Founding Scientist

About Parasma

Replacing GPUs with human brain cells

The role

**About this Role**\Parasma is looking for a founding scientist to own the following:* Scientific roadmap for training biological substrates* Design, execute, and analyze closed-loop training experiments* Develop learning protocols for biological neural systems* Define reward structures, stimulation policies, feedback loops, and evaluation metrics* Build theoretical frameworks and benchmarks around learning, control, and information transfer in biological substrates* Identify and solve core bottlenecks in biological training, including noise, variability, non-stationarity, and limited observability* Work with engineering to build the software, hardware, and ML infrastructure required for real-time training**Preferred Experience*** Well published in information theory or related fields* Deep understanding of learning systems, optimization, exploration, credit assignment, and adaptive control* Experience designing experiments for complex biological, neural, or adaptive systems* Understanding of the challenges involved in training biological substrates* Currently or previously a professor, PI, or senior research scientist at a top institution* Proven ability to lead an independent research agenda