- Inorganic solid-state materials,
- Organic small molecules for advanced materials,
- Drug discovery with chemical probes,
- Polymers for materials science and biological applications,
- Formulations for pharmaceuticals, consumer products, and coatings,
- Biocompatibility (organ-on-a-chip), and
- Synthetic scale-up of materials and molecules.
- Machine Learning for Molecules and Materials
- Physical, theoretical and/or computational chemistry
- Robotics
- Experimental planning and design/optimal control
- Programming and high-performance computing
- Cheminformatics
- High-throughput materials synthesis and processing (polymers, inorganic and organic molecules (including lipids))
- Nanomaterial synthesis and characterization
- Polymer physics
- Structural, electrochemical, and microstructural characterization of materials and molecules
- Screening electrocatalytic conversion
- Analytical chemistry and separation method development
- Chemical reactions and analytics
- GLP formulation skills
- Electrochemistry
- Organic synthesis methodology development
- Medicinal chemistry
- Protein biophysics/biochemistry
- Mass spectrometry
- Controlled release properties and processes
- Pluripotent stem cell differentiation
- Molecular biology
- Toxicology pharmacology
- SDL and Automation Development
- Research Direction
- Managing the research and development projects of AC's industry partners when implemented in AC labs.
- Developing plans supporting research collaborations and estimating financial resources required for programs and/or projects.
- Working with Product Managers to ensure research outcomes meet partner requirements.
- Promoting AC's research capacity, including delivering presentations at conferences.
- Collaboration in preparing and submitting research proposals to granting agencies and progress reporting.
- Preparing manuscripts for submission to peer review publications/journals and stewarding them through the process.
- Other
- Supporting consulting services related to the application of SDLs for materials discovery for the AC's partners.
- Support research-focused events such as Annual Symposium
- Ph.D. in Physical/Material Chemistry or related discipline
- Five (5) to 10 years of experience in research and development, preferably with significant experience in Physical, Material, Medicinal, and/or Analytical Artificial Intelligence for Chemistry.
- Experience working with industry partners and on industry lead research and development projects.
- Expert knowledge of AI and automation and experience with the development of Self-driving Laboratories.
- Experience presenting research at academic conferences
- Demonstrated track record of academic and/or research excellence.
- Strong in communicating effectively and efficiently in oral and written English
- Collegial in working with team members and collaborators
- Ability to work independently.
- Must have a strong publication record
- Demonstrated success in writing and preparing manuscripts, presentations, reports, briefs, and scientific abstracts and manuscripts for peer-reviewed journals.
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Description
Date Posted: 03/20/2024
Req ID:30501
Faculty/Division: Faculty of Arts & Science
Department: Acceleration Consortium
Campus: St. George (Downtown Toronto)
Description:
The Acceleration Consortium (AC) at the University of Toronto (U of T) is leading a transformative shift in scientific discovery that will accelerate technology development and commercialization. The AC is a global community of academia, industry, and government that leverages the power of artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, materials sciences, and high-throughput chemistry to create self-driving laboratories (SDLs), also called materials acceleration platforms (MAPs). These autonomous labs rapidly design materials and molecules needed for a sustainable, healthy, and resilient future, with applications ranging from renewable energy and consumer electronics to drugs. AC Staff Scientists will advance the infield of AI-driven autonomous discovery and develop the materials and molecules required to address society's largest challenges, such as climate change, water pollution, and future pandemics.
The Acceleration Consortium received a $200M Canadian First Research Excellence Grant for seven years to develop self-driving labs for chemistry and materials, the largest ever grant to a Canadian University. This grant will provide the Acceleration Consortium with seven years of funding to execute its vision.
The AC is developing seven advanced SDLs. These include:
We are hiring staff scientists to develop the hardware and software needs for each of these SDLs and to conduct research programs levering these labs for materials and molecule discovery.
The Staff Scientists involved in the AC are highly skilled and experienced researchers who will work independently to develop the AI and automation technologies required to build robust and scalable self-driving labs, manage these SDLs, and design and implement research programs (based on the direction of the AC's scientific leadership team) that leverage the SDL platforms to discover materials and molecules. This role will report to the Academic Director and Executive Director of the Acceleration Consortium. We are looking for individuals with diverse backgrounds and expertise to support the development of Self-Driving Labs and materials discovery.
The Staff Scientists will work with a diverse team of leading experts at the U of T, including: Alàn Aspuru-Guzik, Christine Allen, Cheryl Arrowsmith, Frank Gu, Jason Hattrick-Simpers, Anatole von Lilienfeld, Milica Radisic, Sophie Rousseaux, Florian Shkurti, Dwight Seferos, Dave Sinton, and Helen Tran.
The background of the team hired will cover the following topics. Candidates that have experience in several or as many of the areas below will be prioritized:
Artificial Intelligence / Automation
Automated Chemical Synthesis and Characterization
Drug Discovery / Medicinal Chemistry
Organ on a chip / Organoid
The components and duties of the work include:
Working with the AC community, including faculty and partners, to determine the required capabilities of the SDLs to be built. Developing SDL plans to meet user requirements and designing novel instruments for automated material synthesis and characterization. Developing customized hardware and Python software packages to build SDLs. Selecting, procurement, and installation of the equipment required for SDLs.
Working independently to develop research programs that leverage the AC's SDLs and supports the research objectives of AC faculty and industry partners. Using SDLs to synthesize and characterize large quantities of candidate molecules, calibrating theoretical models with experimental data, predicting promising candidates with computational tools and machine learning algorithms, and elucidating structure-property relationships of emerging molecules, polymers, solid-state materials, formulations, etc.
Tasks include:
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Education
Experience
Skills
Other
Closing Date: 07/01/2024, 11:59PM ET
Employee Group: Research Associate
Appointment Type: Grant - Continuing
Schedule: Full-Time
Pay Scale Group & Hiring Zone: A maximum salary of $150,000 (salary will be assessed based on skills and experience)
Job Category: Research Administration & Teaching