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Postdoctoral Researcher, fixed-term position

Published date more than one year ago
Posted: more than one year ago
Company University of Turku
Company: University of Turku
End date Sept. 24, 2020
Due date: Sept. 24, 2020
Location Turku
Location: Turku

Postdoctoral researcher position in Bioorganic Chemistry Research Group

The doctoral candidate or postdoctoral researcher will be working at the Deparment of Chemistry in a research project funded by the American Chemical Society:” Improved synthesis of nucleotide blockmers using a precipitative soluble support (1.11.2020 - 31.7.2021)”. The fixed term position starts at the earliest on 1st of November 2020 and lasts nine months at the most.

The candidates must hold a doctoral degree in organic chemistry or related fields. In addition, the applicants should have a proven experience in the field of organic chemistry, especially in multistep synthetic organic chemistry, and also scaling up techniques. The applicants need to have the ability to conduct independent scientific work and to report own research results with good spoken and written English.

The salary is determined in accordance with the university salary system for teaching and research personnel. For a postdoctoral researcher, the salary is at levels 4-6 on the job demands chart, where the task specific salary component is 2563,09 – 3460,91 €/month. The component based on personal performance adds 6–50 % to this salary.

There is a trial period of four months.

The qualification requirements of the position are written in the University of Turku rules of procedure.

The application should include a) Academic portfolio, b) CV, c) a list of publications, d) a copy of diploma of the doctoral degree, e) addresses of 2-3 potential academic referees and other documents that may affect to the selection.

Applications must be submitted by 28 September 2020 using the electronic application form of the University of Turku on the following address: https://www.utu.fi/en/university/come-work-with-us/open-vacancies. The link to the application system is at the beginning of this announcement (Apply for the job).

Additional information is given by Professor Pasi Virta, pasi.virta(at)utu.fi