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Senior Scientist, AI-Assisted Lab Optimization
SecureBioCambridge, MA
Cambridge, MA
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Lead an AI-in-the-loop wet lab R&D program improving metagenomic surveillance while studying how frontier AI affects expert biological research.
- Optimize viral enrichment, extraction, depletion, and sequencing protocols
- Benchmark AI-attributable improvements with reproducible metrics and controls
- Document AI uplift to inform biosecurity and CBRN threat modeling
- Coordinate experiments across laboratory, AI, and computational teams
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