Senior Research Fellow - Psychology

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Senior Research Fellow - Psychology

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Work type:  Full Time

Location:

Sydney, NSW

Categories:  Senior Research Associate

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At UNSW, we pride ourselves on being a workplace where the best people come to do their best work.

The School of Psychology at UNSW is the leading Psychology school in Australia. It is located in the Faculty of Science and is recognised nationally and internationally for its excellence in research and teaching. It offers world class undergraduate psychology degrees, as well as postgraduate professional Masters training in Clinical and Forensic Psychology, an online Graduate Diploma program, and a PhD research program with over 120 students.

40 academic staff conduct experimental research in many areas of Psychology, including behavioural and cognitive neuroscience, perception, learning, memory and cognition, as well as health, social, developmental, clinical and forensic psychology. UNSW Psychology is the only School in the southern hemisphere ranked in the top 30 by discipline in the THES, QS and ARWU rankings. The School has well equipped research and teaching facilities and attracts outstanding staff and students from Australia and overseas.

UNSW is located 5 km from the centre of Sydney and is close to other research centres, teaching hospitals, transport, shopping, and beaches.

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The Senior Research Fellow (Level

B) is expected to carry out independent and/or team research within the field in which they are appointed and to carry out activities to develop their research expertise relevant to their particular field of research.

This position focuses on comparative and translational systems neuroscience, linking rodent electrophysiology with human neuroimaging using optically pumped magnetoencephalography (OP-MEG). The Senior Research Fellow will conduct independent research and work closely with collaborators across human and animal psychology, neuroscience and clinical disciplines while developing translational tasks, analyses and models that bridge animal and human data.

A key component of this role is to support the planning and preparation of a new OP-MEG facility in the new Psychology building scheduled for completion in 2028. This includes contributing to experimental preparation, data and analysis pipelines, data governance and storage solutions, and equipment specification and procurement. The role also involves developing ethics documentation and standard operating procedures for human research.

THIS ROLE IS LOCATED IN SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA.

About

The Role

LEVEL B - $127k - $150k plus 17% Superannuation and annual leave loading
Fixed Term – 2 years
Full time (35 hours)

Specific Responsibilities For This Role Include

Engage in individual and/or collaborative research in a manner consistent with disciplinary practice.
Create scholarly impact in the discipline which is recognised by peers in the advancement of disciplinary knowledge.
Conduct research/scholarly activities under limited supervision, either independently or as a member of a team (as per the norms of the discipline).
Establish a personal research portfolio and start developing independent research proposals.
Contribute to the development of applications for competitive funding under the guidance of senior colleagues.
Participate as co-investigator or chief investigator in competitive grant applications, or show evidence of active participation in research collaborations funded by competitive grants.
Design research projects.
Lead and collaborate on research projects that integrate rodent single-unit and local field potential recordings with human OP-MEG and behavioural data. Design and advise on cross-species experiments and analysis pipelines to facilitate quantitative comparisons of neural representations across rodents and humans.
Help develop data-processing workflows for large-scale neural recording and OP-MEG datasets.
Contribute to the scientific and operational planning for the new OP-MEG facility, including: o Visiting other OP-MEG research facilities to gain an understanding of best practice;
Engaging with research groups to understand their specific requirements for the facility, identify shared needs, and advise on how to balance these to maximise benefit for all users;
Reviewing and advising on data storage and sharing solutions;
Helping to procure OP-MEG specific equipment; and
Establishing standard operating procedures for the facility, including processes for scientific project reviews and approvals.
Lead the preparation, submission and ongoing management of ethics applications and regulatory approvals for animal and human research, ensuring compliance with relevant legislation and institutional…