Scientist III, Synthetic Lab (Computational Chemistry) United States Pharmacopeia

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Post: Scientist - III, Synthetic Lab (Computational Chemistry)

Job Description:
Function of the Position:
This is a non-supervisory position responsible for applying principles of computational chemistry in designing route of synthesis for organic molecules, predicting reactivity of molecules based on computational approach, assist in solving chemical problems and explore mechanism of reactions using computer added program.

Roles and Responsibilities:
• Responsible for designing computational modeling of the given molecules and reaction schemes
• Applying computational approaches in designing efficient synthesis of chemical compounds
• Interpretations of the computerized energy model of the molecules in terms of reactivity at the desired site
• Interpretation of acquired data to understand the mechanism of reactions
• Responsible to develop or acquire suitable software program used in computational chemistry
• Assist in solving chemical problems of organic chemists using computational approach

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, Training and Experience:
• Familiar with the theoretical principles of computational chemistry
• Knowledge of designing organic synthesis for known and unknown molecules
• Knowledge of reaction mechanism to interpret the available data
• Prediction of reactivity of a molecule based on quantum chemical methods
• Knowledge of acquiring and developing computer software used in designing molecular models and interpretation of data
• Able to correlate spectral data of the molecules with chemical structure
• Subject knowledge of organic chemistry principles
• Able to solve the problems encountered by organic chemists in their routine synthesis
• Excellent written and oral scientific communication skills.
• Experience in the synthetic chemistry
• Exposure to various routes of synthesis and characterization techniques such as NMR, IR, Mass Spectra, XRD, DSC, and other analytical interpretations through HPLC, GC, FTIR, UV-Visible etc is desirable.

Frequent Contacts: Analytical Research & Development Lab Quality Assurance

Supervisory Requirements: None

Status: Exempt

Additional Information:
Experience: 4-6 Years
Location: Hyderabad
Education: Ph.D - Computational Chemistry, Organic Chemistry
Industry Type: Pharma/ Healthcare/ Clinical research
Functional Area: R&D
End Date: 6^th Nov., 2011

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