Remote | Applied Chemistry Expert (AI Benchmarking) — $50–$70/hour

24-Mag•New York, NY

2d•Remote

About The Position

We are sharing a specialised part-time consulting opportunity for chemists, chemical engineers, and scientific researchers with advanced expertise in applied chemistry, reaction mechanisms, materials, industrial processes, or quantitative chemical analysis. This role supports an AI research initiative focused on developing rigorous chemistry benchmarks. Selected experts will author or verify challenging multiple-choice assessment content, evaluate scientific accuracy and solution quality, develop well-supported reference solutions, and help establish high-quality evaluation standards for advanced AI systems.

Requirements

PhD or current doctoral candidacy in Chemistry, Biochemistry, Chemical Engineering, Materials Chemistry, or a closely related discipline
Master's degree may be considered for candidates with exceptional expertise in a relevant chemistry subdomain
Strong command of graduate-level chemistry, reaction mechanisms, and quantitative analysis
Expertise in one or more areas including Materials Chemistry, Polymer Chemistry, Electronic Chemistry, Industrial Chemistry, Process Chemistry, Energy Storage, Environmental Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Agrochemical Chemistry, Food Chemistry, or Specialty Chemicals
Strong ability to analyse mechanisms, quantitative relationships, and experimental evidence
Excellent written English and ability to communicate complex chemical concepts clearly and precisely
Work must be completed without using confidential or proprietary information belonging to any employer, client, institution, or other third party

Nice To Haves

Academic research publications are highly valued
Laboratory, industrial, pharmaceutical, materials, or chemical manufacturing experience is advantageous
Experience with chemistry olympiad writing, examination development, or advanced problem design is highly valued
Strong attention to scientific precision, logical consistency, and problem solvability

Responsibilities

Create original multiple-choice questions that test deep chemical understanding rather than surface-level recall
Develop challenging problems within relevant areas of chemistry expertise
Ensure questions are self-contained, precise, unambiguous, and independently solvable
Design questions appropriate for undergraduate, advanced undergraduate, and postgraduate difficulty levels
Produce one correct answer alongside nine plausible and carefully constructed distractors
Review pre-written chemistry questions for correctness, clarity, rigour, and completeness
Identify conceptual errors, ambiguous assumptions, quantitative mistakes, or solvability issues
Edit questions and answer choices where required
Verify calculations, mechanisms, chemical reasoning, and designated correct answers
Document substantive changes and explain the scientific reasoning behind them
Develop assessment content involving materials chemistry, polymers, and electronic materials
Create problems involving structure–property relationships, synthesis, processing, and characterisation
Evaluate polymerisation mechanisms, molecular architecture, and material performance
Develop questions involving electronic, conductive, or functional materials
Apply chemical reasoning to realistic materials-development scenarios
Create problems involving chemical manufacturing and industrial process chemistry
Evaluate reaction conditions, yields, selectivity, scale-up considerations, and process efficiency
Develop scenarios involving separation, purification, catalysis, and process optimisation
Apply quantitative reasoning to industrial chemistry workflows
Assess safety, practicality, and chemical feasibility where relevant
Develop questions involving batteries, electrochemistry, energy-storage materials, and related technologies
Apply chemical principles to electrochemical reactions, transport, degradation, and performance
Create problems involving environmental chemistry, pollutants, remediation, and chemical fate
Evaluate chemical processes relevant to sustainability and environmental systems
Interpret quantitative and experimental evidence within energy and environmental contexts
Develop assessment content involving pharmaceutical and agrochemical compounds
Create problems involving synthesis, reaction mechanisms, molecular properties, and chemical optimisation
Evaluate structure–activity relationships and chemical design considerations where relevant
Apply organic, medicinal, and analytical chemistry principles to realistic development scenarios
Assess chemical reasoning across complex multi-step synthesis or formulation problems
Develop rigorous questions involving consumer products, food chemistry, and specialty chemical applications
Evaluate formulations, ingredients, functional additives, and chemical interactions
Create problems involving stability, compatibility, processing, and performance
Apply analytical and physical chemistry principles to product-related scenarios
Assess chemical behaviour within practical commercial and manufacturing contexts
Provide 1–5 academic references per question where required
Use reputable sources such as peer-reviewed journals, academic publications, and university repositories
Develop clear, structured solution explanations supporting the correct answer
Rate question difficulty according to defined Medium, Hard, and Expert standards
Help maintain consistent scientific and academic quality across benchmark content
Contribute to gold-standard evaluation materials used to assess advanced AI capabilities