Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (in Interdisciplinary Applied Sciences) at University of the Free State

Duties and responsibilities:

Conduct innovative research in the following areas: 

• Developing cost-effective testing methods for prohibited, illegal and unknown substances.
• Improving existing analytical testing methods and developing new methods for prohibited substances ranging from small to large (peptides) molecules in urine, serum, plasma and dried blood spots.
• Metabolism, longitudinal excretion patterns and identification of metabolites of known, designer, potential prohibited and illegal substances.
• Initiate projects and seek funding for them.
• Provide scientific support and direction to the interdisciplinary analytical groups in the laboratory.
• Register and reside as postdoctoral research fellow at the UFS and participate in relevant activities of the School of Postgraduate Studies and the Directorate of Research Development. 

Eligibility Criteria:

• Open to all South African and foreign nationals for full-time research at the University of the Free State. 
• Graduated with a PhD degree in a relevant discipline (bioanalytical/analytical/organic chemistry, forensic chemistry/toxicology, biochemistry, or equivalent) within the last five years.
• Experience with complex systems’ analysis and dealing with data collection, curation, and interpretation.
• Proficiency in written and spoken English.
• Strong background with a high-level of computer literacy and academic writing skills is imperative.
• Successful applicants may not hold full-time salaried employment during the fellowship.
• Successful applicants must be able to relocate to the UFS for the duration of the fellowship. This is a residential fellowship: the successful applicant is required to spend 80% of her/his postdoctoral period at the Bloemfontein Campus of UFS.