Principal Scientist - Adsorbent Chemistry & Scale-Up

Stanford Climate Ventures; Boulder (CO); On-site; USD 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(K)

Medical, Dental, Vision plans

Flexible Time Off

Paid Parental Leave

Paid Sick Leave

Company Holidays

Job summary

Alta Resource Technologies in Boulder, CO seeks a Principal Scientist to lead development, optimization, and scale-up of adsorbent chemistries for advanced separation technologies. You will drive resin activation, surface modification, and immobilization processes to deliver high-performance materials for industrial applications.

The role requires a Ph.D. in chemistry or related field with 5+ years of industry experience (or MS with 8+ years).

Qualifications

• PhD with 5+ years of relevant industrial experience or MS with 8+ years
• Expertise in resin activation and functionalization chemistries
• Experience designing independent research programs in adsorbent/materials chemistry
• Strong experimental design and data analysis
• Ability to collaborate across multidisciplinary teams
• U.S. citizenship is required

Responsibilities

• Lead design, development, and optimization of adsorbent materials including activation and functionalization chemistries
• Scale covalent immobilization strategies for proteins onto solid supports
• Evaluate and optimize various support materials
• Design experiments to characterize adsorbent performance
• Establish structure–property relationships to guide design
• Develop scalable manufacturing processes for adsorbents
• Transfer lab methods to demo and commercial-scale operations
• Define critical process parameters, CQAs, and in-process controls
• Author and review technical reports, SOPs, batch records, specs
• Collaborate with analytical teams to develop validation methods
• Support IP generation including disclosures and patents
• Mentor junior scientists and contribute to strategy
• Serve as technical leader in multidisciplinary teams

Skills

Resin activation

Functionalization chemistries

Adsorbent materials

Experimental design

Data analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

U.S. citizenship

Education

Ph.D. in Chemistry, Polymer Chemistry, Materials Science, Chemical Engineering or related field

M.S. with 8+ years of experience

Job description

Alta Resource Technologies in Boulder, CO seeks a Principal Scientist to lead development, optimization, and scale-up of adsorbent chemistries for advanced separation technologies. You will drive resin activation, surface modification, and immobilization processes to deliver high-performance materials for industrial applications.

The role requires a Ph.D. in chemistry or related field with 5+ years of industry experience (or MS with 8+ years).