Experienced Manager with a focus on continuous improvement. Always seeking opportunities to enhance efficiency, processes, or operations. Prepared to offer many years of industry experience to a new role.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
Work History
Technical Development and Chromatography Manager
Bureau Veritas
Antwerpen
12.2016 - Current
Developing, validating, and optimizing chromatographic methods for complex sample analysis.
Collaborating with sales and marketing departments to support business objectives and client acquisition.
Ensuring compliance with the ISO 17025 quality system.
Carrying out REACH (Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of chemicals) analysis for clients
Directing research activities in support of company goals and objectives.
Reviewing analytical data from experiments to ensure accuracy and reliability of results.
Senior Research Chemist
Inspectorate NV, Belgiul
Antwerpen
04.2010 - 11.2016
Performed quality control tests on products using analytical techniques such as HPLC, GC,GC-MS, MS-MS, TLC-FID, FTIR and UV-Vis spectroscopy.
Developed new methods for identifying unknown substances in complex mixtures using chromatographic separation techniques such as, GC, HPLC or GC-MS.
Provided guidance to junior members of the team regarding method development and troubleshooting issues.
Laboratory Chemist
Inspectorate NV, Belgium
Antwerpen
05.2005 - 10.2016
Utilized advanced laboratory instrumentation to analyze samples in accordance with established quality assurance standards.
Documented findings from experiments according to applicable regulatory requirements.
Performed quantitative and qualitative analysis of chemical compounds using gas chromatography, spectrophotometry and other analytical techniques.
Education
Ph.D. - Pharmaceutical Sciences
Katholieke Universiteit
Leuven
09-2020
Master of Science - Pharmaceutical Sciences
Katholieke Universiteit
Leuven
12-2003
Master of Science - Chemistry
Katholieke Universiteit
Leuven
06-2001
Bachelor of Science - Chemistry
University of Nigeria
Nsukka
06-1995
Skills
Chromatographic methods
Data analysis
Regulatory compliance
Quality control
Method development
Project management
Scientific research
Operations management
Publications
Felix Anyakudo, Erwin Adams and Ann Van Schepdael,Microchemical Journal (2020) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.microc.2020.105032(Analysis of Amikacin, Gentamicin and Tobramycin by thin layer chromatography – flame ionization detector )
Felix Anyakudo, Erwin Adams and Ann Van Schepdael,Journal of Pharmaceutical Biomedical Analysis, 171 (2019) 65-72 (Simultaneous analysis of volatile and semi-volatile components in a topical formulation by gas chromatography using a programmed temperature vaporization inlet and flame ionization detection)
Felix Anyakudo, Erwin Adams, Ann Van Schepdael,Chromatographia, (2020) DOI :10.1007/s10337-019-03849-z (Thin Layer chromatography –flame ionization detection)
Felix Anyakudo, Erwin Adams, Ann Van Schepdael,Journal of Pharmaceutical Biomedical Analysis, 171 (2019) 65-72 (Simultaneous analysis of volatile and semi-volatile components in a topical formulation by gas chromatography using a programmed temperature vaporization inlet and flame ionization detection)
Felix Anyakudo, Erwin Adams and Ann Van Schepdael, International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry, 98:4, (2018), 323-337, DOI: 10.1080/03067319.2018.1466878 (Analysis of volatile organic compounds in fuel oil by headspace GC-MS )
Felix Anyakudo, Eliangiringa Kaale, Cindy. Govaerts, Ann Van Schepdael, Joos Hoogmartens,Trends in Chromatography, 1 (2005) 95-103. (Determination of amikacin in bulk pharmaceutical samples by micellar electrokinetic capillary chromatography with UV detection)
Lien Secretin, Felix Anyakudo, Liesbeth Gilissen, An Goossens, Ann Van Schepdael, SN Applied Sciences (2020) 2: 1579 (Qualitative analysis of cetomacrogol creams by thin-layer chromatography - flame ionization detection)