Postdoctoral Research Fellow – API-Excipient Interactions

Job Description

Be a part of the legacy: Postdoctoral Research Fellow Program

Our Research Laboratories’ Postdoctoral Research Fellow Program aims to be a best-in-industry program for industrial postdoctoral researchers, designed to provide you with an academic focus in a commercial environment. With the resources, reach, and expertise of a large pharmaceutical company, postdoctoral researchers will be positioned to excel in an institution committed to breakthrough innovation in research and discovery.

As a postdoctoral fellow in our Preformulation group based in Rahway, NJ, you will work with a highly collaborative team of scientists to investigate drug-excipient interactions in novel drug delivery platforms. This work will enable molecular-level understanding of the role of excipients in drug product formulations.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Designing and conducting experiments and analysis that enable understanding performance of excipients using a variety of spectroscopic and imaging techniques including but not limited UV-VIS absorption, Fluorescence spectroscopy, FT-IR, NMR, SEM, AFM, Terahertz, MS imaging.

• Collaborating with internal and external scientists conducting solid and solution characterization with advanced techniques.

• Data interpretation, manuscript preparation, publication and presentation of results.

• Contribute to a safe and compliant laboratory work environment.

What You Need:

• Candidates must currently hold a PhD OR receive a PhD by fall of 2021.

• Candidates must have an in-depth knowledge and experimental experience in studying molecular interactions (non-bonding interactions, such as H-bonding, hydrophobic/hydrophilic interactions) and structure-property relationships.

• Candidates must have the ability to conceive, design, execute and communicate complex experiments in related areas as evidenced by publications.

• Candidates must have experience with spectroscopic and imaging techniques.

• Candidates must be an independent and self-motivated scientist.

It's Great If You Have:

• Experience with amorphous solid dispersions.

• Experience in studying molecular crystallization/crystallization inhibition.

We are a research-driven biopharmaceutical company. Our mission is built on the simple premise that if we “follow the science” and that great medicines can make a significant impact to our world. And we believe that a research-driven enterprise dedicated to world-class science can succeed by inventing medicine and vaccine innovations that make a difference for patients across the globe.

Who we are …

We are known as Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, New Jersey, USA in the United States and Canada and MSD everywhere else. For more than a century, we have been inventing for life, bringing forward medicines and vaccines for many of the world's most challenging diseases. Today, our company continues to be at the forefront of research to deliver innovative health solutions and advance the prevention and treatment of diseases that threaten people and animals around the world.

What we look for …

In a world of rapid innovation, we seek brave Inventors who want to make an Impact in all aspects of our business, enabling breakthroughs that will affect generations to come. We encourage you to bring your disruptive thinking, collaborative spirit and diverse perspective to our organization. Together we will continue Inventing For Life, Impacting Lives while Inspiring Your Career Growth.

INVENT.

IMPACT.

INSPIRE.

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Requisition ID:R117473