Project Management Sales

SWAPNA SURESH

F-* Archana Apartments

**th A Cross Margosa Road

Malleswaram,

Bangalore- 560 003

Phone- 990*******

OBJECTIVE – A double Masters graduate in organic chemistry with a professional experience of 4 years, looking for a job opening as a Medical Writer

EXPERIENCE AND SKILL SUMMARY –

1. 3 years and 10 months of Industrial Experience (Project Management as well as Patents Legal/Industrial Chemistry).

2. 4 years of research experience (including a MS research thesis at Northeastern University, Boston)

3. Worked as a Project Management executive – handled Project Management related responsibilities for Contract Research (pharmaceutical) projects at their different milestone phases at Jubilant Biosys.

4. Worked for patent firm- Drafted patent applications for many chemical and pharmaceutical companies. Experience in working with databases like Espacenet, USPTO, Science Direct, PubMed, Scifinder. Industrial experience in patent searches.

5. Hands-on experience in multi step synthesis and Analytical Instruments- NMR, LC- MS, HPCL in academics and industry.

6. MS thesis on Synthesis of protected 5’-aminouridine for modification of solid-support in synthesis of modified siRNA - Accepted for publication by German Publishing house, VDM( Verlag Dr. Muller), Reference Number- 15761, ISBN- NR- 978-*-***-*****

7. Extensive experience in Synthetic Organic Chemistry/Bio-Organic Chemistry. Currently developing complex pyrazole, fused pyrazole, imidazo-pyridine, benzimidazole and amino acid based based scaffolds for an Ion channel program.

8. Strong experience in VDM and NAMD: software used in molecular modeling.

9. Team player, excellent communication skills and adaptable.

EDUCATION:

• Northeastern University, Boston, MA Aug 08

M.S. in Bioorganic and Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Northeastern University, Boston, MA

GPA 3.5/ 4.0

Thesis- Synthesis of protected 5’-aminouridine for modification of solid-support in synthesis of modified siRNA

• University of Delhi, India July 05

M.S. Chemistry (specialization- Organic Chemistry) - First Division

• University of Delhi, India July 03

B.S. Chemistry (Hons) - First Division

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Jubilant Biosys. Ltd

Executive in the Project Management department June 2010 to Nov.2011

• Planned and coordinated client visits and teleconferences, interacting with other departments on various Oncology, metabolic disorders and pain related projects.

• Actively worked on the project management related responsibilities for the delivery of the Lead milestone of the project award.

• Exhaustively tracked action items during teleconferences to drive their closure.

• Collated and organized and retrieved documents, project updates, minutes of the meeting in secure SharePoint websites.

• Worked with other management team members, historical data to generate longer-term forecasts including scheduled and unscheduled work.

• Was the key project contact in communications with clients on matters related to the project.

• Extensively worked on contract research integrated projects such as cancer, pain and inflammation related targets.

• Completed the Project Management training program conducted by Project Management Institute- Bangalore Chapter in Feb. 2011

Jubilant Biosys. Ltd

Research Associate in the Medicinal Chemistry Department Dec. 2011 to July 2012

• Custom synthesized pyrazole, fused pyrazole, imidazo-pyridine, benzimidazole, amino acid based scaffolds, which are used as therapeutic agents against pain and inflammation targets.

• Analyzing and characterizing the spectral data of the compounds by NMR, IR, UV and LC-MS technologies.

• Purifying compounds by HPLC, Combi- Flash, Column Chromatography.

Axens India Private Limited. (AIPL), a subsidiary of Axens France a Niche Technology supplier in the field of Hydrocarbons March 2009- April 2010

Business Analyst, Marketing and Communications

• Prepared confidential documents related to catalyst sales and Refinery Process licensing of technologies for the Indian Refinery and Petrochemical sectors.

• Technical writer of important monthly newsletters of Axens highlighting its updated activities

• Compiling and updating latest information from the Petroleum Refining and Gas sector in India for Axens France and Axens India.

• Drafted press releases for Axens France for its many awarded technologies in India

• Participated in the preparation of techno- commercial proposals related to catalyst sales and licensing of technologies for Indian clients.

Novartis Institute of Biomedical Research Inc. (NIBRI), USA Dec 08 – Jan 09

Scientific Associate, Department of Oncology

• Synthesized compounds inhibiting the serine-threonine family of proteins.

• Analyzed and characterized the spectral data of the compounds by NMR, IR, UV and LC-MS technologies.

• Purified compounds by HPLC, Column Chromatography

Northeastern University, Boston, MA May 07 - June 08

• Developed a multi-step synthesis of protected 5’-amino uridine, a chemically modified novel ribonucleoside

• Preparation of solid support for synthesis of amide-modified siRNAs.

• Analysis of compounds by NMR (1HNMR and 13CNMR)

Northeastern University, Boston, MA Sept 06 - April 08

Senior Assistant Lab Instructor, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology

• Instructed and trained small scale organic chemistry related synthesis and experimental techniques to the undergraduate students.

• Evaluated the laboratory reports submitted by undergraduates as well as their performance in the laboratory.

Ranbaxy Research Laboratories Ltd., India June 05 - Aug 05

Project report on “The Preparation of a Drug belonging to the class of antacids”. During the synthesis of the drug, I worked on

• High Performance Liquid Chromatography

• Analysis by NMR and IR

Patent Engineer in the INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS division in a Law Firm called Anand and Anand, Delhi, India Dec 05 - June 06

• Drafted patent applications for many chemical and pharmaceutical companies

• Experience in working with databases like Espacenet, USPTO, Science Direct, PubMed,, Scifinder

• Industry experience in patent searches.

PUBLICATION:

M.S. thesis published by VDM (Verlag Dr. Muller) Reference Number- 15761, ISBN- NR- 978-3-639-09087-1

Title: Synthesis of siRNAs bearing several consecutive amide internucleoside linkages at the 3’-ends.

COMPUTER PROFICIENCY: VMD (Visual Molecular Dynamics software), NAMD molecular dynamics software, MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), ChemDraw, Scifinder

LANGUAGES: English, Hindi and Kannada.

REFERENCES:

• Dr. V. Saravanan- Group Leader in Medicinal Chemistry at Jubilant Biosys.

• Dr. Dhanalakshmi Sivanandhan- Group Leader in Biology at Jubilant Biosys.

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