Post Doctoral Scholar
Listed on 2026-08-31
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Research/Development
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IT/Tech
Data Scientist
Post Doctoral Scholar
The Opportunity:
University of Central Florida (UCF) invites applications for one two-year Postdoctoral Research Scholar position at the HARP Lab (Human Factors, AI, Risk, and Privacy Lab). The candidate will work with Dr. Grace Fox and members of her interdisciplinary team at UCF and collaborate with academic partners within UCF and internationally. The candidate will work on several collaborative projects and funding proposals related to the research areas of focus at the HARP lab including cybersecurity, privacy, artificial intelligence, risk, trust, and human behavior.
The successful candidate will collaborate with faculty, graduate students, and external partners.
- Designing and conducting empirical behavioral research using mixed methods, qualitative and quantitative research designs including interviews, focus groups, surveys, and experiments, analyzing quantitative and qualitative data, publishing in leading conferences and journals across various disciplines, contributing to grant proposal development; mentoring graduate and undergraduate researchers.
- Managing project milestones, participating in team meetings, leading and contributing to the dissemination of findings across several projects in collaboration with graduate students, and faculty collaborators in UCF and internationally.
- Meeting deadlines and working independently and as a research team member.
- A Ph.D. degree from an accredited educational institution in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Management Information Systems, Psychology, Human Factors, Human-Computer Interaction, Statistics Data Science, or a related discipline is required.
- Experience conducting and publishing research in one or more areas related to privacy and cybersecurity from a behavioral perspective.
- Experience designing and leading quantitative human factors studies.
- Record of publishing in well regarded journals/conferences within their field of study.
- Strong experience in various advanced statistical methods (e.g., HLM, SEM, non-linear dynamical systems).
- Experience working in multidisciplinary teams.
- Future research publication goals and plans.
- Prior experience in designing and conducting research experiments is highly desired.
- Experience working on funded projects and proposals.
- Strong Programming skills (e.g., R, Python, MATLAB) are a plus.
- Department:
College of Engineering and Computer Science (CECS) - School of Modeling, Simulation and Training - Work Schedule:
8am-5pm Monday-Friday - Type of Appointment:
Fixed Term (Fixed Term) - Expected Salary: $57,000.00
- Job Close Date: 09/14/26
- Unless explicitly stated on the job posting, it is UCF’s expectation that an employee of UCF will reside in Florida as of the date the employment begins.
The University of Central Florida is an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment based on any characteristic protected by law.
The University maintains programs for protected veterans and individuals with disabilities in accordance with all applicable federal and state laws.
As a Florida public university, the University of Central Florida makes all application materials and selection procedures available to the public upon request.
UCF is a smoke-free campus and an E-Verify employer.
Questions regarding this search should be directed to:
Dr Grace Fox .
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