Research Technician II

University of Rochester; City of Rochester (NY); On-site; Full time

Job summary

A leading university seeks a Research Technician II responsible for supporting research activities in the Brain and Cognitive Sciences department. The role involves managing lab activities, recruiting participants, and conducting research under supervision. Ideal candidates will have a Bachelor's degree in a relevant field and proficiency in Matlab or Python.

Qualifications

• Min 1-year research experience OR undergraduate honors thesis required.
• 2+ yrs research experience with human subjects preferred.
• Experience with human psychophysics and/or fMRI preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide routine technical support for research activities and/or laboratory support.
• Assist with the design of new experiments and maintenance of scientific monitoring equipment.
• Help write and update lab IRB protocols.

Skills

Proficiency in Matlab

Proficiency in Python

Education

Bachelor's Degree (BS/BA) in Psychology, Neuroscience, Cognitive Science, Computer Science, or related field

Tools

Shell/scripting languages (e.g., bash, JavaScript)

Data management tools (e.g., Git)

Job description

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Job Location (Full Address):

435 Alumni Rd, Rochester, New York, United States of America, 14627

Opening

Worker Subtype:

Regular

Time Type

Full time

Scheduled Weekly Hours

40

Department

210631 Brain and Cognitive Sciences

Work Shift

UR - Day (United States of America)

Range

UR URG 105 H

Compensation Range

$19.96 - $27.94

The referenced pay range represents the minimum and maximum compensation for this job. Individual annual salaries/hourly rates will be set within the job's compensation range, and will be determined by considering factors including, but not limited to, market data, education, experience, qualifications, expertise of the individual, and internal equity considerations.

Responsibilities

Regularly provides routine technical support for research activities and/or laboratory support. Applies full range of experience and previous job knowledge; frequently adapts procedures, techniques, tools, materials, and/or equipment to meet specialized needs. Assists with the design of new experiments, multimedia sampling, maintenance, operation and calibration of scientific monitoring equipment for research projects. Responsible for general data collection and assisting with analysis, recruiting participants, and may support and assist other technicians.

The employee will be responsible for managing day-to-day research activities for the laboratories of Drs. Elise Piazza and Marius C┐t┐lin Iordan, including helping to run experiments with human participants and training new lab members in use of lab techniques and equipment. The employee will also have the opportunity to engage in directed research under the supervision of Dr. Piazza and/or Dr. Iordan.

Job Duties And Responsibilities

• Help write and update lab IRB protocols
• Keep track of equipment needs, help order essential supplies
• Maintain lab calendars, schedule lab meetings/events
• Design and/or maintain lab websites across URMC, BCS, external platforms
• Set up and manage psychophysics machines, remote links, and rooms
• Help set up and run human fMRI scanning experiments
• Help recruit, schedule, and run participants for behavioral experiments on human visual/semantic cognition and audition/communication
• Manage Amazon Mechanical Turk/Prolific online experiment overhead (up to 10,000 participants per study)
• Manage lab computer backups, ensure scanner data transfer, perform data curation
• Help train lab members in use of lab equipment, running experiments, coding and annotating data
  
  

Qualifications

Required:

• Bachelor's Degree (BS/BA) in Psychology, Neuroscience, Cognitive Science, Computer Science, or related field.
• Min 1-year research experience OR undergraduate honors thesis
• Proficiency in Matlab or Python; familiarity with the other
  
  

Preferred

• 2+ yrs research experience with human subjects.
• Experience with shell/scripting languages (e.g., bash, JavaScript) and data management tools (e.g., Git)
• Experience with human psychophysics and/or fMRI
• Experience with web design
  
  

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Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Research, Analyst, and Information Technology

• Industries

  Higher Education

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