Biology Researcher Fully Remote

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 DAngelo 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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