We are seeking a highly qualified candidate for a long-term contract. The employee is expected to work on multiple on-going and up-coming R&D projects, with a cross-disciplinary team. The employee must excel in a dynamic, multitasking environment, demonstrating strong teamwork skills while contributing to the efficient operation of the R&D department and laboratory, upholding the high-quality standards established by DIVERSA. The employee must be proactive and have a great positive mindset, flexibility, and adaptability to changes. Key responsibilities include collaborating on various R&D projects, ensuring adherence to laboratory quality standards, and engaging with all departments within DIVERSA. 

● The applicant should hold a PhD in Pharmacy, Biology, and/or Biotechnology or similar.

● Demonstrated expertise in nanomedicine and pharmaceutical formulation is required.

● Demonstrated expertise in gene delivery is required.

● Demonstrated experience with in-vitro and in vivo testing of formulations is required.

● Demonstrated experience working as part of a collaborative team in a cross-disciplinary setting.

● In-depth knowledge and experience with a range of standard chemistry laboratory instrumentation, purification techniques, and data analysis.

● In-depth knowledge and experience with physical characterization of nanoparticles (DLS, NTA, TEM).

● In-depth knowledge of drug/lipid design principles, PK, toxicity, pharmacodynamics, etc.

● In-depth knowledge of a wide range of standard biological experiments (e.g., confocal microscopy, flow cytometry, cell culturing, western blot, cytotoxicity and uptake experiments, etc).

● Ability to perform routine and complex bench and instrumental analysis.

● Ability to work both independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team.

● Willingness to learn new analytical tests, instrumentation, and procedures.

● Strong experience in generating scientific knowledge and developing ideas and hypotheses.

● Significant contributions through scientific publications in journals, books or book chapters (including open access), patents, conference presentations, and scientific awards or distinctions.

● Experience in scientific outreach, technological development, innovation, and collaboration with industry, public and private entities.

● Contributions in applied research and the development of technological tools or software will be highly valued.

● Experience in preclinical and clinical development of therapeutics will be highly valued.

● Fluent oral and written communication in English.

Additional Considerations:

● Collaboration with end-users of research and activities related to open access data generation will be a plus.

● Contributions to research groups, involvement in international programs and projects, and participation in teaching or training activities for researchers at foreign universities or research centers will be highly valued.

● We value research independence, leadership in projects, funding acquisition, and mentoring experience (thesis supervision and PhDs).

● Experience leading grant writing and reporting for non-dilutive funding, as well as preparing corporate materials, investor decks, and strategic presentations, will be a plus.

● The selected candidate must apply for a Torres Quevedo grant as part of this position. This grant, funded by Ministry of Science and Innovation of Spain, supports the incorporation of postdoctoral researchers into companies through a combination of public and private funding. The DIVERSA team will lead the preparation of the grant and the application process.