Francesco Venturoni

Team Leader presso Novartis

Basel, Basel, Switzerland

About

Synthetic organic chemist working in the field of process development. The current position involves the design and optimization of continuous process via a deep process understanding, process modeling and simulation. Furthermore, while growing in a scientifically stimulating multidisciplinary environment different expertise have been acquired: - Chemical engineering oriented scale-up - Conti-reactors engineering - Application of flow technology to modern organic synthetic transformations - Harnessing of enabling technology - Synthetic organic chemistry (including chemical transformations, purifications and analytical methods) - Steroids chemistry - Medicinal chemistry (drug design and hit to lead optimization)

Experience

  • Novartis (14 yrs 4 mos)
    • Team Leader
      Aug 2020 - Present · 6 yrs

    • Project Leader
      Jul 2020 - Present · 6 yrs 1 mo

    • Senior Process Manager
      Apr 2019 - Jul 2020 · 1 yr 4 mos

  • PostDoc Position at University of Perugia
    Mar 2011 - May 2012 · 1 yr 3 mos

    Application of Flow Mesoreactor in the Scale-up of target compounds

  • Visiting PhD student at University of Cambridge
    Sep 2009 - Apr 2010 · 8 mos

    Application of flow microreactors in organic and medicinal chemistry Group of Prof. Steven Ley and Dr. Ian Baxendale; ITC, Chemistry Department, University of Cambridge