
Leighton Jones
PhD Chemist, Scientific Editor and Science Writer
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Chemistry AI Training Fellow (contract)
Handshake
Jan 2026 - Present • 10 mos
Write PhD-level chemistry questions grounded in the published literature to expose reasoning failures in frontier AI models, and evaluate AI responses for scientific accuracy.
Information Scientist
American Chemical Society
Jan 2025 - Jan 2026 • 1 yr
Analyzed large patent and journal datasets in Excel and Tableau and turned them into clear charts and written insights for scientific and business audiences; co-authored white papers on emerging chemistry topics.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Chemistry
Northwestern University
Jan 2018 - Jan 2025 • 7 yrs
Computational chemistry research in the groups of Prof. George Schatz and Prof. Mark Ratner; co-authored 65+ peer-reviewed papers (2,800+ citations) in journals including JACS, Nature Catalysis and Joule; mentored graduate researchers.