
Liz Powers
Liz started her career at UMASS Amherst where she earned a BS in Chemistry, and synthesized and characterized novel co-polymers. Liz then moved to NY state where she performed QC testing for Stiefel, a dermatology product CMO. She later moved to the Boston area where she was an analytical development chemist at Ironwood/Cyclerion for ~12 years, and took advantage of tuition reimbursement to earn a Master’s degree in Biotechnology from Harvard Extension school while working full time. She served on cross functional CMC Development teams as the analytical development lead on a wide variety of programs including small molecules, peptides and polymers, and included both drug substance and drug product from candidate selection up to phase 3 development, as well as IND writing and program management. She joined SynerG BioPharma Group as a consultant in 2020, specializing in analytical development. Liz’s expertise is in oversight of GMP compliant method validations, stability studies, reference standard programs and overall control strategies at CMO’s for client pharmaceutical companies, as well as authoring and reviewing regulatory filings. On the personal side, she enjoys anything outside such as hiking, camping, gardening, outdoor concerts and spending time with her family in Bellingham, MA.