Postdoctoral Associate - Chemistry

Postdoctoral Associate

The Center for Drug Discovery is a strategic research center established at Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) in Houston, Texas. The mission of the Center for Drug Discovery is to establish novel discovery technologies that enable rapid and cost-effective drug discovery within the academic community. The lab is seeking highly skilled, and motivated Postdoctoral Associate with expertise in medicinal chemistry and/or organic chemistry to join the Center for Drug Discovery.

Job Duties

• Plans, directs, and conducts research experiments.
• Evaluates and analyzes data.
• Develops research techniques and performs applications required for specific research projects.
• Conducts literature searches and summarizes information in an appropriate format for a particular study.
• Documents results of experiments and reports to principal investigators.
• Participates in early-stage drug discovery efforts in collaboration with biological scientists throughout the academic community, with a goal of bringing new treatments to patients with unmet medical needs.
• Synthesizes medicinal chemistry compounds that the Center for Drug Discovery request in a timely and efficient manner.
• Contributes to multidisciplinary lead-finding project teams by engaging in the following activities:
  • Performs compound resynthesis and medicinal chemistry optimization.
  • Designs, screens, and synthesizes DNA-encoded chemical libraries.
  • Uncovers and utilizes novel chemical reactions in water.
  • Evaluates compounds for efficacy in vitro and/or in vivo.
• Performs other job-duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• MD or Ph.D. in Basic Science, Health Science, or a related field.
• No experience required.

Preferred Qualifications

• PhD in medicinal/organic chemistry or a related discipline.
• More than 4 years of hands-on laboratory experience in medicinal/organic chemistry and/or a related field.
• Experience with one or more of the following: performing innovative chemistry reactions and compound synthesis.
• Track record of quality publications and/or patents in these areas.