Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Certification
Summary Of Qualifications
Timeline
Generic
Kimia Jahandar

Kimia Jahandar

Richmond Hill,Canada

Summary

Highly skilled QA/QC chemist with more than 5 years of experience in ensuring the quality, safety, and compliance of chemical products and processes. Proficient in a wide range of analytical techniques, laboratory procedures, and regulatory requirements. Adept at conducting thorough inspections, implementing quality control measures, and resolving issues to maintain product integrity and customer satisfaction. Possesses strong communication and problem-solving abilities, coupled with a commitment to continuous improvement and adherence to industry standards.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Lead Analytical Chemist

Vive Crop Protection
Toronto, Canada
07.2021 - Current
  • Lead a team of five in the QC department
  • Plan, run/supervise experiments to support process development
  • Develop, optimize and validate new analytics to support prototypes and product pipeline
  • Author, review and hone SOPs to improve quality and accelerate product pipeline
  • Take ownership of new analytical instruments, write SOPs, train employees, develop and execute protocols for data acquisition
  • Perform method validation for alternative raw material
  • Involve actively in laboratory management and leadership of analytical chemists
  • Create or revise Certificate of analysis (COAs) and other technical documents
  • Summarize, interpret and present data to internal and external stakeholders
  • Collect data to and establish test specifications for large scale production
  • Participate in the investigation of issues related to analytical anomalies (OOS and OOT), lab scale up (production and pilot runs), and costumer inquiries in collaboration with the product development and sales group
  • Train new hires on different testing methods based on SOPs.

Analytical Chemist

LGC (Formerly Toronto Research Chemicals)
Toronto, Canada
10.2019 - 07.2021
  • Conducted qualitative and quantitative analysis of raw material and finished products using analytical instrumentation such as HPLC, ELSD, UPLC, GC-FID, KF, NMR, IR, CHN, OR, MS, TGA
  • Collected, documented, and interpreted data from different analytical tests to get a broad knowledge about the identity and the quality of the internal (projects and retests) and external (resales) products as per established SOPs
  • Inferred information from data obtained from analytical tests and identify out-of-specification (OOS) data
  • Performed HPLC method developments to ensure the purity of synthesized compounds
  • Operated, maintained, and troubleshoot CHN/O analyzer
  • Practiced ISO 17025 and ISO 9001 Quality Management Practices to conduct, prepare and document the results of routine analytical testing
  • Performed calibration of laboratory equipment
  • Planned, organized, and scheduled experiments/instruments based on priorities
  • Weekly auditing labs under 5S and keep a binder of 5S updated.

Teaching Assistant

University of Ottawa
Ottawa, Canada
09.2016 - 06.2018
  • Supervised junior and senior undergraduate students during practical laboratories
  • Mentored and guided undergraduate students with complex chemistry problems
  • Graded lab reports and provided positive feedback to undergraduate students on their lab reports and assignments.

Education

M.Sc. Candidate -

University of Ottawa
11.2018

B. Sc., Chemistry (Honors) -

Sharif University of Technology
06.2015

Skills

  • Raw material analysis
  • Data Analysis
  • Sample Preparation
  • Troubleshooting Techniques
  • Analytical assays
  • Spectrometer utilization
  • Laboratory equipment functions
  • Chemical Analysis
  • Laboratory Management
  • Hazardous chemicals oversight
  • Data Interpretation
  • Workflow Coordination
  • Recordkeeping and documentation

Certification

  • Good Manufacturing Practice and Good Laboratory Practice (GMP/GLP) - University of Toronto (07/01/22)
  • Waters - Alliance HPLC Operation and Performance Maintenance (2020)
  • Certificate of Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHIMS) - for laboratory workers
  • Certificate of international selling skills for medical representative (Medrep)

Summary Of Qualifications

Advanced knowledge of chemistry with an emphasis on analytical chemistry, quality control and quality assurance, Strong attention to details, highly motivated productive team player with strong communication, interpersonal, leadership, time management, team management and problem-solving skills. Ability to work independently, Able to strategize and prioritize responsibilities to accomplish multiple tasks and control my surrounding under pressure. Extremely quick learner, Able to work in a fast-paced environment, Able to communicate in English and Farsi, Knowledge of NMR, MS, HPLC, UPLC, ELSD, GC-MS, FT-IR, TGA, KF, OR, Particle size, Rheology, Stability, Density, experienced on analytical instruments (NMR, HPLC, UPLC, Elemental Analysis (CHN), FT-IR, Mastersizer, Rheometer, DLS, Viscometer, Densitometer, pH-meter) and interpreting analytical data, Quality control and Quality assurance, Trained on GMP/GLP regulations, WHMIS (Workplace Hazardous Material Information System) and MSDS (Material Safety Data Sheet), Follow Standard Operating Procedures (SOP), MS Office suite including Word, Excel, Power Point, Outlook, SharePoint, and Basecamp, Skilled with academic data bases (SciFinder, Reaxys, Cambridge Crystallography Data Center (CCDC)) and chemistry software (Mercury, Diamond, Topspin, ChemDraw, Empower and TRIOS)

Timeline

Lead Analytical Chemist

Vive Crop Protection
07.2021 - Current

Analytical Chemist

LGC (Formerly Toronto Research Chemicals)
10.2019 - 07.2021

Teaching Assistant

University of Ottawa
09.2016 - 06.2018

M.Sc. Candidate -

University of Ottawa

B. Sc., Chemistry (Honors) -

Sharif University of Technology
Kimia Jahandar