Alexander Blanazs

Experience

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  West Yorkshire Analytical Services

  Jul 2013 - Sept 2013

  Student Analyst

  Summer project funded by the Royal Society of Chemistry Analytical Chemistry Trust Fund involving the extraction and subsequent ion chromatographic analysis of polyphosphate additives in sea food products.

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  AstraZeneca

  Jan 2014 - Jan 2015

  Sandwich Student - Analytical Chemistry

  As my fourth year of study at the University of York I undertook a 12 month placement at AstraZeneca Macclesfield as a student analyst. Here I worked on the validation and optimisation of analytical methods for accelerated drug projects. Three months of this placement was spent conducting a masters research project at AstraZeneca developing novel synthetic reaction monitoring techniques.

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  Eurofins Lancaster Laboratories

  Jul 2015 - Apr 2016

  Analytical Chemist

  Working for Eurofins on permanent placement at a large pharmaceutical company based in Macclesfield, UK. I am a laboratory manager, an LC-MS superuser and a dissolution super user working to expand capabilities at the host site in these areas. I provide training and support to others in the area of dissolution, and I mentor new starters with Eurofins at the host site. Part of my role involves the use of NMR and MS in reaction monitoring applications to support synthetic chemistry process development and optimisation. Show less

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  AstraZeneca

  Apr 2016 - now

  I’m currently working as the analytical chemistry lead of the ‘Improvement Delivery Team’ within the ‘On-Market Technical’ function of ‘Chemical Development’ at AstraZeneca. My role involves the delivery of improvements to analytical procedures, manufacturing processes and control strategies to provide benefits to control, throughout, cost, reliability and sustainability of our commercial API portfolio. Working in the Technical Stewardship area of AstraZeneca's Chemical Development department, my role primarily involved lifecycle management activities, providing technical support to the commercial manufacturing of AstraZeneca products. My day-to-day role typically involved synthetic chemistry process development/optimisation and the associated analytical chemistry.

  • Associate Principal Scientist

    May 2020 - now

  • Senior Process Chemist

    Mar 2018 - May 2020

  • Process Chemist

    Apr 2016 - Mar 2018