Ankita Gambhir, Lab Specialist

Ankita Gambhir

Lab Specialist

Scientific Diamond Company

Location
Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
Education
Master's degree, Chemistry
Experience
8 years, 5 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :8 years, 5 Months

Lab Specialist at Scientific Diamond Company
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • April 2017 to April 2019

Working on different projects like :
o Determination of sugars and HMF in honey by Dionex Ultimate 3000 UHPLC
o Determination of anions and cations in drinking water by Dionex ICS-5000 Ion chromatography.
o Determination of moisture content in honey by Refractometer
o Determination of Diastase activity in honey by Uv-vis spectrophotometer
Validated method for
o Anions and cations in drinking water by Ion chromatography.
o Sugars in honey by HPLC-RID
o HMF in honey by HPLC-UV
Passed Proficiency testing in February 2018, “Anions & Cations in Drinking water by Ion chromatography”
Written Standard operating procedures (SOP’s) for Lab and reviewed and edited Quality Manual and Quality Procedures as per ISO 17025

Assistant Scientific Officer at Punjab Biotechnology Incubator
  • India
  • October 2015 to April 2016

Key Deliverables:
•Operation and maintenance of sophisticated instrument Metrohm 862 Ion Chromatograph.
•Analysis of water samples using IC.
•Routine day to day operations of the respective laboratories.
•Ensured calibration/verification of analytical instruments.
•Controlled and monitored the laboratory environment.
•Assured the quality of laboratory results.
•Proper housekeeping and general maintenance of laboratory and equipment.
•Performed Intermediate Checks of equipment's.
•Planned and executed testing jobs & ensured timely delivery of results.
•Ensured availability of resources by timely putting up the requirements for purchase of consumables to supplies.

Research Fellow at Punjab Biotechnology Incubator
  • India
  • August 2015 to September 2015

Key Deliverables:
•Carried out analysis of various fat soluble and water soluble Vitamins through High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) system.
•Performed oil in water FTIR analysis.

Laboratory Technician at Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research
  • India
  • February 2013 to July 2015

Key Deliverables:
• Operation and maintenance of Thermo Dionex Ultimate 3000 HPLC system.
• Sample preparation, HPLC analysis and Standardization and calibration of instrument.
• Acquisition and processing of blood samples and analysis of results i.e. chromatograms (Both qualitative and quantitative HPLC).

Project Fellow at National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research
  • India
  • September 2009 to September 2012

Key Deliverables:
•Operation, and maintenance of 400 MHz BRUKER NMR and 300 MHz BRUKER NMR instrument, recording and interpretation of all NMR spectra requested by the various R&D departments viz. Synthetic Organic Chemistry departments, Natural Products department and Medicinal chemistry department.
•Involved in development of appropriate NMR methods for certain identified projects from time to time.
•Expertise in NMR operation with focus on structure analysis for large molecule and interaction study on molecule complex with H NMR and C NMR.
•Appreciable knowledge of 2-D NMR studies like COSY, NOESY, HMQC, HMBC, HSQC and 1H Relaxation time studies and DEPT (45, 90 AND 135).
•Elucidating small molecule structure using NMR spectroscopy.
•Familiar with electronic notebook documentation of experimental procedures.
•Proactively developed Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s) and policies in ARD Lab.

Education

Master's degree, Chemistry
  • at Banasthali Vidyapith
  • July 2009

Masters in Pharmaceutical Chemistry

Specialties & Skills

Languages

English
Expert
Hindi
Expert
Punjabi
Expert

Training and Certifications

Lab management system and internal auditing as per IS/ISO/IEC 17025 (Training)
Training Institute:
NITTTR, Chandigarh
Date Attended:
February 2016
Duration:
32 hours