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