Permanent Position in Computational Chemistry

Syngenta Crop Protection Münchwilen AG

Stein (Basel region), Switzerland

Syngenta is one of the world's leading companies with 25,000 employees in over 90 countries dedicated to one purpose: bringing plant potential to life. We contribute to addressing some of the planet's most critical issues such as the rising demand for food from a growing population.

Syngenta employees have a major impact on the health and wellbeing of communities all around the world. They work in a focused, highly collaborative culture and benefit from the training, development and inspirational colleagues that youd expect to find in a fast growing, international company.

We are looking for a computational chemist to work in the Chemistry Department of the Syngenta Crop Protection Research (CPR) unit in Stein, near Basel, Switzerland.

The overall objective of the modelling specialist will be to support CPR project teams.

He/she should be an expert in computational methods and in the design of novel agrochemicals.

The major tasks are:

- Analysis and interpretation of structure-activity data

- Application, development and validation of new/existing computational methods

- Design of new structures/analogues and delivery of concrete solutions to the project teams

- Influencing lead finding and optimization processes by the use of computer assisted design methods

The successful applicant will have a PhD or the equivalent relevant experience in computational chemistry.

He/she should have a strong theoretical and practical knowledge of some of the following areas: target-based drug design, ligand-based drug design, homology modelling, docking, pharmacophore modelling, virtual screening, library design, data triage, multivariate data analysis, molecular dynamics and quantum chemistry.

The candidate should also have experience with a wide variety of commercial computational chemistry software and significant knowledge of Linux. Practice of the Python programming language would be desirable.

He/she will also need a good working knowledge of organic chemistry, good communication skills, ability to work well in multidisciplinary teams, and strong motivation and enthusiasm.

If this sounds like you, we are looking forward to receive your application (curriculum vitae and motivation letter). In addition please provide us with 2-3 reference contacts (Name, E-Mail and Phone Number) as well as a publication list and a research summary.

Application address: https://www.syngentajobs.com/apply.html
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