Postdoctoral Position with Patrick Cavanagh and George Alvarez at the Vision Sciences Lab, Harvard University, USA

Postdoctoral Position with Patrick Cavanagh and George Alvarez at the Vision Sciences Lab, Harvard University

A postdoctoral position is available at the Vision Sciences Laboratory (http://visionlab.harvard.edu) at Harvard in Cambridge MA in the vision group that also includes Ken Nakayama, Yaoda Xu, and Irene Pepperberg. The postdoc will collaborate in designing and running psychophysical experiments on attention and perception. Training in vision research is important as is programming ability. The appointment is for two years with starting date of October 2009. Applications should be sent by email to either of us (patrick@wjh.harvard.edu, alvarez@wjh.harvard.edu) and should include a CV, a brief statement of research interests, the expected date of availability and the names of 3 references. Applications should be sent preferably before July 1st, 2009, but later applications will be considered until the positions are filled. Harvard University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. Women and members of minority groups are especially encouraged to apply.