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veera shakar pulusu

Gilead Sciences (United States), Societal CDMO, Indian Institute of Technology Patna, Ohio University, Taro Pharmaceuticals (Canada), Swami Ramanand Teerth Marathwada University

ORCID iD 0000-0003-1801-6388

About

• Analytical Scientist with over 20 years of experience in pharmaceutical analytical research and development, currently working at Gilead Sciences in Analytical R&D supporting virology and oncology programs.
• Holds M.S. degrees in Chemistry from Swami Ramanand Teerth Marathwada University and Ohio University. Currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Chemistry at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Patna since June 2025, with research interests in pharmaceutical analytical chemistry and nitrosamine impurity analysis.
• Skilled in drafting and reviewing analytical protocols, reports, SOPs, validation documents, regulatory submissions, and technical investigations.
• Analytical instrumentation skills include HPLC, UPLC, LC-MS/MS, GC, GC-MS, dissolution apparatus, and UV-Visible spectrophotometry.
• Experienced in forced degradation studies, stability-indicating methods, dissolution method development, method validation, extractables and leachables support, impurity characterization, and stability studies for pharmaceutical drug substances and drug products.
• Author of multiple peer-reviewed scientific publications in analytical and pharmaceutical chemistry and active reviewer for international scientific journals.

Employment

  • Gilead Sciences (United States) Scientist
    2023 - Present
  • Societal CDMO Scientist II
    2022 - 2023
  • Taro Pharmaceuticals (Canada) Chemist
    2019 - 2022
  • Apotex (Canada) Chemist
    2017 - 2019
  • Apotex Research Pvt Ltd Sr. Research Scientist I/Team Lead
    2015 - 2017
  • Neuheit Pharma Technologies Private Ltd Research Scientist II/Team Lead
    2014 - 2015
  • Matrix (Mylan) Laboratories Ltd Assistant Manager
    2007 - 2009
  • Aurobindo Pharma (India) Chemist
    2004 - 2007

Education

  • Indian Institute of Technology Patna PhD
    2025 - Present
  • Ohio University M.S.
    2023 - 2024
  • Swami Ramanand Teerth Marathwada University M.Sc
    2001 - 2003

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (40)