1. Nader Shihada
3713 Windward Way Apt. 304, Columbus, Ohio 43204
(440) 454-3300 Nader.Shihada@gmail.com
Professional Experience_______________________________
West-Ward Pharmaceuticals, Columbus, Ohio
ScientistI January 2016-Present
 Company acquisition by Hikma Pharmaceuticals. Job functions did not change from the
Scientist I position under Boehringer Ingelheim/Roxane Laboratories.
Boehringer Ingelheim/Roxane Laboratories, Columbus, Ohio
ScientistI July 2014-January 2016
 Headed multiple projects for method remediation, compendia updates, and method
verifications. Worked independently and in communication with team members and
coworkers from other Flows. Worked on validation of multiple methods.
 Gained experience with various instrumentation, analytical methods, and products.
 Internally trained and certified on HPLC, Empower, atomic absorption, FT-IR, Bruker
NIR, Labware, dissolution, UV-Visible spectroscopy, autodiluter, rotary viscometer,
moisture, density, osmolality, pH, deliverable volume/fill content, documentation,
advanced data review, TSMET, worksheet issuance, sample preparation, and balances.
 Led multiple organization movements. Reformatted team PC board for better
visualization, organization, and flow of information and meetings. Reorganized the lab to
make supplies readily accessible to analysts and reduce sample preparation time.
Organized an undertaking to review and archive documentation. Created multiple
protocol templates for validation and verification of methods and compendia updates.
Solutions Staffing, Columbus, Ohio
Chemist August 2013-July 2014
 Analytical Development contract chemist at Roxane Laboratories.
 Worked with various groups gaining experience with many products including tablets,
liquids, nasal sprays, suspensions, and viscous solutions.
 Coordinated and communicated balance verifications schedule.
 Performed tasks including blend uniformity, content uniformity, assays, degradation
products, dissolution, UV-Visible spectroscopy, moisture, density, pH, description,
weight loss, and balance verifications.

2. Ashland University, Ashland, Ohio
ResearchAssistant January 2013-May 2013
 Studied the transport of thiophenes through the cytoplasm of P. ultimum.
 Quickly grasped new techniques including maintaining cultures, HPLC proficiency, and
fluorescent microscopy.
 Formulated new methods such as standard preparation within agarose gel, and sample
extraction.
Ashland University, Ashland, Ohio
BiologyTutor August 2010-May 2013
 Communicated information and ideas with professors in order to complement their
teaching methods effectively, and to express student concerns.
 Presented information to students in new and intriguing ways that were appealing and
comprehensible by relating information to the big picture, and using diagrams,
memorization tricks, and relating the material to their lives.
Climbing Wall Supervisor January 2011-November 2012
 CPR Certified.
 Creatively constructed new and challenging routes with limited materials.
 Coordinated building efforts and events with coworkers and management.
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
Internship July 2012-August 2012
 Interned in a neurology laboratory at the Cleveland Clinic.
 Attended project presentations and meetings with the head of the lab.
 Shadowed additional research groups to better acquaint myself with varying laboratory
procedures and protocols such as confidentiality policies, IT policies, handling of
animals, sample preparation, data collection and processing using Excel, extracting
materials needed for new experiments from previous methods, effective presentation of
data.
Skills_______________________________________________
∙ Microsoft Excel ∙ Microsoft Word ∙ Microsoft PowerPoint
∙ UV-VIS Spectroscopy ∙ IR Spectroscopy ∙ HPLC
∙ FT-IR Spectroscopy ∙ Atomic Absorption ∙ Bruker NIR
∙ Empower ∙ Labware ∙ Dissolution
∙ Autodiluter ∙ Rotary Viscometer ∙ Moisture
∙ Density ∙ Osmolality ∙ pH Meter
∙ Advanced Data Review ∙ Balances ∙ Presentation Skills