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                Senior / Principal Chemist, AI Safety
                Senior / Principal Chemist, AI Safety
                Lila SciencesCambridge, MA / London, UK / San Francisco, CA
                Biosecurity & pandemic preparedness
                AI safety & policy
                Full-time
                Yesterday
                Cambridge, MA / London, UK / San Francisco, CA
                Yesterday
                Biosecurity & pandemic preparedness
                AI safety & policy
                Full-time
                Salary
                $148,000 – $208,000
                Routes to impact
                Direct high impact on an important cause
                Description
                Senior chemistry role mapping dual-use chemical misuse risks across scientific AI models, agents, and automated experimentation.
                • Assess feasibility and likelihood of chemical misuse pathways
                • Translate risk judgments into policy boundaries and mitigation requirements
                • Partner with threat modelers, evaluation researchers, and red teams
                • Commission and integrate findings from external specialists
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                Centre for Effective Altruism, Inc. is a registered Section 501(c)(3) public charity in the United States (EIN 33-3737390).
                Centre for Effective Altruism UK is a company limited by guarantee, the registration number of which is 16360152. Its registered office is at Trajan House, Mill Street, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX2 0DJ UK.
                Centre for Effective Altruism Community UK is a company limited by guarantee, the registration number of which is 16395613. Its registered office is at Trajan House, Mill Street, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX2 0DJ UK.
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