Gagan Deep Sharma
Bathinda,Punjab
Summary
Pharmaceutical and life sciences professional with over 5 years of experience supporting API/active ingredient research, hit identification, bio-agent formulation, and regulated bioanalytical operations across global pharmaceutical organizations. Proven ability to convert complex scientific data into strategic insights, operational improvements, and leadership-ready decision support. Experienced in cross-functional program execution and process optimization within GLP/GxP environments, with strong alignment to Chief of Staff–style strategy and operations roles.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
Scientist
Boehringer Ingelheim
Georgia, USA
02.2024 - Current
- Contributed to API, active ingredient discovery programs, supporting hit identification and validation through high-throughput screening and bioanalytical assays.
- Supported drug and bio-agent formulation decisions by generating PK-relevant and proteomic data to guide dose selection and formulation strategy.
- Delivered analytical and operational insights that informed pipeline prioritization and development planning for vaccines and antiparasitic candidates.
- Identified technical and operational bottlenecks across discovery and formulation-adjacent workflows, enabling faster progression from hit to development candidate.
Scientist I - Biological Analytics & GLP Bioanalysis
Frontage Laboratories / Janssen Pharmaceuticals
Pennsylvania, USA
07.2023 - 12.2023
- Supported clinical and preclinical pharmaceutical programs involving active ingredients and biologics, ensuring regulatory-ready analytical data.
- Generated quantitative bioanalytical data supporting API exposure, immunogenicity risk, and formulation performance assessments.
- Coordinated with cross-functional teams to align API analytics, formulation requirements, and clinical timelines.
- Prepared structured technical summaries and decision-support documents for internal and sponsor-level reviews.
Research Assistant - Plant Pathology / Molecular Biology
University of Florida - FLREC
Florida, USA
08.2020 - 05.2023
- Performed DNA/RNA extraction, fungal genomic analysis, and engineered CRISPR knockouts in Fusarium oxysporum, leading to three new effector insights.
- Conducted Western blotting, protein extraction, and proteomics to characterize fungal virulence factors.
- Improved biomarker resolution by 40% by combining LCM and IHC for spatial proteomics.
- Streamlined NGS data handling, reducing analysis time by 35% for Nanopore and PacBio sequencing.
- Performed DNA/RNA extraction, fungal genomic analysis, and engineered CRISPR knockouts in Fusarium oxysporum, leading to three new effector insights.
- Supported hit identification and validation through molecular biology, proteomics, and genomic screening approaches.
- Contributed to early-stage bio-agent and formulation-relevant insights by linking molecular behavior to functional performance, and stability indicators.
- Integrated multi-omic data to prioritize targets and candidate molecules for downstream development consideration.
Research Assistant - Entomology & Proteomics
Auburn University
Alabama, USA
08.2018 - 07.2020
- Performed DNA/RNA extraction, SDS-PAGE, western blotting, and protein purification supporting Wolbachia-based insect molecular studies.
- Increased protein extraction yield by 30% using optimized LC-MS workflows.
- Built axenic bacterial culture pipelines ensuring high reproducibility for proteogenomic experiments.
- Supported nucleic acid sequencing and bioinformatics workflows feeding into insect genomics datasets.
- Performed DNA/RNA extraction, SDS-PAGE, western blotting, and protein purification supporting Wolbachia-based insect molecular studies.
Education
Master of Science - Plant Pathology
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL05.2023
Master of Science - Entomology
Auburn University
Auburn, AL07.2020
B.S. - Biological Sciences
Punjab Agricultural University
Punjab, India05.2018
Skills
- Molecular biology
- High-throughput screening
- Bioanalytics & Assays
- Genomics & Bioinformatics
- Animal, human health, and drug development
- Proteomics and analytical chemistry
- DNA/RNA Extraction
- CRISPR/Cas9 Editing
- Western Blotting
- SDS-PAGE
- Protein purification
- Agrobacterium transformation
- Assay Development
- ADA assays (GLP)
- HTS Screening
- Therapeutic Protein Analysis
- NGS (Nanopore/PacBio)
- Sequence analysis
- Python & R Data Analytics
- Vaccine Development
- PK Studies
- Target Discovery
- LC-MS (Orbitrap)
- HPLC Quantification
- Mass spectrometry
- Proteomics data analysis
- Project management
- cross-functional collaboration
- bioanalytical testing
Core Skills
DNA Extraction, RNA Extraction, CRISPR/Cas9 Editing, Western Blotting, SDS-PAGE, Protein Purification, Agrobacterium Transformation, Assay Development, ADA Assays (GLP), HTS Screening, Therapeutic Protein Analysis, NGS (Nanopore/PacBio), Sequence Analysis, Python & R Data Analytics, Vaccine Development, PK Studies, Target Discovery, LC-MS (Orbitrap), HPLC Quantification, Mass Spectrometry, Proteomics Data Analysis
Timeline
Scientist
Boehringer Ingelheim
02.2024 - Current
Scientist I - Biological Analytics & GLP Bioanalysis
Frontage Laboratories / Janssen Pharmaceuticals
07.2023 - 12.2023
Research Assistant - Plant Pathology / Molecular Biology
University of Florida - FLREC
08.2020 - 05.2023
Research Assistant - Entomology & Proteomics
Auburn University
08.2018 - 07.2020
Master of Science - Plant Pathology
University of Florida
Master of Science - Entomology
Auburn University
B.S. - Biological Sciences
Punjab Agricultural University