Lab Manager

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Posted: 12-May-23

Location: Chicago, Illinois

Type: Full-time

Salary: Open

Categories:

Research - Laboratory/Non-Laboratory
Staff/Administrative

Internal Number: JR21841

Location: Chicago, IL

Job Description:

Lab management tasks include:

• Recruiting and paying participants.

• Managing IRB approvals and amendments.

• Providing support for lab personnel.

• Website maintenance.

• Social media management.

• Preparing and submitting expense reports.

• Planning lab meetings and events.

• Onboarding new hires.

• Creating reports for the use of computational resources.

• Carrying-out administrative duties such as ordering equipment, maintaining paperwork and electronic materials, and the general maintenance of the day-to-day operations of the lab.

Research oriented tasks include:

• Conducting literature reviews.

• Brainstorming research questions and hypotheses.

• Training/testing human subjects in both neuroimaging (fNIRS) and behavioral experiments.

• Designing and programming experiments.

• Wrangling and scraping large datasets.

• Analyzing experimental data using R and Python.

• Preparing manuscripts for publication.

• Assists with the installation, sets up and performs experiments; interacting with students and other laboratory staff under the direction of the principal investigator.

• May assist recruiting and scheduling research subjects; assisting with developing or amending study protocols; assisting with developing data collection tools; assisting with building databases; and providing general administrative support. Is developing skills in research techniques or methods, regulatory policies and procedures, and relevant scientific field.

• Performs other related work as needed.

Preferred Qualifications

Education:

• A bachelor's degree or higher in cognitive science, neuroscience, computer science, psychology, biology, physics, math or other related fields.

Experience:

• Research experience in cognitive neuroscience, psychology, or another social science, would be ideal.

Preferred Competencies

• Strong computer programming skills (e.g., MATLAB, R and/or Python) are expected, though we will help to improve candidateâ™s computational skills through lab training and collaborative research projects.

• Should be self-motivated, independent, and reliable.

• Strong organizational and communication skills are essential.

Application Documents

• Resume/CV (required)

• Cover letter (required)

• References (required)

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