Summer 2025 - Ocular Health R&D Formulation Intern (PhD)

About Alcon:

As the global leader in eye care, Alcon has built a rich history of providing innovative products to customers and patients all over the world. We're extremely proud of our legacy and the significant way we've helped to shape the industry over the last 70 years, but we're just getting started. Our relentless passion to eliminate unmet medical needs drives our pursuit to further advance eye health worldwide. We're looking for exceptionally talented, driven people who want to make a difference. If you'd like to help us change the way the world sees, this is your chance to Be Brilliant!

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and develop ocular health formulation such as emulsions, polymeric solutions.

• Characterize formulation by measuring pH, Osmo, Viscosity, droplet size and other physical properties

• Evaluate formulation for evaporation resistance and other performance measuring procedure

• Analyze data and present to the team on weekly basis

• Comply with the requirements of the internship program

Minimum Qualifications:

• Must be enrolled in an accredited university or college for at least one semester prior to the internship, and at least one additional semester following your internship

• Must have a graduation date of December 2025 or later

• Must be pursuing a PhD in Colloid Chemistry, Biomaterials, Lipid Based Formulations and Delivery, or Pharmaceutical Science

• Academic performance: Minimum cumulative GPA 2.8/4.0

• Demonstrated leadership skills (i.e. extracurricular activities or projects)

• Must be authorized to work in the US on a permanent basis. Students on an F1 visa with CPT work authorization may be accommodated

• Ability to commit to a 10-12 weeks summer internship, full time (40 hrs./week) project

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with emulsion delivery system, nanoemulsion fabrication and processing and sound understanding of lipid chemistry preferred.

• Candidates with an advanced degree in colloid chemistry, lipid chemistry, chemistry, pharmaceutical sciences or related chemistry field will be given preference."

• Able to work independently and collaborate as part of a team

Equal Employment Opportunity:

Alcon is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. Alcon takes pride in maintaining a diverse environment and our policies are not to discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status. Alcon is also committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please send an email to alcon.recruitment@alcon.com and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.

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Alcon is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. Alcon takes pride in maintaining a diverse environment and our policies are not to discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status. Alcon is also committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please send an email to alcon.recruitment@alcon.com and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.