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Sabera Hasambhai Bijani

Lubbock

Summary

Accomplished researcher with extensive experience in polymer membrane synthesis and characterization at Texas Tech University Health Sciences. Expertise in deuterium labeling techniques and strong communication skills. Led collaborative projects that improved research outcomes and promoted team development in high-pressure environments.

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience

Work History

Post-Doctoral Research Associate-Liang Lab

Texas Tech University Health Sciences
Lubbock
02.2024 - Current
  • Design and synthesis of polymer membranes.
  • Characterization of polymers using GPC, DSC, and TGA.
  • Study of the bacterial drug resistance properties of polymer membranes.

Assistant Professor

Marwadi University
Rajkot
07.2017 - 01.2024
  • Worked as Assistant Professor at Department of Chemistry, Marwadi University, India.
  • Independently plan, manage, and perform multi-step organic synthesis.
  • Writing research proposals, timelines, and resource needs. Monitoring the progress of the project and delivering the completed tasks on time.
  • Collecting and analyzing experimental data to obtain possible conclusions.
  • Planning and executing the research project with collaborators from different research institutes.
  • Teaching medicinal chemistry and organic chemistry courses for graduate and undergraduate students.
  • Presenting research progress to funding agencies/university research committee.
  • Having experience as Women Cell coordinator, subject coordinator, and class coordinator.

Scientist-I

Almelo Pharmaceutical Pvt. Ltd.
Hyderabad
03.2016 - 06.2017
  • Associated with Dr. Keshav Deo for a project to identify, synthesize, evaluate, and characterize unknown impurities for desired active pharmaceutical ingredients (API).
  • Working as a consultant on API marketing with Parth Chemical Pvt. Ltd.
  • Worked with highly complex molecules Impurities of Solithromycin, Oclatinib, Retapamuline, Marbofloxacin and others.
  • Deuterium incorporation in various API by late-stage labeling.
  • Analysis of Deuterated API by techniques like HPLC, LCMS, MS, qNMR, Flash Chromatography, UV-Vis, and Single crystal XRD technique.

Education

Ph.D. - Medicinal And Pharmaceutical Chemistry

Saurashtra University
Rajkot, India
02.2016

M. Sc. - Organic Pharmaceutical Chemistry

Saurashtra University
Rajkot, India
05.2010

B. Sc. - Chemistry

Shree M. & N. Virani Science College
Rajkot, India
04.2008

Skills

  • Faculty development training levels 1, 2, and 3
  • IUCEE training
  • SOP and ICH guidelines training
  • Deuterium labeling techniques
  • Catalyst utilization for reactions
  • Organic reaction execution
  • Inert atmosphere handling
  • High-pressure and temperature reactions
  • Communication skills for presentations and reports
  • Team leadership in laboratory

Awards

Achieved best oral presentation award in Annual Scientific Summit on Advances in Biology and Chemistry (2018)., Achieved Maulana Azad National Fellowship funded by UGC during Ph. D. (2013 – 2015).

References

  • Hongjun, Liang, Prof. of Cell Physiology & Molecular Biophysics, h.liang@ttuhsc.edu, Texas Tech University Health Sciences, Lubbock, TX, USA
  • Anamik, Shah, Ph.D Advisor, Former professor, dranamik_shah@hotmail.com, Saurashtra University, Rajkot, India, President @ ISCB, http://www.iscbindia.com/president.php
  • Keshav, Deo, Executive Director, kdeo35@yahoo.com, Almelo Pharmaceutical Pvt. Ltd., Hyderabad, India

Publications

  • Mira J Vaishnani, Sabera Bijani, Mohamed Rahamathulla, Lalji Baldaniya, Vicky Jain, Kamal Y Thajudeen, Mohammed Muqtader Ahmed, Syeda Ayesha Farhana, Ismail Pasha Biological importance and synthesis of 1, 2, 3-triazole derivatives: a review. Green Chemistry Letters and Reviews, 2024, 17, 1, 2307989.
  • Ankita Raijada, Ajay Rathod, Rizwan Ghumara, Chirag Patel, Ravibhai Bhola, Sabera Bijani, Vicky Jain, Density, Viscosity and Sound Speed of 4, 4'- (Cyclohexane-1, 1-diyl) bis (2, 6-dibromophenol) in 1, 4-Dioxane, Ethyl Acetate and Tetrahydrofuran at Different Temperatures. Chemistry Africa, 2023, 6, 2969–2981.
  • Nurul Amin SK, Sk Imran Ali, Sabera Bijani, Synthesis of aromatic carbamate via palladium catalyzed reductive carbonylation reaction of Nitro benzene: An alternative approach with different nucleophiles other than MeOH. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 2023, 990, 122651.
  • Niravkumar Sagar, Danish Iqbal, Sabera Bijani, Gaurav Sanghvi, Sunil Tivari, Mohammed Alsaweed, Mehnaz Kamal, Vicky Jain. Design, Synthesis, Characterization and Antimicrobial Potential of Jurubidine Linked Peptide Derivatives: In vitro and In silico study. Submission under process.
  • Mira Vaishnani, Akhilesh Prajapati, Sabera Bijani, Danish Iqbal, Sejal Shah, Mehnaz Kamal, Mohammed Alsaweed, Vicky Jain Design, synthesis, and evaluation of novel triazole acetamide linked with phenyl piperazine derivatives as anticancer agent against Breast cancer: In vitro and Molecular Modeling study. Submission under process.
  • Sabera Bijani, Faraz Shaikh, Sheefa Mirza, Shirley Weng In Siu, Nayan Jain, Rakesh Rawal, Nigel Richards, Anamik Shah, Ashish Radadiya. Novel dihydropyrimidinone derivatives as potential P-glycoprotein modulators. ACS Omega, 2022, 7, 19, 16278–16287.
  • Sabera Bijani, Danish Iqbal, Sheefa Mirza, Vicky Jain, Sadaf Jahan, Mohammed Alsaweed, Yahya Madkhali, Suliman A Alsagaby, Saeed Banawas, Abdulrahman Algarni, Faris Alrumaihi, Rakesh M Rawal, Wael Alturaiki, Anamik Shah. Green Synthesis and Anticancer Potential of 1, 4-Dihydropyridines-Based Triazole Derivatives: In Silico and In Vitro Study, Life, 2022, 12, 4, 519.
  • Vicky Jain, Sabera Bijani, Pratik Ambasana, Krunal Mehariya, Umed Bhoya, Bipin Pandey & Anamik Shah, Diversity-Oriented Expedient Route for the Synthesis of 3-Tetrahydropyrimidinyl-Coumarins via MCR, Synthetic Communication, 2016, 46, 63–72.
  • Sabera Bijani, Vicky Jain, Dharmarajan Padmanabhan, Bipin Pandey, Anamik Shah. Mixed Pd/C and Pt/C as efficient catalysts for deuteration of Mesalamine, Tetrahedron Letters, 2015, 56, 1211–1214.
  • Vicky Jain, Sabera Bijani, Pratik Ambasana, Umed Bhoya, Anamik Shah. Development of Nitromethane catalyzed C-H activation for the preparation of chromeno[3,4-d] imidazol-4-ones as hybrid scaffolds, Chemistry & Biology Interface 2015, 6, 347–364.
  • Harshika Patel, Payal N. Bhalodia, TR Desai, Hardevsinh Vala, Ashish Radadiya, Abhay Bavishi, Sabera Bijani and Vishwa Dhinoja. To Evaluate the Efficacy of Olanzapine Analogues in Schizophrenia Using Various Experimental Model. International Journal of Pharmaceutical and Chemical Sciences, 2012, 1, 1646–1656.

Timeline

Post-Doctoral Research Associate-Liang Lab

Texas Tech University Health Sciences
02.2024 - Current

Assistant Professor

Marwadi University
07.2017 - 01.2024

Scientist-I

Almelo Pharmaceutical Pvt. Ltd.
03.2016 - 06.2017

Ph.D. - Medicinal And Pharmaceutical Chemistry

Saurashtra University

M. Sc. - Organic Pharmaceutical Chemistry

Saurashtra University

B. Sc. - Chemistry

Shree M. & N. Virani Science College