Postdoctoral Fellow

Southern Research Institute

United States, Alabama, Birmingham

Oct 15, 2025

Position:
Postdoctoral Fellow

Location:

Birmingham, AL

Job Id:
4341

# of Openings:
1

General Summary: This is a 2-year appointment that serves as a research trainee for the purpose of enhancing and developing research and drug development competencies. In this appointment, the postdoctoral researcher will be responsible for providing synthetic chemistry support for small molecule drug discovery and medicinal chemistry optimization. The researcher will participate in designing and conducting highly technical synthetic chemical operations under the supervision of a senior scientist and will analyze research data, provide interpretations, contribute to the development of research documentation for publications and provide technical reports and records.

Key Responsibilities

Synthesizes, purifies, and fully characterizes compounds for the assigned projects.
Participates in designing and conducting highly technical and complex research projects under the direction of a supervisor.
Develops structure-activity relationships under the direction of a supervisor.
Maintains accurate and clean E-notebooks with detailed procedures and proper analytical data attached.
Identifies compiles and evaluates data sources, background information and technology related to the area of specialization.
Attends and presents regular progress updates for the assigned projects.
Contributes to progress reports, patent applications and publications derived from project data.
Operates and maintains scientific equipment.
Maintains external awareness of scientific discipline through familiarity with current scientific literature.
Implements and observes when applicable appropriate safety and study requirements by reading, understanding, and following Standard Operating Procedures (SOP), Good Laboratory Practice (GLP).

Requirements/Minimum Qualifications

PhD in Organic or Medicinal Chemistry
Only US person applications will be considered (US citizen or a lawful permanent resident - green card holder)
Strong synthetic organic chemistry background required.
Keen interest in understanding the application of medicinal chemistry principles.
Research experience in the field of specialization with advanced knowledge of equipment, procedures, and methods of analysis.
Ability to observe appropriate safety requirements.
Competency in ChemDraw, MestReNova, SciFinder, Microsoft Office Suites products and other relevant software.
Demonstrated ability to work in a collaborative team environment.

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