Postdoctoral Scholar-Pharmaceutical Sciences

Responsibilities

• Design and develop novel synthetic methodologies, with an emphasis on photoredox catalysis, fluorination strategies, and modern catalytic approaches relevant to medicinal chemistry.
• Apply these methods toward the synthesis of small bioactive molecules targeting infectious diseases.
• Independently design research strategies, plan and execute experiments, analyze and interpret data, and solve complex synthetic challenges.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams across chemistry, biology, and computational sciences.
• Maintain accurate and detailed electronic laboratory notebooks documenting all research activities.
• Present findings in group meetings, collaborative discussions, and national/international conferences.
• Lead and contribute to high-impact peer-reviewed publications.
• Contribute to grant applications and reports.
• Participate in laboratory operations, including equipment maintenance and adherence to safety protocols.
• Mentor and supervise graduate students and junior researchers working on related projects.

Qualifications

• EDUCATION: Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry, or a closely related discipline.
• EXPERIENCE: Strong background in synthetic organic chemistry, including reaction design and multi-step synthesis. Demonstrated research productivity with first-author publications in peer-reviewed journals. Hands-on experience with modern synthetic techniques and standard characterization methods (e.g., LC/MS, NMR, chromatography).
• Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities: Ability to design, execute, and troubleshoot experiments independently, strong written and verbal communication skills, ability to work effectively in a collaborative, multidisciplinary research environment, commitment to maintaining accurate and detailed experimental records (electronic lab notebook systems).
• PREFERRED EXPERIENCE: In photoredox catalysis and/or fluorination strategies, background in medicinal chemistry, chemical biology, or drug discovery, familiarity with structure-based drug design, molecular modeling, or computational chemistry approaches, experience in setting up and optimizing biochemical and/or cell-based assays, including antimicrobial assays (e.g., MIC determination, enzyme inhibition), demonstrated ability to translate synthetic efforts into biologically relevant outcomes (e.g., SAR development, hit-to-lead optimization, or mechanism-of-action studies).