Summer Intern Scientist, Material Characterization/Pre-Formulation

Be Seen and Heard at EyePoint Pharmaceuticals

 

At EyePoint, leadership trusts our employees to get the job done. The patient-centric and award-winning approach we’re taking in business fuels our success for:

• preventing blindness through vision-saving medications
• delivering best-in-class proprietary pharmaceutical technologies
• transforming ocular drug delivery

We See You.

Your wellbeing

Your professional worth

Your future at EyePoint

EyePoint offers robust total rewards in a science-based entrepreneurial culture that empowers curiosity and innovation to help catapult your career. There’s space for every voice and perspective to be heard in our on-site and remote environments where a variety of strengths and diverse backgrounds are connected.

The Summer Intern will report directly to the Principal Scientist, Research and Scientific Innovation and will be responsible for assisting with Pre-formulation and material characterization activities.

 This position is located at our Watertown, MA site and will begin on Monday, June 3rd and end on Friday, August 9th.

Responsibilities

Primary responsibilities and projects to be completed include the following:

• Pre-formulation and material characterization activities including physicochemical, analytical and thermal characterization.
• Proficient/motivated to learn characterizing techniques such as including High-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), Powder X-ray Diffraction (PXRD), Particle Size Distribution (PSD), Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC), Thermogravimetric Analysis (TGA) and Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM).
• Be part of the team designing experiments, execution, and analysis
• Summarize data, write reports, and present in front of other team members

Qualifications

Primary skills and knowledge required include, but are not limited to the following:

• Passionate about drug delivery, biomaterials or biotechnology
• Comfortable working in formulation/wet lab environment
• Have completed research or coursework in chemistry, materials science or polymers
• Background in organic chemistry, Self-motivated and proactive in learning, demonstration of agile mindset
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Basic understanding of safe working practices in a laboratory

Level of Education Required:

• Must be a student in a Bachelor’s degree program at an accredited college/university
• Undergraduate student with a minimum of Rising <Sophomore/Junior/Senior>

Preferred Field(s) of Study: Majoring in chemistry, Bio/Biomedical Engineering, biochemistry, material science, or related degree

Envision Your Future

With the exciting energy of a winning culture and an exhilarating pace, we are an ophthalmology company committed to preventing blindness by developing and commercializing innovative therapeutics.

The collective power of our values influences everything we do, and everything we do for you.

• Success begins with our People
• Patients First
• Integrity
• Results-Driven
• Innovation
• Team Focus
• Diversity & Inclusion

EyePoint Pharmaceuticals is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We believe that diversity and inclusion among our colleagues is critical to our success as a company, and we seek to recruit, develop, and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, or disability status.

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