[vslist] Research Assistant - Eye Movement Control, San Francisco

[Joel M Miller]

RESEARCH ASSISTANT - EYE MOVEMENT CONTROL
Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute
San Francisco

A new NIH-funded position is available now in the physiology & 
biomechanics laboratory of Dr Joel M Miller at the Smith-Kettlewell Eye 
Research Institute in San Francisco. (See "eidactics.com" for more 
about the Lab, and "ski.org" for more about the Institute.)

The position requires a Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience. 
Your work would involve designing, drawing, constructing and 
maintaining mechanical and electrical devices. This requires design 
talent, basic knowledge of mechanical physics, experience with computer 
drawing (we use Corel), facility with hand and other tools, and ability 
to work effectively with an engineer or machinist. You would also be 
responsible for configuring and maintaining a small network of 
Macintosh computers and their software. You would need to help prepare 
figures and manuscripts (using Acrobat, Corel, Excel, Illustrator, 
Photoshop, Word . . .) for publications and presentations, do some 
general office tasks, such as record-keeping and ordering, and help 
with data analysis and other lab tasks, as needed. You would be 
expected to be highly-organized and meticulous in all of your work.

Starting salary would be in the low $30K/yr range, and would be 
reviewed in 6 mo. Excellent health, pension and other benefits are 
provided. Pacific Heights is a nice place to work.

Contact:

Joel M Miller, PhD
Smith-Kettlewell; 2318 Fillmore; San Francisco CA 94115-1813
fax: 415-921-8678
email: jmm@eidactics.com