Postdoctoral Scientist – Synthetic & Medicinal Chemistry

Role: Postdoctoral Scientist in Synthetic & Medicinal Chemistry at Lilly, focusing on designing and synthesizing novel compounds and developing innovative synthetic methodologies, including single-electron chemistry techniques. Responsibilities: execute new reactions, purify and characterize compounds using advanced analytical methods, apply and develop photochemistry and electrochemistry approaches, and incorporate modern technologies like continuous flow processing and automation; contribute to scientific publications and presentations. Requirements: PhD in synthetic or organic chemistry, chemical engineering, or related field; strong bench expertise in modern synthetic and analytical techniques; permitted to work full-time in the U.S. without sponsorship. Preferred skills: experience in photochemistry, electrochemistry, process development, automation, data science, and programming (Python, R). High-value specifics: chemical research relevant to drug discovery, with exposure to process scale-up and automation in a research environment; laboratory setting with potential travel between sites. Collaboration involves multidisciplinary teams of chemists, engineers, and analytical scientists. Work setup: laboratory environment; no explicit travel requirement stated.