Dr. Kalpana Palani

Developing new natural products as active cosmetic ingredients for skin and hair care. Extraction, enrichment, isolation and analytical characterization of natural products. Managing & training lab technicians for chromatographic & spectrometric techniques. Co-ordination of work with multidisciplinary team such as Raw material sourcing, Biologists, Test institutes, Formulation, QC, Production, Toxicology and Regulatory teams. External scientific collaboration & Technology scouting.

Successful creation of over 200 fragrance & cosmetic ingredient structure identity reports for REACh registration process. Coordination of workflow with regulatory, production, quality control and research departments. Led a team for natural product isolation and structural elucidation project. Analytical method developments, database creation and transfer of methods to QC.

Successfully led multidisciplinary projects by collaborating with various research teams. Led the team in extraction and enrichment of bio-actives for the product development food ingredients. Identified and quantified bio-actives (plant secondary metabolites) using HPLC-MS, GC-MS, MS/MS, NMR. Supervised and mentored students and technicians for chromatographic and spectroscopic techniques.

Synthesized and analysed small molecules at the medicinal chemistry department for drug discovery research

Served on research team that focused on the discovery of new chemical entities (NCE) by contributing in organic synthesis in GLP system.

Organic synthesis, Natrual product synthesis