As an Organic Chemist Industrial Postdoc at alt M, the candidate will work at the intersection of biomass valorization, catalysis, and applied organic synthesis to develop high-value molecules from renewable feedstocks. The role involves identifying promising molecular targets from biomass fractions such as cellulose, hemicellulose, lignin, and extractives, and designing catalytic pathways for their conversion into commercially relevant chemicals and materials.
The candidate will be responsible for independently planning and executing laboratory reactions, optimizing conditions, and ensuring strict adherence to organic chemistry protocols and safety standards. This includes handling multi-step synthesis, functional group transformations, substitutions, purification, product isolation, and preliminary analytical characterization using standard laboratory techniques.
A key part of the role is interpreting reaction outcomes, understanding structure-property relationships, and evaluating early-stage technical feasibility with scalability in mind.



The ideal candidate should possess robust chemistry fundamentals, sound mechanistic understanding, and the ability to work across diverse classes of molecules and reactions. We are looking for someone equally comfortable with hands-on lab work, solving difficult chemical problems, and challenging assumptions until the chemistry truly makes sense.
Responsibilities
- Build and execute organic synthesis pathways for high-value molecules derived from biomass, working on chemistry that can directly shape the future of sustainable materials and chemicals.
- Take ownership of reactions from idea to outcome and designing experiments, running synthesis, troubleshooting failures, and optimizing pathways for both performance and scalability.
- Purify, isolate, and characterize molecules using techniques such as NMR, HPLC, GC-MS, IR, and other analytical tools to validate structure and performance.
- Approach every reaction with a mechanis

📌 Organic chemist (Bengaluru)
🏢 altM
📍 Bengaluru