gases analysis, gas standard QC, GC/FID/TCD/PFPD,

Wenjun Zhu

***** ****** *** **.

Clarksburg, MD 20871

Phone: 240-***-****(cell)

fehkeq@r.postjobfree.com

OBJECTIVE

To obtain a challenging Senior Chemist position in order to develop myself and my career, update myself with the latest technologies, and contribute towards an organization's goal.

CAREER SUMMARY

Analytical Chemist with over 17 years of experience in US academic and industrial laboratories. Skills include: HPLC, GC/FID/TCD/PFPD, LC/MS, NMR, FTIR and QC for specialty gases.

PROVEN SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• Quality control for specialty gases and chemical gas sensors.

• HPLC, LCMS, GC/FID/TCD/PFPD methods development, validation and troubleshooting.

• Extensive experience with software such as Millennium32, ChemStation, Stars.

• Structure analysis and identification by NMR, IR and MS.

• Application, evaluation, maintenance, and repair of analytical instruments.

• Solid statistical knowledge and data analysis.

• Experience managing industrial QC Laboratory and supervising employees.

• Read, speak, and write English and Chinese with good communication skills.

• Basic knowledge of cGLP, ISO and GMP.

EDUCATION

• June, 2002, M.S., Computer Science, University of Northern Virginia, Manassas, Virginia

• July, 1983, B.S., Pharmaceutical Chemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Science, Beijing Medical University, Beijing, China

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Calgaz, LLC (An Air Liquide USA Group Company), Cambridge, MD

Sr. Chemist (2/2007-present)

• Developed, modified, and validated methods to analyze gas mixtures by GC/FID/TCD/PFPD, FTIR and gas analyzers.

• Maintained and troubleshooted analytical instruments.

• Supervised and trained new employees and students.

• Reviewed and validated analytical methods, company and laboratory SOPs, and other operating, safety, and quality documents.

National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD (Unit on Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy, NIMH)

Contract researcher (Kelly Scientific) (6/2004-2/2007)

• Performed rat anesthesia, surgery, and physiological maintenance for MRI, fMRI and MRS experiments.

• Prepared and analyzed brain tissue samples by high-resolution NMR.

• Preformed general laboratory maintenances, purchased orders, and prepared NMR phantoms.

• Preformed general NMR Spectrometry and routine laboratory maintenance.

University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE (Dept. of Pharmaceutical Science, College of Pharmacy)

Technologist II (4/2002-5/2004)

• Developed and validated HPLC methods for sugars and sugar alcohols in rat lenses.

• Developed HPLC and NMR methods to monitor and control organic synthesis.

• Purified and identified intrinsic Aldose Reductase inhibitors by HPLC, LC/MS (ESI, APCI).

• Calibrated and maintained laboratory equipment (HPLC, LC/MS, pH meter, and spectrometers).

• Synthesized new Aldose Reductase inhibitors to serve as a new drug in animal clinic trials.

• Responsible for supervising new employees and students.

National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD (The Laboratory of Ocular Therapeutics, National Eye Institute)

Contract Technician (10/2000- 3/2002)

• Responsible for purifying intrinsic Aldose Reductase inhibitors from bovine lens by semi-preparative HPLC.

• Purified and identified intrinsic Aldose Reductase inhibitors by LC/MS (LCQ Mass spectrometer).

• Analyzed Aldose Reductase inhibitory activity through enzyme assay.

• Responsible for general laboratory maintenance and supplies order.

Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (Dept. of Psychiatry, School of Medicine)

Research Assistant I, II, III (1/1993-3/1999)

• Performed Catecholamine and Serotonin determination by HPLC-ECD.

• Perform Free Radical (e.g. •OH, NO•) method development and determination by HPLC-ECD/UV with trapping reagent.

• Developed and validated HPLC methods for drugs and metabolites. (Methamphetamine, MDMA, Malondialdehyde, Uric acid, Tyrosine).

• Improved OPA derivation with the HPLC-ECD method for Amino Acid assay.

• Responsible for troubleshooting, maintaining and repairing instruments (HPLC, detectors)

• Responsible for small animal stereotaxic surgery for Microdialysis and tissue dissection.

Beijing Medical University, Beijing, China (Dept. of Organic Chemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences)

Lecturer (12/1984-12/1991)

• Studied synthesis of 1.2.4-triazine compounds and their chemical characteristics.

• Synthesized peptides by solid-phase and by solution-phase.

• Purified organic compounds by column chromatography, TLC, HPLC and gel chromatography.

• Determined organic compounds structures by IR, UV, NMR, GC-MS etc.

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