Nataliia Baranova

After graduation, I worked in number of quality control and R&D laboratories but my latest work as analytical chemist in R&D department in pharmaceutical Working in the R&D laboratory was the most challenging and dynamic stage of my career as I progressed from quality control of drug formulations to pharmaceutical development, which required constant learning, creativity, and troubleshooting. My work in R&D was analysis of drug formulations, focusing on identifying impurities of new drugs and developing new methods of quality control.

University of Alberta, EDMONTON, Canada 

Research assistant 

• Developed fluorescence-based activity assay measurements to characterize peptide-based binders
• Developed high-throughput assays for quantifying the biological activity of peptide-based compounds
• Prepared analytical data sheets for chemical compounds synthesized and characterized in the lab
• Documentation of lab safety procedures and other standard operation procedures
• Presented weekly updates to the group to summarize method development and assay results
• Prepared final reports to summarize results for the postdoctoral research fellows in the lab

Yuria-Pharm LLC International pharmaceutical corporation, Ukraine 

Chemist II, R&D department 

• Performed pre-validation studies prior to quality control testing
• Performed validation in a GMP pharmaceutical environment using HPLC, UV-Vis spectroscopy, titration
• Developed and validated of standard operating procedures 
• Conducted stability studies of new products
• Implemented new methods and transferred knowledge to quality control department
• Authored SOPs, validation protocols and reports
• Communicated with other chemists and engineers on research projects, developed nonstandard tests, and interpreted their results.

I hold BSc degree (2002-2006), and MSc in 2007 with main focused of my studies being composted of basic chemical technologies, processes of chemical production, physical and chemical methods of analyses of organic and inorganic compounds.  I studied chemical engineering in Cherkassy State Technological University during 2002-2007 and I studied in The Bohdan Khmelnytsky National University of Cherkassy during 2014-2015 in Quality, standardization and certification and became a specialist preparation of certification and development of quality management systems in enterprises in accordance with the requirements of international standards ISO 9000.