"associate researcher" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to someone who conducts research or assists with research activities. For example, "Dr. Smith is an associate researcher at the university."
This case study was completed in September 2006 by Dr. Zha Luo, a Zhuocang member of our research team and associate researcher of the Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.
She is a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia), and an associate researcher at the Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement (Paris).
Dave Hone is an associate researcher at the University of Bristol and Eoin O'Gorman is a postdoctoral research fellow at Queen Mary University of London.
Akiko Takemura is an associate researcher at Kobe University, Japan.
Ramona Hernandez, an associate researcher with the Dominican Studies Institute at City College, had another explanation.
Beginning from October 2016, he became an associate researcher at Princeton University.
He is currently an associate researcher at the MIT Center for Civic Media.
Anna Turley is an associate researcher for Future of London and editor of the ProgLoc blog This content is brought to you by Guardian Professional.
Jess Zhang is the managing director of the China Advisory board and associate researcher at the Judge Business School, University of Cambridge.
Sara W. Lazar is an associate researcher in the psychiatry department at Massachusetts General Hospital and an assistant professor in psychology at Harvard Medical School.
Jeroen Stouten is an associate professor of organizational psychology at KU Leuven University, Belgium and an associate researcher at the Judge Business School, University of Cambridge.
