researcher
person who engages in research, professionally or otherwise. If a more specific occupation is known, use that instead
scientist
person who use scientific methods to study in an area of interest
independent scholar
scholar not associated with university
research professor
full professor who focuses on research
research fellow
employees or officials at a university or a research institute who undertake research
medical researcher
occupation
data scientist
person studying and working with data
digital researcher
person who uses digital technology to do research
assistant professor
academic rank
barefoot historian
German term; historian as citizen scientist
postdoctoral researcher
person professionally conducting research after the completion of their doctoral studies
early-career researcher
person in early stages of a research career
healthcare scientist
person who conducts scientific research to improve the health of the population through prevention and health promotion
roboticist
person who designs, builds, programs, and experiments with robots
research assistant
person employed by a university, a research institute or a privately held organization, for the purpose of assisting in academic or private research
discoverer
subclass of researcher
interviewer
researcher in sociology who asks questions during a sociological interview