2027 Drug Substance Engineering Intern (PhD)
Core
Internship focused on establishing a systematic approach to understand how physical properties of powder systems impact feeding performance in micronization processes.
Role type
PhD-level research intern (chemical/materials engineering)
Builds
Computational models and experimental data on powder micronization
Domain
Pharmaceutical manufacturing / API production
Deliverable
research
Required skills
powder property characterization, computational modeling, data analysis, experimental design
Preferred skills
comminution processes, physical characterization techniques (flowability, adhesion, cohesion, bulk density, laser diffraction), fluid dynamics, discrete element method
Responsibilities
Conduct experimental studies to characterize powder properties, evaluate micronization techniques (jet mill, pin mill) with various feed mechanisms, analyze data to identify process performance signatures, develop and verify computational models, present findings in cross-functional settings
