Cheron Young

Mercor is recruiting a select cohort of accomplished biology and biophysics researchers for a part-time W-2 role supporting the development and evaluation of frontier AI systems for scientific reasoning. The work is centered on advanced research domains including molecular biology, biophysics, structural biology, immunology, neuroscience, genomics , and adjacent disciplines. Contributors will author and review challenging problems, evaluate model outputs, and identify failure modes that a working researcher would catch in areas such as mechanism prediction, experimental design, and literature interpretation. This opportunity is aimed at researchers whose CVs show deep scholarly output. The post explicitly mentions candidates with first-author or co-first-author publications in journals such as Nature, Science, Cell, PNAS, eLife, NEJM, Nature Methods, Nature Medicine, Nature Biotechnology, and Nature Communications , or comparable specialty journals. It also highlights doctoral or postdoctoral training at a top-20 global institution for life sciences or STEM, and welcomes active or recent researchers including PhD candidates, postdocs, instructors, faculty, principal scientists, and industry researchers. The position is part-time, requiring 8 to 20 hours per week , with compensation of $125-$225 per hour depending on seniority and credentials. It is a W-2 employment arrangement with Cincinnatus LLC, which handles payroll, benefits, and compliance. No fixed end date is listed; contributors remain engaged as long as the program needs their expertise. To apply, use the direct Mercor application link in the post and submit through the portal.