Principal Scientist Jobs in San Diego, CA

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• Managing Chemist
• Managing Scientist
• Principal Chemist
• Chief Chemist

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The following top skills are often required or desired to land a Principal Scientist position

• Analytical Chemistry
• Assay Development
• Biochemistry
• Bioinformatics
• Biology
• Biomarkers
• Biophysics
• Cancer Biology
• Cell Biology
• Chemical Characterization
• Chromatography
• Clinical Research
• Clinical Trials
• Communication Skills
• Computational Biology
• Computational Chemistry
• Data Analysis
• Design of Experiments
• Documentation
• Drug Development
• Drug Discovery
• Engineering
• Experimental Design
• Flow Cytometry
• Gene Therapy
• Genomics
• Hematology
• Immunology
• Investigation
• Leadership
• Liquid Chromatography
• Liquid Chromatography Mass Spectrometry
• Management
• Mass Spectrometry
• Materials Management
• Medicinal Chemistry
• Method Development
• Microsoft Excel
• Molecular Biology
• Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
• Optimization
• Organic Chemistry
• Organization
• Pharmaceutical Sales
• Pharmacokinetics
• Presentation
• Problem Solving
• Process Development
• Product Development
• Purification
• Python
• Reporting
• Research and Development
• Research Skills
• Scale-Up
• Staff Supervision
• Statistics
• Structural Biology
• Synthesis
• Teamwork
• Toxicology
• Training and Development
• Troubleshooting
• Validation
• Verbal Communication
• X-ray Crystallography

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