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NAZIFE DIDEM KANSIZ

NAZIFE DIDEM KANSIZ

Summary

Computational Chemist with 4 years of experience to design and develop drugs and vaccines through docking and molecular dynamic simulation, analysis, synthesis processes with high performance computing and specific software programs. Specialized in antisense peptide design which is a type of de-novo peptide design. Also has experience teaching computer aided drug design with knowledge of wet-lab chemistry.

Overview

4
4
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Computational Chemist

The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) Material Institute Biomaterials, Biomechanics, Bioelectronics Excellence Center
08.2021 - 10.2023
  • Design and development of radionuclide-labeled molecules targeting tumor Micro- environment with high selectivity for use in pet imaging systems.Docking and Simulation of Folate Receptor Alpha and PD-L1 proteins for Cancer Imaging "Docking and Molecular Dynamics Simulation" for Folate receptor and PD-L1 protein for Cancer Imaging.
  • CT-1 and AFP protein( Heart and Liver cancer) / Docking and Molecular Dynamics Simulations, design and development through high performance computing.Led to group of 25 undergraduate student for docking and molecular dynamic simulations.'Nimesulide derivative drug design by docking and simulation processes' in collaboration with Health Institutes of Turkey

Computational Chemist

Cambridge University collabration with Istanbul Technical University
09.2021 - 09.2022
  • Development of chondroitin competitive Sulfotransferase enzyme inhibitors for the treatment of Alzheimer Disease with Computer Aided Drug Design( Docking,simulation processes).Using Data Analysis with Python, R programming, Online Databases and Web Services,GitHub and Anaconda

Computational Chemist

BioChemistry&BioOrganic Research Group Member at ITU (Voluntary)
10.2020 - 01.2022
  • Docking and Simulation of Tat Protein to cure HIV Disease, RMSD analysis, entropy, free energy and MMBGSA calculation.Preparing simulation files through Charmm Gui.Drawing molecules via ACD/ChemSketch.De novo peptide design.Antisense peptide design Sequence Alignment

Data Scientist/ Business Development Analyst Internship

Jotun Paints( Jotun Group)
09.2020 - 10.2020
  • Cold Emailing with customers for problem solving in sales and marketing department with the aim of relationship building and critical thinking, and managing competing demand
  • Preparing power point presentations by SWOT analysis, Tableau, Porter’s Five Forces.

Chemist / Quality Control Laboratory

Santa Farma Pharmaceuticals
01.2020 - 02.2020

Pharmacology Literature review, HPLC-GC analysis, IR, durability and fragility test, moisture content, disruption, dissolution, intensity testes

As well as, using polarimeter, spectrophotometer to control quality of capsule and tliquid form of drugs

  • Knowledge of business law, occupational health and safety law, cGMP.

Education

Master of Science in Pharmaceutical Chemistry -

New Jersey Institute of Technology
Newark, NJ
12.2025

Istanbul Technical University
02.2022

Skills

  • Python
  • R
  • Tableau

Certification

  • Virtual Screening and Ligand Design using Small-Molecule Drug Discovery Suite- Schrödinger
  • Prescription Drug Regulation, Cost, and Access: Current Controversies in Context by HarvardX
  • FirstGenU Career Institute: Leadership Skills
  • FirstGenU Career Institute: Job Search Skills
  • Certificate of appreciation to support Corporate Accreditation Program for ITU - Representative student for Council of Higher Education at Istanbul Technical University
  • Bayer Science Content
  • Global Opportunities in Business & Investment ‘17
  • Marketing and Finance Summit ‘16

Timeline

Computational Chemist

Cambridge University collabration with Istanbul Technical University
09.2021 - 09.2022

Computational Chemist

The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) Material Institute Biomaterials, Biomechanics, Bioelectronics Excellence Center
08.2021 - 10.2023

Computational Chemist

BioChemistry&BioOrganic Research Group Member at ITU (Voluntary)
10.2020 - 01.2022

Data Scientist/ Business Development Analyst Internship

Jotun Paints( Jotun Group)
09.2020 - 10.2020

Chemist / Quality Control Laboratory

Santa Farma Pharmaceuticals
01.2020 - 02.2020

Master of Science in Pharmaceutical Chemistry -

New Jersey Institute of Technology

Istanbul Technical University
NAZIFE DIDEM KANSIZ