Post Doctoral in Department of Biology, Chemistry, Pharmacy in Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry - Organic Chemistry Freie Universität Berlin Germany

Responsibilities:
Collaboration in the third-party project "Development of novel radical rearrangement cascades of 14 hydroxysteroids and their application in the synthesis of the Swinhoemerole and the Dankasterone".

• Development of novel synthesis generators for the demonstration of biologically relevant natural products 
• Development of novel reactors to carry out transformations in continuous flow 
• Collaboration in research in the following areas: natural product synthesis, flow chemistry, characterization of intermediates by NMR spectroscopy and mass spectrometry 
• Within the scope of the research project the opportunity for promotion granted.

Prerequisites:
University degree in chemistry (master or diploma)

Desired:
• Very good academic achievements 
• Experience and in-depth knowledge in the field of organic chemistry, in particular natural product synthesis 
• Experience in the practical implementation of multistep syntheses 
• Good knowledge of characterization by spectroscopic and spectrometric methods (NMR, MS, IR, UV / Vis -NIR) 
• Knowledge in the characterization by means of chromatographic separation techniques such as GC, GC-MS and HPLC 
• Good command of English

Further information is given by Prof. Dr. med. Philipp Heretsch ( philipp.heretsch@fu-berlin.de / (030) 838-71924).