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Academia Opportunity Listing

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March 10, 2025
  • University of Alabama
    Position: Chemical & Biological Engineering – Renewable Contract Asst. Prof. – 525999
    Brief description: The Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering is recruiting a renewable contract position at the rank of Assistant Professor, beginning fall 2025. Exceptional applicants are sought that have a passion for teaching and curriculum development across the field of chemical engineering.
March 3, 2025
  • Michigan Tech
    Position: Assistant Teaching Professor or Professor of Practice
    Brief description: Michigan Technological University invites applications for an assistant teaching professor/professor of practice faculty position in the Department of Chemical Engineering. Applicants for the position are required to have a Ph.D. and/or an M.S. with significant industrial experience in chemical engineering or a closely related discipline by August 11, 2025. Successful candidates will have a strong commitment to undergraduate and graduate education with a student-centric, learner-oriented, experiential approach to instruction and mentoring, as well as developing innovative pedagogical methods.
  • West Virginia University
    Position: Assistant Professor – Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering – 26089
    Brief description: The Biomedical Engineering Program in the Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering at West Virginia University (WVU) is soliciting applications for a tenure-track faculty position at the rank of Assistant Professor starting as early as Fall 2025. WVU provides strong support for the research work of its faculty, including start-up funds, renovated laboratory space and access to state-of-the-art core facilities, as well as mentorship opportunities for collaborations and individual professional growth.
Posted February 17, 2025
  • University of Texas at San Antonio
    Position: Assistant/Associate Professor of Instruction, Klesse College Biomedical Engineering and Chemical Engineering
    Brief description: The Department of Biomedical Engineering and Chemical Engineering at the University of Texas at San Antonio has an open position for a fixed term track faculty at the Assistant/Associate Professor of Instruction levels. The teaching duties will be mainly in the Chemical Engineering Program.
  • University of Wisconsin-Madison
    Position: Future Faculty in Engineering Workshop
    Brief description: The Future Faculty in Engineering Workshop is designed to broaden participation in the nation’s engineering faculty ranks by equipping scholars who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents with the foundation for a successful faculty career in an engineering discipline. This exciting, all-expenses-paid, four-day program is tailored for postdoctoral scholars or doctoral students in their final two years of study.
  • University of Buffalo
    • Position: Postdoctoral Associate (PRODiG+ Scholar), Clean Energy
      Brief description: The University at Buffalo (UB), a premier, research-intensive public university, invites inquiries and applications for Promoting Recruitment, Opportunity, Diversity, Inclusion and Growth plus (PRODiG+) Scholars in various fields for two-year terms. The School of Engineering and Applied Sciences specifically solicits applications from candidates in Mechanical Engineering or Chemical and Biological Engineering with a focus on Clean Energy, broadly construed.
    • Position: Postdoctoral Associate (PRODiG+ Scholar), Computer Science
      Brief description: The University at Buffalo (UB), a premier, research-intensive public university, invites inquiries and applications for Promoting Recruitment, Opportunity, Diversity, Inclusion and Growth plus (PRODiG+) Scholars in various fields for two-year terms. PRODiG+ is designed to achieve two primary goals: (1) increasing the number and share of excellent diverse faculty committed to advancing the ideals of diversity, equity, and inclusion; and (2) strengthening the pipeline for retention and support of these candidates. The School of Engineering and Applied Sciences specifically solicits applications from candidates in Computer Science and Engineering, with a focus on a broad range of research specializations.
Posted January 27, 2025
  • University of Wisconsin-Madison
    Position: WiscProf: Future Faculty in Engineering Workshop
    Brief description: The Future Faculty in Engineering Workshop is designed to broaden participation in the nation’s engineering faculty ranks by equipping scholars who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents with the foundation for a successful faculty career in an engineering discipline. This exciting, all-expenses-paid, four-day program is tailored for postdoctoral scholars or doctoral students in their final two years of study. It offers an invaluable opportunity to learn about academic careers and gain insights into thriving in a faculty position.
  • Johns Hopkins University
    Position: Postdoc Opportunity in Reactor Design/Construction
    Brief description: The Entropy for Energy (S4E) Laboratory at Johns Hopkins University (PI Prof. Corey Oses) has openings for postdoctoral researchers. The postdoc will be co-advised by Prof. A. Shoji Hall at the University of Pennsylvania. We invite applications for a postdoctoral researcher position focused on the design and construction of reactors with next generation catalysts for thermochemical processes. Candidates will collaborate with other experimental, theorical, and machine learning groups to efficiently optimize reactor designs. This position offers a unique opportunity to work at the forefront of renewable energy research and catalysts, developing innovative solutions with high commercial impact for sustainable fuel production.
Posted January 6, 2025
  • University of Miami
    • Position: CoE – Health Engineering Faculty – All Ranks
      Brief description: The College of Engineering at the University of Miami will be recruiting several tenure-track/tenured faculties at all ranks to lead research programs in Healthcare Engineering with an emphasis in Synthetic Biology, Public Health, Cancer Engineering, Urologic Engineering, Neural Engineering, and Ophthalmic Engineering.
    • Position: CoE – Advance Materials Faculty Positions – All Ranks
      Brief description: The College of Engineering at the University of Miami (Coral Gables, FL) invites nominations and applications for multiple open-rank tenured/tenure-track faculty positions (at all levels) in the area of Advanced Materials. The primary appointment can be in the Department of Chemical, Environmental and Materials Engineering, which houses ongoing work in material synthesis, catalysis and energy storage, or in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, which houses ongoing work in advanced additive manufacturing of polymer composites, multifunctional ceramics, and metallic laser powder bed fusion.
Industry Opportunity Listing
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Posted March 10, 2025
  • Merck
    Position: Senior Scientist, Vaccine Drug Product Development
    Brief description: Vaccine Drug Product Development (VDPD), a part of our company’s Research Laboratories, is seeking a Senior Scientist to join our department in West Point, PA.  Our mission is to develop novel vaccine drug products that will profoundly improve global human health—directly building from our company’s 50+ year legacy as pioneers in the discovery, development, and manufacturing of novel vaccines to eliminate disease.  Our department is responsible for developing vaccine adjuvant systems and complex drug products from preclinical studies through Phase III clinical trials with line of sight to commercialization.
Posted March 3, 2025
  • NREL
    Position: Postdoctoral Researcher – Recyclable polymer synthesis
    Brief description: The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in Golden, Colorado, is the nation’s primary laboratory for research, development, and deployment of renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies. The NREL mission is to develop renewable energy and energy efficient technologies and practices, advance related science and engineering, and transfer knowledge and innovation to address the nation’s energy and environmental goals. A postdoctoral researcher role is available in NREL’s Renewable Resources and Enabling Sciences Center.
Posted February 24, 2025
  • Johnson & Johnson
    Position : Co-op Opening
    Brief description: In this role, the co-op student will collaborate with a team of scientists on a fast-paced, high-impact project. We are ideally looking for students with a start date around April – May 2025 at the latest. The duration of the co-op is six months. Interested students can email Yen Tran (ytran@its.jnj.com).
  • DOW
    Position: BEST Symposium – 2025
    Brief description: Building Engineering & Science Talent. This year’s BEST symposium will be held virtually on July 28th – July 31st , 2025. The symposium is primarily intended to introduce Black, Latinx, and Native American U.S. doctoral and postdoctoral scientists to the wide range of rewarding careers in industrial research, and in particular, the many opportunities with one of the world’s largest and leading materials science companies, Dow.  This conference, developed jointly by our minority scientists and Ph.D. recruiting team, demonstrates our commitment to a diverse work force.
Posted February 10, 2025
  • Pacific Northwest
    Position: Post Doc Research Associate – Applied Catalysis
    Brief description: PNNL’s Advanced Energy Systems Group has an opening for a Post Doctorate Research Associate in Applied Catalysis, supporting heterogeneous catalyst development and testing across a range of decarbonization and environmental applications including engine exhaust aftertreatment, carbon capture & utilization, and hydrogen production. The successful candidate will work with project teams to perform catalyst evaluations, pursue structural and functional understandings of the catalysts using a suite of state-of- the-art instruments, and collaborate with staff performing the corresponding computational chemistry.
  • ProViZiGen
    Position: Postdoctoral Research/Scientist-Protein Engineer-Biomaterials Engineer
    Brief description: We are looking for an innovative and talented biomedical scientist or engineer to develop our platform technology focused on biomaterials. Candidates are expected to work in a multidisciplinary environment. The successful candidate will be driven, creative and team-oriented with a passion for biomaterials. We welcome applicants from recent PhDs and postdocs seeking experience in a startup.
  • Sustainable Materials Innovation HUB
    Position: Postdoc Positions & PhD Positions available
    Brief description: Across the two projects we are recruiting five PhD students and four post-docs with a diverse array of backgrounds. Students with a background in social science (post-doc), life cycle assessment (post-doc), synthetic polymer chemistry (PhD and post-doc), polymer processing / recycling (PhD and post-doc), metrology (PhD), reuse / sterility (PhD) and systems sustainability (PhD). We can consider international candidates for many of these roles. Contact Michael Shaver directly at michael.shaver@manchester.ac.uk.
Posted January 10, 2024
  • Evonik
    Position: Additive Development and Technical Service Manager
    Location: Allentown, PA
    Brief description: Design chemical plant equipment and devise processes for manufacturing chemicals and products, such as gasoline, synthetic rubber, plastics, detergents, cement, paper, and pulp, by applying principles and technology of chemistry, physics, and engineering.
Posted October 10, 2023
  • Merck
    • Position: Senior Scientist, Oral Formulation Sciences
      Location: Rahway, NJ
      Brief description: The successful candidate will be a passionate Scientist with strong academic fundamentals and a drive to develop new medicines to improve human health.  In this role, the individual will be responsible for supporting the formulation development of new chemical entities as part of a matrix team from initial first in human formulations (suspensions, solutions, capsules, tablets) through final market formulation definition and manufacturing process robustness assessment.
    • Position: Associate Scientist
      Location: Rahway, NJ
      Brief description: The successful candidate will be a passionate Scientist with strong academic fundamentals and a drive to develop new medicines to improve human health. In this role, the individual will be responsible for supporting the formulation development of new chemical entities as part of a matrix team from initial first in human formulations (suspensions, solutions, capsules, tablets) through final market formulation definition and manufacturing process robustness assessment.
Posted October 9, 2023
  • Procter & Gamble (P&G)
    Position: Chemical Engineer with Experience in Polymers
    Location: West Chester, OH
    Brief description: We are seeking a highly motivated PhD Chemical Engineer who has experience working with polymers and polymer processing to join the Corporate Functions Research and Development Organization in Procter and Gamble, located in Cincinnati, OH. This specific role involves developing and applying engineering principles and mastery in polymer science to creating new materials and processes that improve both performance and sustainability. The successful candidate will partner seamlessly inside and outside the Company to design and execute laboratory-based to pilot-scale experiments, develop technical models and prototypes, and generate critical insights and R&D solutions that will further grow P&G’s business.
Posted September 12, 2023
  • NCI Group-NIH
    Position: Post Doctoral Fellow
    Immediate opening for a post doctoral fellow at the NCI in Joel Schneider’s group in the broad areas of materials development, drug delivery, material-based immunomodulation, and self-assembly biophysics.
    NCI fellows take advantage of outstanding scientific resources, intellectual freedom, and a large network of basic scientists and clinicians for potential collaborations. Stipends and benefits are very competitive. Interested individuals should contact Joel Schneider (joel.schneider@nih.gov)
  • IWCS Resume Board
    IWCS is in the process of launching a new resource on its website that features students looking for internships/jobs and also features open positions within the cable & connectivity industry. Add your information to this resource before Wednesday of next week (September 13) so that they can promote your credentials and employment interest when display the “Job Board” and “Job Seeker” boards at the IWCS Cable & Connectivity Industry Forum, taking place later this month.
Posted June 12, 2023
  • Janssen Research & Development, a Johnson and Johnson Company
    Position: Scientist, DSP Scale-Up, API Protein, Therapeutic Development and Supply
    Req. ID: 2306124968W
    Location: Malvern, PA
    Brief Description: This position will engage a scientist to perform process development scale-up and scale-down, and Toxicology material production for antibody & protein processes within the API-Proteins group. The candidate’s primary responsibilities will include leading and participating in the design and execution of experiments, and optimizing the process steps to the target process scale. This will focus on pilot-scale scale bioreactors and down stream processing in new facilities under construction.
Posted April 25, 2023
  • Lilly
    Position: Advisor – Purification Development
    Posting #: R-48313
    Location: Indianapolis, IN
    Brief Description: As a scientist in the Purification Development group, you will identify and develop new purification technologies, work to design optimized downstream drug substance processes for new biologic candidates, employ strategic thinking to overcome technical hurdles and oversee process technical transfer to GMP manufacturing facilities, as they make their way from discovery to the clinic. Work responsibilities will vary and you should be flexible and adaptable in accepting new projects and challenges.
Posted March 7, 2023
  • Excet Incorporated
    • Position: Fracture Mechanics Engineer
      Brief Description: Excet, Inc. is in search of a Mechanical Engineer/Material Scientist who will work as a member of the technical team performing and leading research, development and testing in the areas of environmental assisted cracking and fracture mechanics as related to the Navy surface ships, submarines, marine structures, aircraft and shore facilities. Candidates must be able to work with cross-functional groups involving government and industry partners to develop, test, manufacture and transition products or technologies to practical fleet applications and solutions. The position is full time in Key West, FL with occasional travel facilities in or near Washington, DC.
    • Position: Materials Scientist Engineer
      Brief Description: Excet, Inc. is in search of a Materials Scientist/Engineer who will work as a member of the technical team performing and leading research, development and testing in the areas of marine corrosion, marine engineering, materials, electrochemistry, coatings and environmental effects as related to the Navy surface ships, submarines, marine structures, aircraft and shore facilities. Candidates must be able to work with cross-functional groups involving government and industry partners to develop, test, manufacture and transition products or technologies to practical fleet applications and solutions. The position is full time in Key West, FL or Washington, DC.
    • Position: Computational Materials Scientist
      Brief Description: Excet, Inc. is in search of a Computational Materials Scientist who will work as a member of the technical team performing and leading research, development and testing in the areas of marine corrosion, marine engineering, materials, electrochemistry, coatings and environmental effects as related to the Navy surface ships, submarines, marine structures, aircraft and shore facilities. Candidates must be able to work with cross-functional groups involving government and industry partners to develop, test, manufacture and transition products or technologies to practical fleet applications and solutions. The position is full time, with travel required between facilities located in Washington, DC and Key West, FL.
    • Position: Polymer Chemist
      Brief Description: Excet, Inc. is in search of a Polymer Chemist who will develop test data to inform requirements setting and predict field performance for Navy applicable multi-layer, multi-material (metallic and non-metallic) designs of interest with a specific focus on mechanical and corrosion effects of polymer, composite and metallic systems. This candidate will be responsible for researching, defining, and communicating engineering approaches in order to meet relevant design gaps for use of plastics, elastomers, sealants, and adhesives in the seawater environment. Candidates must be able to work with cross-functional groups involving government and industry partners to develop, test, manufacture and transition products or technologies to practical fleet applications and solutions. The position is full time in Washington, DC with occasional travel expected to a research facility in Key West, FL.
Posted February 13, 2023
  • Sherwin-Williams
    Position: Materials Science Chemist
    Location: Warrensville Heights, Ohio
    Brief Description: The Chemist position focuses on the development and execution of materials characterization methods that enable the design of coatings with exceptional application and cured film performance. The successful candidate for this position will have experience in creating and executing materials characterization projects, programs, or methodologies and working collaboratively with key stakeholders. Responsibilities include the characterization of formulations and products to expand scientific understanding of coating performance which leads to accelerated new product development. This chemist will work closely with analytical team to deliver results to internal stake holders. This position bases in Warrenville Heights, OH, reporting to the Performance Coatings Group Materials Science Technical Manager.
  • Spark Therapeutics in Philadelphia
    Position: Open Position
    Brief Description: Cell/gene therapy company and they will consider both Masters and PhD degrees. Anyone interested can contact Dr. Ohnmar Khanal (okhanal@udel.edu)
Posted January 9, 2023
  • Aspen
    Position: Senior Engineer
    Brief Description: We are seeking for a highly motivated chemical engineer to research, develop and maintain thermodynamic and transport property modeling software for our market-leading process modeling products. The successful candidate will utilize his/her expertise in the area of thermodynamic and transport properties modeling to support various AspenTech products, including Aspen Plus, Aspen HYSYS and Aspen PIMS.
Posted November 17, 2022
  • Merck
    Position: Senior Scientist, Sterile and Specialty Products
    Brief Description: Sterile and Specialty Products (SSP) group is responsible for developing non-oral dosage forms (injections, implants, inhaled, ocular) for small, intermediate, and large molecules from preclinical toxicology studies to commercialization. Our development teams ensure robust composition, primary packaging/ device, and process selection through deep fundamental understanding and characterization such that the process is scalable without compromising stability, safety, efficacy, and delivery.
  • Lubrizol Advanced Materials, LLS
    Position: Sr. Chemist
    Brief Description: Sr. Chemist role within R&D, which supports Lubrizol Life Science Beauty Health Home business through invention, design, synthesis and evaluation of new, high performance specialty polymers and through technical support of Lubrizol’s current product portfolio.
Posted October 3, 2022
  • Gilead
    • Position: Sr. Research Associate I – Formulation & Process Development
      Brief Description: The candidate will support activities for preclinical and clinical projects and work in highly collaborative cross-functional teams. Under close supervision, perform procedures, trials and experiments that support research and development projects.
    • Position: Research Scientist – Formulation & Process Development
      Brief Description: The candidate will be expected to lead Formulation and Process Development activities for preclinical and clinical projects and work in highly collaborative cross-functional teams. The candidate will collaborate with the Discovery Research group to support identification of new molecular entities (NME); responsibilities include basic solution characterization, development of formulations to support preclinical pharmacokinetic and toxicology studies, designing studies to understand biopharmaceutical performance of NMEs.
Posted September 26, 2022
  • MERCK
    • Position: Associate Scientist, Bioprocess Process Research & Development
      Brief Description: The Biologics Process Research & Development (BPR&D) organization within our company’s Research Laboratories is responsible for developing the drug substance manufacturing purification processes for our company’s biologics pipeline. BPR&D includes three core technical functional areas: Process Cell Sciences (PCS), Upstream Process Development (UPD) and Downstream Process Development & Engineering (DPDE).
    • Position: Senior Scientist –Biologics Process Research & Development
      Brief Description: Our Research Scientists are our Inventors. Using innovative thinking, state-of-the-art facilities, and robust scientific methodology, we partner to discover the next medical breakthrough. Biologics Process Research & Development (BPR&D) within our Research & Development Division is accountable for developing manufacturing processes and associated technologies for our company’s biologics pipeline. BPR&D includes three core technical functional areas: Process Cell Sciences (PCS), Upstream Process Development (UPD) and Downstream Process Development & Engineering (DPDE).
    • Position: 2023 Biologics Process Research & Development Co-op
      Brief Description: Our Research & Development Division’s Biologics Process Research and Development (BPR&D) department in Kenilworth, NJ, is seeking summer interns who will work collaboratively in a team environment at our state-of-the-art laboratories to develop novel Bio-process technologies and methodologies. Biologics Process Research & Development (BPR&D) is responsible for developing manufacturing processes and associated technologies for our company’s biologics pipeline. BPR&D includes three core technical functional areas: Process Cell Sciences (PCS), Upstream Process Development (UPD) and Downstream Process Development & Engineering (DPDE)
    • Position: 2023 Biologics Process Research & Development Intern
      Brief Description: Our Research & Development Division’s Biologics Process Research and Development (BPR&D) department in Kenilworth, NJ, is seeking summer interns who will work collaboratively in a team environment at our state-of-the-art laboratories to develop novel Bio-process technologies and methodologies. Biologics Process Research & Development (BPR&D) is responsible for developing manufacturing processes and associated technologies for our company’s biologics pipeline. BPR&D includes three core technical functional areas: Process Cell Sciences (PCS), Upstream Process Development (UPD) and Downstream Process Development & Engineering (DPDE)
  • DuPont
    Position: Field Application Specialist – Bioprocessing
    Brief Description: As a member of the DuPont Life Sciences technology team, the candidate will work with a global multi-disciplinary team that includes commercial representatives, technical service, R&D scientists, product management and marketing specialists. The successful candidate will serve as the technical expert on our Amberchrom™ portfolio, leading technical studies, providing pre-sales product support, seminars and demos, and running internal and external trainings.
Posted September 8, 2022
  • GSK
    • Position: Investigator – Downstream Process Development
      Brief description: As an Investigator in Downstream Process Development, you will be a member of a highly skilled team of scientists and engineers responsible for the evaluation and optimization of purification processes. You will be involved in all aspects of the development of purification processes including initial process screening, optimization, characterization, scale-up and tech transfer to clinical manufacturing and/or commercial manufacturing partners for therapeutic proteins including monoclonal antibodies, and antibody-drug conjugates.
    • Position: Investigator, Biopharm Upstream Process Development
      Brief description: In this role, you will be a member of a highly skilled team of scientists and engineers responsible for the evaluation and optimization of cell culture processes. The team will have access to the latest technology in small-scale as well as large scale bioreactors and analytical instruments. Although predominantly lab-based, the role also involves important aspects of verbal and written communication and requires good organisation skills as well as a broader scientific knowledge. Both individual and team working are required and therefore the role will suit a scientist with good interpersonal skills, ability to solve complex problems, self-motivated and has an open mindset.
    • Position: Investigator, Process Technology, GMP Operations
      Brief description: As an Investigator within our Process Technology, GMP Operations team, you will lead the industrialization and introduction of new Single-Use (SU) process technologies for upstream and downstream manufacturing, as well as collaborate with CMC matrix teams and GSK Biopharm manufacturing sites to deliver a robust SU technology manufacturing platform and progress the GSK Biopharm portfolio.
    • Position: Investigator, Modeling & Simulation
      Brief description: As an Investigator, Modeling and Simulation in the US Process Analytics team (NCE Drug Substance and Drug Product – small molecule & biopharm) you will be responsible for
      🞄 Developing and implementing mechanistic, data driven (MVA, Bayesian optimization, machine learning, chemometrics) and hybrid models to accelerate development, increase fundamental understanding, improve risk assessment, and…(click on the position for more details).
Posted August 29, 2022
  • Gore
    Position: Polymer Scientist-223124
    Job #: 492899
    Location: Elkton, MD
    Brief description: We are looking for an energetic, self-motivated Polymer Scientist to join our Core Technology team. In this role, you will have the opportunity to drive early-stage technical discovery to create new material capabilities which provide potential for Gore’s growth. This role may involve leveraging external research, driving early-stage technical feasibility, advanced characterizations and/or development of fundamental understanding in ionic polymer materials.
  • Sanofi
    Position: Polymer Scientist-223124
    Job #: R2658541
    Location: Elkton, MD
    Brief description: We are seeking a highly motivated and talented Co-op to join our Biologics Drug Product Development group. Our organization is responsible for integrated end-to-end drug product development in support of Sanofi’s promising pipeline of biotherapeutic and gene therapy products. As part of our talented team, you will be exposed to the Research-to-Development transition by participating in drug product development programs and will contribute to the development of development platforms for enzyme therapies, monoclonal antibodies, viral gene therapies and other biologic modalities.
Posted June 09, 2022
  • PTC Thrapeutics
    Position: Contract, Process Development, Gene Therapy
    Brief description: This is a position for contract-to-hire in Process Development, PTC therapeutics, which is located in Princeton West Innovation Campus, New Jersey. In this role, you will support Upstream Process Development for gene therapy programs. If you have bachelor or master degree in biochemical engineering, biomedical engineering, biology or relevant discipline, you are welcomed to apply or contact Ping Xu at pxu@ptcbio.com.
Posted May 31, 2022
  • BioFactura
    Positon: Bioprocess Engineer II
    Job #: 9002
    Brief description: The Bioprocess Engineer will support the development and characterization of various biologics cell culture processes from the laboratory through Phase I cGMP manufacturing scale in our biosimilar and biodefense development program.
Posted May 16, 2022
  • Catalent
    Positon: Senior Scientist – Biologics Drug Product Development
    Location: Bloomington, IN
    Job #: R914401
    Brief description: The Senior Scientist –Drug Product Development position will be essential to design customized formulation development, drug process development and process characterization experiments, and to lead the execution efforts for timely delivery of projects. This is a full-time role, working days; Monday – Friday. Catalent is committed to a Patient First culture through excellence in quality and compliance, and to the safety of every patient, consumer, and Catalent employee.
Posted May 09, 2022
  • W.L. Gore & Associates
    Positon: Polyurethane Chemist
    Job ID #: 220815
    Brief description: We are looking for an experienced, hands-on Urethane Polymer Technologist to join our Core Technology team at Elkton, Maryland. In this role, you will champion technology understanding and advance materials for new product development efforts. Additionally you will develop novel materials with suppliers, working internationally with our coatings engineers to scale up new technologies, and driving fundamental understanding in support of new product development for the Fabrics Division and beyond.
Posted April 11, 2022
  • AbbVie
    Position: Post-doctoral researcher
    Location: Worcester, MA
    Brief description: Actively looking for post-doc candidates for a 1-2 year program. During this time the program will be fully funded to support process research focusing on protein chromatographic purification using experimental techniques and in-silico modeling.
Posted April 07, 2022
  • DOW
    Position: Reaction Engineering Research Specialist
    Job #: R2030013
    Brief description: Dow has an exciting job opportunity for a Senior Research Specialist in the Reaction Engineering discipline within Core R&D Engineering and Process Science based in Midland, MI or Lake Jackson, TX. The reaction engineering group utilizes a balance of theory, experimentation, and modeling to understand the fundamentals of chemical reactions. Modeling includes molecular through full-scale production and utilizes state of the art software. The experimental work uses highly automated tubular, fixed bed, and stirred tank systems, including single-pass and recycle fixed beds with on-line gas chromatography, and stirred tank reactors equipped with various analytical techniques from in situ Raman and FTIR to heat flow calorimetry. The successful candidate will become an expert in one or more areas of experimental, computational, and theoretical capabilities as it pertains to Reaction Engineering.
Posted March 28, 2022
  • MERCK
    Position: Associate Scientist
    Brief description: The successful candidate will be a passionate Scientist with strong academic fundamentals and a drive to develop new medicines to improve human health. In this role, the individual will be responsible for supporting the formulation development of new chemical entities as part of a matrix team from initial first in human formulations (suspensions, solutions, capsules, tablets) through final market formulation definition and manufacturing process robustness assessment.
Posted March 21, 2022
  • Circe
    Position: Fermentation Engineer
    Brief description: Grow the microbes of the future! You’ll work to build, operate, and maintain different styles of fermentors, including gas fermentors and more traditional systems. You will work primarily with Ciaran, our co-founder heading up Circe’s engineering effort, alongside the metabolic engineering and analytics teams. As an early member, you will have a meaningful influence on the culture and growth of Circe.
Posted March 16, 2022
  • Doosan Corporation
    • Position: Associate Engineer, FPS Engineering
      Location: East Hartford, CT
      Brief description: Responsible for effective contributions to the fuel processing discipline group engaged in the design, verification, validation, and integration of an integrated fuel processor for a highly efficient, high temperature hydrogen based fuel cell system. With direction and a teamwork focus, support and participate in the fuel processing team, in collaboration with other multi-discipline groups, with the development, advancement, and commercialization of a fuel cell micro CHP system, with focus on all aspects of reactor design, analysis, model development and validation, prototype development, and characterization for an integrated fuel processor for a fuel cell system. Understands key concepts of the discipline, and depends upon others for guidance and direction. Is still learning the fundamental of fuel processing engineering, and may be assigned to small projects or discreet tasks within the functional discipline.
    • Position: Sr. Systems Engineer
      Location: East Hartford, CT
      Brief description: Responsible for the planning of technical design, system integration, cost and risk assessment, and compliance assessment of technological systems. Collaboration with the product office to define system and component level requirement, and to develop an architecture that satisfies those requirements. Typical technically-driven systems tasks include requirements management, concept design including trade studies, steady-state mass and energy balance, dynamic modeling and analysis, failure mode analysis, control synthesis, and verification/validation testing and analysis. The Systems group is involved throughout the entire product life cycle, from concept to field support. Accountable for the support and advancement of entire systems projects, programs, research and operational results. A focus of this role is the ongoing personal and career develop of the systems engineering staff. This role is for a fully developed professional able to work without direct guidance or direction from others. Responsible for several components of a project, or a complex component of a larger project.
Posted March 8, 2022
  • Resilience
    Position: Scientist II, Vector Downstream Processing
    Brief description: Resilience is seeking a talented process development scientist / engineer to establish local downstream expertise in our Vector Process Development team. This team supports preclinical and clinical pipelines enabling IND filings for Resilience’s partners and drives development and implementation of innovative internal technology platforms. The Scientist II will play a significant role in leading the continued development and optimization of Resilience’s lentiviral vector manufacturing processes, focusing on downstream process unit operations including clarification, chromatography, tangential flow filtration, and sterile filtration process steps. The successful candidate will update the design of downstream process, lead laboratory scale studies to identify and define ranges for process parameters, establish scalability across experimental and clinical supply processes, and support technology transfer to Resilience’s in-house GMP manufacturing facility.
Posted February 28, 2022
  • Pfizer
    Position: Senior Associate Scientist – Chemical Engineer for API Manufacturing Process Development
    Brief description: We are seeking a chemical engineer to join the Chemical Research and Development (CRD) team in Groton. The successful candidate will join a diverse team responsible for developing robust scalable processes for use at pilot-plant and commercial scale. They will apply chemical engineering principles, computational modeling approaches, and lab-scale experimental techniques to gain process understanding and to optimize the processes for safety, efficiency, and robustness.
Posted February 8, 2022
  • Lilly
    Position: Research Scientist – Purification Development
    Location: Indianapolis IN
    Brief description: The Bioproduct Research and Development organization strives to deliver creative medicines to patients through the development and commercialization of insulins, monoclonal antibodies, novel therapeutic proteins, peptides, oligonucleotide therapies and gene therapy products. This organization is a multidisciplinary group that works collaboratively with our discovery and manufacturing colleagues. Located in Indianapolis, scientists have full access to our scientific excellence and engineering capabilities.
Posted January 18, 2022
Posted January 10, 2022
  • Regeneron
    • Position: Sr. Process Scientist (Process Characterization)
      Brief description: Regeneron is seeking a new Process Characterization Senior Scientist in the Process Sciences Department of our Industrial Operations and Product Supply (IOPS) Organization in Rensselaer, NY. The successful candidate will conduct new technology assessments in collaboration with the upstream and downstream labs, and the In Process Controls group. The focus of this work will be to increase the fundamental understanding of cell culture processes using process analysis, design of experiments, and analysis of laboratory and historical manufacturing data. This contributes process knowledge to the overall manufacturing system, regulatory filings, and the deviation management system. Candidates should possess a strong background in molecular biology, bioprocessing, and have a demonstrated history of cross-functional internal and external collaboration.
    • Position: Sr. Process Scientist (Cell Culture)
      Brief description: Regeneron is seeking a new Process Characterization Senior Scientist in the Process Sciences Department of our Industrial Operations and Product Supply (IOPS) Organization in Rensselaer, NY. The successful candidate will conduct new technology assessments in collaboration with the upstream and downstream labs, and the In Process Controls group. The focus of this work will be to increase the fundamental understanding of cell culture processes using designed experiments, statistical analysis, and process design and controls. This contributes process knowledge to the overall manufacturing system, regulatory filings, and the deviation management system. Candidates should possess a strong background in bioprocessing, process optimization and improvement, and have a demonstrated history of cross-functional internal and external collaboration.
Posted January 03, 2022
  • Affinia Therapeutics
    Position: Senior Scientist, Downstream Process Development
    Brief description: Establish Affinia as a leader in AAV process development through the application of processes, procedures and technologies for best-in-class manufacturing platforms. This position reports to the Associate Director, Process Development and will dedicate efforts to leading downstream process development activities to establish state of the art AAV processes.
Posted December 20, 2021
  • Bristol-Myers Squibb
    Position: Scientist, Downstream Development
    Req. ID: R1543803
    Brief description: The Scientist position will be part of the Biologics Downstream Development department in New Brunswick, NJ that is responsible for early and late stage process development of BMS’s growing pipeline. The candidate will be responsible for developing efficient, robust, and scalable purification processes for biologics and gene therapy assets. The candidate will be working in a dynamic and collaborative team environment with the opportunities to lead development and matrix teams, while enhancing our ever growing biologics portfolio.
Posted November 23, 2021
  • MERCK
    • Position: Bioprocess Scientist
      Brief description: As a Scientist in our BPR&D department you will work with a highly collaborative team of scientists and engineers to design and develop robust processes in support of early- to late-stage biological products. Your objective will be to innovate and support our Company’s biologics pipeline and production platforms through rigorous scientific principles. This position will have the opportunity to apply and integrate innovation into biologic process sciences to establish our Company as the industry leader in next-generation biologics manufacturing.
    • Senior Scientist
      Brief description: As a Senior Scientist in our BPR&D department, you will work with a highly collaborative team of talented scientists and engineers to design and develop robust biologic processes in support of early- to late-stage biological products. Your objective will be to apply rigorous scientific principles to solve challenging problems focused on developing the best process to deliver life-changing medicines to patients worldwide.
Posted November 3, 2021
  • Afton Chemical
    Position: Sr. R&D Chemist/Engineer – Chemical Sciences
    Brief description: Conducts complex and/or non-standard research, development, and/or performance testing activities to meet stated objectives of the Technology Development team. Focused on using theory and mechanism to drive innovation. May act as overall or technical project lead and direct the work of other technical team members assigned to the project. High level of communication and presentation skill required. Often responsible for multiple projects of varying complexity occurring at same time.
Posted October 25, 2021
  • AstraZeneca
    Position: Associate Scientist, Purification Process Sciences
    Job ID: R-121822
    Location: Gaithersburg, MD
    Brief description: The position resides in the Purification Process Sciences group (PPS) within the Bioprocess Development R&D (BPD) department. Members of the PPS function work closely with other development functions and manufacturing sciences to develop and transfer clinical and commercial purification processes. Position may require weekend work and/or periodic late-nights.
Posted October 04, 2021
  • P&G
    Position: SCIENTIST, CHEMISTRY & LIFE SCIENCE INNOVATION
    Brief description: This role leverages a cross discipline technical mastery in chemistry and life science innovation, especially by leveraging data and digital approaches. The candidate will guide and influence technical project direction and solve significant technical problems by leveraging scientific/engineering skills and strong foundational R&D understanding developed through hands-on experimentation/application or modeling/simulation/bioinformatics.
  • Bristol Myers Squibb
    Position: Scientist, Downstream Process Development
    Brief description: The Scientist position will be part of the Global Process Development Downstream department in Devens, MA that is responsible for early and late-stage process development of BMS’ growing biologics pipeline. This role is within the Biologics Development organization in Devens, MA. The candidate will work with cross- functional teams to develop and characterize downstream processes. The candidate will drive platform purification process strategies, and technology development projects. The candidate will actively partner with the overall downstream team, upstream team, Manufacturing, MS&T, Analytical Development, Formulation Development, and Program Management.
  • Evonik
    Position: Postdoc Position
    Brief description: The primary purpose of this position is to provide technical capability to support an ongoing R&D project to design, synthesize and test new amines, blocked amines, and polymeric amine structures for use in polyurethane additive manufacturing applications. There are additional projects to scout new concepts and application areas for the business line. This will require development of new application test methods and formulations as well as exploration of chemistries to provide unique solutions in the high-density polyurethane market.
Posted September 20, 2021
  • Lilly
    Brief description: Lilly offers various internship programs both for undergraduate and graduate students and even post-doctoral opportunities. One of those opportunities is through the Medicines Innovation Hub (MIH) organization. The MIH at Eli Lilly and Company integrates molecule discovery and development capabilities into a single organization that span the entire pharmaceutical value chain. Areas of research in MIH include small molecule therapeutics and biotherapeutics R&D, new therapeutic modalities, and drug delivery and devices, just to name a few. MIH offers an exciting 12-16 weeks internship program available to undergrads, masters or PhD students. The internship will give students exposure to real-world projects and technical mentors in the pharmaceutical industry, and provide ample opportunity for networking.
  • MERCK
    • Position: Senior Scientist, Bio Process
      Brief description: We are seeking a highly motivated scientist to join the Biologics Upstream Pilot Plant Technologies Group within Biologics PR&D, as part of the team charged with supporting the operations of the mammalian and microbial bench top bioreactors and introducing innovative technologies. Candidate is expected to work in a team atmosphere in close collaboration with BioProcess development scientists, facility engineering, lab automation and safety groups.
    • Position: Sr Scientist – Bio Process
      Brief description: The successful candidate will contribute to CMC development of our Company’s pipeline, playing a dynamic role in development of cell culture processes and transfer to clinical manufacturing sites. They will also partner with other functions to advance our knowledge of cell culture processes through data science approaches.

    Posted September 7, 2021
    • Lignolix Inc.
      Position: ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
      Job #: 239923-FA
      Brief description: The Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering seeks faculty candidates to enhance present departmental strengths in research and teaching. The successful candidate will be expected to develop a world-class research program, to provide undergraduate and graduate instruction in areas of technical competence, and to engage in public service as appropriate.
    Posted August 23, 2021
    • GSK
      Position: Investigator, Materials Science
      Brief description: As a member of Materials Science, you will use your materials characterization knowledge and expertise to provide holistic understanding of the relationship between crystal structure and powder properties for drug product manufacture and contribute to the development and deployment of state-of-the-art methodologies and technologies to enable the delivery of our medicines. Materials Science supports the small molecule portfolio in GSK Pharma R&D. The environment is highly technical and dynamic as you will be collaborating across multi-disciplinary project teams. You will thrive in this environment if you are able to effectively prioritize and manage multiple tasks, communicate your recommendations clearly, and if you are a team player who enjoys working in diverse multi-disciplinary teams.
    Posted August 23, 2021
    • ORIGIN
      Position: Research Scientist (Material Focus)
      Loc.: West Sacramento, US
      Brief description: Origin is currently pursuing the development of plastics, such as PET, and other materials, such as carbon black, from biorenewable sources. Research Scientists lead R&D and Engineering projects involving the foundational research and product development of compounds derived from Origin’s process. They help bring Origin’s innovative technology out of the lab and into commercial operation. You will be responsible for experimental process design and implementation and will work closely with the R&D team and the Technical Directors of Research and Engineering. This involves design and construct bench-scale equipment, conducting experiments, performing detailed analysis of results, and writing technical reports.
    • FMC
      • Position: R&D Process Engineer
        Department: Research and Development
        Brief description: FMC Agricultural Solutions is seeking an experienced process development engineer for commercialization of new agricultural active ingredients. Our business has a robust pipeline of new products that anticipate our customers’ needs and contribute to their long-term prosperity while advancing agriculture. This role requires chemical engineering/organic chemistry knowledge, as well as work experience in process development, pilot plant or commercial operations. The successful candidate will conduct laboratory-based programs to develop commercial manufacturing processes as part of a cross-functional team of process chemists, analytical chemists and engineers. The role involves engineering support through all phases of process development, with responsibility from early stage to commercial launch.
      • Position: R&D Process Chemist
        Department: Research and Development
        Brief description: FMC Agricultural Solutions has an opening for a synthetic organic chemist at their global research center in Newark, Delaware. The successful candidate will conduct a hands-on laboratory-based program to design and develop synthetic routes for commercial manufacturing processes as part of an interdisciplinary team of process chemists, analytical chemists and chemical engineers. The role includes support of all phases of process development, with responsibility from early stage to commercial launch.
    Posted August 16, 2021
    • MERCK KGaA
      Position: Senior Scientist – Gene Therapy Downstream Processing
      Loc.: Darmstadt, Germay
      Brief description: We are searching for a talented and self-motivated scientist to join a dynamic, rapidly growing, and highly collaborative team. The individual will act as a technical lead and primary point of contact on gene therapy purification processes.
    Posted July 06, 2021
    • Genentech
      Position: Postdoc Program
      Brief description: We seek talented, motivated recent and pending PhD graduates to join us as Postdoctoral Fellows and key contributors to our mission. Genentech’s Postdoctoral Program will give you the chance to work on fundamental biomedical research in order to unlock key mysteries of science. With an emphasis on rigorous scientific training and a collaborative environment, you’ll explore new ideas, develop new technologies, make cutting-edge discoveries, and publish your work to the broader scientific community. And you’ll do it while working within one of the most established and talented scientific networks in the world.
    • Spark Therapeutics
      Position: PD Downstream Scientist
      Brief description: The process development downstream team is seeking a highly motivated and innovative process scientist. The position will primarily a lab-based role, s/he is responsible for developing robust and scalable downstream manufacturing process to support early and late phase gene therapy products in Spark’s innovative pipeline. The role will also be responsible for providing technical support to technology transfer, scale up, and internal/external manufacturing, as well as regulatory filings as needed.
    Posted June 29, 2021
    • Gelest
      Position: Applications Scientist
      Brief description: The Applications Scientist will be responsible for innovation in application research and development. The primary focus will be performing research for application-based R&D and communicating research projects via verbal, written, and visual avenues to educate on the proper application of company products. The Applications Scientist is self-motivated, creatively driven, and an independent and collaborative problem solver. This role will work on several research projects at a time and must be able to self-manage time and be highly organized. The Applications Scientist will be responsible for technical presenting and providing strong scientific communication for internal and external meetings. Some travel may be required.
    Posted June 28, 2021
    • DOW
      Position: Recruiting Events
      Brief description:

      • Wed., July 7 from 3-4 PM: Dow’s recruiting team will present information specifically about sustainability focus of the plastics industry, but particularly Dow’s multi-tiered strategy for enhancing sustainability of the plastics value chain.
      • Wed., July 14 from 3-5 PM: Dow’s recruiting team will also present a broad set of information about Dow and particularly about the Research & Development function for which the majority of the recruiting will target. Information about our interview style, about Dow’s organization, and about Dow’s strategies and vision will be discussed.
      • Wed., July 21 from 3-4 PM: 15 minute time slots are available with any of Dow’s recruiting team to enable candidates to ask 1-on-1 questions that they might not have asked previously. This is an opportune time to have questions answered prior to formal interviews to be held on August 3 & 4.
      • Tue. & Wed., Aug. 3 & 4: Students should sign-up in Handshake for the following job: #4947801 2021/2022 PhD Chemical Eng./ Materials Sci. for Research & Development
    • NIST Center for Neutron Research (NCNR)
      Position: Postdoctoral Researcher
      Brief description: A postdoc position is available at the NIST Center for Neutron Research (NCNR) in Gaithersburg, Maryland. NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) is a scientific research laboratory of Department of Commerce. This project is a collaborative effort between NCNR and a major pharmaceutical company.
    Posted June 21, 2021
    • Catalent
      Position: Scientist – Biologics Drug Product Development
      Brief description: The Scientist – Biologics Drug Product Development’s primary role is to design, execute, analyze laboratory data, and make formulation development decisions for biologics drug product formulation and process development, and/or to support tech. transfer activities to GMP DP manufacturing.
    • Janssen Research & Development, LLC
      Position: Scientist, Biological Process Engineering
      Req. ID: 2105937429W
      Brief description: The Scientist, Biological Process Engineering will contribute to process development within the therapeutic protein process development group in Malvern, PA. He/She will be responsible to perform mathematical analyses of biologics process and equipment data for laboratory-scale, pilot-scale, and commercial-scale manufacturing processes .This will include both upstream (i.e., production) and downstream (i.e., purifications) unit operations. For example, the candidate will learn and further develop mathematical models of bioreactor operation, applying engineering principles to identify appropriate agitation and gassing conditions at all scales of development, clinical and commercial operation. In this role, the candidate will apply these models in support of development teams, and coach other team members in the application of these mathematical models to optimize process performance and product quality.
    Posted June 8, 2021
    • Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)
      • Position: Postdoctoral Research Associate – Electron Microscopy and Data Analysis for Fuel Cell Materials
        Brief description: We are seeking a Postdoctoral Research Associate who will focus on the development and application of aberration-corrected scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) techniques and corresponding data analysis methods for fuel cell and electrolyzer materials research at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). The applicant will work closely with scientists both at ORNL and institutions primarily associated with the US Department of Energy’s Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office (HFTO) laboratory consortia, which aim to improve the performance and durability of hydrogen fuel cell and electrolyzer materials. This position resides in the Materials MicroÅnalysis Group in the Nanomaterials Characterization Section, Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences (CNMS), Physical Sciences Directorate (PSD) at ORNL.
      • Position: Postdoctoral Research Associate – Microscopy of Catalysts
        Brief description: We are seeking a Postdoctoral Research Associate to focus on the microstructural evolution of catalytic materials at the micro, nano and atomic scale level, investigate the morphological changes of catalysts during their “life-cycle,” and work with a team to develop advanced electron microscopy analysis methods. While this position is based in our Materials MicroÅnalysis Group (MMÅ) group, you will collaborate with a diverse group of experimentalists, theorists, and data scientists across different organizations within Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). This position resides within the Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences (CNMS), Physical Sciences Directorate at ORNL.
    Posted June 7, 2021
    • Roche
      Position: Postdoctoral Fellowship in Gene Therapy Pharmaceutical Development
      Brief description: The focus of this postdoc project is on formulation development of viral vector gene therapy products. Within PTDE-P you will work on developing breakthroughs in storage and handling of viral vectors to overcome current limitations in the field of gene therapy with regard to cold chain and stability.
    Posted June 1, 2021
    • Chemical Engineer, Versogen, Inc.
      Position: Join the Team
      Brief description: Versogen, Inc: developing a manufacturing process to make an Anion Exchange Membrane for hydrogen generation. Versogen currently has an opening for a chemical engineer with 3-5 years’ experience to handle process development and process safety in the lab and in an eventual pilot facility.
    • South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
      Position: Instructor, Lecturer, or Senior Lecturer of Chemical and Biological Engineering
      Posting #: F00645P
      Brief description: The Chemical and Biological Engineering Department at the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology invites applications for an Instructor, Lecturer or Senior Lecturer in Chemical and Biological Engineering with an anticipated start date of Fall 2021. The principal duties are to (i) effectively teach Chemical and Biological Engineering courses and laboratories and (ii) provide academic advising. The CBE Instructor, Lecturer or Senior Lecturer may have as their responsibility, preparing and presenting lectures, organizing and supervising laboratory sections, developing and supervising design projects, writing and grading examinations and laboratory reports, holding office hours to meet with students outside of class time, monitoring teaching assistants, and assigning grades. Teaching faculty members will be encouraged to develop innovative teaching methods and educational enrichment activities. Other duties may include involvement in course and program assessment, curriculum development, on-line course development, professional advising, K-12 outreach and recruitment, and other education-related committee work. This position is a full-time, 9-month benefited, non-tenure-track, term position.
    Posted May 24, 2021
    • Lilly
      Position: Postdoctoral Scientist – Formulation Development
      Brief description: As a Postdoctoral Scientist – Formulation Development, the scientist will be exposed to full breadth of opportunities to develop and enable novel formulations and delivery options for oligonucleotides. Therefore, the candidate must demonstrate a history of strong technical depth, scientific leadership and a willingness to promote a collaborative, team-based approach to problem solving.
    • Tessera Therapeutics
      Position: Multiple Positions
      Brief description: Our values describe the way we work together to pioneer the future of genetic medicine.
    Posted May 17, 2021
    • General Separation Technologies, Inc.
      Position: Lab Chemist: Junior Level, Full Time
      Brief description:

      • Column process preparations: solution, coating, phase curing and QC
      • Supervision of QC tester with standard of Procedure(SOP) and Gas Chromatograph instrument
      • In-house tech support for order fulfilment
      • Customer tech supports: trouble shooting, method development, product applications
      • Manufacturing process documentation
      • Production summary and report on weekly base
    Posted March 8, 2021
    • DOW
      Position: BEST Symposium – 2021 Building Engineering & Science Talent
      Posting #: R2012677
      Brief description: Dow is now accepting applications for the 15th annual Dow Building Engineering and Science Talent (BEST) Symposium. The application deadline is April 30, 2021. To ensure the safety of our participants and after a successful virtual 2020 BEST Symposium, this year’s Symposium will be held in a virtual format. The BEST symposium will be held on August 2nd – 5th , 2021. Dow’s BEST Symposium is primarily intended to introduce African American, Hispanic, Native American U.S. doctoral and postdoctoral scientists to the wide range of rewarding careers in industrial research, and in particular, the many opportunities with one of the world’s largest and leading materials science companies, Dow. This conference, developed jointly by our minority scientists and Ph.D. recruiting team, demonstrates our commitment to a diverse work force.
    Posted March 1, 2021
    • Johnson & Johnson
      Position: Scientist, Formulation Sciences – Drug Product Development
      Req. ID: 2105898599W
      Brief description: The Scientist, Formulation Sciences will work in the large molecule Drug Product Development (DPD) department. This role requires a Scientist with expertise in Formulation Science and Protein Characterization, who will apply a balanced mixture of experimental and computational approaches to generate mechanistic data and insight to guide formulation selection/optimization. The Scientist, Formulation Sciences will have an opportunity to develop, design and perform biologics formulation development and characterization in support of formulation, process and fill-finish activities for vaccines and other biologic/cell therapy drug products. The Scientist, Formulation Sciences will participate in multi-disciplinary teams including biologists, chemical engineers, and pharmacists providing key expertise in the use and interpretation of structural data related to drug development.
    Posted February 16, 2021
    • AstraZeneca
      Position: R&D Associate I/II
      Location: Gaithersburg, MD
      Job ID: R-100165
      Brief description: The position resides in the Critical Pipeline Reagent Sciences Group (CPRS) contained within the Purification Process Sciences R&D department. Members of the CPRS function work closely with the research scientists and process development scientists to generate pipeline supporting molecules. Position may require weekend work and/or periodic late-nights.
    • Abbott
      Position: Senior Scientist Technical Support – Materials Scientist
      Location: Illinois – Abbott Park
      Job #: 30970107
      Brief description: Our location in Lake Bluff, IL, currently has an opportunity for a Senior Scientist Technical Support – Materials Scientist. Independently perform analytical testing, analysis, and write reports to support complex, long-duration projects, product improvements and investigations for materials utilized in in-vitro diagnostics. Proactively identify opportunities for significant operational; process; or product improvements.
    Posted February 01, 2021
    • SANOFI
      Position: Full Time Positions in Purification Process Development
      Brief description: Available for undergraduates and graduates with background in downstream bioprocessing and preferably high-throughput processing. Interested students can send their resumes to Mahsa Hadidi via email mahsa.hadidi@sanofi.com.
    Posted January 11, 2021
    Posted October 05, 2020
    • GlaxoSmithKline
      • Position: Biopharm Chemometrics and Process Modeling Expert
        Location: King of Prussia, Pennsylvania
        Category: Science and Technology
        Req. ID: 255258
        Brief description: As a chemometrician, you will be a member of a highly skilled team of scientists and engineers responsible for the evaluation and optimization of cell culture processes. You will be responsible for developing and maintaining key Raman chemometric models that are utilized to monitor and control key aspects of the bioreactor process. You will also engage with other groups within GSK to progress the application of process models in development and GMP space. Although predominantly lab-based, the role also involves important aspects of verbal and written communication and requires good organisation skills as well as a broader scientific knowledge.
      • Position: Investigator, Biopharm Upstream Process Development
        Location: King of Prussia, Pennsylvania
        Brief description: In this role, you will be a member of a highly skilled team of scientists and engineers responsible for the evaluation and optimization of cell culture processes. The team will have access to the latest technology in small-scale as well as large scale bioreactors and analytical instruments. Although predominantly lab-based, the role also involves important aspects of verbal and written communication and requires good organisation skills as well as a broader scientific knowledge. Both individual and team working are required and therefore the role will suit a scientist with good interpersonal skills, ability to solve complex problems, self-motivated and has an open mindset.
      • Position: Associate Scientist, Upstream Process Development
        Location: King of Prussia, Pennsylvania
        Category: Science and Technology
        Req. ID: 262391
        Brief description: In this role, you will be a member of a highly skilled team of scientists and engineers responsible for development and optimization of cell culture processes. The team will have access to the latest technology in small-scale as well as large scale bioreactors and analytical instruments. Although predominantly lab-based, the role also involves important aspects of verbal and written communication and requires good organisation skills as well as a broad scientific knowledge of cellular metabolism and physiology. You will be working in a matrix team and therefore the role will suit a scientist with good interpersonal skills, ability to solve complex problems, is self-motivated and has an open mindset.
    Posted August 10, 2020
    • Mr. Fusion
      • Position: Product Design Engineer (either Mechanical or Electrical Engineering)
        Brief description: Experience taking a project from initial concept through product design and development. If interested, please contact the CEO, Joseph Quigley via email at jquigley@mrfusion.io.
      • Position: Chemical Engineer (Chemist/BioChemist)
        Brief description: Experience developing biofuels, chemically/thermally decomposing plastics and biomass, or something similar. If interested, please contact the CEO, Joseph Quigley via email at jquigley@mrfusion.io.
    Posted July 27, 2020
    • DUPONT
      Position: Senior Scientist
      Brief description: We have an opportunity for a Senior Scientist in the Colloids and Formulated Products R&D group, part of DuPont Nutrition & Biosciences, Pharma Solutions, in Wilmington, Delaware. The R&D Senior Scientist will lead the preparation and execution of experimental activities to support the Pharma Solutions R&D strategy, including developing technologies for applications in adjacent industries. A successful applicant will have laboratory experience associated with the experimental methods, analytical techniques, and instrumentation trouble-shooting. Additionally, the candidate must demonstrate good interpersonal and organizational skills with a strong commitment to safety.
    • VIELABIO
      Position: Scientist I
      Brief description: Viela Bio is looking for a highly motivated, entrepreneurial individual to support downstream process development and process transfers with partners and CDMOs to advance our portfolio of products.
    Posted July 20, 2020
    • SANOFI
      Position: Postdoctoral Fellowship: Biologics Drug Product Development and Manufacturing
      Brief description: The candidate will work on developing novel in silico tools for process simulation and biophysical properties predictions and will have the opportunity to interact with various experts in the areas of purification process development, formulation development, developability, manufacturing and data analytics across the global Sanofi network.
    • GS-Tek
      Position: Analytical Instrument Service Technician
      Brief description: Key responsibilities:

      • Chromatography instrument services including maintenance, troubleshooting and repair, both in house and in customer sites
      • Solution base turn-key analyzer assembling and test per test standard such ASTM, UOP, EPA, USP
      • Chromatography instrument installation, and customer training at customer site
      • Software/firmware update, both instrument control and data acquisition
      • Service manual preparation and documentations
    Posted May 18, 2020
    • Merck
      Position: Senior Specialist, Chromatography Engineering
      Location: Wyndmoor, PA
      Brief Description: Our Engineers support internal and external manufacturing operations remain operational, continuously improve and innovate. With our extensive range of facilities and environments, our Engineers have opportunities across many diverse areas including Biological, Chemical, Automation, Capital Projects, Maintenance, Safety, Process Development, Technical Services, Utilities and Validation. HPV Vaccine Purification Global Technical Operations team is seeking a highly motivated individual to fill an open position to support the future growth of the HPV vaccines business across the Vaccine Site network. The manufacturing sites included in our support scope are: Elkton- VA; West Point-PA; Durham, NC and additional sites TBD.
    Posted May 08, 2020
    • Department of Agriculture – Agricultural Research Service
      Position: Research Chemist
      Location: Wyndmoor, PA
      Brief Description: This position is located in the Sustainable Biofuels and CoProducts Research unit in the Eastern Regional Research Center (ERRC) for the Agriculture Research Service (ARS) in Wyndmoor, PA. In this position, you will be responsible for a combination of basic and applied chemical and agricultural research to develop new processes for producing new high quality bio-based functional food and non-food products from agricultural commodities and agricultural processing by-products.
    Posted April 15, 2020
    • DuPont
      Req. ID: 209442W-01
      Location: Chesterfield, MO
      Position: Chemical Engineering Consultant – Catalyst Product Specialist
      Brief Description:

      • Utilize modeling and analysis tools troubleshoot and design chemical reactors.
      • Maintain and improve tools for simulating pilot plant information, designing commercial reactors, and understanding the reactor field performance.
      • Effectively communicate work to colleagues and customers.
      • Internal communication may involve presentations to business leadership and tutorials to colleagues on existing and newly developed capability.
      • External communication will involve preparation and presentation of papers at conferences. Document progress on analysis, design, and tools and improvements in reports.
      • Collaborate with internal stakeholders from across the business: leadership, marketing, sales, process engineering, IT, field engineering, manufacturing, and R&D.
      • Consult internally on catalyst-related operating problems, optimization, turnaround activities and quality/warranty issues.
      • Support troubleshooting efforts and root cause investigation of catalyst product quality issues and assist in formulating customer communications.Abide by organizational core values including safety, environmental stewardship, ethics and people treatment.
    Posted April 13, 2020
    • OnDemand PharmaceuticalsPosition:Senior Chemical Engineer
      Position:Senior ScientistBrief Description: ODP is seeking for a Senior Chemical Engineer and a Senior Scientist to support the development of our next generation medicine manufacturing platforms. Our manufacturing platform is comprised of modules that can chemically synthesize active pharmaceutical ingredients, purify crude products, and formulate into finished drug product. These modules are miniaturized and mobile and can be deployed anywhere in the world to strengthen pharmaceutical supply chain and enable local production of medicines.
    Posted April 08, 2020
    • ARPA-E
      Position: Various Opportunities
      Brief Description: Since its founding in 2009, ARPA-E has funded over 660+ projects in diverse subject areas, including reimagining electrical generation and grid technologies, engineering useful new materials, and finding innovative ways to transform America’s transportation infrastructure, to name a few. At the heart of ARPA-E’s success is its people. Program Directors, Tech-to-Market Advisors, and Fellows come from universities, industry, startups, and the public sector to redefine our nation’s approach to energy innovation. We invite you to learn more about life at ARPA-E and how working with us could be the greatest experience of your career.
    Posted April 02, 2020
    Posted February 27, 2020
    • Lampire Biological Laboratories
      Position: Purification Scientist
      Location: Everett, PA
      Brief Description: The primary responsibility of this individual is to maintain the overall health and well-being of the rabbits including cage and facility maintenance. This would include the feeding and watering of rabbits, administering treatments, as well as swapping, cleaning, disinfecting, and sanitizing all animal housing units and animal facilities.
    Posted January 27, 2020
    • Moderna
      Position: Scientist, mRNA and lipid Stability
      Brief Description: Moderna is seeking a Scientist for a position based at their Cambridge and Norwood, MA site. The individual in this role will be a highly skilled, talented and motivated scientist who will focus on mRNA and lipid stability. He/she will drive the fundamental understanding of the kinetics and mechanisms of mRNA and lipid degradation. The successful candidate will work closely with scientists/RAs within the mass spec team to identify the products of mRNA and lipid forced degradation using MS/MS and MSn techniques. He/she will also work cross functionally with other scientists within Technical Development to convert these fundamental understandings into real world strategies to slow mRNA degradation within lipid nanoparticles. The successful candidate must have a Ph.D. (Chemical Biology, Organic Chemistry, or related science) with 0-5 years of post-doctoral or industry experience and be a subject matter expert in nucleic acid chemistry.
    Posted September 16, 2019
    • FreeThink Technologies, Inc.
      Position: Physical Scientist, Ph.D.
      Location: Branford, Connecticut
      Brief Description: FreeThink Technologies, Inc., The Thinking CRO, is a rapidly growing company and the world leader in the science and technology of stability. FreeThink conducts laboratory studies for international clients in the pharmaceutical, nutraceutical and consumer products industries and also develops its own new technologies. The company is currently seeking for a full-time Physical Scientist, Ph.D. candidate.
    Posted September 03, 2019
    • Merck
      Position: Senior Scientist, Preclinical Development
      Location: Kenilworth, New Jersey
      Brief Description: The Biophysical Characterization group in Pharmaceutical Sciences is seeking a talented and highly self-motivated scientist with solid experience in biotherapeutics characterization. As a Senior Scientist, you will be responsible for characterization of biotherapeutic drug products with focus on higher order structure. You will be working in a collaboratively team environment to support both early and late stage formulation development. You will be responsible for building fundamental formulation stability understanding to ensure formulation robustness.
    Posted August 27, 2019
    • Graduate Research Opportunities at DOE National Laboratories
      The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science is now accepting applications for the Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) program 2019 Solicitation 2. Applications are due 5:00pm Eastern Time on November 14, 2019. 4 new research areas have been added to encourage activities at the convergence of multiple disciplines and communities, including Microelectronics, Data Science, Fundamental Symmetries, and Accelerator Science. We strongly encourage applications in these areas. The SCGSR program provides doctoral dissertation/thesis research opportunities for graduate students at DOE national laboratories. Details about the program, research areas, and online application can be found at https://science.osti.gov/wdts/scgsr/.
    Posted July 01, 2019
    • AbbVie
      Location: Illinois, Lake County
      Position: Sr. Scientist I, Engineering (Sr. Engineer)
      Req.#: D-20-CBE-00001
      Brief Description: The successful candidate will play a key role in the Process Chemical Engineering function within Process R&D. The core deliverable of the function is to develop robust commercial processes to manufacture small molecule APIs and ADCs. Selected candidate is expected to address challenging problems in chemical reactions, extractions, distillations, crystallizations, filtration and drying to meet the target chemical and physical property attributes of the product through an in-depth scientific assessment of these unit processes/operations. The candidate is also expected to lead identification and development of novel approaches and technologies to enhance efficiency in process development and commercialization. The candidate must exhibit a collaborative nature in identifying process challenges on a wide range of projects, and take on a leadership role in developing and implementing solutions.
    • BIOMARIN
      Position:  Scientist 1, Purification Process Development
      Location:  Novato, California
      Brief Description: The Scientist 1 is responsible for the development and characterization of purification processes for therapeutic proteins and gene therapy vectors, and for their implementation in manufacturing facilities. The Scientist 1 has expertise relevant to the development of purification processes for therapeutic proteins and gene therapy vectors. Working as part of a team, the Scientist strives to design individual process steps and to assemble them into complete processes that meet regulatory requirements and expectations for efficiency and product quality. Send CV’s directly to Rahul Sheth at rsheth@bmrn.com.
    Posted June 04, 2019
    • Dentsply Sirona
      Position:  Chemical Processing Engineering – Operations
      Location:  Milford, Delaware
      Req. ID:  62296
      Brief Description: The Engineering Operations has openings for chemical engineers to provide continuous improvement for Safety, Cost, Quality and Reliability of production lines in order to increase plant efficiencies as well as provide day-to-day plant support and troubleshooting. Candidates hired for these role works with an extremely varied chemical portfolio and provide process engineering, chemical/chemistry support and detailed know how to the manufacturing team. You’ll be part of our local team and have potential internal exposure. We require a four year degree in Chemical Engineering, 2-5 years chemical process engineering experience in the medical device, chemical or pharmaceutical industries. Join our team and make a difference every day.
    Posted April 15, 2019
    • Intel Corporation
      Position: Physical Science & Engineering Ph.D.s
      Brief Description: • The Technology Development group’s Thin Films division of Intel Corporation currently has openings for physical science and engineering Ph.D.s to support/direct R&D of advanced processing methods. Candidates hired for these positions will be responsible for developing the next generation of Intel’s microprocessors. If you are considering a career which places you at the leading edge of technological innovation with the world’s foremost semiconductor manufacturer, we encourage you to consider joining the team that is chartered with continuing to meet the challenge of Moore’s Law in the 21st century. Interested candidates should email resumes to FE-Planar-Metals_Hiring@intel.com.
    Posted March 26, 2019
    • Regeneron
      Position: Process Scientist
      Location: Rensselaer, NY
      Brief Description: Open position for an entry level Ph.D. with a background in protein biochemistry and protein purification. Supports the Process Sciences Department IPC Development group through laboratory-scale validation and evaluation studies, as well as the design, implementation and maintenance of in-process control (IPC) programs for manufacturing bioprocesses.
    Posted February 18, 2019
    • Pfizer
      Position: Senior Scientist
      Department: Materials Science
      Brief Description: The Senior Scientist (Particle Characterization) position is a laboratory-based position with responsibility for investigating and understanding the particle and surface properties of Pfizer’s drug molecules. Duties include generating particle and surface property data using state-of-the-art instrumentation and computer models, and interpreting the data to allow new medicines to be brought to the market. He/She serves on multidisciplinary project teams and is responsible for defining the preferred physical and surface attributes (particle shape/particle size/surface energy) of pharmaceutical powders needed for optimum performance. The position is based in Groton, CT (USA).
Internships/Fellowships
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Posted September 03, 2024
  • Linde
    Position: Summer 2025 Internship
    Brief description: Our exciting internship program will give you hands-on, career-specific experience in an industry here no two days are the same. You will be working right along-side the people that have revolutionized the industrial gases industry. At the same time, you will be making your own impact with a company where your hard work makes a difference in your community, environment, and career!
Posted August 27, 2024
  • Cargill
    Position: Polymer Extrusion and Characterization Intern
    Brief description: We are seeking a motivated intern to join our team for a 3-month internship focused on polymer extrusion and characterization. The selected candidate will work closely with our research and development team on a cutting-edge project aimed at developing new flame-retardant additives for polymers.
Posted June 4, 2024
  • Apple
    Position: Internship, Materials Engineering
    Brief description: The Apple internship program gives students tremendous hands on experience developing materials design and laboratory skills which directly impact Apple’s line of products. All of Apple’s products start with the Materials team working closely with the product designers to develop and specify the best material for each application, whether it is a new high strength alloy, a new recycled polymer material, or the strongest glass available on the market.
UD Postdoctoral Positions

Posted February 07, 2023
  • Position: Post Doctoral Researcher, Art Conservation
    Job #: 499722
    Brief Description: The Department of Art Conservation at the University of Delaware is seeking a postdoctoral researcher for a 2-year research and teaching position in the field of conservation science. This is a term position with a tentative start date of mid-August 2023.
Industry Postdoctoral Positions
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Posted September 28, 2021
  • U.S. Army CCDC Chemical Biological Center (CCDC CBC)
    Position: NRC Post-doctoral Position
    Location: Aberdeen Proving Ground in Harford County, MD
    Brief description: We are seeking a candidate to work within the DEVCOM-CBC’s 20,000 square foot pilot-scale fermentation facility. DOD is realizing a surge in programs that are metabolically engineering yeast and bacteria to produce chemicals with unique properties. These are being developed into materials to support a wide variety of projects. Each requires scale up to 1500 liters, downstream processing, and characterization at labs located across the Edgewood campus.
Posted February 4, 2020
  • MERCK
    Position: Postdoctoral Research Fellow Programs

    • Multiscale Modeling of Biotherapeutics and Vaccines
      Brief description: The Preformulation-Predictive Sciences group develops creative and novel solutions to address significant unmet needs in the biopharmaceutical drug product development space. The Preformulation organization is continuing to build key scientific expertise in computational modeling of key molecular and macroscopic protein processes. Thus, we are seeking a highly motivated and driven postdoctoral individual that will lead the development of the next-generation computational and statistical tools to predict and mitigate physical instability challenges in protein-based formulations. The successful candidate will work in an interdisciplinary environment, contributing to cross-functional teams and gaining insight into many aspects of biotherapeutic and vaccine discovery, development and manufacturing. The Postdoctoral Fellow is expected to author scientific papers on their research and present novel findings at scientific conferences.
    • Next-Generation Predictive Technology
      Brief description: We are looking for a highly driven and motivated post-doctoral scholar who will spearhead transformative innovations in machine and deep learning in the biopharmaceutical drug product development space. The advent of machine learning has created exciting new opportunities to improve drug products and positively impact the lives of patients. The integration of these new data technologies into the R&D landscape requires further study. The scholar will work in a highly dynamic environment at the interface of drug product development and data science. The scholar will develop innovative predictive solutions to pressing problems encountered in drug development of next-generation therapies for cancer, infectious diseases, and other areas.
CBE Faculty Opportunities
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Posted on November 6, 2024
  • Position: Tenure-track, open-rank faculty position, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
    Job #: 501410
    Brief description: We are looking for candidates who will contribute through high-quality research/innovation, teaching, and service to the continued improvement of the profession and our department’s overall standing and impact. The successful candidate will be expected to develop and lead a vigorous, nationally and internationally recognized research program; teach and advise students at both the undergraduate and graduate levels; and participate in and contribute to the departmental and larger professional communities.

Summer Opportunities
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Posted February 24, 2025
  • BIO-SENS
    Position: 2025 Summer Internships
    Brief description: BIO_SENS is a collaborative multistate project researching the development of biosensors to advance biotechnology and biomanufacturing. Two year and four-year undergraduate students from any state are invited to apply for a 10 week paid academic research internship to work in the labs of experienced faculty at a few different institutions. Application due: February 28th, 2025.
Posted February 18, 2025
  • Washington University in St. Louis
    Position: CURB Summer Research Experience for Undergraduate (REU) Students
    Brief description: Join the CURB Summer Research Experience for Undergraduate (REU) students, where we aim to advance electro-biomanufacturing technologies that will revolutionize U.S. industry and reduce CO2 emissions. We are seeking students to engage in research across various disciplines
Posted February 10, 2025
  • Stoner
    Position: R&D Intern
    Brief description: In this position you will manage projects that support the growth of the business. These projects will include new and improved product development, regulatory issues, production support, and cost/quality improvements. Responsibilities will include project planning, organizing, executing, coordinating, interpreting, and documentation. Contact Bob Sweger at bsweger@stonersolutions.com or 717-786-73.55 ext. 3306.
Posted February 7, 2025
  • DuPont Water Internship
    Position: Internship Opportunity
    Brief description: DuPont Water Solutions, a leader in separations and purification technology, is seeking applicants for an exciting internship opportunity in our group starting in June 2025. In this role, you will work in teams on customer-facing projects, developing the key application know-how to solve real world problems and guide the development of new products. Your work will help save water, save energy, and save the environment by delivering more effective, efficient products and processes that do more with less impact to our world.
  • DE Public Health Laboratory
    Position: Sumer Research Program

    • Automation of NCBI and GISAID Uploads
    • Next Gen Sequencing/Metagenomics
    • Bioinformatics – Automation of NCBI and GISAID Uploads
    • QuantStudio 5 Dx PCR Method Validation
    • QuantStudio 5 Dx PCR Method Validation
    • hTERT predictive value for urothelial carcinoma
    • Science Communication
Posted January 23, 2025
  • University of Pittsburgh
    Position: Undergraduate Summer Research Program in Computational Biology
    Join UP’s 16th Summer REU Program in computational biology. TECBio focuses on computational, quantitative, and systems-level, research over multiple scales. Research topics at various scales include computational analyses of protein dynamics and binding (molecular scale), computer modeling and simulation of signal transduction pathways (subcellular/cellular scale), automated image analysis and reconstruction (cellular/tissue scale), and genomic and metagenomic studies of variation in tissues and organs as well as between organisms and within populations (tissue/organ/organismal/population scale). Application deadline: February 14, 2025.
  • Stanford University
    Opportunity: ADVANCE Undergraduate Institute
    Brief description: The ADVANCE Undergraduate Institute (AUI) is a three-day intensive institute sponsored by Stanford Biosciences taking place March 26th-29th, 2025. AUI is designed to introduce aspiring scientists to the Stanford University campus and provide guidance on the graduate school admissions process. After completing the three-day institute, students have access to the AUI network and can engage with previous participants who are currently enrolled in a PhD in the Biosciences. Deadline: Friday, Jan. 31, 2025.
  • UD Office of Undergraduate Research Programs
    Details about the following opportunities from The Office of Undergraduate Research Programs are outlined below:

    • UDRAW (University of Delaware’s Research Apprenticeship Work-Study) (Spring Semester 2025): UDRAW allows work-study eligible students to use federal work-study funds in order to gain research experiences at the University of Delaware. Students gain experience and make a meaningful contribution to a research project while learning about the research/ scholarships in their field.
    • Summer Scholars 2025: The Summer Scholars Program enables selected undergraduates, generally sophomores and juniors, to conduct in-depth research or creative work with University faculty.
    • Industry Scholars Initiative (Summer 2025): The Industry Scholars Initiative is a unique opportunity possible via funding from the Unidel Foundation. Industry Scholars receive a $4,000 stipend and are eligible for additional funding up to $3,000. The student’s research project can be conducted within UD or in an industry setting; however, the impact of the project must include some exposure to and connection with industry. To be eligible for this funding, students will need to be afforded a research-driven networking opportunity with industry personnel, researchers, scientists, or engineers.
    • Interdisciplinary Material Culture Research Cohort (IMCRC) (Summer 2025): In partnership with the Undergraduate Research Program, The Center for Material Culture Studies (CMCS) seeks to support several interdisciplinary projects focused on studying material culture for Summer 2025.
  • University of Wisconsin-Madison
    The Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison will be hosting Summer REU programs in Chemistry of Materials for Sustainability, Materials, and Chemical Upcycling of Waste Plastics. Students majoring in chemical engineering, bioengineering, chemistry, biochemistry, materials science, or any STEM field are eligible to apply. Women, underrepresented minorities and students from primarily undergraduate institutions are especially encouraged to apply. Participants must be citizens or permanent residents of the U.S. Applications are due on Feb. 15th, 2025.
Posted January 7, 2025
  • Wake Forest University
    Position: Biomedical Engineering & Informatics
    Brief description: Hosted by the Wake Forest School of Medicine Biomedical Engineering Department & Center for Artificial Intelligence Research, this intensive summer research experience provides mentoring and research experiences focusing on Biomedical Engineering and Informatics research. APPLICATION deadline: January, 24, 2025
Posted January 2, 2025
  • University of Kentucky
    Position: Summer Research Experiences for Undergraduates: REU
    Brief description: The REU program at the University of Kentucky provides a 10-week multidisciplinary summer research and education experience for rising junior and senior undergraduates in the area of Engineered Bioactive Interfaces and Devices. Engineered Bioactive Interfaces and Devices focuses on the novel design of architectures that interact with biological systems and promote the desired response. These advanced architectures have numerous applications ranging from tissue engineering, to sensing systems, to drug delivery. REU students will have the opportunity to learn about three cross-disciplinary research themes that form the foundation of the research in this area. They include 1) “Novel Bioactive Architectures”, 2) “Cell/Protein Interactions at Interfaces”, and 3) “Integration into Devices”. Application Deadline: Friday, February 14, 2025.

*2024*

Posted December 19, 2024
  • University of Minnesota
    Position: Summer Undergraduate Research Programs
    Brief description: The MRSEC Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program provides summer undergraduate research opportunities in science and engineering. The University of Minnesota MRSEC will provide up to 25 full-time summer research positions to undergraduate students through the REU program during the summer of 2025. All applications and application materials are due by February 15.
Posted December 5, 2024
  • University of California, Irvine
    Position: Decarbonization REU
    Brief description: This REU Site offers a nine-week interdisciplinary summer program related to sustainable energy pathways in the Schools of Engineering and Physical Sciences at the University of California, Irvine (UCI). The REU students will be exposed to comprehensive decarbonization research topics and learn interdisciplinary approaches to tackle the science and engineering challenges of achieving net-zero carbon emissions. Application Deadline: Feb. 21, 2025.
  • Delaware INBRE
    Position: Summer Student Research Program
    Brief Description: All undergraduate students are eligible to apply, provided that they:

    • Are enrolled full-time as a rising sophomore or above;
    • Delaware resident or attend Delaware college/university; and
    • Are U.S. citizens or permanent residents
  • NCCR Bio-Inspired Materials
    Position: Summer Internships for Undergraduates
    Brief description: The NCCR Bio-Inspired Materials offers the opportunity for undergraduate students to be introduced to the research carried out within the Center and specialize in the domain of soft materials. Each year, the NCCR Bio-Inspired Materials offers up to 20 undergraduate students (from Switzerland and around the world) the opportunity to spend the summer participating in cutting-edge research within one of the Center research groups at the University of Fribourg, EPFL, ETHZ, CSEM or Empa. The undergraduate students have the chance to not only get a glimpse of advanced research work and acquire hands-on work experience, but also to develop transferable skills and network with professionals in their own field of interest.
  • UC San Diego
    Position: MPL Summer Internship program
    Brief description: The Marine Physical Laboratory (MPL) at world-renowned Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) at the University of California San Diego (UC San Diego) seeks inquisitive, motivated undergraduates with exceptional aptitude for quantitative science to apply for the MPL Summer Internship Program.
  • Nemours
    Position: Summer Undergraduate Research Program (NSURP)
    Brief description: Every summer, the Nemours Biomedical Research Department provides funding for undergraduate students to work on clinical, laboratory and translational research projects. The Nemours Summer Undergraduate Research Program is a 10-week, full-time onsite program that runs from late May through early August.
  • Vanderbilt University
    Position: A Summer Opportunity for Students Nationwide
    Brief description: Every summer we bring 10 students to campus to work closely with VINSE faculty on research projects in cutting-edge areas of nanoscale science and engineering. Students receive a true interdisciplinary research experience in an environment where physicists, chemists, biologists, and all engineering disciplines collaboratively solve problems and create new scientific understanding.
  • RiKarbon
    Position: RiKarbon Internship Opportunity for Summer 2025
    Brief description: We are looking for an intern for the summer 2025 diversity program. Undergraduate, Graduate, or Degree-holder wishing to pursue a STEM career are eligible to apply. Please forward to your students who may be seeking an industrial internship for summer 25. Interested parties should contact bsaha@rikarbon.com
  • Undergraduate Research Opportunity
    Position: Building Photolabile and On-Demand Bioprinted Hydrogel 3D Cell Culture Platforms
    Brief description:

    • 2nd – 3rd year undergraduate student in CBE, MSEG, BME, or related field.
    • Must be a U.S. Citizen owing to regulations around related collaboration agreement
    • 10 hour per week time commitment to research during the semester (excluding examination time frames). Interested parties should contact: Bree Huntington and Sam Swedzinski
  • DOE Office of Science
    Position: Summer 2025 Undergraduate Internships
    Brief description: The Office of Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internships (SULI) program and the Community College Internships (CCI) program are unique opportunities open to all current and recent college undergraduates. Interns will learn about science and technology careers, team science, networking, and gain the experience needed to transition from internship to employment.
Undergraduate Opportunity Listing
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Posted February 7, 2025
  • Clemson University
    Position: Research Opportunity
    Brief description: Dr. Ming Yang is looking for students with US citizenship that may be interested in joining her lab in the coming Summer or Fall to collaborate with Dr. Matt Craps on catalysis during magnetic induction heating through the Clemson-SRNL partnership, which also somewhat synergized with her CAREER project. Matt and Dr. Yang have been working on various cool reactor heating technologies and produced outstanding papers and students along the way. If you are looking for new opportunities for education and research, please reach out to Dr. Ming Yang without hesitation.

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