Group Leader- Senior Principal Scientist
Pfizer Inc
Andover, Massachusetts
Sheetal Pai-Wechsung is a Group Leader and Senior Principal Scientist at Pfizer Inc. in Andover, MA working on drug product development of biologics. Sheetal earned her B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the The Ohio State University and worked at International Paper Company as a Process Engineer and Merck & Co. as a Biochemical Engineer before earning her Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University. Upon completion of her Ph.D., she joined Pfizer as a Senior Scientist for 2.5 years and worked on process development of Pfizer's biosimilar portfolio. She then relocated with her family to Germany where she worked at Abbvie in Ludwigshafen for 5.5 years and focused on developing a center of excellence for ultrafiltration/diafiltration and establishing scale-down models for freeze/thaw of biologics. She then relocated back to the US in 2019 and returned to Pfizer in Andover, MA. While at Pfizer, she leads a group of scientists and has led numerous projects at various stages of development and made a significant impact on portfolio as well as the culture within the department. She also serves as the Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association (HBA) Boston-Cambridge Chapter Operations Director and the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Boston Chapter Membership Chair.
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