Phil MacHonis

About Phil MacHonis

I am an enthusiastic, reliable, and dedicated analytical chemist with extensive experience working in both QA/QC and R&D for various industries, including wine and spirits, natural products, food science, and pharmaceutials. I have worked in both R&D and QC/QA environments, although most recently my work has been in R&D. My primary focus is liquid chromatography, specifically HPLC/UPLC and LC/MS, both targetted and non-targetted analyses. I am Individually focused as well as a strong collaborator who can perform under pressure and deal with ambiguity as well as changing priorities and I enjoy engaging in complex and challenging projects. SKILLS: Instrumentation - HPLC, LC-MS, UV-VIS, FTIR, NIR, wet chemistryComputer - Microsoft Office, Agilent ChemStation and Mass Hunter, Shimadzu software, Waters EmPower

Experience

1. Senior Scientist, Analytical Development

   Lonza

   Nov 2019 — Present · Bend, OR, US

   Responsible for the development and validation of various analytical test methods for pharmaceutical products from pre-clinical through commercialization- Utilize instrumentation such as HPLC/UPLC, GC (headspace and direct inject), Karl Fischer (volumetric and coulometric), and Malvern particle size analyzer.

Education

• University of Florida

  Master of Science - MS, Pharmaceutical Science

• University of Portland

  Bachelor of Science - BS, Chemistry and Music

• Northeastern University

  Master of Science, Regulatory Affairs

Skills

• Nir Spectroscopy
• Wet Chemistry
• Instrumentation
• Lc-Ms
• Dissolution
• Chemistry
• Gas Chromatography
• Laboratory
• Process Optimization
• Standard Operating Procedure (Sop)
• Uv/Vis
• Gc-Ms
• Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (Lc-Ms)
• Sop
• High-Performance Liquid Chromatography (Hplc)
• Quality Control
• Gmp
• Hplc
• Pharmaceutics
• Ftir
• Research and Development (R&D)
• R&D
• Technology Transfer
• Method Development
• Analytical Chemistry