Biology Expert

Overview

Handshake is recruiting exceptional doctoral students, candidates, and graduates in Biology to join our AI research community. This program brings subject-matter experts together to enhance the capabilities of Large Language Models (LLMs) across specialized domains such as Molecular & Cellular Biology, Anatomy & Physiology, Plant & Fungal Biology, Invertebrate & Insect Biology, and Ecological & Environmental Biology. The Handshake AI Fellowship program runs year-round, though project availability will vary by domain.

Details

• This is a fully remote, asynchronous position - work independently from anywhere, on your own schedule.
• Learn new skills while contributing to the changing world of AI across various disciplines.
• Get paid competitively to apply your domain expertise in biology.
• Project work includes designing and solving advanced biology problems that require multi-step reasoning, and testing them with AI models to ensure they are appropriately challenging.
  
  

Qualifications

• PhD students, postdocs, or recent PhDs in biology, with research experience in areas including but not limited to:
• Molecular & Cellular Biology: genetics/molecular biology, microbiology, pathology
• Anatomy & Physiology: anatomy/histology, zoology
• Plant & Fungal Biology: botany, mycology
• Invertebrate & Insect Biology: entomology, marine biology
• Ecological & Environmental Biology: ecology
• Able to participate in primarily asynchronous work in partnership with leading AI labs.
• Believe your expertise can outmatch current AI systems in understanding and explaining key concepts in your field.
  

This program is open to U.S.-based doctoral students, candidates, and recent graduates with valid work or training authorization (e.g., F-1/OPT, J-1, H-1B).* Participants are responsible for ensuring compliance with their visa conditions and confirming eligibility with their program or visa sponsor prior to applying.

• At this time, we are unable to accommodate candidates on STEM OPT who require an i-983. Fellows with already approved i-983s, as well as those on pre-grad OPT, CPT, J-1, or H-1B, are not impacted. This position may be subject to change in the future.