Rafi Shaik, PhD

Rafi Shaik, PhD

Process Development, APIs
India
English, Hindi, Japanese
Academic affiliation

Received Innocentive awards (USA) for chemical Innovations

Individual
Company

Skills

Complex chemical reactions
Total synthesis
Natural-like libraries, products
Inflammation
Enzyme targeting
DEL screening
C++, C#
Python programming
Linux/Unix
GPU programming
Quantum computing

About

100 Most impactful leaders in health care industry – 2019, Economic times

Policy member ministry of Chemicals and fertilizers, Govt of India.

Advisory member for Innoscience Research Sdn. Bhd (Malaysia)

Visiting Research Fellow, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy (2007)

Member of American Chemical Society (ACS), USA

Recipient of Innovation Research Awards from INNOCENTIVE, USA

Editorial member of INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ADVANCED RESEARCH AND REVIEW (IJARR), Australia

Best B2B marketplace in India -2018 (by ABP News)

Start-up of the Year 2018-19

Working experience in more than 400 APIs/NCEs products (including complex natural products such as Eribulin, Epothilone and Rifamycin) prior art, novel route development and IP evolution (more than 50 API/NCEs developed in lab around 100-500g). Highly experienced in designing, planning and executing multi-step syntheses of novel therapeutic agents and active intermediates.

Work experience

Postdoc

Company:
National Health Research Institutes (NHRI)
Duration:
Dec 2008
-
Nov 2010
present

Scientist - New Drug Discovery

Chief Scientific Officer & Founder

Company:
Innovative Chemical Solutions Pvt Ltd
Duration:
Mar 2009
-
present

Innovative Scientist- Chemical Industry

Education

Pondicherry Central University

Degree:
PhD
Year of degree awarded:
2008

Publications

Case STUDIES

Process Innovation

Process Innovation of APIs

Developed more than 400+ API molecules and speciality chemicals