Siân obtained her MChem from the University of Wales, Swansea, and earned her PhD after researching new stereoselective approaches to highly substituted pyrrolidines with Prof. D. W Knight at Cardiff University. She has 8 years’ experience as an analytical scientist in a pharmaceutical GMP environment, working on drug product testing for products in early development, in clinical trials and those currently on the market. Siân’s specialities include stability testing and method validation to ICH guidelines.
Since joining Catsci Ltd in 2015 as Lead Analyst, Siân has grown the function to a full suite of analytical instrumentation. She designed the current analytical laboratory, procures new analytical equipment and manages the analytical facility, introducing and growing new capabilities. Part of her role is to develop and maintain relationships with vendors and external contractors to best suit Catsci’s growing needs, whilst also serving on CatSci’s scientific ladder leadership team.