Mercor is seeking **PhD holders, doctoral candidates, and outstanding Master’s graduates** in **biology and related disciplines** to join a **high-impact AI research initiative** in partnership with a **leading artificial intelligence lab**.
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### **Key Domains**
Here is a list of domains. If you belong to or have expertise in one or more of them, feel free to apply — we’re excited to have you on the team!
• *Molecular & Cellular Biology:** Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Biochemistry, Genetics, Genomics, Proteomics, Metabolomics
• *Organismal & Evolutionary Biology:** Evolutionary Biology, Developmental Biology, Ecology, Microbiology, Virology, Botany, Zoology
• *Biomedical & Applied Life Sciences:** Immunology, Neurobiology, Physiology, Biotechnology, Systems Biology, Bioinformatics, Computational Biology
• *Interdisciplinary Biological Sciences:** Biophysics, Structural Biology, Synthetic Biology, Environmental Biology
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### **Key Responsibilities**
- Evaluate scientific correctness, conceptual rigor, and depth of LLM-generated responses across biology and biomedical domains.
- Review outputs involving experimental design, data interpretation, and theoretical frameworks in biological sciences.
- Identify factual inaccuracies, reasoning errors, and conceptual misunderstandings in model outputs.
- Benchmark model performance on advanced biological and interdisciplinary research problems.
- Work independently and asynchronously using proprietary evaluation tools.
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### **Requirements**
- PhD (candidate/recipient) or Master’s degree in Biology, Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Bioinformatics, or a closely related field.
- Strong command of graduate-level biological concepts, experimental reasoning, and data interpretation.
- Excellent written communication and analytical abilities.
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### **Role Details**
- **Part-time (20 hours/week)**