URMI SONI
E-mail: ****.******@*****.***
Cell No: 904-***-****
School Address: Home Address:
Long Island University 3827, Anderson woods drive
East, Jacksonville,
C.W.Post campus Florida ,32218.
Brookville, NY 11548-1300
Objective:
• To work in a pharmaceutical and biomedical environment that can further enhance my professional skills.
Synopsis:
• Self-starter and fast learner with a proactive mindset.
• Hard working, goal oriented and well organized to meet deadlines.
• Ability to take on additional responsibilities.
• Capable of applying academic knowledge to devise practical solutions.
• Eager and willing to learn new things and to take on new challenges.
• Demonstrated experience of effective supervision and a strong team player attitude.
Summary of Qualifications:
• Focus on HPLC, spectrophotomer, UV,Dissolution.
• Focus on Elisa, DNA Paternity Testing, Bacterial Transformation, Southern
Blotting and Western Blotting, Flow cytometry, RT- PCR.
• Performed research and presented on diagnostic technique in Tuberculosis.
• Special interest in chemical calculation, toxic effects of various drugs, drug interactions and nucleic acid amplification techniques.
• Prepared paper on Januvia (sitagliptin) ---an anti diabetic drug.
• Focus on separation of organic substances, inorganic elements, preparation of organic compound and chromatography.
• Performed research on “Induced Differentiation and cell Cycle of Human Leukemia cells.”
Education:
• MS in Biomedical Science, Majoring in Medical Chemistry from Long Island University, NY (2007-2009).
- GPA - 3.6/4.0
• Masters in Science (M.S.C) in Organic Chemistry / Medicinal Chemistry from School of Science, Gujarat University (2004 - 2006).
• Bachelors in Science (B.S.C) in chemistry from C.U. Shah Science College, Gujarat University (2001 - 2004).
• Experimental Thesis on Cancer Research, UMDNJ at Newark ( 2008-2009 )
Experience:
Cis Pharmaceuticals Company ( April 2011 to October 2011)
- Working as a analytical chemist in the Quality Control department.
- Performed assays on HPLC, Dissolution, UV Spectrometer, TLC, TOC.
- Documented all activities related to quality control by implementing SOP and Good pharmaceutical quality control standards.
UMDNJ, NEWARK (January 2008 to till continue)
- Experimental Thesis of Master Study
- Working as a volunteer in the department of Molecular Pathology and Immunology.
- Working with mentor in conducting research on a compound that has therapeutic potential for treatment for human myeloid leukemia.
- Experienced with cell culture, Set of experiment, Cell counting, Flow Cytometry,
Western blot method, NSE staining, etc.
Long Island University, NY (Feb 2008 to May 2008)
Worked as Lab Assistant- Chemistry department
- Acted as a mentor and assisted other students.
- Assisted students in performing various experiments and test setups.
- Effectively prepared pre requisite solutions to organize experiments for related laboratory work-inorganic chemistry, organic chemistry, structure identification ,boiling point measurement & various practical chemistry experiments.
Bombay Tablet Pharmaceutical Company, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India (March 2007 to August 2007)
Worked as Organic Chemist in External Ointment and External Liquid Department
Supervised production for external ointments and liquid departments. Monitored daily activities for various departments including liquid, tablets, capsules and ointments.
Documented all activities related to quality assurance of external ointments and liquid departments by implementing SOP and GMP standards.
Monitored formulations of different batches to get the maximum yield by experimenting on small- scale preparations.
Monitored proper production of capsules by performing various assurance tests like moisture content, DT and weight variation.
Delegated work to appropriate individuals and verified that worked was performed according to the GMP standards.
Implementation of GMP practices and documentation required by regulation/law and maintaining day-to-day logbooks.
Other Accomplishments and Extracurricular Activities:
• Overall ranked as top ten in B.S.C college program.
• Visited Forensic Science Lab during third year of B.S.C. and performed basic tests on various diagnostic instruments.
• Visited a pharmaceutical company during M.S.C. and prepared presentations on quality control and production of liquid department.
• Hobbies include Music, portrait painting, reading non-fictions and self-inspirational books and traveling.