Quality Control Chemist

SATVINDER KAUR

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Lowell, MA- 01854

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301-***-****

OBJECTIVE

To obtain a position that will enable me to use my strong educational

background, and ability to work well with people.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) NMR HPLC

Scanning Electron Microscopy GC-MS Mass Spectrometry (MS)

(SEM)

UV-VIS Spectrophotometer IR TLC

LC-MS AA Microsoft tools

TOC FTIR Wet Chemistry techniques

GPC ICP-MS ICP

WORK EXPERIENCE

Research Assistant

Department of Chemistry, UMass Lowell, MA

Jan 12-Aug 14

. Responsible for preparing template-stripped gold substrates.

. Sputtering gold onto mica surfaces (Denton Vacuum) for preparing gold

substrates.

. Preparing Thiol solutions and buffer solutions and Diluting gold nano-

particle solutions.

. Adsorbing gold nano-particles onto template- stripped gold substrates

by immersing these substrates into diluted gold nano-particle

solutions.

. Imaging gold nano-particle samples using Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM)

and Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) techniques.

. Characterizing PEGylated Amphiphilic Copolymers for drug delivery

using AFM and SEM.

. Analysing AFM data using Nanoscope 5.31r1 software.

Teaching Assistant

Jan 12-Dec 13

. Prepared in advance for the laboratory classes.

. Assisted students in performance of their experiments.

. Wet Chemistry Techniques: Moisture: Karl Fischer Titration (Volumetric

and Coulometric), pH, Concentration, Conductivity, density, refractive

index etc.

. Assisted students in performing the acid-base, redox- and complexometric

titrations.

. Demonstrated techniques such as IR, UV-VIS spectrophotometer, NMR, GC.

. Responsible for grading lab pre-lab reports and post lab reports.

Research Assistant (Quality Control)

Surya Pharmaceutical Ltd, India.

Sep 08-Mar 11

. Conducted stability study of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API).

. Responsible for testing and analysis of APIs using UV-Visible

Spectrophotometer, HPLC, GC-MS and IR.

. Tested and analyzed finished products and raw materials using

validated analytical methods.

. Assisted in method development and validation for release tests.

. Conducted TOC and heavy metal testing of pharmaceutical materials.

. Responsible for solving technical problems using variety of analytical

techniques.

. Writing technical reports and preparing data for presentations.

. Drafted and implemented lab SOPs.

EDUCATION

Master of Science in Chemistry

University of Massachusetts Lowell, MA

Aug 14

. Thesis: "AFM and SEM Imaging of Nanoparticles on Solid Substrates".

. Chromatography: HPLC, GC, GC-MS, LC-MS.

. Organic Structure Analysis: NMR (interpretation and use of carbon and

proton chemical shifts and coupling constants, Multi-pulse and

multidimensional NMR techniques), Mass Spectrometry techniques and

ionisation processes, fragmentation processes in electron ionisation

mass spectrometry, MS analysis of large and small molecules, Infrared

Spectroscopy.

. Bioanalytical Chemistry: Chromatography (RP-LC, IEC, SEC, Affinity

Chromatography), Electrophoresis (EOF, GE, SDS-PAGE, IEF 2D-GE, CE,

CGE CIEF) Mass Spectrometry (MALDI-TOF/MS, ESI-MS).

Core competencies: Biochemistry, Advanced Analytical Chemistry, Inorganic

Chemistry, Advanced Physical Chemistry.

Bachelor of Science

Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla, India

Aug 2007

. Project: Synthesis and Characterization of Glycerol based 4-Methyl and

3-Methyl Surfactants from 1-

Dodecane.

Core competencies: Chemistry (organic chemistry, inorganic chemistry,

physical chemistry), Physics, Mathematics.

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