The University of Texas at Austin's Department of Psychiatry is seeking a Research Engineering Scientist Associate I to assist with human neuroimaging research investigating how emotion shapes learning and memory. This role will support day-to-day lab management, participant recruitment, and data collection for grant-funded projects.
Requirements
- Basic engineering and/or scientific equipment ordinarily used in college laboratory work
- Some background in basic programming preferred.
Responsibilities
- Help with recruitment, participant phone screens, consenting research subjects, and data (MRI and behavioral) collection, entry, and analysis.
- Oversee implementation of new functional neuroimaging protocols, including technical aspects of using 3D visual display and precise collection of psychophysiological measures during MRI scanning.
- Conduct diagnostic interviews and clinical assessments of patients with posttraumatic stress disorder, anxiety disorders, and normative control participants.
Other
- Provide research assistance/support for research projects and be responsible for day-to-day operations of research activities as part of a team of faculty, graduate students, and undergraduate assistants.
- Professional demeanor with tact and respect at all times.
- Ability to address individuals and information with a high degree of sensitivity and confidentiality in various delicate, formal or urgent situations.
- Strong written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.
- Outstanding organizational and time-management skills.
- Demonstrated critical thinking skills and excellent attention to detail.
- Demonstrated ability to work well with a culturally diverse group of faculty, staff, and students, including the willingness and ability to train and oversee undergraduate graduate students.
- Will work around magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and therefore must be eligible to enter an MRI facility (e.g., no metal implants in the body)
