Associate Scientist, Analytical Sciences & Natural Products - San Diego, CA
Core
Generate extracts and fractions from natural materials, isolate and characterize bioactive compounds, and scale up promising hits for health, nutrition, and beauty applications.
Role type
Associate Scientist, Analytical Sciences & Natural Products
Builds
Bioactive ingredients for health, nutrition, taste, perfumery, and beauty
Domain
Natural products chemistry, analytical chemistry, health & beauty
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
activity/properties-guided isolation, characterization of bioactive ingredients, HPLC, LC-MS, preparative HPLC, NMR, medicinal chemistry, Structure-Activity-Relationship (SAR), molecular networking
Preferred skills
computer-aided discovery, receptor-driven discovery, biotech reaction profiling
Responsibilities
Generate extracts and fractions from raw natural materials; Process new natural products fractions for receptor screening; Isolate and characterize promising hits; Scale up promising natural fractions; Maintain and troubleshoot analytical equipment
Seniority
Mid-level, hands-on IC