{"id":38565,"date":"2025-05-20T15:32:39","date_gmt":"2025-05-20T14:32:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawkins.biz\/?post_type=leadership&#038;p=38565"},"modified":"2025-08-22T12:41:53","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T11:41:53","slug":"mehul-jesani","status":"publish","type":"leadership","link":"https:\/\/www.hawkins.biz\/our-experts\/mehul-jesani\/","title":{"rendered":"Mehul Jesani"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"38565\" class=\"elementor elementor-38565\" data-elementor-post-type=\"leadership\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bebbeb7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-eae-slider=\"41449\" data-id=\"bebbeb7\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9b24153\" data-eae-slider=\"19725\" data-id=\"9b24153\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eea0c52 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"eea0c52\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Mehul studied Natural Sciences at the University of Cambridge, graduating with First Class Honours. During his degree, he undertook various research projects that fostered his interest in organic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawkins.biz\/forensic-investigation\/materials-chemistry-biology\/chemistry\/\">chemistry<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawkins.biz\/forensic-investigation\/materials-chemistry-biology\/\">materials<\/a> science. These included:<\/p><p><span style=\"color: #0a527a;\"><strong>&gt;\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span>An internship in Germany, characterising magnesium\u2013rare earth alloys using synchrotron radiation.<\/p><p><span style=\"color: #0a527a;\"><strong>&gt;\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span>An analytical chemistry studentship at AkzoNobel in Slough, where he used nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy to study polymers in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawkins.biz\/forensic-investigation\/materials-chemistry-biology\/paint-coatings\/\">paint<\/a>.<\/p><p><span style=\"color: #0a527a;\"><strong>&gt;\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span>A six-month total synthesis project in Cambridge.<\/p><p>Following his undergraduate studies, Mehul joined AstraZeneca\u2019s R&amp;D Graduate Programme. Through rotating into different departments working towards discovering new therapies for cancer, ranging from synthetic and medicinal chemistry, biophysics, and drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics, he was able to gain a broad understanding of pharmaceutical research.<\/p><p>Mehul went on to pursue a PhD at the University of Bristol as part of the Technology Enhanced Chemical Synthesis Programme. His research focused on developing novel methods applicable to the preparation of pharmaceuticals and crop protection agents.<\/p><p>In 2023, he joined Domainex, a contract research organisation, as a synthetic and medicinal chemist. Leveraging his broad research background, he undertook a six-month secondment to their biology department, where he conducted a large fragment screening campaign for a high-value client.<\/p><p>Mehul is an Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry and a Registered Scientist. He has authored publications covering both his academic and industrial research.<\/p><p>Mehul joined Hawkins in April 2025 and is an Associate based at our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawkins.biz\/contact\/\">London Office<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0bd4d9b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-eae-slider=\"34818\" data-id=\"0bd4d9b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7466d30\" data-eae-slider=\"72575\" data-id=\"7466d30\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap 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