Organic and Medicinal Chemistry Intern

Role Description:

ORGANIC AND MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY INTERNSHIP

Kalamazoo, MI

Internship Summary:

The selected candidate will join a team of bench chemists within the Medicinal Chemistry group, specializing in the organic synthesis of novel drug analogs, synthetic problem solving, and drug candidate scale-ups. The position will be lab-based and focused on utilizing continuous flow technology for analogue development and synthetic methodology. This internship aims to provide the selected candidate with an industry-focused experience in medicinal chemistry.

Internship Job Duties:

• Design, run, and analyze complex organic chemistry experiments at the bench in an organic/ medicinal chemistry environment.
• Effectively communicate results with colleagues via reports, discussions, etc.

Internship Qualifications:

• Strong foundation of organic chemistry knowledge with experience in an organic research laboratory (graduate research work).
• A desire to spend most of the time at the bench running synthetic experiments.
• Understand modern analytical methods such as HPLC/LCMS/NMR.
• Creativity, autonomy, can-do attitude, and problem-solving abilities.
• Excellent verbal/written communication and interpersonal skills.

The following hourly pay rates reflect the anticipated base pay for this position:

If the selected candidate is a student pursuing an Associate-level degree: $16.00 per hour

If the selected candidate is a student pursuing an Undergraduate-level degree: $20.00 per hour

If the selected candidate is a student pursing a Graduate-level degree: $32.50 per hour

If the selected candidate is a student pursuing a Doctorate-level degree: $36.00 per hour

The following hourly pay rates reflect the anticipated base pay for this position if a selected candidate were to be located in California, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Illinois (Chicago area), Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Washington (Seattle area):

Student pursuing an Associate-level degree: $17.00 per hour

Student pursuing an Undergraduate-level degree: $22.00 per hour

Student pursing a Graduate-level degree: $36.40 per hour

Student pursuing a Doctorate-level degree: $40.30 per hour

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