Job Description
Kalamazoo - Downtown Portage Street
Role Description:
ORGANIC AND MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY INTERNSHIP
Kalamazoo, MI
Internship Summary:
The intern will join a team of bench chemists within the Medicinal Chemistry group, contributing to the synthesis of novel drug analogs, troubleshooting synthetic challenges, and supporting the scale-up of promising drug candidates. This laboratory-based role will focus on analogue development and synthetic methodology, providing hands-on experience with industry-relevant medicinal chemistry practices and drug discovery workflows.
Internship Job Duties:
·
Design, execute, and interpret
complex organic chemistry experiments in a laboratory-based medicinal chemistry environment.
·
Document and communicate experimental results
through written reports, data summaries, presentations, and discussions with colleagues
Internship Qualifications:
· Currently enrolled in a Master's or PhD program.
· 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: $22.00 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: $24.20 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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Job Tags
Hourly pay, Internship