Harshita Koduri

Experience

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  Hetero Drugs Ltd

  Jun 2018 - Jul 2018

  Summer Intern

  In my junior year, I interned with Hetero Drugs Ltd where I worked on selecting and designing equipment for evaporating a solvent during Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API). Being my first industry experience, it provided me insights into the various equipment involved in API manufacturing.

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  North Carolina State University

  May 2021 - Aug 2022

  • Fabricated microfluidic chips of required design using soft lithography.• Prototyped microfluidic chips using PDMS. Course: Thermodynamics I & Thermodynamics II (CHE 315, CHE 316)• Held weekly office hours to aid students with coursework• Grading exams and homework assignments

  • Research Assistant

    May 2021 - Aug 2022

  • Teaching Assistant - Thermodynamics

    May 2021 - Jul 2021
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  NC State BTEC

  Mar 2022 - Dec 2022

  • Designed an Ion Exchange Chromatography Step for GFP Capture followed by a Hydrophobic Interaction Chromatography for GFP intermediate Purification/Polishing.• Proficient in cross-functional communication with teams from upstream and downstream • Generated CHO mammalian cell line to produce small antibody fragments (ScFV).• Screened for best-producing clones using limited dilution cloning methods.

  • Downstream Processing Experience

    Jan 2022 - Dec 2022

  • Cell Line Development Research Experience

    Mar 2022 - Jun 2022
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  KBI Biopharma

  Jan 2023 - now

  MS&T Engineer