• Experience in formulation and analytical development • Injectable and oral formulations: small molecules and therapeutic proteins • Pre-formulation of chemical entity and stability testing of final formulation • Analytical and biophysical skills: HPLC, FPLC, GPC, LC-MS/MS, UV/Vis/CD spectroscopy, Spectrofluorimetry, DLS, DSC, Rheometer, LOD, Dissolution, 1H-NMR, Light and confocal microscopy, Flow cytometry, SDS-PAGE, Western blot, Lyophilization, SPE etc. • Polymer synthesis, purification and characterization • Advanced knowledge of statistical software Graphpad Prism, Chemstation, Unicorn, Microsoft office, Adobe Photoshop, Chemdraw, Image J, SPSS, Compusyn, etc. • Familiar with GLP/GMP • Excellent written and communication skills.

Senior Research Scientist @ Pharmaceutical Development From November 2015 to Present (2 months) Ph.D. @ 1. Synthesis, purification and characterization of antibody-conjugated nanogels (Injectable formulation) and its evaluation for anti-cancer activity against Her2-overexpressing breast cancer models. 2. Development of targeted biodegradable hybrid polymer micelles (injectable formulation) for combination drug therapy in ovarian cancer. From August 2010 to October 2015 (5 years 3 months) Intern @ • Conducted cGMP drug product stability and optimized formulation for long-term stability • Developed analytical method for isolation of degradants (generated during stability testing) in oral formulation using preparative HPLC and solid phase extraction • Successfully identified degradants and pathways of degradation in the formulation by using LC- MS/MS From June 2014 to September 2014 (4 months) Columbus, Ohio AreaResearch Associate @ • Performed formulation development and scale-up of sustained-release solid dosage forms for various small molecules • Optimized process parameters like excipient, granulation, compression and film coating for IVIVC • Conducted technology transfer of one of the formulation to the client company From October 2009 to May 2010 (8 months)

PhD, Pharmaceutical science @ University of Nebraska Medical Center From 2010 to 2015 M.Pharm, Pharmaceutics @ AISSMS College of pharmacy From 2007 to 2009 Swapnil Desale is skilled in: Regulatory Affairs, Pharmaceutical Industry, Pharmacokinetics, Pharmaceutics, LC-MS, UV/Vis, HPLC, Drug Delivery, Validation, Pharmacology, Cell Culture, In Vivo, In Vitro, Western Blotting, Confocal Microscopy