Associate Scientist

Job Description

Top 3 Must Have Skill Sets:

• Synthetic organic chemistry or Medicinal chemistry
• Chromatographic purification
• Knowledge and experience with chemical structure determination

Day to Day Responsibilities:

• Work in teams to develop, implement and perform organic reactions for ongoing Medicinal Chemistry teams
• Troubleshoot synthetic routes and reactions, and scout new synthetic routes
• Perform structural determinations using NMR and Mass Spectral techniques
• Purify compounds using chromatographic and other techniques and submit purified compounds to biological testing
• Carry out all laboratory work in accordance with safe practices and comply with all relevant regulations and procedures
• Maintain laboratory notebooks
• Participate in group and project meetings
• Present results to groups
• Aid in the writing of papers and patent applications

This individual will be part of a Medicinal Chemistry group, with responsibilities including (but not limited to) the synthesis and purification of novel compounds for potential clinical drug development.

• Master’s degree & 2 years of synthetic organic chemistry experience
• OR
• Bachelor’s degree & 4 years of synthetic organic chemistry experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Focus or specialization in synthetic organic or medicinal chemistry
• Demonstrated ability to scout and troubleshoot synthetic routes
• Clear understanding of structural determination using NMR and Mass Spectral techniques as well as knowledge of purification methods
• Demonstration of good lab practices, with particular attention to safety
• Excellent communication skills (both written and oral) and the ability to work well in teams