Director, Safer Chemicals Research Hub

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The Center for Green Chemistry and Green Engineering at Yale seeks a Director to oversee a multi-institution project funded through a grant from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation focused on developing the underlying data and models to advance the design of molecules that maximize functional performance while minimizing harm to human health and the environment.

The project, de novo Design for Functional and Safer Chemicals Framework supported by Actionable Intelligence Flows, presents a unique opportunity to integrate knowledge across a wide range of fields (e.g., toxicology, green chemistry, exposomics, high-throughput and high-content data generation, synthetic chemistry, molecular design, quantum chemistry, AI/machine learning) to produce a centralized platform for iterative, safer functional chemical design.

Working closely with Center leadership and with principal investigators at other grantee institutions, the Director will maintain accountability of research priorities, productivity, and progress, ensuring interoperability of diverse work streams, and aligning multiple project aims held across multiple institutions to meet the milestone and deliverables schedule.

This role goes beyond program management to include an intellectual contribution to research direction. The position requires in-depth experience in one or more fields related to the design of safer chemicals, with the ideal candidate having worked at the intersection of several of these fields.

By aligning the efforts of the diverse disciplines participating in this project and leveraging the expertise of participating teams, this person will help ensure that the project produces not only new knowledge and tools but also a durable, adoptable model for functional and safer chemical innovation that can be scaled and sustained. Some travel is required for this position.

In collaboration with Center leadership and researchers at collaborating institutions, the Director will develop and hold accountable priorities, benchmarks, and shared meanings to align effort across the project. This process will require engagement with technical experts across fields such as toxicology, green chemistry, exposomics, high-throughput and high-content data generation, synthetic chemistry, molecular design, quantum chemistry, and AI/machine learning, and will include the development of infrastructure to ensure technical knowledge interoperability and preservation.

The Director will act not only as a program manager but also ensure research direction alignment and effectiveness of this collaborative multi-institutional, multi-disciplinary effort. As such, the position requires in-depth experience in one or more fields related to the design of safer chemicals, with the ideal person having worked at the intersection of several of them. The Director will also be responsible for integrating information from several sub-aims, led by Center leadership and grantee institution PIs, to develop and iterate on a computational pipeline that enables de novo safer chemical design.

This may include establishing data schemas and standards and coordinating the interconnection of sub-programs. The process will be iterative and require deliberate versioning and improvement cycles, with the final product including public-facing software tools and documentation.

The Director will lead efforts to provide education,…