Rachel Szpara

Rachel Szpara, PhD, currently serves as a Business Change Analyst at Johnson Matthey, following roles as an R&D Software Implementation Associate and Biocatalysis Researcher. Prior experience includes working as an Editorial Assistant at Wave Healthcare Communications and as a PhD Student/Researcher at UCL, where research focused on novel reactions in sugar chemistry for drug precursor synthesis. Rachel also contributed as a Visiting Research Scientist at Yale University, engaging in synthetic organic chemistry research with transition metal catalysts, and completed a research internship at O’Reilly Research Group. Earlier positions include a Coordinator role at Allied Healthcare, managing sensitive coordination tasks, and an Invoice Clerk voluntary placement at Imperial Tankers Ltd. Educational background encompasses a PhD in Organic Chemistry from UCL and a Master's Degree in Chemistry from the University of Nottingham.