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Junior Specialist - Rivera Lab

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Position description

Dr. Susan Rivera at the Center for Mind and Brain seeks to fill a full-time position at the Junior Specialist level starting Summer 2017. This position is for up to one year. The successful candidate will work on studies examining neurocognitive development and will be involved in publishable research activities, including reviewing journal articles, engaging in discussions on research and the interpretation of research results, independent analysis of data, interpretation of empirical results, and the writing up of results for publication in scholarly journals. Where appropriate, the individual would be first author of these publications. The person hired is also expected to create materials for and present research (where appropriate, as first author) at national and international conferences, such as the Cognitive Neuroscience Society meeting in Boston, MA, March, 2018 and the International Fragile X Conference in Cincinnati, OH, July, 2018.

Responsibilities will include:
Developing of research materials

  • Develop experimental stimuli and other research materials using Presentation software, Matlab, and other software and programming environments. These duties involve creative and scholarly input which will have a direct impact on the experimental design—for example, making decisions about the features and counterbalancing of stimuli.

Activities Related to the Dissemination of Research

  • Participate in weekly discussions of relevant literature, and conduct literature reviews relevant to the work being conducted
  • Attend conferences to present the results of the research.
  • Conduct independent data analysis.
  • Contribute to the writing and preparation of manuscripts for publication.

Undergraduate research assistant training and mentoring

  • Train and mentor undergraduate students on data collection, coding and analyses protocols. This will provide a university service in that they will be actively facilitating the participation of undergraduate students in research activities.

Conducting research

  • Testing child and adult research participants, using both eye tracking and brain imaging techniques
  • Interviewing and consenting participants or their caregivers.

Administrative

  • Maintenance of budgets, ordering supplies, and overseeing day-to-day running of the lab.
  • Preparing and maintaining IRB materials and ensuring compliance with those protocols.
  • Preparing figures and text for presentation at research conferences and for manuscripts to be submitted for publication.

Position qualifications include:
Required: Bachelor’s degree in Psychology or Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior.
A driving license in Good standing. Availability to work flexible job hours.

Preferred: Previous research experience in infrared eyetracking and neuroscience techniques

Salary: Step I - $17.99

This posting will remain open until June 30, 2017. To apply, please go to the following link: https://recruit.ucdavis.edu/apply/JPF01666.

Applicants should submit a cover letter of interest describing relevant skills and a resume. Documents/materials must be submitted as PDF files. Applicants should also provide contact information for 2-3 references.

Questions: Please direct questions to srivera@ucdavis.edu

The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age or protected veteran status. For the complete University of California nondiscrimination and affirmative action policy see: http://policy.ucop.edu/doc/4000376/NondiscrimAffirmAct.

Under Federal law, the University of California may employ only individuals who are legally able to work in the United States as established by providing documents as specified in the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986. Certain UCSC positions funded by federal contracts or sub-contracts require the selected candidate to pass an E-Verify check. More information is available http://www.uscis.gov/e-verify.

UC Davis is a smoke & tobacco-free campus (http://breathefree.ucdavis.edu/).

Application Requirements

Document requirements
Reference requirements
  • 2-3 required (contact information only)
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Job location

Davis, CA