research associate
Lab team member
A research associate is a position in academic or scientific institutions, typically held by someone with an advanced degree who conducts research under the direction of a principal investigator or senior faculty member.
The title usually indicates a step above research assistant but below professor: She worked as a research associate in the neuroscience lab for three years before securing a faculty position.
The exact rank and duties vary by institution.
- docentTrained museum tour leader
- postgraduateScholar past undergraduate level
- fellowMan or companion
- data analystStudies information for insights
- literature reviewAnalysis of prior scholarship
postdoctoral fellow · instructor · collaborator · experimental design · habilitation · data collection · technical writing · hypothesis testing · statistician · report writing · peer review · publish or perish · academic conference · curriculum vitae · academic job market · office hours · laboratory techniques · interdisciplinary team
- Lab Scientistsbiochemist, microbiologist, molecular biologist, immunologist, virologist
- academiaprofessors, universities, graduation cap, biology department, professor
- scientistsbiologist, Einstein, anthropologist, Darwin, chemist
- visiting scholarsvisiting professor, visiting lecturer, visiting artist, guest lecturer
research associatetenured professor
Faculty with permanent appointment
full professor · distinguished professor · endowed chair · tenured faculty · emeritus professor
research associateresearch director
Head of scholarly inquiry
lab director · team leader · department head · chief scientist · senior researcher
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