Lecturer (Medicinal Chemistry and Drug Discovery)

The Department of Life Sciences is seeking to appoint an outstanding researcher as a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Medicinal Chemistry and Drug Discovery to strengthen the team that delivers our highly successful MPharm undergraduate degree. This a full-time appointment for a fixed term of three years commencing 1st August 2025. 

This represents an outstanding opportunity for an established researcher, with an internationally competitive research programme, to develop new synergies facilitated by the integration of the Pharmacy & Pharmacology and Biology & Biochemistry communities into a single unitary life sciences department. The department's current research strengths include, but are not limited to, peptide-based drug discovery, development of novel antimicrobials, discovery for interaction with DNA targets, CNS active compounds, zebrafish and organoid-based drug-discovery models. 

You will have an active research programme and a proven track record of innovation and high impact publication in any aspect of medicinal chemistry, chemical biology and drug discovery, including, but not restricted to: 

• New chemical modalities 
• Biologics 
• Novel biological targets 
• Chemical probes 
• Computational chemistry 
• Natural products 

As well as conducting innovative, externally funded research, you will be contributing to the delivery and development of taught courses at undergraduate and master’s level and to supervise postgraduate research students. You should be able to take on additional support roles, including acting as an Academic Advisor. 

About the Department? 

The Department of Life Sciences at the University of Bath was established in 2022 through the merger of the former Departments of Biology & Biochemistry and Pharmacology & Pharmacy. The department is located on the main University campus, in close proximity to the Departments of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics and Physics. There is a strong interdisciplinary and collaborative culture across departments, fostered by a number of research centres including those for Drug Discovery, Mathematical Biology and Bioengineering and Biomedical Technologies as well as the Milner Centre for Evolution. 

Researchers within the department have access to the university’s central imaging and chemical characterisation facilities as well as the GW4 Cryo-EM facility located at nearby University of Bristol (https://www.bristol.ac.uk/gw4-electron-cryo-microscopy/equipment/). The department boasts a suite of environmentally controlled culture rooms as well as greenhouses, a zebrafish aquarium, Drosophila laboratory, a GridION and PromethION 2 Solo nanopore sequencing facility and a range of dedicated microscopes including confocal, 2-photon, light-sheet and TIRF. 

For informal enquires please contact Dr Amanda Mackenzie, Head of Department, (lifescienceshod@bath.ac.uk) or Professor Stephen Husbands, Head of Medicinal Chemistry (prssmah@bath.ac.uk). 

Please ensure your application is submitted via the University website. Alongside completion of the online application form, you should also upload a full Curriculum Vitae.

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