Projects

Applied chemistry consulting with measurable outcomes.

NewChem projects are led by Dr. Josiah Newton (That Chemist), Principal Chemistry Systems Consultant & Infrastructure Architect, and span AI chemistry quality review, dataset audit, and workflow design.

Selected work

Anonymized project snapshots across AI, biotech, and chemistry R&D.

Featured client

Trusted by Scale AI since 2025

Chemistry ground-truth, prompt engineering, and quality-audit support for frontier model workflows.

Featured sponsor

Reaxys

Sponsor of "Important Papers in Organic Synthesis."

Selected projects

AI chemistry quality review

Designed and audited PhD-level organic chemistry prompt/rubric workflows across SFT, RLHF, multimodal, and benchmark-focused initiatives.

Dataset and workflow audits

Audited chemistry datasets and annotation logic, then rebuilt decision workflows for reproducible execution by client teams.

Synthetic route and method support

Supported high-stakes synthetic planning and method-development decisions for confidential client programs.

Workflow architecture

Translated between chemistry and software teams to design practical, maintainable workflow systems with clear handoff artifacts.