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Research Scientist - Computer Science & Computational Physics
$100 - $400/hr
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Principal Research Scientist (Computer Science / Computational Physics)
$100 - $400/hr
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Cybersecurity Research Expert – Offensive Security & Vulnerability Research
$200 - $250/hr
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Physics Expert (PhD / Postdoc)
$100 - $200/hr
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Physics Expert PhD (AMO / Optical Properties of Materials)
$100 - $200/hr
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Physics Expert PhD (Statistical Physics / Quantum Information / Condensed Matter)
$100 - $200/hr
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Mathematics Domain Expert
$90 - $140/hr
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Biology & Life Sciences Domain Expert
$90 - $140/hr
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Chemistry Domain Expert
$90 - $140/hr
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Physics Domain Expert
$90 - $140/hr
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Applied Scientists — Machine Learning (MSc. or PhD)
$60 - $120/hr
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Machine Learning Researcher (MSc. or PhD)
$60 - $120/hr
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Mathematics Expert (MSc./PhD)
$60 - $120/hr
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Life Sciences Research Expert (Python)
$60 - $120/hr
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STEM Expert (MSc./PhD)
$60 - $120/hr
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Hardware Expert (MSc. or PhD)
$60 - $120/hr
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Competitive Data Scientist (Kaggle)
$60 - $120/hr
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Market Research & Insights Experts
$120/hr
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Life, Physical & Social Science Expert
$60 - $120/hr
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Materials Science Expert
$60 - $120/hr
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LLM Research Scientist (Pre-training & Computer Vision & Adversarial Robustness)
$100 - $120/hr
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Materials Science Domain Expert
$70 - $110/hr
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Chemistry Expert
$65 - $105/hr
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Biology Expert
$70 - $105/hr
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Materials Scientist (Nanoparticle Sizing & Lot Release)
$40 - $100/hr
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Genomics & Cell Biology Specialist
$70 - $100/hr
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Chemistry Specialist, Synthetic & Analytical Chemistry
$70 - $100/hr
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Physics Expert
$70 - $100/hr
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Nuclear & Radiological Security Expert
$50 - $90/hr
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Drug Discovery Scientist
$60 - $90/hr
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Physical Scientist Talent Network
$60 - $80/hr
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Chemist Talent Network
$60 - $80/hr
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Biologist Talent Network
$60 - $80/hr
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Mathematician Talent Network
$60 - $80/hr
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Physicist Talent Network
$60 - $80/hr
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Applied Physics Benchmark Specialist
$61 - $77/hr
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Mathematics Expert
$40 - $75/hr
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Domain Contributor - Evaluation Specialist
$30 - $60/hr
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Research Evaluation Specialist (PhD or Masters / Researcher / Professor)
$30 - $60/hr
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Agriculture, Forestry & Environmental Experts
$40 - $60/hr
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STEM Researchers - MSc/PhD (Must own MacBook)
$50 - $60/hr
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Member of Technical Staff, Model Training (infra & platform)
$7 - $8/hr
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Member of Technical Staff, Model Training (applied research)
$7 - $8/hr
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Member of Technical Staff, Model Training (post-training research)
$7 - $8/hr
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Research Marketing Lead
$7 - $8/hr
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Forensic / Toxicological Chemist
$65 - $75/task
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Analytical Chemist
$65 - $75/task
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Synthetic / Process Chemist
$65 - $75/task
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Chemical Defense Researcher
$65 - $75/task
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Specialty Materials Chemist — Pyrotechnics or Propulsion
$65 - $75/task
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Forensic Scientist — Nuclear Materials
$65 - $75/task
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Chemicals Safety for Redteaming
$65 - $75/task
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