Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Tracer Production Radiochemist

Required Qualifications (as evidenced by an attached resume):

Ph.D. Degree (or foreign equivalent) in Organic Chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry, Radiochemistry or related field. Experience in synthesizing short half-life radioisotopes (11C, 18F, etc.) labeled PET radiotracers for clinical or preclinical research.

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience in developing and producing PET radiotracers for clinical uses in a cGMP compliant environment, operating cyclotron, automated synthesis module for 11C- and/or 18F- labeled PET radiotracers production. Experience working with Federal regulations related to radiopharmaceutical productions (USP823, 825, 797, etc.). Experience in quality control and/or quality assurance processes in radiopharmaceutical production sites. Experience in developing and performing radiometabolite analysis.

Duties:

• Developing clinical batch production methods for producing PET tracers for human use. Routinely producing 11C- and 18F-labeled tracers for human use. Packaging of radiopharmaceuticals for transport. Participating in the process of radiometabolite analysis
• Participating in the process of quality control and release of PET radiopharmaceuticals. Playing a quality assurance role for radiopharmaceutical production laboratory.
• Developing standard operating procedures (SOPs) for tracer production. Assisting with the preparation of research papers and abstracts/manuscripts for submission to peer-reviewed journals and regular societies' meetings
• Participating in maintenance and cGMP clean rooms and production facilities
• Helping to order laboratory supplies and manage inventory
• Other duties as assigned

Special Notes:

The Research Foundation of SUNY is a private educational corporation. Employment is subject to the Research Foundation policies and procedures, sponsor guidelines and the availability of funding. FLSA Exempt position, not eligible for the overtime provisions of the FLSA. Minimum salary threshold must be met to maintain FLSA exemption.

Resume/CV and cover letter should be included with the online application.

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The starting salary range (or hiring range) to be offered for this position is noted below, it represents SBU's good faith and reasonable estimate of the range of possible compensation at the time of posting.

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