Remote PhD Translational Medicine & Microbiome Research Advisor — Senior Technical Bench

MegaHired invites qualified professionals to apply for our remote Remote PhD Translational Medicine & Microbiome Research Advisor — Senior Technical Bench opportunity ($45 - $90/hour). You will leverage hands-on experience in computational chemistry, molecular simulations, python, gaussian to audit AI-generated solutions, pinpoint reasoning gaps, and construct authoritative reference responses.

Core Project Workflow

• PhD in Microbiology, Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Biomedical Sciences, Immunology, Epidemiology, or a closely related field.
• Practical laboratory or applied research background in an academic or industry lab (wetlab experience is a plus).
• Fluent written and verbal English communication (C1 or higher).
• Postdoctoral or industry research experience in microbiome, clinical, or translational research.
• Author rigorous, graduate-level scientific problems in microbiome/metagenomics, clinical and translational bioinformatics, and related life sciences, accompanied by step-by-step, verifiable reference solutions.
• Audit, critique, and score AI model outputs for scientific accuracy, rigor, and depth of reasoning, catching subtle errors non-specialists would miss.
• Construct comprehensive grading rubrics and gold-standard solutions anchored in primary literature and established methodology..

Required Technical & Domain Mastery

• Work Location: Remote (100% Remote / Asynchronous Flexibility)
• Available Openings: 50 open positions
• Core Competencies: computational chemistry, molecular simulations, python, gaussian, gromacs, lammps, amber, orca, psi4, cheminformatics
• Publication record, ideally first-author papers in relevant journals.
• Microbiome tools: QIIME2, Kraken2, MetaPhlAn, HUMAnN, MAG assembly/binning, virome analysis.
• Clinical/translational: TCGA, UK Biobank, biomarker discovery, survival analysis, EHR + omics integration, oncology/immunology genomics.
• Statistics and ML for high-dimensional biological data.

Compensation Summary

• Compensation Rate: $45 - $90/hour (contract specialist remuneration)
• Work Arrangement: 100% Remote / Work From Home
• Eligible Remote Countries: United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, and South Africa
• Core Competencies: computational chemistry, molecular simulations, python, gaussian, gromacs, lammps, amber, orca, psi4, cheminformatics
• Hiring Agency: MegaHired

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