for a Postdoctoral Scientist.
We look for a highly motivated and committed young scientist to join
our team that is dedicated to the isolation and identification of
natural products.
The successful candidate should bring the following qualifications:
- PhD degree preferably in Pharmacy, but graduates in Chemistry,
Biology or another field strongly related to pharmaceutical biology
are also welcome
- Postdoc experience from a competitive research laboratory
- Extensive experience in natural product chemistry (isolation and
structure elucidation, quality assessment of drugs etc.), NMR and other
analytical methods for natural product identification
- Strong interest in the field of drug discovery and pharmacological
characterisation of biologically active natural products
- Good German and English communication skills
- Experience in teaching (practical training in pharmacognosy/
pharmaceutical biology)
- High motivation and commitment, and the capacity to work in a team
The position is available from October 1st, 2012 for 2 years.
An excellent record of publications in the field of natural product
chemistry and demonstrated willingness to co-supervise graduate
students are essential.
We expect that the successful candidate establishes her/his own focus
of research and acquires project funding.
We offer well equipped laboratories with up-to date scientific
environment, and an excellent working and social atmosphere.
Interested candidates should send their application including CV,
list of publications, statement of research interests and contact
details of at least one reference till September 10th 2012 by
E-Mail: jobcenter@univie.ac.at and to Univ.-Prof. Dr. Brigitte Kopp:
brigitte.kopp@univie.ac.at with the identification number of
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