Associate Scientist: Natural Products Analytics & Discovery

dsm-firmenich; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

dsm-firmenich in San Diego, CA is seeking an Associate Scientist to advance analytical chemistry and natural products discovery for health, nutrition, and beauty applications. You will isolate and characterize bioactive ingredients, collaborate with global teams, and scale promising fractions for further testing.

Requirements include a Master's degree in Analytical Chemistry or related field, 3+ years of experience in isolation/characterization, and strong analytical skills with HPLC/LC-MS/NMR.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Analytical Chemistry, Natural Products and Pharmacognosy, or in Synthetic Chemistry.
• At least 3 years' experience in activity/properties-guided isolation and characterization of bioactive and bio-functional ingredients.
• Record of accomplishments demonstrating high drive and entrepreneurial innovation.
• Strong analytical chemistry skills with the ability to use cutting-edge technologies to speed up isolation, analysis, and characterization of complex molecules.
• Familiarity with analytical equipment including HPLC, LC-MS, preparative HPLC, and NMR.
• Familiarity with medicinal chemistry and Structure-Activity-Relationship (SAR).
• Familiarity with molecular networking and computational tools for speeding up discovery.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and collaborative mindset.

Responsibilities

• Generate extracts and fractions from raw natural materials (plants, fungi) per project priorities and OKRs.
• Process natural products fractions for receptor screening within health, nutrition, taste, perfumery, and beauty programs.
• Isolate and characterize promising hits or compounds from natural extracts.
• Collaborate with global science teams to drive project success, e.g. biotech reaction profiling.
• Scale up promising natural fractions and compounds for further evaluation.
• Maintain and troubleshoot analytical equipment within the Naturals Lab.

Education

Master's degree in Analytical Chemistry

Natural Products and Pharmacognosy

Synthetic Chemistry

Job description

dsm-firmenich in San Diego, CA is seeking an Associate Scientist to advance analytical chemistry and natural products discovery for health, nutrition, and beauty applications. You will isolate and characterize bioactive ingredients, collaborate with global teams, and scale promising fractions for further testing.

Requirements include a Master's degree in Analytical Chemistry or related field, 3+ years of experience in isolation/characterization, and strong analytical skills with HPLC/LC-MS/NMR.