Job type

Full Time

Location / Branch

University of Namibia / Hage Geingob Campus

Job Description

• Foundation Modules: Deliver core lectures in Physical Chemistry for Pharmaceutical
  Sciences, Thermodynamics and Kinetics in Drug Formulation, and Introduction to
  Computational Methods in Pharmacy.
• Advanced Computational Chemistry Modules: Lead specialized courses in Molecular
  Modelling and Chemoinformatics , Quantum Chemistry (DFT/ab initio) applied to Drug-
  Target Interactions, and Molecular Dynamics (MD) Simulations of Biological
  Macromolecules
• Drug Design Modules: Instruct students in Structure-Based Drug Design (SBDD), Ligand-
  Based Pharmacophore Modelling, Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationship (QSAR),
  and ADMET (Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism, Excretion, and Toxicity) prediction using
  in-silico tools.
• Independent Research Program: Build a vigorous research group focusing on
  computational strategies for modern drug discovery, such as virtual screening of compound libraries, free-energy perturbation (FEP), or cryo-EM/structural biology data integration.
• Grant Acquisition: Actively identify, prepare, and submit grant proposals to national and
  international funding agencies to secure sustainable research funding for personnel,
  equipment.
• High-Impact Publication: Publish original, peer-reviewed research articles in QI/Q2
  journals
• Supervision of Trainees: Directly supervise Ph.D. candidates, post-doctoral fellows, and
  &laster's students in their research projects, ensuring rigorous experimental design and ethical compliance.
• Remain current with emerging computational techniques, software packages (Schrödinger,
  OpenEye, GROMACS, AMBER, AutoDock), and programming libraries.
• Attend and present at major international conferences to maintain professionais networks.
• Any other lab related duty assigned by the Head of Department.