Sylvia Degrado

Sylvia Degrado has a diverse work experience in the field of scientific research and development. Sylvia is currently working at Veranova as a Principal Scientist in Chemical Development. Prior to this, they worked at Abzena for eight years as a Principal Scientist, where they synthesized specific organic molecules and performed multi-step organic syntheses. Before that, Sylvia worked as a Research Scientist placed at Merck & Co, Inc, where they conducted research in collaboration with Merck. Sylvia also has experience as a Mentor and Lab Assistant at Students 2 Science, Inc, where they conducted lab experiments and assisted students in following lab experiment and safety protocols. Sylvia has also worked at Merck (formerly Schering Plough) as a Senior Scientist in Discovery Research, where they synthesized target compounds to optimize and develop a Structure Activity Relationship (SAR). Sylvia also worked at Schering-Plough Research Institute as a Senior Scientist in Chemical Development, where they performed Design of Experiments (DOE) and optimized reaction conditions. Early in their career, Sylvia worked at Merck as an Associate Scientist, where they synthesized mixture libraries and scaled up active compounds for testing.

Sylvia Degrado has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Chemistry from Drew University. Sylvia then went on to earn a PhD in Chemistry from Boston College, where they studied from 1998 to 2003. Later, they pursued further education at Rutgers University, where they completed a program in BioPharma Innovation. The exact start and end years of their program at Rutgers University are not mentioned.