Robert Gomez

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About Robert Gomez

Medicinal chemist with a track record of making major impacts toward the development of drug candidates for advancement into human clinical trials. Experienced in the design, synthesis, purification and characterization of organic compounds for evaluation against biological targets of interest. Optimized lead structures for potency, physical properties and desired pharmacokinetics using a good understanding of drug-like properties and pharmacokinetic parameters. Adept with organic synthesis lab instrumentation including Waters LC-MS, Agilent LC, Gilson Prep HPLC, ISCO Companion, Techne Sample Concentrator, Virtis Lyophilizer, Genevac, Varian NMR, MBraun Labmaster SP glovebox and Biotage Microwave Reactor. Highly proficient with software including ChemDraw, Scifinder, Reaxys, ELN (electronic laboratory notebook), ChemCart, dataChord, Pipeline Pilot, Spotfire, Schroedinger’s Maestro Suite (molecular modeling), ROCS, PyMol and Microsoft Office Word, Excel and PowerPoint. Skills and experience include library synthesis, catalysis, radioligand design, HTS workup, lead change, mentorship, participated in guidance of external CROs, leveraging molecular modeling and principles of conformational bias, pro-drugs, TeamSpace administrator and scientific advisor and supervisor to 3 summer interns. Strong written and verbal communication skills as demonstrated by a strong record, both internally and externally.