Purushottam Trivedi

Dedicated Analytical Senior Research Officer with 17+ years of Experience in ensuring the quality, safety and efficacy of agrochemical and industrial products through rigorous testing. Passionate about partnering with adaptable team members who are focused on completing non-routine and rapid projects in an agile environment.

1.  Project Management (Scheduling)

2.  Team Management

3.  Decision making with a positive approach

4.  Prioritization multi-tasking

5.  Dexterity in implementing new approaches

6.  Method Development

7.  Instrumentation Operation

8.  Sample Extraction

9.  SOP Documentation

10.  Laboratory Procedures

11.  Data analysis

12.  Report Preparation

13.  Business Development

14.  Research Publication

15.  Training & Mentoring

16.  Customer Relationship Building

1.  Strong proven interpersonal skills, the ability to work well within a team.

2.  Strong troubleshooting skills and proficiency in identifying effective solutions required

3.  Strong technical skills especially in the operation and maintenance of instrumentation

4.  Facilitated productive collaborations with external experts through regular communication and exchange of ideas, ensuring alignment on project objectives and methodologies.

5.  Managed multiple simultaneous projects while adhering to strict deadlines, ensuring timely completion without compromising quality standards.

6.  Evaluated emerging technologies for potential application in advancing research initiatives and improving results accuracy.

7.  Collaborated with cross-functional teams, optimizing the use of resources and expertise for successful project outcomes.

8.  Optimized experimental designs through meticulous planning efforts that maximized data validity while minimizing resource consumption.

9.  Conducted primary and secondary research to better understand customer needs and behaviors.

10.  Innovative analytical techniques to successfully lead team to peak performance & increase productivity while under pressure in fast paced environment to meet critical deadlines.

11.  Maintained up-to-date knowledge on industry trends and best practices, integrating new techniques into existing workflows as appropriate.

12.  Thrive in a multi-tasking, fast-paced and complex environment; responds with humor to challenging situations and ambiguity

1. Monitoring of pesticide residues in market basket samples of vegetables from Lucknow city, India, QuEChERS method.

2. Disposition & acute toxicity of imidacloprid in female rats after single exposure.

3. Selective solid-phase extraction using molecularly imprinted polymer as a sorbent for the analysis of fenarimol in food samples.

4. Determination of Organophosphorus pesticide residues in wheat & rice by QuEChERS method.

5. Multiresidue analysis of organophosphorus pesticides in fruits and vegetables by GC-NPD.

6. Determination of Pesticide Residues in Pulses Seed and Evaluation of their Phytotoxicity in Term of Germination and Early Seedling Growth by Hydroponic Culture.

7. An Assessment of Water Quality of Gomati River Particular Relevant to Physicochemical Characteristics, Pesticide and Heavy Metal.

8. Development and Independent Laboratory Validation of an Analytical method for the Determination of Oxyacetanilide Residue and its Metabolites in Triticum Aestivum (Grain &Straw) By LC-MS/MS Tandem Mass Spectrometry.

8. Simultaneous Determination of Isoquercitrin and Astragalin in Plant (Leaf) Extract Using Liquid Chromatography with Tandem Mass Spectrometry Method for the Application of Toxicology Studies in Matrix.

1.  Intensely Focused on partnering to ensure customer-sponsor satisfaction

2.  Consistently exceeds expectation, creative, strong partnership, building skills

3.  Collaborative approach & an enthusiastic team player.

4.  Tracked key performance indicators to measure success of campaigns.

5.  Conducted risk assessments for Experiments where applicable.

6.  Built institution's research portfolio in accordance with long-term strategic plan.

7.  Determined and managed schedules and budgets for each project.

8.  Highly motivated, who enjoys challenges, ability to multi-task in high stress environments.

9.  Remain on the cutting edge, during new analytical technique through key account.

10.  Ability to develop & implement analytical strategies based on current trends.

11.  Effective Verbal and written Communication with interpersonal skills.

12.  Ability to adapt & adjust to different environments & situations.

13.  Dedicated & highly ambitious to achieve personal & organizational goals.

14.  Actively participated in section & organization activities.

1.  Training Course on GC-MS Trouble Shooting & Maintenance. (2018)

2.  Two days’ Workshop on GC and GCMS Techniques at SIES Institute of Chromatography and Spectroscopy in Nerul. (2016)

3.  Laboratory Management & Internal Audit as per ISO/IEC 17025:2005 organized at CIPET, Lucknow.

4.  Concept & Application of Instrumentation GC MS, GLC, HPLC, AAS, ICP, TCLP & Air Monitoring Instruments

5.  Application of GC-MS in Pesticide Residue Analysis

6.  Mercury Management in Fluorescent Lamps

7.  Analysis of Pesticides & other Organic Chemicals in Environmental Samples.

8.  Multiresidue Analysis of Pesticide in Food Commodities & Environmental Samples

9.  Pesticide Residue Analysis in Food Commodities and Environmental Samples

10.  Learning Techniques Analysis of Organochlorine Pesticide residues in Sugar and human hair Samples

1.  Comparative Analysis of Multi-Pesticide Residues in Fish, Sediment & Water Using Two Methods. (IEEP-2014).

2.  Status of pesticides, heavy metals & physicochemical parameters in Gomati River Lucknow, India. (AEB-2013)

3.  Status of heavy metals in fish, sediment and water of Gomati River in Lucknow, India. (STOX-2013).

4.  Heavy metal content of some common spices available in markets of the Lucknow city. (SFRR-2013).

5.  Application of QuEChERS for analysis of H & OCP’s in fish chromatographic techniques. (STOX-2012).

6.  QuEChERS Application for Multipesticide analysis in sediment, water & fish. (AFSET-2012).

7.  Comparative Evaluation of LLE & QuEChERS for analysis of OCP’s& H in Gomati water.  (AEB-2012).

8.  Extraction, Clean-up & chromatographic determination of mult-pesticide in pulses of Lucknow city. (AEB-2012).

9.  QuEChERS Analysis of Multipesticide residues in Spices. (STOX-2011).

10.  Status of Organophosphate Pesticide Residues in Mango Fruits (Mangifera Indica L.).  (STOX-2011).

11.  Multiresidue method to determine pesticide in biological matrices using d-SPE. (STOX-2011).

12.  Quick Procedure Used For Screening of Multi-pesticide Residues In Lucknow Vegetables. (STOX-2009).

13.  Screening of OPP’s residues in Food Commodities by QuEChERS using GC-NPD/MS. (STOX-2009).

1.  Analytical and Extraction Approaches for the Analysis of Pesticide Residue. (Navsari Agricultural University-2019)

2.  Extraction Procedure for Residue Analysis. (JRF India RAC-2017)

3.  Monitoring Dermal Absorption of Fungicide Using in Vitro Probe and Tandem Mass Spectrometry. (Separation Science 2017 at Biopolis Singapore)

4.  Establishing baseline sensitivity data using LCMS/MS to investigate dermal in-vitro absorption

5.  toxicological application in Newsletter JRF Global 2019

6.  Impact of pesticides in Food Protection and Public Health Volume 15 & 16 IITR.

7.  Adverse impact of urbanization on environment: crisis on the future of Humankind Volume 20.

8.  Importance of Pesticide and a simple process in environmental samples: QuEChERS Volume 20.

9.  Status of Organophosphate Pesticide Residues in Mango Fruits (Mangifera indica L.).