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Hire Dr. Jesse G.

United States

USD 200 /hr

Medicinal Chemist | Drug Designer | Preclinical Drug Discovery | Neurotherapeutics | Business Development

Profile Summary

Versatile scientist with a strong background in drug discovery, spanning hit identification to IND-enabling studies. Specializes in CNS discovery, structure-based drug design, docking, SAR library design and synthesis, and compound characterization in biochemical and cell-based assays and disease models. Experience in early stage company ideation, creation, fundraising, pitching, strategy, competitive landscape analysis, project management, CRO selection, and partnerships. - Advanced multiple preclinical drug discovery programs via medicinal chemistry, bioassay, and in silico drug design - Designed a combinatorial chemistry platform for high-throughput screening at an AI-driven biotech - Derisked a peptide therapeutic program through target validation and biomarker development - Contributed to fundraising and strategy at a pre-seed biotech

Subject Matter Expertise

• ☆ Biochemistry
• ☆ Biochemical Assays
• ☆ Enzyme Activity Assays
• ☆ Binding Assays
• ☆ Cell Biology
• ☆ Cell-Based Assays
• ☆ Cell Signaling Pathways
• ☆ Neuroscience
• ☆ Neurochemistry
• ☆ Neuropharmacology
• ☆ Molecular Neuroscience
• ☆ Cell Culture
• ☆ Cell Aging
• ☆ Drug Discovery
• ☆ Medicinal Chemistry
• ☆ Drug Design
• ☆ Drug Development
• ☆ Small Molecule Drug Development
• ☆ Preclinical Pharmacology
• ☆ Neurology
• ☆ Non-Alzheimer's Dementia
• ☆ Alzheimer's Disease
• ☆ Psychoactive Drugs
• ☆ Fundraising
• ☆ Entrepreneurship
• ☆ Project Management

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Consulting
• Data & AI

Writing Technical Writing, Audio Transcription, General Proofreading & Editing

Research Meta-Research, Feasibility Study, Fact Checking, Gap Analysis, Scientific and Technical Research, Systematic Literature Review

Consulting Scientific and Technical Consulting

Data & AI Statistical Analysis, Data Visualization, Data Cleaning, Data Processing

Work Experience

Biotech Consultant

Salt Bridge Consulting

February 2025 - Present

Principal Scientist

Angstrom Insights

September 2024 - February 2025

Entrepreneurial Fellow

Northwestern University

September 2023 - August 2024

Postdoctoral Fellow

Northwestern University

October 2022 - September 2023

Education

Medicinal Chemistry

University of Illinois at Chicago

September 2017 - September 2022

Certifications

• Certification details not provided.