Executive Director, Analytical R&D
Merck & Co
Rahway, New Jersey
I am currently an Executive Director in Analytical R&D at Merck Research Labs in Rahway, NJ, responsible for the strategy and leadership of the small molecule API analytical development function within AR&D from preclinical candidate selection to launch. Prior to this I was a Director and head of the Molecular and Materials Characterization group responsible for salt and polymorph screening, crystallization process development support and solid-state characterization for all early stage Merck compounds. I spent four years in the Pharmaceutical Sciences organization as a member of the Materials Characterization and Technology Assessment group involved in the development of amorphous solid dispersions and as a result of this effort garnered the Merck Research Labs Divisional Award in 2012 for leading the development of amorphous formulations at Merck. I got my MS and PhD in Polymer Science and Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. I have been an invited speaker at over 15 conferences, published over 30 peer reviewed journal articles, 2 book chapters and am co-inventor on 7 patents. I have served in the past as Chair of the Analytical Leadership Group of the IQ Consortium (2016/2017) and was Co-Chair of the Gordon Conference on Preclinical Form and Formulation (2017).
Keynote: Crossing Modalities: Analytical Adventures at the Interface of Small and Large Molecules
Monday, October 23, 2023
1:30 PM – 2:30 PM ET