The Ingenuity Lab is a leading translational research environment at the intersection of chemistry, engineering and medicine. We develop breakthrough technologies to transform surgery and disease monitoring.

We are now looking for a highly motivated Organic Chemist/Chemical Biologist to expand our efforts in biomarker-driven surgical diagnostics and therapeutic monitoring. The start date is flexible.

Organic Chemist/Chemical Biologist (w/m/d) 100 %
Research

Your tasks

• Investigate the functional role and clinical relevance of diverse biomarkers in surgical complications and disease progression.
• Design and synthesize chemical compounds capable of selectively interacting with relevant biomarkers, enabling disease or complication detection.
• Develop and optimize reaction pathways between biomarkers and designed compounds to achieve sensitive, specific, and reliable biomarker sensing.
• Collaborate closely with scientists, engineers, clinicians to translate molecular sensing concepts into clinically viable solutions.

Your profile

• PhD (or equivalent experience) in Organic Chemistry, Chemical Biology, Medicinal Chemistry, or related field.
• Creative, hands-on, and solution-oriented mindset.
• Strong expertise in small molecule design, synthesis, and characterization.
• Demonstrated experience in molecular recognition, bioorthogonal chemistry, or diagnostic probe development is highly desirable.
• Interest in translational medicine, interdisciplinary collaboration, and contributing to technologies with real clinical impact.

Our offer

• A dynamic, interdisciplinary environment bridging academia, clinics, and startups.
• Opportunity to work on cutting-edge technologies with direct path toward clinical translation.
• Close collaboration with scientists, engineers and surgeons.
• Modern lab infrastructure and strong institutional support.

For further information, please visit our Website . We invite you to learn more about our work and mission.

Next steps

For further information please contact Mr. Benjamin Suter, E-Mail: besuter@ethz.ch

We are looking forward to your complete online application.

Please note that we are happy to process applications by mail/post, but for administrative reasons we do not return them.