Patrick Furer

Consultant bei wega

Basel, Switzerland

About

Experience

  • Consultant at wega
    Apr 2025 - Present · 1 yr 4 mos

  • Head of High Throughput Experimentation (HTE) Laboratory at Solvias
    Sep 2005 - Mar 2025 · 19 yrs 7 mos

    Planning and execution of High Throughput Experimentation (HTE) in homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis, Pd-catalyzed coupling reactions, and racemate cleavage Data processing and interpretation of complex data sets Project management with a focus on heterogeneous catalysis & racemate cleavage, ensuring chemical, technical, and organizational execution of customer projects Technical development of new HTS service offerings Optimization of workflows, software, and hardware for HTE platform operations Migration, administration and technical maintenance of the Electronic Lab Notebook (ELN), including module implementation and training Lab head / leadership of an employee Lean Six Sigma Green Belt – implementation of process improvements

  • Project Leader in Custom Synthesis at SynphaBase AG
    Oct 2002 - Aug 2005 · 2 yrs 11 mos

    Led projects in custom synthesis, contract research, and chemical troubleshooting Implemented new synthesis technologies Managed a team of three employees Provided IT support for laboratory operations

  • Chemist in the Automation Group at Morphochem AG
    Jul 2000 - Aug 2002 · 2 yrs 2 mos

    Developed new approaches for drug discovery using genetic algorithms and neural networks Conducted High-Throughput Screening and synthesis of large compound libraries Automated, optimized, and miniaturized synthetic processes Validated new reactions and evaluated laboratory automation devices

  • Chemist in Preclinical Pharmaceutical Research at Roche
    Mar 1997 - Feb 1999 · 2 yrs

    Elaboration of new synthesis methods Optimization of existing syntheses Collaboration in a pharmaceutical project for the synthesis of anticoagulant substances Training of an apprentice