University of Cape Town 2020 Post-doctoral Fellowship in Medicinal Chemistry

Published: 09 Jun 2020 1,939 views

Post-doctoral fellowships are being offered in the University of Cape Town’s Drug Discovery and Development Centre (H3D) housed in the Department of Chemistry building.

The successful applicants will join a consortium that is being funded from various sources with a special focus on conducting integrated drug discovery, specifically integrating medicinal chemistry, drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics (DMPK), and pre-clinical pharmacology.
This programme will be under the guidance of senior medicinal chemists within H3D, who will act as mentors and supervisors.

The research focus for these postdoctoral fellowships will be synthetic organic chemistry and medicinal chemistry and, with guidance, you will learn to use and apply data from DMPK and biological studies to design and synthesize potential drug leads for malaria and other infectious diseases.

University of Cape Town Postgraduate Scholarship

Benefits of University of Cape Town Postgraduate Scholarship

R250 000 – R350 000 (depending on funding, seniority and experience). And this is to be awarded for the first year in the first instance, renewable for up to two further years, contingent on satisfactory progress and the availability of funds

Requirements for University of Cape Town Postgraduate Scholarship

1. The successful applicants must have achieved a PhD degree in synthetic organic chemistry or medicinal chemistry within the past 5 years – and have not yet held any permanent professional posts (specifically as academics)
2. The successful applicants must be prepared to comply with the University’s approved policies, procedures and practices for the postdoctoral sector.
3. The successful applicant must ideally be available to commence with the Fellowship as soon as possible.

Application Deadline

How to Apply