`Uma Nudurupati

Sunderland,MA 413-***-**** add6je@r.postjobfree.com linkedin.com/in/unudurupati/

Professional Summary

■ Multidisciplinary research scientist with 6 years of experience in pharmaceutical molecules as evidenced by 2 research fellowships, 1 peer-reviewed paper, and multiple presentations.

■ Committed community leader displayed by volunteering at 4 different campus organizations for outreach and co-chairing a committee for Graduate Women in STEM(GWIS).

■ Science communicator as exhibited by 5 technical presentations, 2 demonstrations, multiple outreach events, 1 peer-reviewed paper, and 5 courses taught to students from diverse backgrounds. Techniques, Software & Instrumentation

HPLC

LC-MS

PXRD

FT-IR

DSC

TGA

UV-Vis Spectroscopy

Fluorescence Spectroscopy

FPLC

Light Scattering

X-Ray Scattering

MALDI-TOF

Gel Permeation Chromatography

AFM

LabView

Python

Origin8i

Fortran 77

Microsoft Office suite

Organic synthesis

Small molecule crystallization

Education

Graduate Program (Biophy.) at University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA August 2015-Present Integrated Masters(BS-MS) in Chemistry at University of Hyderabad, TS, India July 2010-May 2015 Minored in physics, mathematics and molecular biology. Work Experience

Multidisciplinary Research Scientist

As a Pharmaceutical formulation Co-Op (Pharmaceutical formulation) Jan 2020 – Current LaunchPad Medical LLC, Lowell, MA

■ Optimising HPLC methods to estimate and measure concentration of non-opioids.

■ Formulating Non-opioids into Tetranite© for a desired elution profile. As a Graduate Research Assistant (Biophysics) July 2016 – Dec 2019 University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA

■ Optimised conditions to study Collagen type II fibrogenesis resulting in a poster presentation.

■ Optimised protein overexpression and purification of Human Gamma D to investigate the suppression of its aggregation in the presence of additives. Resulting in a poster and an oral presentation at local symposia in 2017.

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As a Summer Research Intern (API Co-crystal formulation) May 2014 -July 2014 University of Hyderabad, TS, India

■ Synthesised binary and ternary co-crystals of sulphonamide containing compounds with GRAS molecules, and characterized them using FTIR, PXRD, and, DSC. This lead to a preliminary screening for a journal paper published by the graduate student mentor. As a Summer Research Intern (Pharmaceutical Supramolecular host-guest) May 2012 -July 2012 Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai /MH, India

■ Studied host-guest interaction between fluorescent dye (2(4'Pyridyl)benzimidazole) and macrocycle (cucurbituril) of varying sizes at various pH using fluorescence, UV-Vis spectroscopy; and Time-Correlated Single Photon Counting (TCSPC); resulting in a paper published in Journal of Physical Chemistry C.

Committed Community Leader

as a Co-Chair Diversity and Inclusion, Graduate Women in STEM August 2019 – Current University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA

■ Planned and managed an annual budget of 1000$

■ Organized monthly meetings for the committee members with an agenda and action items.

■ Organized 1 small group (10) and 1 large group event (20+) in collaboration with 2 other teams Science Communicator

as a Graduate Teaching Assistant August 2015- December 2018 University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA

■ Undergraduate classes (Chem 111, Chem 112), and Pre-College Program(Forensic Chem.): Instructed lab class, lead discussion, and assisted students with experiments. In addition to evaluation of lab reports, holding office hours and proctoring exams

■ Graduate class (PSE 602): Standardized and set up Static Light Scattering experiment on MALLS-GPC, and lead lab section.

Publications, Awards, & Presentations

■ CUMIRP Symposium PSE,UMass Amherst, Poster presentation in August 2019.

■ CHRNS Summer School on Neutron Spectroscopy 2019 at NIST, MD

■ Chemistry Biology Interface Program Chalk Talks UMass Amherst in October 2017.

■ CUMIRP Symposium PSE,UMass Amherst, Poster presentation in August 2017.

■ Khorwal,V., Nudurupati,U., Mondal, S.I., and Datta,A., J. Phys. Chem. C, 121 (9), 5379–5388, 2017

■ Post-Graduate Indira Gandhi Scholarship for Single Girl Child For PG Programs 2013-2015

■ Summer Research Fellowship(SRF) By INSA-NASI-IASc (2011 and 2012)

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