Rachit Shah
Senior Scientist @ Rentschler | Ph.D. in Chemistry
- Role
- Senior Scientist at Rentschler Biopharma
- Location
- Franklin, MA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Rachit Shah
Biochemist with more than 12 plus years of experience in antibody/protein engineering, production and characterization of protein therapeutics within academic and industrial environment Exposure and experience with protein engineering (rational design approach) & biophysical/biochemical characterization of antibodies, enzymes and other biologics such as ADC’s Hands on experience with bacterial/mammalian protein expression, purification and bioconjugation (site-specific and non-specific) techniques for biologics Experience with characterization of novel biologics modalities at biochemical, biophysical and cellular levels Developing assays to select leads with excellent biophysical/biochemical and manufacturing properties ready for IND partnership Exuding passion for problem solving via biochemistry, structural biology and protein engineering methods Teaching and mentoring scientist/associate and interns in laboratory settings Excellent team player, ability to multitask and learn new techniques, effective written/oral communication skills reflected with 15 co-authored publications and one U.S patent
Experience
Senior Scientist
Jan 2026 — Present · Milford, MA, US
Biologics- Analytical
Education
University of Minnesota
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry
2011 — 2017
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
Masters, Medicinal Chemistry
2007 — 2010
Pune University
Bachelors, Pharmacy
2003 — 2007
Skills
- Fluorescence Spectroscopy
- Pharmaceutical Industry
- Uv/Vis Spectroscopy
- Assay Development
- Proteomics
- Live Cell Imaging
- Polymerase Chain Reaction (Pcr)
- Cell Biology
- Research
- In Gel Fluorescence
- Protein Purification
- Fluorescent Probes
- Protein Engineering
- High-Performance Liquid Chromatography (Hplc)
- Neuroscience
- Western Blotting
- Medicinal Chemistry
- Bioconjugation
- Biochemistry
- Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (Nmr)
- Chemical Biology
- Life Sciences
- Pharmacology
- Cell Culture
- Molecular Biology
- Fluorescence Microscopy
- Drug Design
- Unnatural Amino Acid Mutagenesis
- Enzyme Kinetics
- Protein Nmr Spectroscopy
- Photocrosslinking
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