We are looking for an R&D Chemist for our facilities in Ghent, Belgium to reinforce our R&D team. Your role in the development of our pioneering therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) solution:
• Develop and optimize novel porous sorbents for solid-phase extraction (SPE) of therapeutic agents
o Synthesize and optimize thin-film sorbents at lab scale and integrate these with photonic sensors
o Develop test methods to characterize the interaction between analytes and sorbents
o Characterize sorbents using standard or in-house developed analytical methods, such as FTIR, porosimeter, XRD, …
o Collect, process, and interpret test data to steer future development
o Quality control
• Responsible for the chemistry lab
• Establish and develop quality control procedures according to the quality management system and industrial guidelines
• Coach and mentor employees as needed
• Prepare and write technical reports and other documentation

• PhD degree in chemistry or equivalent expertise
• Experience in porous sorbents (porous silica, zeolite, MOFs, ...), preferably thin films, for SPE and chromatography
• You are motivated by lab work, having hands-on experience in synthesis and analytical chemistry of mesoporous materials
• Familiarity with thin-film integration on semiconductor platforms is a plus
• Experience of design of experiments is beneficial
• Experience in spectroscopy is a plus
• Knowledge of manufacturing scale up is a plus
• You work precisely and accurately and have good organizational skills
• You are proactive and a problem solver
• You are a team player and work effectively in a multidisciplinary, multinational team, able to communicate fluently in English