Dr. Amartya Banerjee

• Start-up strategy development and leading the R&D with two direct reports. • Leading the formulation of silane-based hybrid polymer (SMP) adhesive and sealant systems with diverse applications. • Single-handedly developed program plans, goals, objectives, and milestones for evaluating and measuring effectiveness of operations for the R&D. • Participated in continuous improvement by generating suggestions, engaging in problem-solving activities to support teamwork. • Managing stakeholders and customers

• Single-handedly setting up and leading a recognized analytical laboratory for pharmaceutical product testing. • Planned the capital expenditure of 400,000.00 EUR for the new lab. • People management for the new lab and leading the innovation with six direct reports. • Strategic operational cost minimization by cutting down outsourcing up to 30% and reduced the expenditure to a factor of three. • Achieved improved customer satisfaction by in-house product testing and faster claim processing

• Started as R&D chemist but promoted to Head, Chemical Analyses within six months. • Single-handedly built an in-house analytical division in the 160-year history of Marabu GmbH. • Gas chromatography-Mass cpectroscopy expert for chemical analysis for polymers and coatings. • I planned the capital expenditure of 200,00 EUR fort he new lab in the most cost-effective way. • Formulation of UV-dual-cure-polyurethane thermoplastic coatings for automotive industry. • Sky-rocketed customer satisfaction.

• Asymmetric synthesis of organic small molecules, peptides (SPPS), unnatural amino acid libraries. • Synthetic method development and optimization • Spectroscopy analyses of organic and biomolecules with GC-MS, ESI-MS, HR-MS, Fluorescence spectroscopy, Circular dichroism spectroscopy, FT-IT, UV/Vis. • Chromatography separation with RP-HPLC. • Developing new generation therapeutic cell-penetrating peptides based on non-proteolytic beta-peptides. • Teaching and supervision of Bachelor students.