Basel, Basel, Switzerland
I currently serve as Study Director at Efate, where I am responsible for the planning, execution, and oversight of preclinical studies in full compliance with applicable regulations and Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) principles. I coordinate and supervise laboratory technicians, ensuring scientific integrity, data quality, regulatory compliance, and adherence to project timelines. In parallel, I act as Radiation Safety Officer (RSO), overseeing all activities involving radioactive materials. I am responsible for implementing and monitoring radiation protection programs, ensuring regulatory compliance, managing documentation, delivering staff training, and liaising with competent authorities
- Plan, direct, and oversee preclinical studies in compliance with GLP and applicable regulatory requirements. - Supervise and coordinate laboratory technicians, ensuring data integrity, protocol adherence, and timely study execution. - Serve as the single point of control for study conduct, documentation, and final reporting. - Ensure quality standards and regulatory compliance throughout all study phases. - Act as Radiation Safety Officer, managing all activities involving radioactive materials. - Develop, implement, and monitor radiation protection procedures and safety programs. - Maintain regulatory documentation, deliver staff training, and liaise with competent authorities.
As a Study Director in Environmental Fate at IES, I am responsible for managing and overseeing scientific studies that evaluate the behavior of agrochemicals, pharmaceuticals, and other chemicals in the environment.
- Use of QExactive Orbitrap Mass Spectrometer for metabolites, transformation products and proteins identification - Set up LC-MS system for MetID studies - Calibration of MS Orbitrap - Writing MetID appendix for identification/confirmation studies - Preparation of raw data - To assist the Analytical Chemistry team in the radio-HLPC service laboratory - Responsibility for day-to-day analysis of samples and evaluation of results - Assisting with chromatography method development - Assisting in analytical method validation - General administrative work and laboratory tasks under GLP
Working as bench chemist, I am using synthetic organic chemistry techniques for obtaining different substrates. Main topic: sulfoximines and C-H activation
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