Danhui Sun
tel : 514-***-****
**** ****** **. ******, ** 20723
email: *********@*****.***
PROFILE
1. A highly productive analytical scientist with more than 15 years of
experience in the pharmaceutical industry.
2. Strong background knowledge and expertise in pharmaceutical property
evaluation, especially in the field of analytical chemistry and CMC.
3. Good organization and communication skill, and self-motivated team
player.
AREAS OF EXPERTIS
1. Application of routine analytical instruments (LC/MS, GC/MS and HPLC),
troubleshooting and maintenance.
2. Solid state characterization techniques using DSC, TGA, DVS, XRPD,
dissolution.
3. Design, validate and perform high-throughput screening using automated
robotic systems such as Tecan.
4. Pre-formulation, formulation development, salt form selection and IV
infuse assessment for drug candidate.
5. Chemical stability test.
CAREER HISTORY
2008. Oct -2013. Sep
Boehringer Ingelheim. Laval, Canada
Research Assistant II
Responsibilities:
1. High Throughput Screening assay of pharmaceutical properties such as
solubility and Log D.
2. Solid characterization for candidate compound (LC/MS, DSC, TGA, DVS,
XRPD, GLpKa for stability, hygroscopicity, crystallinity, solubility,
dissolution rate, pKa.).
3. Formulation design and salt form selection.
Major Achievements:
1. Efficiently learned and mastered the technical handling and
programming of Tecan robotic systems
2. Established high throughput screening platform for solubility and Log
D. Achieved a 4 times higher capacity and 2 times shorter cycle time.
3. Fully profiled for 8 drugs for further preclinical evaluation.
Completed CMC assessment for their further developbility.
4. Actively contributed to the lab and group meeting discussions and
monthly report writing on project related issues, particularly related
to CMC.
5. Delivered presentation to lab meeting and group discussions
2003. Feb -2008.Oct
Neurochem Inc. Laval, Canada
Neurochem Inc. is a pharmaceutical company based in Laval. It focuses on
the development and commercialization of innovative therapeutics for
Alzheimer's disease and Secondary Amyloidosis.
Analytical Chemist
Responsibilities:
1. Using, maintaining and troubleshooting HPLC, LC/MS and preparative
HPLC.
2. Using 18-Angles Light Scattering instrument to study amyloid peptide
and protein.
3. Conducting routine MS and HPLC analysis of chemical compounds and
peptides synthesized by the chemists (Exact mass of elemental
composition. Purity test by HPLC).
4. Performing DMPK study for our drug candidate (rat plasma and urine
analysis, Caco2 monolayer cell membrane, cell culture metabolism
analysis).
5. Developing method for separation of compounds.
6. Providing training and assistance to chemists for the use of Prep-
HPLC.
7. Using Dionex Ion-exchange chromatography to analyze the ionic
compounds or impurities (sulfate, bromide, succinic acid etc).
8. Applying size-exclusion chromatography to study amyloid peptide and
conjugated BSA.
9. Developing chiral separation method for drug candidate synthesized by
the chemists (using Regis Inc Pirkel type column and Daicel Inc. OD,
OJ and Crown-ether column).
Major Achievements:
1. In charge of all the instruments in chemistry department. Kept all the
instruments function well.
2. Succeeded in develop a new DMPK method, shorten the analyze time from
12 minutes to 5minutes.
3. Helped synthetic chemists purify theirs compounds. Meet the deadline
to submit the compounds. Training more than 10 chemists to use Prep-
HPLC and analytical HPLC
4. Finished a few hundreds of compounds analyses requested by synthetic
chemists (purity test, or method development for purifying by Prep-
HPLC).
5. Succeeded in method development of chiral separation for 3 groups of
important compounds
EDUCATION HISTORY
B.Sc, Biochemical Engineering
Zhe Jiang University, China 1990-1994
RELATED TRAININGS
Wyatt Inc 18 Angles Light Scattering training.
CMC Lab instrument training (DSC, TGA, DVS, XRPD, GLpKa)
Waters Inc Canada: Q-Tof Micro LC/MS Small Molecule Training .Agilent Inc
Canada: Agilent HPLC Maintenance and Troubleshooting .
Shimazu Co. Ltd Japan: Gas-Chromatography Application Training.
Lyophilizer: LyoStar 3
ANALYTICAL INSTRUMENT AND SOFTWARE
Mass spectrum: Waters Q-TOF micro MS and ZQ mass spectrum, Masslynx
HPLC: Waters Acquity UPLC/Empower . Agilent 1100 HPLC/Chemstation, Dionex
Ion-exchange chromatography/ Peaknet. GE AKTA Chromatography
system/Unicorn. Preparative HPLC:water 2795 Prep and Varian
Tecan Robot : Freedon evo, Evoware.
LANGUAGE
English --- excellent on reading, speaking and writing
French --- good at reading, basic at speaking and writing