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Job Description

The Senior Scientist is a pivotal role within the Digital Chemistry Division,specifically tasked with leading the "4. PROBE" stage ofthe AiXL 5P Cycle (Plan, Prepare, Perform, Probe, Predict). The primary objective of this role is to bridge the gap between high-through put analytical hardware and AI-readiness. As AiXL scales its operational capacity with integrated systems like the Agilent Rapid Fire-QT of, the successful candidate will ensure that thousands of reaction outputs are converted into standardized, high-fidelity data. By managing the flow between ultrafast triage and high-resolution validation, this role enables the closed-loop system required for machine learning retraining and the rapid optimization of sustainable chemicals and materials.

KeyRoles and Responsibilities

Data Standardization & Loop Closure

• Develop and deploy end-to-end automated workflows to parse and process raw data from high-through put instruments (LC-MS, GC, plate readers).
• Convert raw analytical outputs into ISCE2 Reaction Database (IRD) compliant schemas to facilitate "5. PREDICT" models.
• Utilize Python scripting to automate routine data processing (baseline correction, peak integration, normalization) to eliminate manual errors.

Workflow & Instrument Management

• Manage dual-mode workflows, optimizing the transition between RapidFire triage and UHPLC-MS validation to maximize instrument ROI.
• Maintain the Quality Management System (QMS) and oversee material characterization for Chromatography and Mass Spectrometry domains.
• Handle equipment calibration, troubleshooting, and routine maintenance for UHPLC-MS, QTof, GC, and GCMS systems.

Technical Support & Synergy

• Familiar with Design of Experiments (DoE) and Bayesian Optimization.
• Act as a technical bridge between research and support divisions, particularly complementing the ACI Division with specialized digital-analytical workflows.
• Conduct laboratory personnel training and certify authorized users on analytical instrumentation.

Operational Excellence

• Ensure strict compliance with Health, Safety, and Environment (HSE) requirements, including chemical storage and waste disposal.
• Manage procurement operations for laboratory supplies, equipment consumables, and services.
• Participate in R&D project meetings to provide technical insights and progress updates.

Job Requirements

Educational & Professional Experience

• Background: PhD in Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, Digital Chemistry, or a related discipline.
• Expertise: Demonstrated competency in managing and maintaining high-end analytical instruments (UHPLC-MS, QTof, GC-MS).
• Specialization: Proven experience in analytical method development, validation, and data-driven workflow management.

Technical Skills

• Programming: Proficiency in Python for data automation and processing is essential.
• Data Science: Familiarity with Design of Experiments (DoE) and Bayesian Optimization workflows.
• Systems: Knowledge of electronic laboratory information systems (LIMS) or digital analytical data handling platforms is a significant advantage.

Soft Skills & Attributes

• Motivation: Highly motivated individual capable of driving the digitalization of traditional laboratory workflows.
• Communication: Strong interpersonal skills for interacting with internal R&D teams and external industry stakeholders.
• Reporting: Ability to produce high-quality written reports and deliver technical presentations.
• Safety Mindset: Uncompromising commitment to laboratory safety and general housekeeping standards.

The Institute of Sustainability for Chemicals, Energy and Environment (ISCE2) was established by A*STAR in 2022 to support Singapore’s sustainability goals, including the Singapore Green Plan and Zero Waste Masterplan, through strong international partnerships with industry, public agencies, and academia. ISCE2 is located at Jurong Island.

You will play a key role in supporting the financial planning, budget management, and long-term financial projections to optimise resource allocation. You will prepare and present monthly reports to provide key financial insights for decision-making. Additionally, you will assist in corporate governance, risk management and business continuity management. This role requires collaboration with stakeholders at all levels within ISCE2, as well as various counterparts in HQ e.g. Finance, HR, ERMO etc.

Job description:

• Drive the annual budgeting and forecasting exercise for cost centres and grants within the institute
• Oversee the utilisation of grants and resources to support forward planning.
• Perform long term financial projection for the institute, taking into account of pipeline projects
• Develop appropriate strategies to achieve effective resource management and optimal fund utilisation
• Oversee fund requests and project expenditure, including manpower costs so that grants are drawn down in a timely manner
• Prepare and/or present monthly management reports and analysis
• Review monthly financial reports and liaise with external stakeholders to rectify any discrepancies
• Assist with corporate governance, risk reporting and business continuity management
• Conduct briefings to stakeholders on new initiatives, guidelines/procedures to create awareness and promote greater synergy
• Manage and execute other duties, assignments and projects

Job Requirements:

• Bachelor Degree in Accountancy, Finance, Business, or related fields with at least 5 years of relevant experience.
• Quick, meticulous, resourceful and creative problem solver who works well with various stakeholders and under pressure.
• Positive and self-motivated, adaptable to changing requirements and priorities.
• Highly organized and demonstrates initiative in carrying out assigned duties.
• Confident communicator with good writing and presentation skills
• Strong negotiation and people skills.
• Highly proficient in Microsoft Office, especially in Excel and PowerPoint.
• Experience in using data visualisation tools, eg Power BI and Tableau
• Hybrid work arrangement
• Willing to work at Biopolis and Jurong island (2-way transport from five locations : Boon Lay, Choa Chu Kang, Clementi, Jurong East and Outram Park)

The Institute of Sustainability for Chemicals, Energy and Environment (ISCE2) was established by A*STAR in 2022 to support Singapore's decarbonisation and sustainability goals, through strong international partnerships with industry, public agencies, and academia. ISCE2 is located at Jurong Island.

The Senior Manager / Assistant Director / Senior Assistant Director will manage the accounts of specialty chemicals R&D collaborations with industry partners, to ensure integration of innovation and translational R&D outcomes to enhance Singapore’s attractiveness as a global Energy & Chemicals (E&C) node. This role will bring projects into fruition across the entire technology-business development lifecycle, from intellectual property (IP) proliferation in product development, to successful scale up of new and improved technology commercialization in the market. The ideal candidate will bring a strong background in managing innovation programs with external partners, and a passion to bridge the gap between early-stage research and commercial deployment in the energy, chemicals, biotechnologies and specialty chemicals sector.

Key Responsibilities

• The candidate is responsible for securing and meeting key performance indicators for industry R&D investment including building business partnerships and technical collaboration opportunities to commercialise technologies from research labs
• The candidate is effective in review of technologies, prioritize and establish strategies to commercialize A*STAR intellectual properties in the area of decarbonisation and specialty chemicals.
• The candidate is required to manage, encourage, support the development and protection of intellectual property and establish IP and business strategies to assist in assessment of inventions, identification of potential markets and competitive technologies.
• The candidate is expected to be proactive in scoping/ supporting and manage specific projects to develop initiatives in innovation, IP management creating an impact, including acquiring industry grants and contracts through meetings with researchers and external entities.
• The candidate will need to demonstrate passion to work with scientists and industries to understand key challenges and find the right solutions to build relationship and understand the technology landscape, highlighting key trends and opportunities to accelerate spin-out, licensing, and provide leadership and oversight to achieve desired success.
• The candidate should have strong interests with technologies and demonstrate the ability to quickly grasp new scientific concepts and technologies, and to identify the commercial potential and partners
• The candidate with the ability to deliver measurable outcomes as an individual contributor and as a team member will thrive
• Ad hoc assignments by Decarbonisation Tech-Biz Leadership.

• The candidate is responsible for securing and meeting key performance indicators for industry R&D investment including building business partnerships and technical collaboration opportunities to commercialise technologies from research labs
• The candidate is effective in review of technologies, prioritize and establish strategies to commercialize A*STAR intellectual properties in the area of decarbonisation and specialty chemicals.
• The candidate is required to manage, encourage, support the development and protection of intellectual property and establish IP and business strategies to assist in assessment of inventions, identification of potential markets and competitive technologies.
• The candidate is expected to be proactive in scoping/ supporting and manage specific projects to develop initiatives in innovation, IP management creating an impact, including acquiring industry grants and contracts through meetings with researchers and external entities.
• The candidate will need to demonstrate passion to work with scientists and industries to understand key challenges and find the right solutions to build relationship and understand the technology landscape, highlighting key trends and opportunities to accelerate spin-out, licensing, and provide leadership and oversight to achieve desired success.
• The candidate should have strong interests with technologies and demonstrate the ability to quickly grasp new scientific concepts and technologies, and to identify the commercial potential and partners
• The candidate with the ability to deliver measurable outcomes as an individual contributor and as a team member will thrive
• Ad hoc assignments by Decarbonisation Tech-Biz Leadership.

The successful candidate will contribute to cutting-edge research and development in multimodal, multilingual large language models. This role involves implementing advanced deep learning algorithms, exploring innovative techniques to improve training and inference efficiency, and proposing novel architectures for next-generation multimodal foundation models.

The candidate will also help translate research breakthroughs into real-world applications, working collaboratively with a multidisciplinary team on problem analysis, solution design, and rigorous evaluation. They will be expected to drive experiments that achieve state-of-the-art performance across diverse benchmarks.

We are seeking individuals with strong problem-solving abilities, solid software engineering and coding skills, and excellent communication skills. A passion for research and a desire to push the boundaries of AI technology are essential.

  - PhD in ML, NLP, speech and spoken language processing and multi-modal AI 
  - Proficient programming skills, familiarity with Linux is a must
  - Familiar with different deep learning and LLM training frameworks
  - Strong analytical and critical thinking skills, good team player with good communication and interpersonal skills
  - Ability to replicate and reproduce state-of-the-art models and results, and then innovate on top of these benchmarks

The above eligibility criteria are not exhaustive. A*STAR may include additional selection criteria based on its prevailing recruitment policies. These policies may be amended from time to time without notice. We regret that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.

Job Description

The ET Division is looking to hire a research scientist in the area of electrocatalytic and photocatalytic systems for decarbonisedchemical conversions. The project is funded by the National Research Fellowshipgrant awarded to the Principal Investigator (Dr. Leow Wan Ru) over a durationof 5 years. This area of research is crucial to develop capability in ISCE2 forsustainability: to develop effective catalysts that can enable the manufactureof important commodity chemicals with much reduced carbon footprint.

Qualification and field of study

We are looking for talented and highly-motivated individuals to join our team. Candidates should have a Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry or related fields. Candidates with the following backgrounds are strongly preferred: experience inelectro/photochemistry, including but not restricted to:

• Electrochemical CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR)
• Hydrogen evolution reaction (HER)
• Electro/photocatalytic transformation of small molecules
• Biomass valorization to useful commodities
• Development of new electro/photocatalyst materials and characterization
• Fundamental investigations through operando spectroscopy, i.e., Raman or X-ray absorption spectroscopies
• Device engineering and optimization

Job Summary:

We invite applications from highly motivated, self-driven candidates to join adynamic and highly collaborative team of scientists and engineers at A*STARISCE2, based on Jurong Island. The successful candidate will contribute toresearch and development work in catalysis for carbon conversion.

The role involves working on a broad spectrum of R&D projects, from foundational capability development to applied research, offering significant opportunities for professional growth and meaningful impact.

Thekey scope of work includes:

• Contribute to designing and developing efficient and robust catalysts for converting small molecules to fuels and chemicals. 
• Participate in leading catalyst development projects with industry and academic partners.
• Participate in the synthesis of solid catalysts and characterization of catalytic properties using advanced methods.
• Operate single-tube and high-throughput catalytic reactor systems and data analysis.
• Draft manuscripts and research progress reports.
• Communicate results by presenting at project meetings and conferences.
• Collaborate with industry partners, affiliated research institutes, and other key stakeholders to translate research outcomes into real-world impact.

Requirements:

• A strong academic background in chemistry and/or chemical engineering, preferably with a PhD degree in Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, or Materials, with a major in heterogeneous thermal catalysis, with 2-4 years of post-PhD experience.
• Strong knowledge of heterogeneous catalysis, material synthesis, and surface characterization.
• Previous experience in catalyst design for thermocatalytic COx  conversion is an advantage.
• Experience with machine learning techniques, including neural networks and deep learning, is desirable.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Excellent written and communication skills.
• Self-motivated, resourceful, and committed to high standards of professional integrity.

Job Summary:

We are looking for motivated, self-driven candidates to join a dynamic and highlycollaborative team of scientists and engineers at A*STAR ISCE2, based on JurongIsland. The successful candidate will contribute to research and developmentwork in catalysis for carbon conversion.

Thekey scope of work includes:

• Contribute to the ideation and development of new catalytic materials for the conversion of small molecules to valuable chemicals and fuels, including CO2/CO, CH4, N2 etc conversion.
• Prepare and characterize catalysts and participate in data analysis and interpretation.
• Run catalyst reactions in various type of reactors for thermal catalysis (major), electrocatalysis, and plasma catalysis.
• Document and maintain accurate test records and reports, prepare documents for technology disclosure, patent filing, and research publications.
• Ensure adherence to departmental policies, safety guidelines, and compliance requirements.
• Communicate effectively with internal stakeholders and team members.

Requirements:

• A strong background in chemistry, chemical engineering, and/or material science, preferably with Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Materials, or Physics.
• Knowledge and/or experience in analytical methods, chemical and materials characterization, such as XRD, UV-Vis, NMR, FTIR.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office and knowledge of simulation softwares such as ASPEN.
• Independent, diligent, professional, and demonstrate a positive work attitude.

Job Description

We are looking for motivated, self-driven candidates to join a dynamic and highly collaborative team of scientists and engineers at A*STAR ISCE2, based on Jurong Island. The successful candidate will contribute to research and developmentwork in catalysis for carbon conversion.

Responsibilities:

• Contribute to the ideation and development of new catalytic materials for the conversion of small molecules to valuable chemicals and fuels, including CO2/CO conversion.
• Prepare and characterize catalysts and participate in data analysis and interpretation.
• Run catalyst reactions in batch and flow reactors.
• Document and maintain accurate test records and reports, prepare documents for technology disclosure, patent filing, and research publications.
• Ensure adherence to departmental policies, safety guidelines, and compliance requirements.
• Communicate effectively with internal stakeholders and team members.

Requirements

• A strong background in chemistry and/or chemical engineering, preferably with Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, or Materials.
• Knowledge and/or experience in analytical methods, chemical and materials characterization, such as XRD, UV-Vis, NMR, FTIR.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office and knowledge of simulation softwares such as ASPEN.
• Independent, diligent, professional, anddemonstrate a positive work attitude.

Job Summary

We invite applications from highly motivated, self-drivencandidates to join a dynamic and highly collaborative team of scientists andengineers at A*STAR ISCE2, based on Jurong Island. The successful candidatewill contribute to research and development work in catalysis for carbonconversion.

The role involves working on a broad spectrum of R&Dprojects, from foundational capability development to applied research,offering significant opportunities for professional growth and meaningfulimpact.

Key Scope

The key scope of work includes:

• Contribute to designing and developing efficient and robust catalysts for converting small molecules to fuels and chemicals.
• Participate in leading catalyst development projects with industry and academic partners.
• Participate in the synthesis of solid catalysts and characterization of catalytic properties using advanced methods.
• Operate single-tube and high-throughput catalytic reactor systems and data analysis.
• Draft manuscripts and research progress reports.
• Communicate results by presenting at project meetings and conferences.
• Collaborate with industry partners, affiliated research institutes, and other key stakeholders to translate research outcomes into real-world impact.

Requirements

• A strong academic background in chemistry and/or chemical engineering, preferably with a PhD degree in Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, or Materials, with a major in heterogeneous thermal catalysis, with 6-12 years of post-PhD experience.
• Independent researcher with proven ability to manage a research group.
• Able to write grant proposals independently and successfully direct research projects.
• Strong knowledge of heterogeneous catalysis, material synthesis, and surface characterization.
• Previous experience in catalyst design for thermocatalytic COx conversion is an advantage.
• Experience with machine learning techniques, including neural networks and deep learning, is desirable.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Excellent written and communication skills.
• Self-motivated, resourceful, and committed to high standards of professional integrity.