STEM Expert - Biology & Bioinformatics (PhD)

Clinical, Microbiome & Translational Research Scientist (PhD)

• Science & Research
• Platform: micro1
• Location: 58 countries

This contract role asks a PhD-level life sciences researcher to help build next-generation AI systems by writing and checking hard scientific problems. The work centers on microbiome, metagenomics, clinical bioinformatics and translational research, including careful review of model answers for accuracy. It suits researchers who can explain their reasoning clearly enough for other specialists to follow and validate it.

Posted October 15, 2026

Computational Biology & Bioinformatics Expert (PhD)

• Science & Research
• Platform: micro1
• Location: 58 countries

The role involves reviewing and critiquing bioinformatics pipelines, genomic analyses and statistical methods so that AI systems handle biological reasoning accurately. It is aimed at holders of a PhD in computational biology or a related field who have hands-on experience with sequencing data. The expert will also document methods and explain complex science clearly to both technical and non-technical colleagues.

Posted October 15, 2026

Drug Discovery Scientist

• Science & Research
• Platform: Mercor
• Location: United States

This role involves designing realistic evaluation challenges for AI models applied to drug discovery. As an expert in chemistry and molecular biology, you will build complex research scenarios based on real and ambiguous data, where AI must demonstrate genuine reasoning capability rather than simple pattern association. You will be responsible for the entire process: challenge design, data corpus assembly, response evaluation, and iterative revision.

Posted August 31, 2026

Physical Scientist Talent Network

• Science & Research
• Platform: Mercor
• Location: United States

Join a network of physical science experts to collaborate with leading AI laboratories. You will be engaged for specific roles involving training and evaluating AI models, creating tasks based on real-world scenarios, and providing expert feedback to advance AI research. Engagements vary, typically between 15 and 30 hours per week.

Posted February 27, 2026

Biochemistry Subject Matter Expert - AI Content Specialist

• Science & Research
• Platform: Alignerr

This role involves helping train and refine AI models on biochemistry topics by designing test problems, writing ground-truth solutions, and evaluating AI-generated scientific reasoning. The position is ideal for PhD-level biochemists who want to apply their expertise to AI development while working flexibly on a remote, hourly contract basis.

Biology Specialist

• Science & Research
• Platform: Alignerr

This role involves collaborating with an AI training platform to develop and evaluate biology problems, stress-test AI reasoning on genetics and biotechnology topics, and ensure scientific accuracy in AI-generated biological explanations. It is designed for advanced researchers and scientists with deep domain expertise who want flexible, intellectually challenging work without requiring prior AI experience.