Sampada Chitale

Background

About Sampada Chitale

Research Scientist with ten years of extensive experience in the field of organic chemistry, multi-step synthesis, method development, and investigation of new reactivity • Strong analytical skills from the breakdown of complex research problems using deductive reasoning, and identifying solutions and research opportunities • Excellent communication skills as demonstrated by well-received and award-winning oral and poster presentations at conferences including: Gordon, ACS National, and the International Conference on Physical Organic Chemistry • Skilled in project management and leadership, having mentored 9 undergraduate and 5 graduate students in various research projects and helping them to develop a high standard of technical and analytical skills • Expertise in: Carbohydrate chemistry, process optimization, N-substituted isocyanates, mechanistic investigations and normal phase/reverse phase chromatographic separation • Completed 6 months internship at a major pharmaceutical firm, focusing on process development & optimization • Active member of the chemistry research community, a member of the Canadian Society for Chemistry, American Chemical Society, and Indian Chemical Society • Instrumentation and Software knowledge: Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Spectroscopy, High Performance Liquid (HPLC) Chromatography, Gas Chromatography (GC), Liquid Chromatography (LC-MS), Infrared Spectroscopy and Chemdraw, Scifinder, Reaxys