Astronomy & Astrophysics - Research Consultants

Lifted, an Upwork Company™; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Astronomy & Astrophysics - Research Consultants is seeking experienced researchers, academics, and technical professionals to support advanced research and evaluation projects in Astronomy & Astrophysics. Selected candidates will apply specialized domain expertise to complex scientific problems, evaluate AI-generated technical content, and provide expert-level feedback and reasoning.

Ideal candidates will have deep specialization in a defined subfield, verifiable academic affiliations with a

Qualifications

• Deep domain expertise in Astronomy & Astrophysics.
• Verifiable academic affiliation with top-100 university.
• Experience evaluating AI-generated scientific content.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate complex Astronomy & Astrophysics problems requiring advanced domain expertise.
• Develop domain-specific research and evaluation tasks.
• Assess AI-generated scientific content for accuracy and rigor.
• Review technical or academic responses and identify inaccuracies.
• Provide specialist-level reasoning and feedback.
• Apply advanced knowledge to research and evaluation projects.
• Assess outputs, models, datasets, or computational materials.

Skills

Astrophysics expert

Academic research experience

Technical evaluation

Education

PhD or equivalent in Astronomy

Job description

Astronomy & Astrophysics - Research Consultants

• Contract

An enterprise client is seeking experienced researchers, academics, and technical professionals to support advanced research and evaluation projects in Astronomy & Astrophysics. Selected candidates will apply specialized domain expertise to complex scientific problems, evaluate AI-generated technical content, and provide expert-level reasoning and feedback.

• Work through and evaluate complex Astronomy & Astrophysics problems requiring advanced domain expertise
• Develop domain-specific research, reasoning, and evaluation tasks
• Evaluate AI-generated scientific and technical content for accuracy, quality, and scientific rigor
• Review technical or academic responses and identify factual, mathematical, methodological, or conceptual inaccuracies
• Provide clear, well-supported specialist-level reasoning and feedback
• Apply advanced knowledge to assigned research and evaluation projects
• Assess research outputs, models, computational work, datasets, or other technical materials where relevant

• Deep specialization in a defined Astronomy & Astrophysics subfield, rather than broad general knowledge
• Verifiable record of substantive research, technical, computational, observational, or professional work directly related to the specialization
• Ability to independently work through or evaluate complex scientific problems at an advanced level
• Strong written reasoning skills and ability to clearly explain technical judgments
• Current or recent experience in academic research, technical practice, or specialized professional work
• Verifiable academic affiliation, research appointment, or relevant academic background with a university ranked within the QS World University Rankings Top 100

Highly prefer candidates to have:

• Expertise in areas such as Astronomy, Astrophysics, Cosmology, Theoretical or Observational Astrophysics, Stellar or Galactic Astrophysics, Computational Astrophysics, or Astrophysical Data Analysis
• Peer-reviewed or first-author research demonstrating subject-matter expertise
• Experience with astronomical observations, mathematical modelling, numerical simulations, computational methods, or astrophysical data analysis
• Technical work products such as datasets, computational implementations, models, test reports, patents, or other substantive research outputs
• Ability to demonstrate expertise in a clearly defined astrophysical problem area

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