Senior Researcher

Job Description

REQUIREMENTS

• PhD or MS in a hard-science or engineering discipline (e.g., biosecurity, microbiology, ecology, physics, or systems engineering).
• 5+ years of relevant research or applied experience, with a track record of running independent projects.
• Substantive familiarity with adversarial reasoning, security studies, or dual-use technology assessment.
• Strong publication record in technological risk, resilience, or detection science.
• Deep grounding in modern AI capabilities and their impact on threat and defense landscapes.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills for translating technical content to non-specialist audiences.

Preferred

• Interdisciplinary credentials bridging multiple fields such as biology, computer science, and public health.
• Direct experience in biosurveillance, civil defense, emergency preparedness, or critical infrastructure protection.
• Background in scientific metaresearch, horizon scanning, or structured expert elicitation.
• Experience in grant writing, science diplomacy, or convening dispersed research communities.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Conduct structured horizon-scanning for novel AI-enabled hazard classes and develop methodologies for reasoning about threats lacking historical base rates.
• Investigate next-generation detection sciences, such as adaptive pathogen surveillance and other emerging hazard modalities.
• Pursue feasibility analyses on deep resilience and lifeline capacities designed to function without conventional infrastructure or centralized coordination.
• Analyze biosphere-scale vulnerabilities, including geoengineering, synthetic microbes, and nontraditional environmental toxicology.
• Identify and advance defensive, stabilizing, and transparency-enhancing technologies that favor human safety.
• Build scientific coordination capacity through standards, convenings, and cross-border working relationships.
• Co-author grant applications and translate complex technical findings for policymakers, funders, and the public.

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