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　　Job Description

　　Albemarle Corporation is currently seeking a Chemistry graduate intern to work within the Research and Technology Group of the Bromine Global Business Unit (GBU). This intern will utilize Computational Chemistry Approaches to help solve and understand critical problems in the research and development of novel applications. Moreover, this intern will demonstrate the utility of Computational Chemistry towards developing working hypotheses aimed at solving challenging chemistry problems. The student will also be exposed to other analytical techniques and fundamental problem-solving approaches. In completion of the internship, the student would have a strong desire to pursue a career in Research and Development or manufacturing industry. The position will be based at our Process Development Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

　　Primary Responsibilities

　　Maintain excellence in safety, health, and environmental practices.

　　Participate in solving simple to complex problems in mechanistic chemistry.

　　Learn and/or demonstrate multiple computational chemistry techniques.

　　Work very closely with subject matter experts on specific projects.

　　Use computational skills to help solve real and practical problems.

　　Hypothesis testing – Use computational methods to help develop and support refinement of working hypotheses.

　　Build knowledge and skills with other New Product Development team members.

　　Interpret simple to complex data and communicate results.

　　Possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills with ability to interact and collaborate in an interdisciplinary team environment.

　　Teach other team members in fundamentals of computational chemistry and lead training towards enabling others to access and utilize available computational software.

　　Required Qualifications

　　Doctorate student majoring in Chemistry or polymer science with 12-18 months to graduate in the field of Computational Chemistry.Desired Requirements

　　Ability to follow specified procedures.

　　Ability to work well with minimal supervision.

　　Fundamental understanding and hands-on experience using Computational Chemistry to solve or enable deeper understanding of complex chemistry problems.

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