This person held a research position in the psychology department of a world renowned university, and claimed to be writing an app to gauge Facebook users' pers

This person held a research position in the psychology department of a world renowned university, and claimed to be writing an app to gauge Facebook users' personalities. T This is more than just "simply working at a university", Kogan held a research position and proposed an app with a purported academic purpose that was in his field of study.