Kevin Chunilall
North Brunswick
Summary
Highly-motivated employee with desire to take on new challenges. Strong work ethic, adaptability, and exceptional interpersonal skills. Diverse in both project coordination and laboratory work. Adept at working effectively and mastering new skills quickly.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
Work History
Project Coordinator - Metrology
Parexel
Rahway
02.2024 - Current
- Oversee the lifecycle of laboratory instruments, including installation, routine maintenance, computer system validation, and regulated systems retirement.
- Maintain calibration documentation to meet GMP standards.
- Develop and update Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and Work Instructions (WIs) in collaboration with cross-functional teams.
- Review and audit calibration records in CMMS for accuracy and compliance.
- Prepare, review, and approve instrument/equipment documentation, including master equipment lists and qualification documentation.
- Coordinate service activities across various vendors and maintain a working knowledge of laboratory equipment for troubleshooting and maintenance.
- Experience with Veeva, SAP, eLOG, Openlab, GIMAS and KneatGx
Upstream Bioprocess Tech.
Bristol Myers Squibb (Contractor)
New Brunswick
05.2023 - 02.2024
- Assist with upstream process for small-scale and large-scale bioreactors hands on experience with AMBR250, 5L, 200L Bioreactors.
- Conducted aseptic handling of Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells and operated fed-batch processes using DeltaV software.
- Maintained accurate documentation and records.
Scientist II
Thermo-Fisher
Princeton
08.2022 - 05.2023
- Performed laboratory-scale chromatography and filtration experiments.
- Operated AKTA Chromatography system for monoclonal antibody (MAB) purification.
- Documented results in laboratory notebooks and utilized Unicorn software for data analysis.
Associate Scientist
Avantor
Bridgewater
05.2021 - 08.2022
- Supported various R&D projects, focusing on protein expression, purification, and AAV production.
- Operated benchtop 10L glass vessel bioreactors for E. coli fermentation and CHO cells.
- Conducted laboratory-scale chromatography and maintained documentation of results.
Scientist
Evotec
Princeton
10.2019 - 05.2021
- Optimized and expressed various proteins in E. coli and mammalian cultures.
- Conducted aseptic handling of CHO and bacterial cell cultures.
- Performed SDS-PAGE and Western Blot analyses.
- Utilized automation systems for small-scale purification and documented results in laboratory notebooks.
Education
M.Sc. - Pharmaceutical Chemistry
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT)
Newark, NJB.Sc. - Cell Biology and Neuroscience
Rutgers University
New Brunswick, NJSkills
- Project management
- Equipment maintenance
- Qualification/ Validation
- Quality assurance
- Aseptic technique
- Chromatography
- Cell culture
- Bioreactor
Timeline
Project Coordinator - Metrology
Parexel
02.2024 - Current
Upstream Bioprocess Tech.
Bristol Myers Squibb (Contractor)
05.2023 - 02.2024
Scientist II
Thermo-Fisher
08.2022 - 05.2023
Associate Scientist
Avantor
05.2021 - 08.2022
Scientist
Evotec
10.2019 - 05.2021
M.Sc. - Pharmaceutical Chemistry
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT)
B.Sc. - Cell Biology and Neuroscience
Rutgers University