Biology PhD - Assessment Specialist

Mercor
New York, NY
Category Research
Remote
Job Description
Role Overview

As a Biology PhD - Assessment Specialist, you will be responsible for creating original biology questions that test deep conceptual understanding, not surface-level recall. You will ensure questions are unambiguous, self-contained, and precisely defined with all necessary information in the problem statement. You will also rate each question's difficulty and provide step-by-step Chain-of-Thought solutions with clear, concise intermediate steps in markdown format.

What You Will Do

Author original biology questions, rate their difficulty, and write step-by-step solutions. Provide 1 correct answer and 9 plausible but subtly incorrect alternatives that challenge expert-level solvers. Supply 1–5 academic references per question from reputable sources.

Why It Might Be a Fit

This role requires a strong command of graduate-level biological concepts, experimental design, and data interpretation. Excellent written English skills are also necessary to express complex ideas clearly and concisely.

Requirements

  • PhD or doctoral candidate in Biology, Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Neuroscience, or a closely related field.
  • Strong command of graduate-level biological concepts, experimental design, and data interpretation.
  • Excellent written English and ability to express complex ideas clearly and concisely.
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