Research Associate/Fellow

This post is full time (35 hours per week) and has funding available for up to 1 year in the first instance.

Applications are invited for a position to join the Digital Chemistry and Chemputation team lead by Professor Lee Cronin (www.croninlab.com) in the area of software and database development for Chemputation working in a multidisciplinary team.

The successful candidate will have skills and/or be interested in some of the following: artificial intelligence, organic chemistry, robotics, total synthesis of natural products, enantioselective synthesis, biomimetic synthesis of natural products, glycochemistry, chemical automation, programming, Python programming language, and algorithm development.

The postholder will have extensive experience of PhD in Computing or in Chemistry with a strong background or experience of digitised automated organic synthesis from industry.

Informal enquiries should be directed to Professor Lee Cronin at lee.cronin@glasgow.ac.uk

The University of Glasgow has a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.  If you require a Skilled Worker visa to work in the UK, you will be required to meet the eligibility requirements of the visa route to be assigned a Certificate of Sponsorship. 

Please note that this post may be eligible to be sponsored under the Skilled Worker visa route if tradeable points can be used under the Skilled Worker visa rules. For more information please visit: https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa 

For more information and to apply please visit: https://www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/research-associate-slash-fellow-5820206?source=gla.ac.uk

Closing date: 22 March 2026

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