Wendy Zhong

Wendy Zhong has served as a board member for Tri State Chinese American Chemical Society (Tris CACS) since 2008. As the vendor show director of Tris CACS, she successfully organized two vendor show program during annual symposium for the past two years. Wendy received her BS degree in Chemistry from Peking University in Beijing, China and her Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry from University of Delaware and Virginia Commonwealth University. Currently, she is a principal scientist, in Global Process Chemistry at Merck Research Laboratory in Summit, NJ. She is responsible for two mass spectrometry labs (Rahway and Summit), supporting structure elucidation of impurities and degradation products in the active pharmaceutical ingredient and drug product in late stage pipeline. Prior to join Merck/Schering-Plough, she is a principal scientist in Wyeth, where she held many positions, including project team leaders and led the advancement of cardiovascular, infectious disease, and oncology projects from discovery phase into development track. Wendy has authored many technical publications and invited lectures in national and international conferences and universities. She also chaired sessions in several symposiums.