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Advisor: Prof. Bruce H. Lipshutz

Green chemistry methodology development

• Ability to work efficiently and manage multiple collaborative projects, leading 3 highly diverse teams
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, participated in 3 cross-national collaborations
• Streamlined research processes to meet tight deadlines for multiple projects
• Improved synthetic routes of 2 small molecule drugs to more cost-efficient and sustainable ways: INLYTA (axitinib) and TRINTELLIX (vortioxetine)
• Experienced in 100-gram scale organic synthesis on non-ionic surfactant
• Mentored 1 undergrad, leading to 1 publication in Angewandte Chemie - International Edition
• Guided 3 new lab members through lab safety training and instrument SOPs
• Strong written skills, invited by Wiley to write Green Chemistry Lab Manual chapters and design experiments
• Taught General Chemistry Labs for 3 quarters, 9 classes, 200+ students
• Attention to detail and critical thinking to review and give constructive comments to 7 papers
• Instrumentation maintenance and troubleshooting:automatic chromatography, GC-MS, HPLC

• Advisor: Prof. Chao-Tsen Chen
• Medicinal Chemistry and Drug Discovery
• Strong analytical skills using UV-Vis, fluorescence, LC-MS, and HPLC for in vitro assessment of pharmacokinetics of chlorambucil-based prodrugs
• Worked within a multidisciplinary team and quickly able to train on 10+ instruments and experimental skills to conduct biochemical research
• Effective execution as a synthetic chemist by designing efficient synthetic routes and synthesizing 10 prodrug forms of chlorambucil analogues, which led to collaboration projects with the most preeminent academic institution of Taiwan, Academia Sinica.
• Responsible for instrumentation maintenance and troubleshooting for HPLC and rotary evaporator
• High level of organizational and planning skills to meet monthly deadlines of research presentations
• Flexible leadership style when mentoring 1 graduate student and 3 undergraduates
• Strong presentation skills: Prepared tables and graphs to clearly summarize research results. Interpreted and analyzed data to draw conclusions

• Advisor: Prof. Ming-Chang P. Yeh
• Organometallic chemistry methodology development
• Strong hands on experience in small molecule characterization: NMR, MS, IR, X-ray crystallography
• Ability to work in teams to prepare small molecule precursors and conduct key reaction steps
• Presented research progress in weekly group meetings