Research Specialist I
Rice University
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- Location
- Houston, TX
- Work style
- On-site
- Job type
- Full time
- Posted
- Nov 3
- 2 days ago
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Rice University
Higher education · 2 to 10 employees
What you'll do
- Bachelor’s degreeIn lieu of the education requirement, additional related experience above and beyond what is required may be substituted on an equivalent year-for-year basis.
- One or more years of relevant laboratory experience. Relevant academic experience may count toward the experience requirement.
- Strong scientific, analytical, and research skills
- Ability to accurately collect, organize, and analyze research data
- Strong attention to detail and accuracy
- Ability to work effectively and collaboratively in a research environment
- Effective written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to plan and schedule research activities effectively
- Experience conducting research involving rodent models
- Experience with animal behavioral training in a research setting
- Experience conducting electrophysiology experiments or related neural-recording studies
- Experience collecting and analyzing behavioral or electrophysiological data
- Familiarity with MATLAB or similar research data-analysis tools
- Experience working in a collaborative academic research laboratory
- Conducts specialized research and experiments involving visual prosthetic technologies and rodent models
- Conducts electrophysiological recordings during microstimulation experiments
- Performs behavioral training and related experimental activities to assess responses to stimulation
- Collects, organizes, tracks, and analyzes neural and behavioral research data
- Documents experimental methods, observations, results, and other research activities
- Communicates research results through verbal presentations, written reports, and other research materials in collaboration with the principal investigator and research team
- Contributes to the execution and coordination of research activities related to funded projects
- Works collaboratively with postdoctoral researchers, graduate students, and other laboratory personnel to advance project objectives
- May assist with the administration and coordination of research projects
- Performs all other duties as assigned.
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The Research Specialist I supports research in the Luan Lab within the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, contributing to studies focused on visual prosthetic technologies using rodent models. The position conducts guided research as part of an interdisciplinary National Eye Institute-funded project examining the feasibility of the lateral geniculate nucleus as a target for visual prosthetics, including studies of neural and behavioral responses to microstimulation delivered through ultraflexible electrode arrays in both normally sighted and blind animals.