Post-Doctoral Fellow

Located in North Carolina’s third largest city, UNC Greensboro is among the most diverse, learner-centered public research universities in the state, with 18,000 students in eight colleges and schools pursuing more than 150 areas of undergraduate and over 200 areas of graduate study. UNCG continues to be recognized nationally for academic excellence, access, and affordability. UNCG is ranked No. 1 most affordable institution in North Carolina for net cost by the N.Y. Times and No.

1 in North Carolina for social mobility by The Wall Street Journal — helping first-generation and lower-income students find paths to prosperity. Designated an Innovation and Economic Prosperity University by the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities, UNCG is a community-engaged research institution with a portfolio of more than $67M in research and creative activity. The University’s 2,600 staff help create an annual economic impact for the Piedmont Triad region in excess of $1B.

The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry ((Use the "Apply for this Job" box below).) features an extremely supportive and collegial environment with 15 full-time faculty and a diverse student body. We offer a BS in Biochemistry, a BA, BS, and MS in Chemistry including biochemistry options, and a PhD in Medicinal Biochemistry. Our department is housed in a 170,000 square foot, $35 million state of the art science building.

Excellent core instrumentation and state of the art facilities for NMR spectroscopy and mass spectrometry with full time support staff are available on site.

The Oberlies Research Group in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro is seeking a postdoctoral chemist for a suite of projects. All of these require a passion for working with fungi, both in the mycology and chemistry labs. The ideal candidate will have earned a Ph.D. in pharmacognosy, medicinal/organic chemistry, analytical chemistry, and/or natural products chemistry.

While the specific skill sets are somewhat flexible, direct experience with how to isolate, measure, and/or determine the structures of secondary metabolites with NMR and/or mass spectrometry is a requirement. In addition, direct experience with the growth and propagation of fungi is highly desirable.

• Ph.D. in Pharmacognosy, Medicinal/Organic Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry and or Natural Products Chemistry. At least one year experience.
• The ideal candidate will have some experience with the growth and maintenance of fungal cultures.
• In addition, this scientist will have demonstrated expertise in the isolation and structure elucidation of bioactive fungal metabolites; this includes familiarity with HPLC, flash chromatography, mass spectrometry, and NMR spectroscopy instruments.

• Ph.D. in Pharmacognosy, Medicinal/Organic Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry and or Natural Products Chemistry. At least one year experience.

$55,000 - $60,000

Type of Appointment:
Time Limited (1 year with option for renewal).

• 10% Conduct research on semi synthetic reactions on promising fungal metabolites.
• 60% Conduct research in Natural Products Chemistry: isolation and structure elucidation of bioactive fungal metabolites; this includes full characterization, such as the interpretation of NMR and MS data.
• 20% Carry out metabolomic analysis of fungal cultures with an emphasis on Aspergillus species.
• 10% Write up scientific data: organize data, organize figures and tables, and draft the methods section; these will be for both peer reviewed manuscripts, book chapters, and grant applications.