Eric N. Salgado, PhD

978-***-**** esalgado*@babson,.edu Ashland, MA 01721

https://www.linkedin.com/in/eric-salgado-594251119/ PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

With nearly two decades of advanced scientific research in the realms of both Academia and Pharma, I look to leverage my currently expanding business acumen, built through an MBA focused on Business Analytics and Finance, in order to bridge the gap between bench and balance sheet. EXPERIENCE

Space Planning Associate, SAS RETAIL SERVICES, Quincy MA Sept. 2023 – Present

● Generate Planograms for the Stop and Shop Brand of grocery stores for display placement

● Interface with product category managers to determine optimal product assortment and placement

VECTORBUILDER, INC, Chicago, IL (remote) March 2023 – June 2023 Territory Manager Northeast A

● Drove sales of various molecular biology tools to new users

● Approached new leads via email using Apollo and Hubspot CRM platforms

● Attended in-person vendor shows and scietific meetings to demonstration services PFIZER, Cambridge, MA April 2021 – March 2023

Principal Scientist

● Managed a two-person team focused on the advancement of RNA platforms (mRNA and saRNA) using in vitro techniques.1

● Led a five-team, cross-functional project concerning high-throughput (HTP) assessment of drug substances at the interface of RNA and computational methodologies. I then promoted hits from screening campaigns for animal study scale-up and formulation into LNPs. I not only lead the data analysis pertaining to drug substance and drug product gene of interest expression but also personally collected much of the data as well.

SEQIRUS, Cambridge, MA May 2019 - April 2021

Investigator I/II

● Managed one senior scientist and helped in searching for and hiring another Investigator

● Developed a high throughput, 96-well version of an activity assay used to assess RNA- LNP drug products

● Generated HA and NA protein reagents for all four seasonal Influenza strains for use in vaccine development assays

BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL Jan. 2011 - May 2019

Postdoctoral Fellow / Instructor of Pediatrics, Laboratory of Stephen C. Harrison

● Published three, first author papers uncovering detailed steps in Rotavirus entry process leading to promotion to instructor in pediatrics at children's hospital

● Mentored fantastic undergraduates through Howard Hughes Medical Institute EXROP program, and continued to train graduate and post-doctoral researchers MASS. COLL. OF PHARMACY AND HEALTH SCI., Boston, MA Jan. 2015 – Jan. 2019 Adjunct Faculty

● Taught undergraduates basic chemistry laboratory techniques across entire school year UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO, San Diego, CA Sept. 2004 – Nov. 2010 Graduate Student, Laboratory of F. Akif Tezcan

● Studied rational design of metal mediated protein-protein interactions leading to publishing 6 first author publications

● Established protein design half of group, training incoming graduate students in various biophysical techniques, as well as managed multiple undergraduate researchersTitle, Company Name UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST, Amherst, MA Sept. 2004 – Sept. 2005 Research Technician

Laboratory of Scott Garman

● Established start-up lab as first researcher and left with a high resolution x-ray crystal structure of human beta-galactosidase with and without ligands bound to protein active site, leading to a third author paper

EDUCATION

MBA Candidate, Business Analytics and Finance Concentration Nov. 2021 - May 2024 BABSON COLLEGE, F.W. OLIN GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS, Wellesley, MA PhD, Biochemistry Sept. 2005 – Nov. 2010

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO, San Diego, CA

Bachelor of Science, Biochemistry, Chemistry Minor Sept. 2000 - May 2004 UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST, Amherst, MA

SKILLS

SQL, R, Tableau, Office suite, Photoshop, Unix, Graphpad Prism, Matlab, Spotfire, Excel, Electronic Recordkeeping, Problem-Solving, Analytical Thinking, Project Management, Collaboration, Advanced Research Techniques, Fluorescent imaging, Flow cytometry, mRNA, saRNA, cell culture AWARDS

● University of California, San Diego Martin D. Kamen Prize 2011

● American Chemical Society Division of Inorganic Chemistry Young Investigator Award 2011

● Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award Pre-doctoral Fellowship 2009-2010

● Molecular Biophysics Training Program Retreat Poster Award 2008

● Trainee, University of California, San Diego Molecular Biophysics Training Program Fellowship 2006-2009

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