Biophysics Researcher - Scientific Expert

Job Description

Job Description

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 Research Collaborator (Part-time)
Type: Contract
Compensation: $80–$110/hour
Location: Remote
Commitment: Up to 20 hours/week

Role Responsibilities

• Review and evaluate research papers in biology and biophysics for rigor, novelty, and scientific validity.
• Author and review challenging biology/biophysics problems to train and evaluate frontier AI models .
• Evaluate model outputs on tasks like mechanism prediction, experimental design, and literature interpretation.
• Identify areas where current models fail, focusing on mistakes a working PhD would catch.
• Collaborate with a small program team and other senior contributors.

Qualifications

Must-Have

• First-author or co-first-author publications in journals like Nature , Science , Cell , PNAS , eLife , NEJM , Nature Methods , Nature Medicine , Nature Biotechnology , or Nature Communications .
• A doctorate or postdoctoral training from a top-20 global institution in the life sciences or a related STEM field.
• A competitive fellowship, such as an HHMI fellowship (including EXROP, Hanna H. Gray, or Investigator), an NIH F31/F32/K99 , an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship or Postdoctoral Research Fellowship , or a Damon Runyon , Helen Hay Whitney , Jane Coffin Childs , Searle , Pew , Sloan , Packard , Simons , or Fulbright award.
• Issued patents, a spin-out company, or grants held as a named Principal Investigator or Co-Investigator.
• Current or recent experience in an active research role, as a PhD candidate, postdoctoral researcher, instructor, faculty member, principal scientist, or industry researcher.

Engagement

• Part-time: up to 20 hours/week .
• Compensation reflects research seniority and credentials.

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