Synthetic Chemist - Surface Materials - (Delaware, OH)

Interface with laboratory and outside customers to determine needs, synthesize a wide variety of inorganic and organic compounds, and characterize these materials using instrumental methods. Duties: *** Design and plan experiments, applying surface chemistry principles such as self-assembled monolayers and chelation. *** Perform chemical and biochemical synthesis of compounds, including multi-step air-free organic synthesis using Schlenk techniques, under the direction of the Principal Investigator or Project Manager. *** Characterize compounds synthesized using nuclear magnetic resonance, high-performance liquid chromatography, gas chromatography, mass spectrometry, infrared spectroscopy, ultraviolet-visible spectrophotometry, etc. *** Troubleshoot and problem solve during research. *** Prepare technical reports, documentation, funding proposals, and presentations. *** Provide support for chemically related tasks on site and in the field as necessary.