As well as analytical and computational chemists, the company, with a work force of over 10,000, looks
for synthetic organic chemists, medicinal chemists, and combinatorial chemists to join their research teams.
Not exact matches
In the case of
synthetic organic chemist Jeffrey Raber,
for example, getting into the industry was personal.
While studying
synthetic organic chemistry
for his Master's, he met a food scientist who told him about how cherished
chemists are in the food industry, where «you can work on products that people can feel, see, and touch,» he recounts.
Amines are used widely in bioactive molecules, drugs, and various
organic materials, and preparing them is one of the most important tasks
for synthetic chemists in both academia and industry.
The substances introduced by Rice
synthetic organic chemist K.C. Nicolaou are similar in their cancer - fighting mechanism to paclitaxel, the drug
for which he is best - known, but have superior properties.
(The impact of the cuts to EPSRC is also highlighted by a letter to Prime Minister David Cameron in which more than 100 senior
chemists, including six Nobel laureates, criticize the council's plans to reduce research funding
for synthetic organic chemistry.)
He graduated as a biological
chemist (Kent, UK) and studied
for PhD in
synthetic organic chemistry (Exeter, UK).
«These encouraging results should serve as a spark
for another advancement in
organic synthesis,» says K. C. Nicolaou, a
synthetic chemist at Rice University, adding that Chematica could increase speed and productivity in chemistry labs, especially if paired with automated synthesis machines.