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Dnyaneshwar Wagh
Synthetic Organic Chemist/Team Leader
Summary
Dedicated organic chemistry professional with history of meeting company goals utilizing consistent and organized practices. Skilled in working under pressure and adapting to new situations and challenges to best enhance the organizational brand.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
3
3
years of post-secondary education
2
2
Certifications
2
2
Languages
Work History
Senior Research Scientist (Lead Chemist)
PI Industries Ltd
Udaipur
10.2019 - Current
- Working for fungicide discovery project as a bench chemist along with external mentor of team of 4 FTE’s.
- Involved in patent analysis, biological data interpretation and SAR development
- Work with the Team to achieve and exceed targets within the frame given by the Group Leader
- Continuous documentation and reporting of all research results obtained within the area of responsibility
- Carrying out literature search by use of available tools (Reaxis/Scifinder/Patents etc.)
- Carrying out synthetic experiments safely, efficiently, capturing all the experimental procedures and data effectively in ELN
- Update on the functional progress/issues of the project on a regular basis and actively seek functional support from Leaders
- Constructive and active participation in all technical and functional meetings of the Team
- Responsible for individual safety
Senior Research Scientist (Project Leader)
Piramal Discovery Solutions Ltd
Ahmadabad
11.2010 - 10.2019
- Working for overseas client driven drug discovery programs (FTE’s and FFS programs) as a bench chemist initially and later external mentor of team of 10-12 FTE’s.
- To review the chemistry received from client, search the literature, prepare feasible synthetic routes to achieve synthesis of target molecules, chemical calculations, sourcing, ordering and tracking of chemicals through SAP.
- Target/task allocation to team members and daily follow up of chemistry progress and involved in routine chemistry troubleshooting of team members.
- Prepare weekly status reports to re-present the project progress to clients and experimental protocols according to clients’ format, TC MOM, project health, monthly productivity and summary.
- Preparing daily and monthly laboratory reports related to safety for information, compliance and corrective action
- To involve in real time communication with clients through emails and telecoms.
- Demonstrated ability to plan, prioritize and manage multiple, complex, time sensitive projects.
- Comfort with implementation of new ideas and technologies
- Strong Leadership & people management skills to perform under stress & strenuous conditions.
- Safety and Responsible Care, ensuring a safe working environment and operating consistently with responsible care guidelines.
Scientist
Integral Biosciences Pvt. Ltd, PI Industries
NOIDA
09.2008 - 10.2010
- Reactions carried out such as Grignard Reaction, Heck coupling, Suzuki Reaction, Sonoghashira reaction, Buchwald reaction, Wittig reaction, Acid-Amine coupling, amine protections and deprotections,oxidation reaction by using various oxidizing reagents, hydrogenation reaction, Reduction reactions, radical reactions, apple reaction etc
- Synthesis and performing air, moisture and light sensitive reactions, able to perform reactions and purifications from milligram to kilo grams
- Purifications by using column chromatography, Combi flash chromatography, ion exchange resin pur ifications, preparative TLC’s, crystallization techniques
- Preparation of scaffolds, Impurity profiling and structure elucidation by various spectroscopic techniques like 1H-NMR, 13C-NMR, LC-MS, IR, HPLC
- Working on Process development & scale-up of various molecules/processes
- Scale up of the reaction process considering the safety and economy
- Writing of laboratory notebooks with detailed experimental procedure &compiling of data files
- Well versed with chemistry related software like ChemDraw Ultra 16.0, ACD chemsketch, JChem for Excel
- Knowledge of Chemsoftwares, search engines:-Sci-finder, and Reaxys
Education
M.Sc. - Organic Chemistry
North Maharashtra University
06.2006 - 06.2008
MBA - Project Management
SYMBIOSIS CENTRE FOR DISTANCE LEARNING
Pune 07.2021 - Current
Skills
Leadership experience
Basic chemistry understanding
Accomplishments
Patent: WO2021094905 - 1 -(4-(4-(5-PHENYL-4,5-DIHYDROISOXAZOL-3-YL)THIAZOL-2-YL)PIPERIDIN-1 -YL)-ETHAN-1 -ONE DERIVATIVES AND RELATED COMPOUNDS AS FUNGICIDES FOR CROP PROTECTION
Certification
Certified on the Piramal Leadership Series II - People Excellence Program run in collaboration with learning partner Pricewaterhouse Coopers (PwC) in Oct 2018.
Interests
Travelling
Timeline
MBA - Project Management
SYMBIOSIS CENTRE FOR DISTANCE LEARNING
07.2021 - Current
Certificate of appreciation awarded in recognition of being winner for "Team of the year" team award for displaying innovation and team work leading to significant business impact for the year 2019-20 at PI Industries Ltd.
07-2020
Senior Research Scientist (Lead Chemist)
PI Industries Ltd
10.2019 - Current
Certified on the Piramal Leadership Series II - People Excellence Program run in collaboration with learning partner Pricewaterhouse Coopers (PwC) in Oct 2018.
08-2018
Senior Research Scientist (Project Leader)
Piramal Discovery Solutions Ltd
11.2010 - 10.2019
Scientist
Integral Biosciences Pvt. Ltd, PI Industries
09.2008 - 10.2010
M.Sc. - Organic Chemistry
North Maharashtra University
06.2006 - 06.2008