Post Doctoral Scholar

About the role

Job Posting Title: 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.

Responsibilities

Responsibilities include 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.

The candidate will work with Dr. Fox and her team to manage project milestones, participate in team meetings, lead and contribute to the dissemination of findings across several projects in collaboration with graduate students, and faculty collaborators in UCF and internationally. The candidate must have excellent interpersonal, writing, and research skills, initiative, strong time management and organizational skills, and the ability to prioritize and meet deadlines and work independently and as a research team member.

Minimum Qualifications

• 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.
• The candidate must have 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.

Preferred Qualifications

• The candidates should have 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.

Additional Application Materials Required

UCF requires all applications and supporting documents to be submitted electronically through the Human Resources employment opportunities website, In addition to the online application, interested candidates should upload the following:

• A curriculum vitae.

Note

• Please have all documents ready when applying so they can be simultaneously uploaded. Once the online submission process is finalized, the system does not allow applicants to submit additional documents later.
• The selected candidate will be required to submit official transcripts (and, as applicable, U.S. degree equivalency evaluations) documenting the conferral of their qualifying academic credentials.

Special Instructions to the Applicants

All applicants must be authorized to work for any U.S. employer. H-1B visa sponsorship is not available for this position, and the university cannot accommodate H-1B transfers or employment-based visa processing for individuals currently sponsored by another employer.

Job Close Date: 09/14/26

Are you ready to unleash YOUR potential?

As a next-generation public research university and Forbes-ranked top employer in Florida, we are a community of thinkers, doers, creators, innovators, healers, and leaders striving to create broader prosperity and help shape a better future. No matter what your role is, when you join Knight Nation, you'll play an integral role at one of the most impactful universities in the country.

You'll be met with opportunities to connect and collaborate with talented faculty, staff, and students across 13 colleges and multiple campuses, engaging in impactful work that makes a positive difference.

Your time at UCF will provide you with many meaningful opportunities to grow, you'll work alongside talented colleagues on complex projects that will challenge you and help you gain new skills and you'll have countless rewarding experiences that go well beyond a paycheck.

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.

Additional Requirements related to Research Positions

Pursuant to Florida State Statute 1010.35, prior to offering employment to certain individuals in research-related positions, UCF is required to conduct additional screening. Applicants subject to additional screening include any citizen of a foreign country who is not a permanent resident of the U.S., or who is a citizen or permanent resident but is affiliated with or has had at least 1 year of education, employment, or training in China, Cuba, Iran, Russia, North Korea, Syria, or Venezuela.

The additional screening requirements only apply to research-related positions, including, but not limited to faculty, graduate positions, individuals compensated by research grants or contract funds, post-doctoral positions, undergraduate positions, visiting assistant professors, and visiting research associates.

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

Additional information

As a Florida public university, the University of Central Florida makes all application materials and selection procedures available to the public upon request.

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