Vacaturenr.
15866
Functie-categorie
Wetenschappelijke functies
Omvang (fte)
1,0
Extern/intern
Extern
Locatie
Leiden
Geplaatst op
17 juli 2025
Sluitingsdatum
25 juli 2025
The Faculty of Science and the Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research are looking for a:

SELECTION CRITERIA

We are looking for an excellent, creative, and highly motivated colleague with:

• A Ph.D. in the field of computational drug discovery or related fields
• Strong affinity with education and student supervision
• Strong coding skills, preferably in Python, experience with high-performance computing is an advantage
• Affinity for collaborations in multi-disciplinary groups is essential
• Experience in virtual screening, in the context of drug discovery projects is preferred
• Ability to work independently (project design , experimental planning, problem solving)
• Excellent written and spoken English

APPLICATION

Are you enthusiastic about this vacancy? We are looking forward to get to know you. To apply for this vacancy, please submit your application online via the blue button in our application system.

Please ensure that you upload the following additional documents:

• Motivation letter including a description of specific research interests related to the proposed project;
• Curriculum vitae, including a list of publications;
• Brief past research statement (max 1-2 Pages);
• Two letters of recommendation (can be submitted to gerard@gjpvanwesten.nl directly by your referee);
• Copies of diplomas

Only applications received before 25 July 2025 can be considered.
Please note that interviews will be scheduled the week of August 25th (so please keep some time available).
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The primary goal of this position is teaching. You will have the unique opportunity to work with computational chemists, medicinal chemists, and molecular pharmacologists at Leiden University (LU).

• You will teach plenary courses in Computational Drug Discovery to undergraduate students BioPharmaceutical Sciences,
• Specifically the focus is on cheminformatics, structure-based drug discovery, and bioinformatics
• You will supervise MSc and BSc students and train and support them in computational drug discovery,
• You will supervise MSc students during a literature review project
• You stay abreast of developments in the field, read the literature and participate in relevant conferences,
• You are expected to proactively propose solutions for research problems and publish in internationally renowned journals.