chikako ogawa

project manager

About

Medicinal chemist and manager specialized in small to middle size molecule synthesis with a PhD in organic chemistry, over 10 years medicinal chemistry research experience in fields such as oncology, immunology and parasitology. The profound expertise of “hit to lead” medicinal chemistry, scale-up synthesis, oligo-peptide chemistry, peptide chemistry, polymer chemistry, organometallic chemistry, asymmetric catalysis and green chemistry. 5 years experience in managing a project team (7-10 people). 2 years experience in outsourcing management. Sound decision-making based on strong analytical skills. Target oriented, result oriented, strong leadership, coaching skills, optimistic and persistent

Country

switzerland

City

switzerland

Industry

research

Skill

organic chemistry, medicinal chemistry, hplc, organic synthesis, chemistry, drug discovery, pharmaceutical industry, management, leadership, analytical chemistry, drug development, lc ms, chromatography, nmr, peptide synthesis, conjugation, oligopeptide synthesis

Experience

project manager

senior research scientist

elanco

2015-3 - 2017-6 · 2 yrs 4 mos

* Lead and manage research projects and teams in the area of parasitology * Analyze in vitro/in vivo test results. Plan medicinal and synthetic chemistry accordingly for internal and external lab technicians * Provide active pharmaceutical ingredient for a large field study and tox studies * Presenting status updates for the senior management team * Coach 2-3 lab technicians * Manage 3rd party collaboration * Manage resources internally and externally to maximize individual strengths * Patent filing Key Achievements - Led a project team and reached a proof of concept milestone - Transferred the project from research to development team - Filed a patent for active pharmaceutical ingredients to address sea-lice control in salmon

post doctoral researcher

eth zurich

2004-1 - 2005-1 · 1 yr 1 mo

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science fellow

senitor scientist

eisai

2006-10 - 2012-5 · 5 yrs 8 mos

* Conduct laboratory research demonstrating excellence in synthetic and medicinal chemistry allowing rapid and efficient structure activity relationship (SAR) knowledge generation via multi-dimensional optimization Propose and establish workflows in research teams Present a research proposal Key Achievements * Achieved proof of concept milestone for a research project in immunology * Reached research generation milestone for an Immunology project * Published 2 papers in known journals resulting from the collaboration with an academic team in the area of immunology * Terminated an oncology project based on critical data analysis

exploratory research for advanced technology kobayashi project, team leader

the university of tokyo

2005-6 - 2006-9 · 1 yr 4 mos

* Project team leader * Provide scientific training for students, postdoctoral fellows and research associates * Establish research strategy * Obtain research results and publish in widely recognized journals Key Achievements * Published 11 papers in chemistry journals * Co-authored 11 invited book chapters and reviews * Filed 7 patents as a co-inventor