Lupo Lab – Junior/Assistant/Associate/Full Specialist

University of California San Francisco; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 57,000 - 202,000; Full time

Job summary

University of California San Francisco’s Lupo Lab seeks a Junior/Assistant/Associate/Full Specialist to advance MRI methods and machine learning for brain tumor patient evaluation. The role spans data acquisition, processing, and tool development for multimodal imaging analyses.

The successful candidate will perform data collection and management, image segmentation, spectral/multi-parametric analyses, and build predictive models.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in related science or at least four years of research experience for Junior rank.
• Master's degree (or equivalent) or Bachelor's with 3+ years research for Assistant rank.
• Master's or terminal degree or 10+ years research for Full rank.

Responsibilities

• Develop, apply, and extend imaging and spectroscopic data acquisition, processing, and analysis tools.
• Perform data collection, management, and analysis of multimodal imaging data.
• Conduct image segmentation, spectral analysis, and multi-parameter cohort analyses.
• Build and train predictive models and translate tools to study brain tumors and related neurological diseases.

Skills

MR imaging

Machine learning

Data analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in related science

Master's degree or 3+ years research experience

Tools

Python

MATLAB

Job description

Lupo Lab – Junior/Assistant/Associate/Full Specialist

The Lupo Lab is seeking a Junior, Assistant, Associate, or Full Specialist. The primary research area will focus on applying advanced MRI methods and/or machine learning to evaluate patients with brain tumors.

The candidate will be expected to develop, utilize, and extend innovative imaging and spectroscopic data acquisition, processing, and/or statistical and data analysis tools to analyze multimodal imaging and spectroscopic data. Specifically, the main tasks will involve data collection, management, and analysis, including image segmentation, spectral analysis, multi-parametric cohort analysis, building and training predictive models, and the translational application of the developed tools to study patients with brain tumors and/or other neurological diseases.

Required Qualifications:

• Specialists appointed at the Junior rank must possess a baccalaureate degree (or equivalent degree) in a related science (biomedical imaging, applied mathematics, engineering, computer science, etc.) or at least four years of research experience.
• Specialists appointed at the Assistant rank must possess a master’s degree (or equivalent degree) or a baccalaureate degree (or equivalent degree) with three or more years of research experience.
• Specialists appointed at the Associate rank must possess a master’s degree (or equivalent degree) or five to ten years of research experience.
• Specialists appointed at the Full rank must possess a terminal degree (or equivalent degree) or ten or more years of research experience.
• Applicants must meet all the qualifications by the time of hire.
• Applicant materials must list current and/or pending qualifications upon submission.

Preferred Qualifications:

• MS or PhD in biomedical imaging, applied mathematics, engineering, computer science, or related field.
• Have at least 3 years of research experience using MR imaging.
• Previous exposure to a biomedical research laboratory environment.

See Table 24B for the salary range for this position. A reasonable estimate for this position is $57,000-$201,700.