PhD position · Mercor
Statistical Physics and Thermodynamics Physicist (PhD)
- Type
- PhD position
- Organisation
- Mercor
- Location
- US
- Posted
- 26 September 2026
About this listing
Statistical Physics and Thermodynamics Physicist (PhD) CritPt is a public benchmark of research-level physics challenges, built to test whether frontier AI models can carry out genuine physics research reasoning rather than textbook problem solving. The benchmark paper is arXiv:2509.26574 and we recommend reading it before applying. It will tell you quickly whether this work interests you. We are engaging physicists to work on research-level physics problems in their own subfield. Depending on where your publication record fits, that can mean creating problems, solving them, reviewing completed work, or auditing it. We agree the specific assignment with you once you are matched to an area. This is research-grade work rather than volume work.
Last checked 11 October 2026. The official page opens for members.