Postdoctoral Research Associate

Duties & Responsibilities

• Design emotional intelligence training materials.
• Write protocols, reports, and grants.
• Oversee overall study coordination including subject recruitment, research technician training and education.
• Administer emotional, personality, and psychophysiological assessments.
• Conduct statistical analysis of behavioral, psychophysiological, and neuroimaging data.
• Publish findings in peer-reviewed journals, conference proceedings, and other venues.
• Travel and assist with aspects of project that are conducted at remote sites, as necessary.
• Assist with various other duties or projects as assigned.

Qualifications

• Ph.D. in psychology, affective neuroscience, cognitive/social neuroscience, and/or other related field.
• Background in computational methods used in neuroimaging (e.g., Matlab, UNIX, LINUX, C/C++, SPM, AFNI, Freesurfer, FSL, TrackVis,CONN).
• Exceptional skills in experimental design, quantitative methods, and statistical analysis, and the ability to carry out independent data manipulation and sophisticated statistical analyses using standard software packages (e.g., SPSS, R, STATA, BMDP, JMP, SAS).
• Strong peer-reviewed publication record in the area of emotional intelligence, social cognition, or affective neuroscience.
• History of work on projects relating to emotional intelligence, emotional/social cognition, and/or affective neuroscience.
• Demonstrated solid mastery of written English.
• Interest in sleep research.
• Experience in neuroimaging and/or psychophysiological data collection and analysis.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Technological knowledge base in graphic design, computer programming and/or user interface design.
• Skilled in developing web-based intervention platforms.

Benefits

• Outstanding U of A benefits include health, dental, and vision insurance plans; life insurance and disability programs; paid vacation, sick leave, and holidays; U of A/ASU/NAU tuition reduction for the employee and qualified family members; retirement plans; access to U of A recreation and cultural activities; and more!