Founding Scientist

**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