Chicago, IL
Research Professional jobs in Chicago, IL
8 open roles from 1 employer. Checked Oct 6, 2026.
What these openings look like
All 8 are at University of Chicago. Every one publishes a pay range, and they run $59,000 to $100,000 a year. Every posting is full time. The most recent went up on Sep 14, 2026.
Every listing links to the employer's own application. Nothing is posted here on their behalf, and nothing is reposted from anywhere else.
Open roles
Research Professional
Posted Sep 14 · Verified Oct 6
Research Professional
Posted Sep 14 · Verified Oct 6
Research Professional
Posted Sep 14 · Verified Oct 6
Research Professional
Posted Sep 4 · Verified Oct 6
Research Professional
Posted Aug 25 · Verified Oct 6
Research Professional
Posted Aug 14 · Verified Oct 6
Research Professional
Posted Aug 8 · Verified Oct 6
Research Professional
Posted Jul 23 · Verified Oct 6
What it pays here
Only some employers publish a range. These are the ones that did, as written in their own postings:
- $59,000–$62,000 a year
- $80,000–$100,000 a year
- $60,000–$80,000 a year
What they ask research professional candidates here
Drawn from the 8 open postings on this page. The ones that come up across several employers are near the top.
Walk me through an experiment you designed yourself, from the question to the result.
What they are checking: Whether they design work independently, which is what separates this from a technician role.
Tell me about a method you had to optimize before it would work. What was going wrong?
What they are checking: Real troubleshooting, described in enough detail to show they did it.
How do you decide when a result is real and when it is an artifact?
What they are checking: Scientific judgment, and whether they are honest with themselves about their own data.
Tell me about a time your data did not support the hypothesis. What did you do?
What they are checking: Whether they follow the data or look for a way around it.
What have you contributed to a paper, and what exactly was your part of it?
What they are checking: An honest account of authorship, which is easy to inflate and easy to check.
How do you keep a record of your work so someone else could repeat it?
What they are checking: Notebook discipline, which decides whether the lab's work survives them leaving.
Tell me about training someone junior in the lab.
What they are checking: The role includes mentoring. This checks whether they can teach as well as do.
How do you manage several experiments running at once with different timelines?
What they are checking: Practical planning, which is most of what makes bench work productive.
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