Thanh H. - STEM Specialist

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Drexel Hill, United States

Experience

Feb 2025 - Present

11 months

STEM Specialist

Outlier AI, Handshake AI, micro1, xAI

Provide Chemistry AI training at PhD-level for multimodal, SOTA AI projects.
Work directly with AI engineers to develop proprietary AI evaluation datasets.
Made significant contribution (> 4000 prompts) to HLE V2 pipeline.
Ensure scientific integrity of training data at Senior Reviewer/Auditor level.
Establish golden standards and provide feedback to fellows and junior reviewers.

Sep 2023 - May 2025

1 year 9 months

Research Scientist

Quanta Therapeutics

Synthesized & optimized novel KRAS inhibitors as oncology drugs.
Contributed >50% of lead compounds to in-house KRAS inhibitors patent.
Conducted primary research of scientific & patent literature to design novel motifs.
Analyzed biochemical & pharmacological data to optimize drug candidates.
Collaborated with other teams to prioritize targets and make go/no-go decisions.

Jan 2019 - Dec 2023

5 years

Ithaca, United States

Graduate Research Assistant

Cornell University

Designed and synthesized TD034 & TD047 as best-in-class HDAC11 inhibitors.
Performed preclinical studies of inhibitors in cellular and mouse models.
Co-develop PB94, a CNS-penetrant HDAC11 inhibitor.

Jan 2016 - Dec 2019

4 years

Singapore

Research Assistant

National University of Singapore

Developed formal synthesis of Cylindrospermopsin.
Synthesized Abiraterone metabolites for CYP17A1 study.

Summary

Biotech scientist with significant experience in Organic Chemistry, Drug Development, Scientific AI Training.

Passionate about applying knowledge to help train next generation AI LLM models.

Expertise in Organic Chemistry, Preclinical Drug Development, Medicinal Chemistry, Chemical Biology, Pharmacology, Clinical Trial Analysis, Scientific Due Diligence.