{"id":38981,"date":"2025-06-16T17:11:04","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T16:11:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawkins.biz\/?post_type=news&#038;p=38981"},"modified":"2025-06-16T17:12:59","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T16:12:59","slug":"hawkins-welcomes-synthetic-chemistry-expert-dr-mehul-jesani","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.hawkins.biz\/news\/hawkins-welcomes-synthetic-chemistry-expert-dr-mehul-jesani\/","title":{"rendered":"Hawkins Welcomes Synthetic Chemistry Expert, Dr Mehul Jesani"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"38981\" class=\"elementor elementor-38981\" data-elementor-post-type=\"news\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-04b1898 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-eae-slider=\"37004\" data-id=\"04b1898\" 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-d0632f7\" data-eae-slider=\"14597\" data-id=\"d0632f7\" 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-e92cda6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e92cda6\" 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><span data-contrast=\"auto\">We are delighted to welcome <a href=\"http:\/\/mehul jesani\" data-wplink-url-error=\"true\">Dr Mehul Jesani<\/a> to our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawkins.biz\/contact\/\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">London office<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> as a valued addition to our expert team of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawkins.biz\/forensic-investigation\/materials-chemistry-biology\/chemistry\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">chemistry<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawkins.biz\/forensic-investigation\/materials-chemistry-biology\/contamination-pollution\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">contamination<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> investigators.\u202f Mehul brings to Hawkins an impressive academic background, graduating with a First Class Honours degree in Natural Sciences. His early academic career included characterising magnesium\u2013rare earth alloys using synchrotron radiation in Germany, studying polymers in paint using nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, and undertaking a 6-month total synthesis project (synthesising natural products from basic, commercially available materials).<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Following his studies, Mehul joined the R&amp;D Graduate Programme at AstraZeneca, building a broad understanding of pharmaceutical research.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> He rotated across different departments working towards discovering new therapies for cancer, ranging from synthetic and medicinal chemistry, biophysics, and drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics.<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Continuing his development, Mehul completed his PHD\u202fat the University of Bristol as part of the Technology Enhanced Chemical Synthesis Programme. His doctoral research focused on developing novel methods applicable to the preparation of pharmaceuticals and crop protection agents.\u202f Following this, he worked as a synthetic and medicinal chemist where his prior research experience earned him a secondment to a\u202fbiology department where he performed a large fragment screening campaign (a technique used in new drug discovery) for a key client.\u202f\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Mehul is an Associate Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry and a Registered Scientist, and is also a published author in both academic and industrial research.<\/span><\/p><p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW32559216 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW32559216 BCX8\">It is a pleasure to <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW32559216 BCX8\">have Mehul on board<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW32559216 BCX8\">.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW32559216 BCX8\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/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<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are delighted to welcome Chemistry and Contamination expert Dr Mehul Jesani to our London office.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":39052,"parent":0,"template":"","news_category":[17],"experties":[68],"class_list":["post-38981","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news_category-hawkins-office-news","experties-materials-chemistry-biology"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - 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