Postdoctoral Scholar

Overview

The Center for Applied Brain and Cognitive Sciences is a collaborative research initiative that brings together interdisciplinary teams of scientists and engineers to advance applied brain and cognitive sciences. The Center conducts cutting-edge research to measure, predict, and enhance human cognitive capabilities, performance, and human-system interactions in complex, high-stakes, real-world environments including military

What You'll Do

To support applied cognitive science research at the Center for Applied Brain and Cognitive Sciences. Specifically, a Post-Doctoral Scholar is needed to support the lab’s data analysis and quantitative modeling efforts to examine behavioral, cognitive, and physiological data. This includes the application of multilevel modeling, data visualization, and statistical diagnostics, as well as assisting in the mentorship of junior researchers and students in statistical methodology and rigorous best practices for data analytic techniques

• Provide statistical support across ongoing research projects and serve as a resource for applying frequentist and Bayesian methods, including data analysis, diagnostics, model validation, and interpretation.

What We're Looking For

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Preferred Qualifications

• Experience or familiarity with advanced methodologies, including structural equation modeling (SEM), machine learning techniques, and psychometric network analysis.
• Experience supporting military-focused research or human performance studies.
• Experience conducting behavioral experiments involving AR/VR technologies.
• Background in UX research for applied systems or application development.
• Expertise in psychometric modeling, including confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and measurement invariance testing; experience applying these methods to assess the validity of cognitive assessments across populations (e.g., WAIS-IV).
• Experience teaching or mentoring in statistics and research methods at the undergraduate or graduate level, with emphasis on applied instruction in R and/or Python.

Pay Range

Minimum $67,500.00, Midpoint $67,500.00, Maximum $67,500.00

Salary is based on related experience, expertise, and internal equity; generally, new hires can expect pay between the minimum and midpoint of the range.