Biology Expert - Fully Remote | Part-time

About the job

Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. Headquartered in San Francisco, our investors include Benchmark
, General Catalyst
, Peter Thiel
, Adam D'Angelo
, Larry Summers
, and Jack Dorsey
.

Position:
Biology & Biophysics Researchers (Part-time)

Type:
Contract

Compensation: $125–$225/hour

Location:

Remote

Commitment: 8–20 hours/week

• Author and review challenging biology and biophysics problems to train and evaluate frontier AI models
  .
• Evaluate model outputs on tasks such as mechanism prediction, experimental design, and literature interpretation.
• Identify areas where current models fail, especially mistakes a working PhD would catch.
• Collaborate with a small program team and other senior contributors.

• First-author or co-first-author publications in journals like Nature
  , Science
  , Cell
  , PNAS
  , eLife
  , NEJM
  , Nature Methods
  , Nature Medicine
  , Nature Biotechnology
  , Nature Communications
  , or top specialty journals.
• Doctoral or postdoctoral training at a top-20 global institution for life sciences or STEM
  .
• Competitive fellowships such as HHMI
  , NIH F31/F32/K99
  , NSF GRFP/PRFB
  , Damon Runyon
  , Helen Hay Whitney
  , Jane Coffin Childs
  , Searle
  , Pew
  , Sloan
  , Packard
  , Simons
  , Fulbright
  , or equivalent.
• Issued patents, spin-out companies, or grants where the contributor was a named PI or co‑PI.
• Currently or recently in an active research role:
  PhD candidate, postdoc, instructor, faculty, principal scientist, or industry researcher.

• W-2 employment with Cincinnatus LLC; payroll, benefits, and compliance handled by Cincinnatus.
• No fixed end date; contributors continue as long as the program needs their expertise.

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