Simon Cheng

Research Scientist

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Newmarket, ON

647-***-****

adb8j4@r.postjobfree.com

SENIOR SCIENTIST

GENEHARBOR (HONG KONG) BIOTECHNOLOGIES LTD 06/2009 - 05/2019 Hong Kong

● Lead research projects for computational protein design focusing on increasing thermostability and expression level

● Experimental design and data analysis for enzyme activity screening and evaluation

● Recombinant protein expression (bacteria and yeast), purification (immunoaffinity column chromatography, IEX and IMAC) and immobilization (small / large scale)

● Molecular cloning for site-directed mutagenesis

● Novel method development for protein engineering and design

● Optimized and operated enzymatic reactions in bioreactor for industrial purposes

● Wrote patents and SOP

● Various laboratory management duties

CEO & CTO

ENZYME DESIGN LTD 07/2017 - 05/2019 Hong Kong

● Managed company funding and resources

● Lead a team of 2 researchers to develop novel computational method for protein engineering

● Presented company milestones and managed deadlines SUMMARY OF SKILLS

● Computational protein engineering, software and database including FoldX, Autodock, Pymol, SWISS-model, BLAST, UniProt, BRENDA, programming language such as PERL and Python

● Molecular cloning techniques, PCR, DNA / protein gel electrophoresis, ELISA, western blot, HPLC, UV/Vis spectroscopy, bacterial / mammalian cell culturing and aseptic techniques

● Familiar with GLP / GMP requirements.

● Microsoft Office programs, OpenLab, Windows and Linux EDUCATION

SENECA COLLEGE 09/2007 - 04/2008 Toronto

Bioinformatics Graduate Certificate

Relevant Courses Completed

Bioinformatics, Programming (C), Perl Bioinformatics, Java, Operating Systems, Molecular Biology, Applied Statistics and Biological Databases (MySQL)

RYERSON UNIVERSITY 09/2000 - 04/2006 Toronto

Bachelor of Science - Applied Chemistry and Biology Relevant Courses Completed

Microbiology, Applied Microbiology, Food Science, Analytical Chemistry, Biotechnology, Biochemistry, General Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Biology, Calculus, Probability and Statistics, Physical Chemistry, Chemical Instrumentation and Chromatography.