Part-Time AI Research Scientific Advisor - PhD

This position is part-time (20 hours per week)

Work remotely (EST hours) with minimal travel to Washington, DC area (travel expenses reimbursable)

Must have PhD

Must have AI experience

• Review and evaluate technical proposals and deliverables from external teams.
• Provide guidance on model development, training methods, and validation strategies to identify risks, gaps, or weaknesses and recommend corrective actions.
• Aid in the development of new programs that leverage AI and the automation of experimentation to expedite gold standard research.
• Help in the evaluation of proposals that include AI for Science.
• Assist in the daily management and tracking of funded efforts.
• Evaluate benchmarking results and provide feedback on methodological soundness.
• Advise on deployment considerations, including interpretability, reliability, and safety in real-world settings.
• Produce high-quality written reports and presentations that synthesize complex technical findings for diverse audiences.

• 5+ years of experience with Applied AI in the Health domain
• Experience in the automation of research, ideally with the incorporation of AI to prioritize or otherwise direct research
• Experience performing with distributed laboratories
• Familiarity with languages for specifying experiments
• Demonstrated expertise in the development of software for the biological sciences
• Ability to operate independently within a fast-paced start-up environment
• Ph.D. or equivalent in the biological or physical sciences