Aug ‘11

Masters of Science in Analytical Chemistry

Texas A& M University – K ingsville, Texas. (GPA: 3.6/4.0)

Undergraduate level Aug ‘06

Bachelor of Pharmacy in Pharmaceutical Sciences

Dr. MGR Medical University, India. (GPA: 4.0/4.0)

Technical Skills

• Operation of HPLC : I on Exchange Chromatography, Reverse Phase Chromatography, Affinity

Chromatography, Size Exclusion Chromatography, Gas Chromatography, GC-MS, ICP-MS,

k nowledge of Protein-Purification and Protein-Separation techniques, DNA-Purification techniques.

• Electrophoresis Techniques: SDS Page, 2-Dimensional SDS Page, Capillary Electrophoresis,

Native Gel Electrophoresis, Western Blotting, Southern Blotting, Isoelectric Focusing and ELISA.

• Other techniques including Gelatinise Assay, Fibrinolytic Assay, Direct and Indirect Hemolytic

tests, Hemorrhagic test, Tissue Collection, Cell Culture, Cell Isolation and Plate Development,

Centrifugation techniques, Molecular Biology techniques like DNA Isolation & Preparation, PCR,

RT-PCR.

• Experienced in laboratory operations, animal handling techniques, maintaining technical

documentation, protocol design, submission of quality assurance protocols and composition of

journal articles.

Honors and Awards

• Recipient of the “Who’s Who among Students in American Universities” award, for excellence in

research, academic and extracur ricular activities for 2010-2011.

• Won the “Honorable Mention Award” for presenting “Studying the Effects of Cannabinoid

Receptor Antagonist in Insulin Administered Mice” at Texas Tech University Health Sciences

Center, Amarillo, TX - 2010)

• Recipient of the “Welch Scholarship” award, from Texas A & M University-K ingsville (2008-2011).

• Ranked 2nd in the Bachelor of Pharmaceutical Sciences program at Dr. MGR Medical University,

I ndia -2006.

• Recipient of “Student Development Scholarship” award, from JSS College of Pharmacy, India -

2002-2006.

Publications & P resentations

• Characterization and Partial Isolation of Antibacterial Peptides from the Venom of Snake Naja

pallida ; Vadlamudi S, Lopez Johnston JC, Bashir S, Daniels L, Perez J.C (under review).

• Characterization and Isolation of Antibacterial Peptides from the Venom of Snake Naja Pallida

(poster presented at TAMU K in 2010).

• Studying the Effects of Cannabinoid Receptor Antagonist in Insulin Administered M ice (poster

p resented at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Amarillo, TX in 2010).

• An Improved H igh Performance Liquid Chromatographic Method for Analysis of Low Molecular

Weight Proteins and Comparison with the Standards (presented at University of Texas - San

A ntonio, TX in 2009).

• Studying the Effectiveness and Possible Side-effects of a Polyherbal Formulation in the Treatment

of Insomnia on the Central Nervous System in Mice (poster presented at the Indian Pharmaceutical

Congress – 2005, and at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in 2006).

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