Postdoc: Computational Chemistry for Next-Gen Therapeutics

University of Strathclyde; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Strathclyde invites applications for a Post-Doctoral Research Associate in Computational Chemistry based in Glasgow. Working in the Palmer Lab within the SCoTCH hub, you will join a multi-disciplinary team and contribute to a £3.9M EPSRC Prosperity Partnership with GSK toward next-generation medicines beyond Lipinski space.

You will develop physics-based and data-driven methods (DFT, MD, AI/ML) to elucidate structure–property relationships and to model chemical reactivity

Responsibilities

• Elucidate structure-property relationships governing cellular uptake, physico-chemical properties, and efficacy for a novel class of therapeutic oligo-nucleotides.
• Model chemical reactivity to aid the design of novel synthetic routes.

Job description

The University of Strathclyde invites applications for a Post-Doctoral Research Associate in Computational Chemistry based in Glasgow. Working in the Palmer Lab within the SCoTCH hub, you will join a multi-disciplinary team and contribute to a £3.9M EPSRC Prosperity Partnership with GSK toward next-generation medicines beyond Lipinski space.

You will develop physics-based and data-driven methods (DFT, MD, AI/ML) to elucidate structure–property relationships and to model chemical reactivity