Greg Buenger

Group Leader, Chemical Development
Charles City, IA, USA
“The R&D team works with the process engineers to show them how a process works so they can write the batch records for manufacturing. The R&D team also assists with the first manufacturing batch by having a chemist in the plant to advise the operators on how the processes typically run. We help troubleshoot if there's a problem, performing any additional laboratory work to recover a batch or to support additional process changes.”

Highlights

  • B.A. in Chemistry from Central College
  • Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from the University of Iowa
  • Completed postdoctoral fellowship at the National Cancer Institute
  • 26 years of experience at Cambrex Charles City

Summary

In his role as Group Leader, Chemical Development at Cambrex Charles City, Greg leads a team of scientists in process R&D. He has experience in the development of laboratory scale processes and the transfer of processes to commercial scale. He collaborates with scientists at other Cambrex sites to transfer processes to Charles City.

Areas of Expertise

  • Process development
  • Technology transfer
  • Process validation
  • Process optimization