Ep 18: “Do What You Do Best” featuring Chemical Engineer at Pfizer Dr. Sheetal Pai-Wechsung

Dr. Sheetal Pai-Wechsung works as a Principal Scientist in the Formulation and Process Development Department at Pfizer in Andover, MA. She received her BS in Chemical Engineering from The Ohio State University and then went on to work as a Project Engineer at The International Paper Company where she traveled to various paper mills across the country providing technical support. A year and a half later, she joined Merck as a Biochemical Engineer doing cell culture work to develop vaccines. This work sparked her interest to return to graduate school to complete her PhD in Chemical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. Her focus was on the delivery of protein drugs through sustained-release devices. Following graduation, she moved outside of Boston and joined Pfizer as a Senior Scientist doing protein formulation and process development work to create antibodies against various forms of cancer. A few years later, she moved to Mannhiem, Germany with her husband Achim to work for Abbvie on developing an Alzheimer’s drug. In October of 2019, she returned to the US and is back at her old department at Pfizer. She currently resides just outside of Boston with her husband Achim and her kids Konrad and Myra. For more information about her work at Pfizer or her road to become a Chemical Engineer, contact her at https://www.linkedin.com/in/sheetal-pai-wechsung-7b6a9a17