EDUCATION
St. John’s University, Queens, NY May 2010
• Master of Science in Pharmaceutical Sciences
• Major – Industrial Pharmacy
Ramanbhai Patel College of Pharmacy, Gujarat University, Gujarat, India May 2008
• Bachelor of Pharmacy

FUNCTIONAL SKILLS
• Provision of support to Formulation Development and Clinical Sciences by applying Pharmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamic data analysis using modeling and simulation methods to study optimized drug delivery and rational product development.
• Application of biopharmaceutics, drug disposition and different drug delivery systems for development of efficient formulations.
• Statistical Analysis, SAS programming, Data Analysis and Data Management.

LABORATORY SKILLS
Formulation Development
• Formulation and scale-up of solutions and suspensions by an independent approach.
• Designing an approach of making facsimiles of popular over the counter formulations.
• Formulation and development of creams, lotions, emulsions, gels, pastes, and ointments.
• Formulation of controlled drug delivery systems like microparticles by the solvent evaporation method.
• Formulation and manufacturing of tablets and capsules using different equipments and processes.
Preformulation
• Solid state characterization including bulk properties, particle density, flow properties, particle size analysis and polymorphism.
• Solubility and stability analysis of the drug candidates.
Quality Control
• Quality control of tablets, evaluation of solid, semi-solid and liquid dosage forms, microbiological assays.
• Working knowledge of U.V. spectrophotometer, and Potentiometer.

WORK RELATED EXPERIENCE
Rekvina Pharmaceuticals, Gujarat, India
Manufacturing Intern May 2008 – July 2008
• Underwent training and participated in manufacture of tablets and capsules.
• Optimized relationships between formulation and manufacturing variables to avoid processing problems.
• Evaluation of different excipients like suspending agents, emulsifying agents, binders, and lubricants and their effect on various formulations.
Quality Control Intern May 2007 – June 2007
• Performed release tests on solid and parenteral dosage forms, assays for purity and content uniformity.
• Evaluated stability of liquid dosage forms by studying factors like pH, density and viscosity.

ADDITIONAL SKILLS
• Computer skills: SAS 9.2, WinNonlin Professional 2.1., Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
• Excellent communication, organizational and efficient time management skills.

MEMBERSHIPS
• Member of AAPS September 2009 to Present
• Member of AAPS Student Chapter February 2009 to May 2010