Associate Scientist, Medicinal Chemistry & Synthesis

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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

Basic qualifications:

• 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

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