Remote PhD Translational Medicine & Microbiome Research Advisor — ActiveHired Talent Bench

ActiveHired is expanding its remote specialist bench with a Remote PhD Translational Medicine & Microbiome Research Advisor — ActiveHired Talent Bench at $45 - $90/hour. Contributors work asynchronously from home across major English-speaking countries, translating real-world workflows in computational chemistry, molecular simulations, python, gaussian into high-signal training examples and multi-step evaluation criteria for enterprise AI models.

Primary Responsibilities

• Supply detailed, transparent written explanations of your reasoning so other experts can follow and validate it.
• Maintain high calibration standards through collaborative peer review and iterative rubric refinement.
• 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.

Skills & Experience Needed

• Experience reviewing, benchmarking, or writing scientific content.
• Compensation Band: $45 - $90/hour
• 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.

Remuneration & Remote Setup

• 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: ActiveHired

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