Role OverviewThe Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering (ABE) and the Laboratory of Renewable Resource Engineering (LORRE) at Purdue University are seeking a postdoctoral researcher to work on funded research projects focused on the development and testing of computational tools capable of proposing synthesis routes (or “recipes”) that primarily use enzyme catalysis to make complex small molecule targets.
What You Will Do
The postdoctoral researcher will be supervised by Dr.Sankaranarayanan and will work on developing and testing computational tools to identify cost-efficient ways to manufacture complex target molecules and improve the ability to synthesize a diverse library of complex chemical compounds.
Why It Might Be a Fit
The ideal candidate will have experience in cheminformatics, bioinformatics, data science, retrosynthesis algorithms for enzymes, and good communication skills to work with people from various backgrounds.
Requirements
- PhD in Biological Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Chemistry, Biochemistry, or related scientific discipline
- Familiar with various cheminformatics, bioinformatics, data science, retrosynthesis algorithms for enzymes
- Experience in the development of retrosynthesis and/or tree search algorithms
- Experience in the curation and analysis of reaction datasets
- Experience in development of models that predict the function of enzymes using primary amino acid sequences and/or structure
- Good communication skills and able to work with people from various backgrounds
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