Trainee/ Research Scientist

Key Responsibilities

• Synthesis, purification, and characterization of chemistry intermediates.
• Deliver small to large quantities of lead novel chemical entities for drug discovery.
• Work collaboratively in a team to drive chemistry projects forward.
• Responsible for safe laboratory practices.
• Excellent knowledge of basic and advance organic chemistry.
• Very good knowledge of functional group conversion and multiple step synthesis.
• Knowledge of retrosynthetic analysis and route-designing of project.
• Good team leading skills of 3-8 chemists along with own-reactions.
• Excellent problem solving ability.
• Good expertise in handling various pyrophoric reactions and trouble-shooting.
• Good Knowledge of chiral chemistry, diastereomer separation.
• Excellent trouble-shooting skills in purification and extraction.
• Good Knowledge of (Prep)-HPLC and analyzing NMR, IR, Mass Spectrometry data.
• Excellent knowledge of writing and reviewing electronic lab notebooks; and writing reports, patents and manuscripts.
• Expertise in literature search using Reaxys/Scifinder etc.
• Always adhere to safe laboratory practices.
• Multi-tasking i.e. good in chemical ordering and maintaining lab inventory.
• Enthusiasm to create a dynamic research environment.
• Always stretch when project challenge increases.
• Excellent communication and presentation skill.
• Attention to the details.
• Ability to motivate team to work.