Hitesh S. Purohit

About Hitesh S. Purohit

Self-motivated pharmaceutical researcher with strong background in physical chemistry and experience in leading formulation and analytical projects in academic laboratories as well as industry collaborations. Detail-focused professional skilled in project planning and management as well as technical writing; effectively handle multiple assignments and changing priorities in fast-paced environments. Effective contributor to interdepartmental / cross-functional teams; take initiative and openly communicate across innovative teams to solve problems and achieve goals. Research interests include: Using physical-chemical principles to manufacture robust formulations. Formulating poor aqueous solubility compounds using enabling formulation strategies. Exploring high resolution analytical techniques that reveal the microstructure of the dosage forms to better understand the phase behavior of API in the formulations.

Experience

1. Associate Principal Scientist

   Merck

   Mar 2025 — Present

Education

• National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research

  Masters, Pharmaceutics

  2010 — 2012

• L.J. Institute Of Pharmacy

  Bachelor, Pharmaceutical Sciences

  2006 — 2010

• Purdue University

  Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Pharmaceutics and Drug Design

  2012 — 2017

Skills

• Lc-Ms
• In Vitro
• Pharmacokinetics
• Uv/Vis Spectroscopy
• Formulation
• Biopharmaceutics
• Chromatography
• Hplc
• Gastroplus
• Uv-Vis
• Uv/Vis
• Drug Delivery
• Pharmacology
• Cell Culture
• Nmr
• Pharmaceutical Research
• Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (Nmr)
• Pharmaceutics
• Drug Discovery
• Solid State Characterization
• High-Performance Liquid Chromatography (Hplc)
• In Vivo
• Formulation Development