Junior Specialist-Zheng Lab

This position will provide hands-on support data collection of intracranial electrophysiological (iEEG) projects in a clinical environment, which will include troubleshooting the recording system, administering cognitive tasks to patients and data management. Relatedly, this position will help pre-process the collected data and perform the established analysis pipelines, include spike sorting, event extraction and time-frequency analysis. The position will also implement iEEG cognitive paradigms, oversee and create 3D and 2D visual reconstructions of patients' data and medical scans to aid in the development of Lab Researchers’ articles and presentations. Occasionally (10%), the position requires overnight travel to some of the recording sites.

RESEARCH IN SPECIALIZED AREAS (90% EFFORT)
• Provide support to research staff to enroll, track and follow research study patients, including identifying subjects for studies and obtaining consent on all subjects.
• Interact with patients and their family members in hospital, including explaining the research project and addressing their questions.
• Serve as a research coordinator for iEEG projects. Responsible for ensuring uninterrupted communication between individual laboratories, data transfer and data management.
• Coordinate monthly iEEG committee meeting and prepare progress reports tailored to meet the needs of the requesting.
• Assist with IRB paperwork as needed
• Engaged in academic activities such as peer-reviewed publications, research reports and grant proposals

PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE AND ACTIVITY (5% EFFORT)
• Participate in appropriate professional/technical societies or groups and other educational and research organizations.
• Assist in reviewing research proposals, journal manuscripts, and publications related to area of expertise.

UNIVERSITY AND PUBLIC SERVICE (5% EFFORT)
• Mentor undergraduate, graduate students, and postdocs on how to operate the iEEG projects in the clinical environment
• Participate in activities of committees within the department, college, campus, and other University entities, as appropriate.