Laboratory Coordinator

Overview

Job Title:

LAB AST 2

Department: PSYCHOLOGY

Hiring Pay Scale: 52,

Worksite:
Campus

Appointment Type:
Career

Appointment Percent: 100%

Union: TX Contract

Total Openings: 1

Work Schedule:

Days, 8 hrs/day, Monday-Friday

The Visual Learning Lab, directed by Dr. Bria Long, is seeking a full-time research coordinator to begin July 2026.

The lab uses behavioral and computational methods to investigate how we learn to derive visual meaning. The laboratory coordinator’s responsibilities will center on research activities including recruiting, scheduling, and testing infant and child participants using head-mounted eye-trackers/cameras and tablet-based experiments. The coordinator will also be responsible for managing the computational resources necessary for analyzing large-scale behavioral and video data.

The position presents an opportunity to work very closely with the PI and the existing lab team. The position will maintain and update IRB protocols and participant databases, communicate with collaborating sites and local children's museums, coordinate social media outreach, hardware, and maintain software infrastructure for the lab. The research coordinator will also organize and attend weekly lab meetings and is encouraged to attend other scientific talks and be a member of the intellectual community  position will involve working closely with the PI and will present the opportunity to build skills in designing experiments and analyzing, presenting, and publishing data as well as skills in computational modeling (e.g., deep neural networks).

• Recruiting, scheduling, and testing infant and child participants using head-mounted eye-trackers/cameras and tablet-based experiments.

• Managing computational resources for analyzing large-scale behavioral and video data.

• Maintaining and updating IRB protocols and participant databases.

• Communicating with collaborating sites and local children s museums.

• Coordinating social media outreach and maintaining lab hardware and software infrastructure.

• Organizing and attending weekly lab meetings; engaging with the broader intellectual community.

• Developing skills in experimental design, data analysis, presentation, and publishing; exposure to computational modeling.

• Experience interacting with parents and working with infants or children, preferably in a research or professional setting.

• Demonstrated skill interacting with colleagues and other adults in a professional setting.

• Strong organization skills and exceptional attention to detail.

• Highly self-motivated, able to solve problems independently and with initiative.

• Written communication skills needed for corresponding with families and coordinating with colleagues.

• Must have reliable transportation for commuting to offsite testing locations.

• Experience assisting with behavioral or cognitive neuroscience research.

• Graduation from high school or a General Education Diploma and two years of laboratory experience or two years of college including courses in psychology, linguistics, and/or cognitive science and one year of laboratory experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

• Familiarity with basic computer programming and ability to quickly learn new technical skills.

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent.

• Willingness to transfer some weekday hours to weekends for data collection with families that cannot participate during the week is preferred.

• Job offer is contingent upon satisfactory clearance based on Background Check results.

Pay Transparency Act

Annual Full Pay Range: 48,295 - 56,794 (will be prorated if the appointment percentage is less than 100%)

Hourly Equivalent: 23.13 - 27.20

Factors in determining the appropriate compensation for a role include experience, skills, knowledge, abilities, education, licensure and certifications, and other business and organizational needs. The Hiring Pay Scale referenced in the job posting is the budgeted salary or hourly range that the University reasonably expects to pay for this position. The Annual Full Pay Range may be broader than what the University anticipates to pay for this…