Career / Experience

Expertise: chemistry, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, medicine / medical devices, agrochemicals, polymers, patents, science in general



Educational Background:

Eight years of tutorial study in Japanese (private tutor, 1991-1999)

Postdoctoral research in chemistry, University of California, Berkeley (1980-82)

Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry, Columbia University (1980)

Two semesters of college-level study in Russian (Columbia University, 1978-79)

Two semesters of college-level study French and Spanish (Columbia University, 1976-1977)

Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, University of Wisconsin (1975)

Four semesters of college-level study in German (University of Wisconsin, 1973-75)



Work Experience:


Word Alchemy, Free-lance Technical Translation and Writing (2002- )

Translation projects in pharmaceutical, chemical, biotechnology and technical patents, medical reports, and technical brochures; Editing grant proposals, peer-reviewed journal articles, and dissertations



Two Years chemical research at CB Research & Development and Beard Research Inc. (1999-2002)

Team leader supervising four PhD chemists; prepared weekly group progress reports for client; Translation and competitive analysis of multilingual patents



Eleven years chemical research at DuPont Agricultural Products (1988-1999)

Translation and competitive analysis of multilingual patents; Preparation of patent disclosures; Developed novel computational approaches to compound discovery; Managed interdisciplinary team to create new systems and processes for compound discovery



Six years academic teaching and research at Polytechnic University, Brooklyn (1982-1988)

Collaborations with researchers in Germany, Soviet Union and Japan; Prepared and gave bilingual (English/Russian) research presentation ICOS-1986 Conference; Pursued federally funded research in medicinal chemistry, organic synthesis, and polymers; Developed new courses in synthesis strategy and molecular modeling, latter published as book