Julian Moore
Senior Scientist
Chicago,IL
Summary
Senior Scientist leading method development, method validation, and stability studies across pharmaceutical operations. Coordinates wide-ranging projects, supports audits, and strengthens laboratory documentation to keep technical work inspection-ready. Serves as a technical escalation point for analytical issues and method improvements.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
- Professional/Personal Sabbatical- Managed full time care for sick family member.
Senior Scientist
Thermo Fisher Scientific
04.2022 - 10.2024
- Manages, trains and coordinates laboratory activities of other team members and assists in troubleshooting instrument and analytical problems.
- Prepares study protocols, project status reports, final study reports and other project-related technical documents.
- Supervises laboratory execution and testing oversight. Technical contributor and escalation resource within the laboratory.
- Communicates analytical needs, resources, and/or barriers with relevant stakeholders
- Supports transition of improved or newly established methods into routine testing.
- Serves as a technical escalation point for execution level testing for issues encountered during routine (release, stability, quality control) or non-routine (development, transfer, validation) work.
- Identifies method, execution, or workflow improvements that enhance data quality and downstream routing testing robustness.
- Supports quality management through hands-on data review and root cause analysis.
Chemist
Eurofins
11.2018 - 04.2022
- Perform routine and complex analytical testing.
- Leadership in contamination control, risk assessments, and deviation investigations.
- Collaborate across Manufacturing, Quality Assurance and Validation teams to ensure safe, high quality products.
Quality Scientist
MilliporeSigma
08.2015 - 07.2017
- Interpret analytical data relative to specifications, process controls, CAPA, and other analytical references with R&D and manufacturing departments
- Perform analytical testing on raw materials (powders and liquids), water quality, stability studies and finished goods adhering to GLPs, GMPs, ISO and EHS requirements (HPLC, GC, pH, KF, UV)
- Perform environmental monitoring and microbiology testing on product development sites ensuring FDA/ISO guidelines
- Coordinate functions with QC, QA, and R&D Operations to support deadlines
- Responsible for creation, review, approval and final authorization of GMP documentation (test results and records, validation protocols/reports, method transfer protocols/reports, test methods, etc.)
Education
Master of Science - Biology
Eastern Illinois University
Charleston, ILBachelor of Science - Biology
Eastern Illinois University
Charleston, ILSkills
- CAPA
- Audits
- Quality management systems
- Deviation investigations
- Root cause analysis
- Stability study design
- LIMS
- Chromatography
- Project management
- Technical service
Publications
Moore, J. (2009). Age and Gender Specific Modulation of Serum Osteopontin and Interferon Alpha by Osteopontin Genotype in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. Genes & Immunity.
Timeline
Senior Scientist
Thermo Fisher Scientific
04.2022 - 10.2024
Chemist
Eurofins
11.2018 - 04.2022
Quality Scientist
MilliporeSigma
08.2015 - 07.2017
Bachelor of Science - Biology
Eastern Illinois University
Master of Science - Biology
Eastern Illinois University