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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: Applied Biology Benchmark Specialist
Type: Contract
Compensation: $60–$75/hour
Location: Remote
Commitment: 10+ hours/week
Role Responsibilities
Author original biology questions to test deep conceptual understanding in Pharmaceutical Manufacturing , Industrial and Synthetic Biology , Medical Research & Drug Discovery , and Agricultural, Environmental & Food Biology .
Ensure questions are unambiguous, self-contained, and precisely defined with all necessary information in the problem statement.
Rate each question's difficulty as Medium, Hard, or Expert and provide 1 correct answer with 9 plausible alternatives.
Write step-by-step Chain-of-Thought solutions with explicit, concise intermediate steps in markdown format.




Supply 1–5 academic references per question from reputable sources such as peer-reviewed journals or university repositories.
For verification tasks, flag issues with clarity, completeness, precision, or solvability and justify any edits made.

Qualifications
Must-Have
PhD or doctoral candidate in Biology , Molecular Biology , Biochemistry , Neuroscience , or a closely related field.
Master's degree considered for candidates with exceptional depth in a specific subdomain.
Robust command of graduate-level biological concepts, experimental design, and data interpretation.
Excellent written English and ability to express complex ideas clearly and concisely.

Preferred
Research publications or laboratory experience in biological sciences is a robust plus.

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