2026 Electrochemical Reaction Engineering Intern (PhD)

Company Description

AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas – immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care – and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on X, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn and Tik Tok.

Job Description

Envision spending your summer working with energetic colleagues and inspirational leaders, all while gaining world-class experience in one of the most dynamic organizations in the pharmaceutical industry. This is a reality for AbbVie Interns.  

The successful candidate will play a key role in the R&D Process Engineering and Process Chemistry functions, specifically as a member of the cross-functional Center for Reaction Engineering.  AbbVie's Center for Reaction Engineering addresses challenging problems with chemical reactions using expertise in chemical kinetics, transport phenomena, mathematical modeling, and reactor design. The strategic research thrust that this internship will be focused on is to investigate electrochemical disulfide reduction as it relates to small molecules and monoclonal antibodies, with the selected candidate assisting in reaction screening, electrochemical cell design, and optimization. The selected candidate will have a strong background in electrochemistry/electrocatalysis and is expected to independently perform reaction screening and optimization experiments with AbbVie’s in-house reactors and electrochemical characterization instrumentation. The candidate must exhibit a collaborative nature in identifying reaction challenges and improvement opportunities, as well as participate in a cross-functional team of Chemists and Chemical Engineers to deliver specific project needs. The candidate will summarize and communicate key findings at the end of the program to the relevant departments through a presentation as well as contribute to an internal or external publication. 

Key responsibilities include: 

• Conduct screening and optimization experiments for electrochemical r