Bioprocessing Staff Scientist

Ashland Specialty Ingredients, GP

Are you the kind of person that is always thinking, sketching, seeking, and adjusting? Who needs to understand how things work and then figure out how they can work better? Are you a passionate, tenacious solver who loves to work with others who share your drive? Are you positive, constructive, and ingenious?

Are you always solving?

Then we'd like to meet you, and we bet you'd like to meet us.

Ashland has an exciting opportunity for a Bioprocessing Scientist to join our Life Sciences business at our Wilmington Research Center in Delaware.

This position will report to the Injectables Leader.

The responsibilities of the position include, but are not limited to, the following:



* Experience in lab and pilot scale bioprocessing and manufacturing proteins including mAbs, peptide, fermentation, purification and, separation technologies.


* Industrial experience in technology/biopharmaceutical process development including upstream cell culture, protein purification and, characterization with an understanding of therapeutic proteins and antibodies.


* Scaleup knowledge preferered.


* Experienced in developing parenteral products a plus, manufacturing, scale-up, including an hands-on experience in formulation development, aseptic technique, biologic analysis, dissolution, degradation and stability analysis.


* Plan, execute, and interpret laboratory and pilot plant experiments to support new product development.


* Prepare technical presentations, posters, and papers for internal and external customers at customer sites, scientific conferences, and trade shows.


* Actively contribute to the organizational goals by taking initiative, executing goals and


* focusing on performance and safety.


* Comply with company procedural guidelines, laboratory procedures, and safety programs.


* Train and work with junior scientists and technicians.


* Experience working as a part of a team.

In order to be qualified for this role, you must possess the following:


* Experience with buffer and media preparation, mammalian cell culture, and upstream bioprocessing.


* Experience in bioprocessing and manufacturing of proteins.


* Protein analysis experience (including HPLC, CE, spectroscopic methods, etc.).


* Protein purification techniques (ion exchange, hydrophobic interaction, affinity chromatography), experience with AKTA system


* Biochemical and cellular assays (ELISA, enzyme activity, cell viability, transfection)


* Laboratory problem-solving/troubleshooting skills


* B.S./M.S.

in Pharmaceutical Science, Pharmacy, Biochemistry, Chemistry or related discipline with 3-5 years of industry experience in pre-formulation assessments of biologics formulations.


* Good interpersonal and presentation skills to share development work within the organization and with customers.


* Able to handle multiple projects simultaneously.


* Ability to travel...