Senior Scientist
Eli Lilly and Company
Sr. Engineer in the Process Development CMC space within the Eli Lilly and Company's researcg and development organization supporting Oligonucleotides. Anelís received her Chemical Engineering degree from Western Michigan University and worked as an Automation Engineer in Lilly Indy API for over two years supporting multiple automation projects involving insulin production, data integrity, technology platforms, and material recovery. After an educational hiatus to earn her Chemical Engineering Master’s degree in Chemical Engineering from Purdue University, Anelís returned to Lilly as a Leadership Development Program participant working with the synthetic molecule design and develpment organization. During her rotation, she developed a complete automation program for a next-generation of research-scale, custom-made oligo synthesizer, which she was able to utilize in the optimization of a synthetic process for a Lilly pipeline molecule. Additionally, Anelís supported other technical work such as testing, troubleshooting and setup of additional innovative platforms. Acitvely engaged within the internal Women’s Engineering Network, OLA ERG, and Talent Devalopment Academy New Hire Network. Taken together, her experiences during the rotational program led Anelís to her decision to permanently join the SMDD organization and continue to contribute to larger automation and process development initiatives in support of promising future Lilly molecules, specifically oligonucleotides.