Sapna Sharma

Lasalle, ON N*H *B*

519-***-**** adps60@r.postjobfree.com

Summary

A highly organized, motivated, and professional Analytical Chemist with 10+ years of experience in performing chemical and microbial analysis, developing complex analytical methods, and managing equipment and capital purchase for R&D lab. I have proven to be an independent fast learner and seeking for a challenging and responsible position to utilize all my analytical, leading skills and knowledge to a greater extent.

Professional Skills

• Strong management and

communication skills including

the ability to influence key

contributors and build strong

teams.

• Demonstrated organizational

skills, Independent judgement

and decision making along with

the ability to prioritize tasks

• Supervisory training and Quality

improvement competency

• Extensive experience in using

FTIR macro, LUMOS, NIR, GC-

MS,HPLC, DMA, TGA, alcolyzer,

turbidimeter, conductivity meter,

UV-Vis spectroscopy, Gilson

automatic liquid extraction, and

auto-titrator.

• Built significant relationships

with lab equipment suppliers

and manufacturers, e.g., Agilent,

Bruker, Anton Parr, Waters,

Phenomenex, etc.

• Experience using Xenotest-xenon

weathering instrument.

• Expert in using chromatography,

spectroscopy and

spectrophotometry techniques

for product analysis.

Experience

04/2010 - Current R&D Analytical Chemist- Alcohol Beverage Company The Absolut Company- Pernod-Ricard Windsor, ON

• Leading continuous improvement related to testing and analytical capabilities, identifying new opportunities, developing new analytical methods.

• Manage equipment purchase, maintenance/repair, negotiate cost, and maintain a three- year plan for research laboratory.

• Expert in designing and managing workflows to track project timelines and scheduling task within the R&D team members.

• Develop and implement training sessions for lab personnel to enhance technical knowledge.

• Writing and submitting technical reports to support regulatory submissions, investigations, and inquiries.

• Supporting and guiding product development teams in delivery of new product innovations and value engineering opportunities via analytical and microbial testing.

• Leading analytical activities and investigations linked to new product development, investigations, complaints, and co-packer issues.

• Strong understanding of flavor chemistry, analytical testing, formulations, and processing, ideally those used in Beverages.

• Designing and conducting micro challenge studies on new products.

• Ensuring Good Laboratory practice is followed.

01/2010 - 04/2010 Postdoctoral Fellowship, Inorganic Chemistry University of Windsor Windsor, ON

• Full responsibility for an individual research project as assigned by the supervisor.

• Managed chemistry lab inventory stock and equipment.

• Managed the day-to-day operation of the UV-specs and MID IR.

• Trained new users to use XUV-VIS and MID-IR.

• Performed maintenance as required

01/2009 - 12/2009 Chemistry Instructor, Chemical Engineering Tech St. Clair College of Applied Arts & Technology Windsor, ON

• Supervised laboratory sessions for groups of 10-12 students for the Advanced Organic Chemistry course.

• Demonstrated the theory, use and operation of various instrumental methods like IR, TGA, UV/vis, NMR and HPLC

• Ran problem sessions for students prior to midterms and exams.

• Administered tests, quizzes and other assignments to gauge students' learning and knowledge of course materials.

09/2004 - 12/2009 Graduate Student Research Assistant University of Windsor Windsor, ON

• Assisted with research for academic publications.

• Analyzed organic and inorganic compounds to determine chemical and physical properties, and spectroscopy techniques like, mass spectrometry, FT-IR, UV and high field NMR (300 and 500MHz) spectrometers.

• Executed qualitative and quantitative analysis on wide range of data.

• Gave public presentations of findings at conferences.

• Gathered, reviewed, and summarized literature from scientific journals.

• Responsible for daily laboratory maintenance, such as supply ordering and management, participant scheduling, etc., and research duties.

• Helped write journals-published article detailing results of research. 09/2004 - 12/2009 Graduate Teaching Assistant

University of Windsor Windsor, ON

• Organized, conducted, and supervised laboratory sessions for groups of 18-24 students for the General Introductory Chemistry course as well as Introductory and Intermediate Organic Chemistry courses.

• Prepared laboratory equipment and instrumentation required for tests, research, process, or quality control.

• Demonstrated testing procedures and equipment(UV-Vis, MID-IR and NMR spectroscopy) to students.

• Supported professor in implementing rigorous teaching and learning experiences.

• Utilized email, phone and in-person meetings to answer questions and mentor struggling students.

• Proctored and marked midterms and final exams in addition to grading laboratory reports

01/1993 - 04/1997 Graduate Research Assistant

Guru Nanak Dev University, India

• Assisted with research for academic publications.

• Completed daily administrative tasks for professors as directed.

• Prepared test solutions, compounds, and reagents to conduct tests utilizing HPLC, IR and pH test

• Maintained a proper record of all activities and findings of experiments Education

12/2009 University of Windsor, ON

Ph.D.: Inorganic & Supramolecular Chemistry

04/2006 Ontario Certified Teachers, Windsor

BBA: Teach in Ontario Certificate

04/1997 Guru Nanak Dev University, India

Master of Science: Applied Chemistry

04/1994 S.M.D.R.S.D College India

Bachelor of Science: Chemistry

Activities and Honors

PUBLICATION:

Publications • S. Sharma, G. J. E. Davidson and S. J. Loeb*, “Controlling a

[2]Rotaxane Flip-Switch via Coordination Chemistry.” Angew. Chem., 2010,

(submitted).

• S. Sharma, G. J. E. Davidson and S. J. Loeb*, “Controlling the ON/OFF threading of a terpyridine containing [2]pseudorotaxane ligand via changes in coordination geometry.” Chemical Communications, 2008, 582-584. • S. Sharma, B. S. Lark, P. K. Banipal and T. S. Banipal*, “Thermodynamic and transport properties of sorbitol and mannitol in water and in mixed aqueous solutions.” Indian Journal of Chemistry, 38A, 1999, 1106-1115. Certifications

• Certified Standard First Aid & CPR/AED Level C, Canada Red Cross - 2020

• FTIR Training, Bruker - 2021

• Principles of Internal Auditing Certificate( IACET ) - 2019

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