Chemist, PhD. Fluorine, Organic, Peptide Chemistry. R & D Manager at Equinox Chemicals. ASQ CSSGB.
Albany, Georgia Area
- Current
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- Research and Development Manager at Equinox Chemicals, Inc.
- Past
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- Senior Research Chemist at PPG Industries
- Scientist at Fluorous Technologies, Inc
- Postdoctoral associate at Tufts University
- Graduate Research Assistant at Clemson University
- Education
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- Clemson University
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Vittorio Montanari’s Summary
• Expert organic chemist, PhD, inventor and published author in:
Bioactive small molecules and peptides
Synthetic methods in organic and fluorine chemistry
• Experienced in communicating to professional audiences and creating effective presentations
• Dedicated to the principles and methods of continuous improvement
• Certified Six Sigma Green Belt, American Society for Quality.
Postdoctoral work (Tufts 2003-2005) on a new method for the synthesis of pure peptides and fluorinated amino acids.
US Ph.D. (Clemson 2002), organofluorine chemistry.
The technologies patented by Tufts (WO 2005 118527, US 2008 275216 A1) and by Clemson (US 6,794,492), generate a multitude of unprecedented substances, anticipated to have outstanding in vivo stability and unique lipophilicity.
Please see my website www.vmchemistry.com for highlights: I hope you can find these methods useful to achieve more easily your own goals.
Vittorio Montanari’s Specialties:
Organic synthesis. Peptide synthesis. Fluorocarbon chemistry. Monomer synthesis for specialty polymers. Industrial R&D, product scale up and optimization. Principles and methods of total quality.
Vittorio Montanari’s Experience
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Research and Development Manager
Equinox Chemicals, Inc.
(Chemicals industry)
September 2008 — Present (11 months)
Equinox is a Custom Organic Synthesis manufacturer, specializing in the preparation and design of organic substances, serving Government, Pharmaceutical, Flavor&Fragrance, and other industry sectors.
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Senior Research Chemist
PPG Industries
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; PPG; Chemicals industry)
June 2007 — August 2008 (1 year 3 months)
Senior Research Chemist at the Coatings Innovation Center near Pittsburgh. Developed new resins based on renewable raw materials.
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Scientist
Fluorous Technologies, Inc
(Chemicals industry)
August 2005 — May 2007 (1 year 10 months)
Synthesized new fluoroorganic chemicals, and developed methods useful in pharmaceutical and biotechnology R&D.
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Postdoctoral associate
Tufts University
(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)
March 2003 — August 2005 (2 years 6 months)
Research in protein synthesis and novel reaction methodology with Professor Krishna Kumar. The technology: "Fluorous Capping Reagents, and Methods For Peptide Purification", K. Kumar and V. Montanari, Patent WO 2005118527, is available for licensing from Tufts University.
Illustrated in my website, vmchemistry.com. and in:
Pure Peptides via Fluorocarbon Capping Technology: a Hands-On Discussion
V. Montanari in: Current Frontiers in Asymmetric Synthesis and Application of alpha-Amino Acids, ACS Symposium Series, Soloshonok, V. A.; Izawa, K., Eds, 2008, invited contribution.
Just Add Water: A New Fluorous Capping Reagent for Facile Purification of Peptides Synthesized on the Solid Phase
V. Montanari and K. Kumar, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004, 126, 9528 -
Graduate Research Assistant
Clemson University
(Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Higher Education industry)
January 1996 — August 2000 (4 years 8 months)
Graduate Student, DesMarteau's Fluorine Group. Funded to do full-time research by NSF and Dr. DesMarteau's other funding.
Supervised summer undergraduate interns (1997 J. Sayers; 1998 J. Martin; 1999 K. Takematsu), who were very bright and intense, and did successful research on novel bioactive substances.
Vittorio Montanari’s Education
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Clemson University
PhD , Chemistry , 1996 — 2000
My Ph. D. work received the university-wide 1999 Clemson University Outstanding Graduate Researcher Award and the 1999 departmental awards from the College of Engineering and Science and the Department of Chemistry.
Patented in part as "Perfluoroalkyl Compounds and their Methods of Use and Manufacture", D. D. DesMarteau and V. Montanari, US Pat. 6,794,492 (2004)
Example of novel bioactive small molecule:
CID # 403672 in http://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
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Vittorio Montanari’s Interests:
Organic synthesis serving the life sciences, peptides, fluorine chemistry, quality, optimization. Marathons: Harrisburg 2007, Hyannis 2008, San Diego Rock&Roll 2008 (with Team in Training), Falmouth Cape Cod 2008, Hyannis 2009.
Vittorio Montanari’s Honors:
Clemson University 1999 Outstanding Graduate Research Award, College of Engineering and Science; and 1999 Outstanding Graduate Research Award, Department of Chemistry.
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