Research Scientist

Location :

IC: NCATS Street: 9800 Medical Centre DrBldg B Bldg.: 9800B Room: 370 City: Rockville State & Zip: MD 20850

Weekly Hours

FT: 3040 hours per week Total No. of Hours : 40

• Payrate $78 hourly on W2

Overall Position Summary and Objectives

This task order will independently provide support services to satisfy the overall operational objectives of NCATS ETB.

Min Education Masters

Resume Max Pages 3

Certifications & Licenses

• Ph.D. in Organic/Medicinal Chemistry or a related discipline
• Experience working in a laboratory that carries out chemical research and experience with safety issues associated with chemistry laboratories.
• Familiarity with Windows and Mac operating systems and the programs ChemDraw Power Point Excel Word and other chemistry search engines such as SciFinder and/or Reaxys

Skills (Ranked by Priority)

1. Demonstrated ability to work independently and plan and organize work to make optimal use of available time and resources
2. Strong communication skills both oral and written.

Software

• PowerPoint
• Outlook
• Excel
• Word

Field of Study

Chemistry

Statement of Work Details

Supports the planning and execution of research experiments in the context of the laboratorys overall research program.

• Evaluate new techniques instruments and software for potential incorporation into current SOP.
• Design and conduct experiments and studies requiring the application of a broad professional knowledge of scientific theories and principles.
• Advance the science through proposing and investigating new target projects for initiation based on novelty and relevance to human health.

Supports laboratory staff on research projects and techniques.

• Work with staff on the interpretation of experiments performed by research scientists.
• Independently direct and conduct special research projects that have a high priority for the laboratory with special emphasis in the development of novel research treatments.
• Work with staff on assay design and method development using an array or experimentation.

Maintains laboratory equipment and the training of others in their use.

• Train staff on the proper usage of laboratory instruments and equipment.
• Calibrate maintain and troubleshoot instruments and equipment in the laboratory.
• Maintain and perform staff training on scientific instrumentation including HPLCs microanalytical balances centrifuges spectrophotometers vacuum apparatus and analytical equipment.
• Provide advice and assistance to users in designing experiments using instrumentation data acquisition and analysis and preparing figures for publication.

Assists in maintaining adequate space and facilities for ongoing and projected research studies.

• Participate in the laboratorys review of future proposals for resource allocations.

Evaluates analyses and interprets research data communicates results and methods in reports presentations and manuscripts.

• Write technical reports and prepare manuscripts.
• Oversee project data quality; analyse and interpret project data.
• Maintain a detailed and uptodate electronic laboratory notebook detailing all experiments.

Coordinates with junior staff to modify research protocols.

• Work with staff to confirm assay results and evaluate new techniques and instruments; search literature; propose design and test alternative assays for difficult screening targets; confirm assay results; develop secondary assays.
• Coordinate projects being developed in the laboratory proposing SAR strategies and monitoring their progress.
• Suggest alternative or complementary approaches to experiments.

Presents research at national scientific meetings and symposia.

• Prepare oral presentations and posters for internal and external groups/conferences.
• Coauthor manuscripts on research projects; publish in peerreviewed journals.
• Write papers and abstracts detailing research efforts and results for publication in peerreviewed journals; prepare PowerPoint presentations as appropriate.
• Give posters and presentations detailing work at regional and national scientific meetings.
• Review edit and as needed write first drafts of papers posters and manuscripts.
• Give posters and presentations detailing work at regional and national scientific meetings.

Provides interpretation of results guidance and scientific support to the management team.

• Search existing literature for new and/or relevant techniques.
• Produce research reports and regularly communicate results to staff and collaborators.

Mentors junior level scientists.

• Provide scientific and technical expertise to all visiting fellows postdocs and technicians.
• Prepare teaching sets utilizing slides and other audiovisual materials to promote teaching of stateoftheart scientific practices.