CURRICULUM VITAE

Kirk G. Thompson, Ph.D.

Publications

Address: Laboratory of Sensorimotor Research
National Eye Institute
National Institutes of Health
Building 49, Room 2A50
Bethesda, MD 20892
Telephone: Voice (301) 594-3238
Facsimile (301) 402-0511
E-mail:kgt@lsr.nei.nih.gov

EDUCATION:

• 1992 - 1996 Post-Doctoral Fellow, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee
• 1992 Ph.D., Neuroscience, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
• 1987 B.S., Zoology, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

• 1991-1992 Co-Instructor - Dental Neuroanatomy, University of Utah School of Medicine
• 1989-1991 Graduate Teaching Assistant - Medical Neuroanatomy, University of Utah Sch of Med
• 1986-1987 Teaching Assistant - Physiology, Brigham Young University, Zoology Department

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

• 2000 - present Tenure-Track Investigator, National Institutes of Health, National Eye Institute, Laboratory of Sensorimotor Research, Bethesda, MD
• 1997-2000 Research Assistant Professor, Dept. of Psychology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
• 1996 Research Associate, Department of Psychology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN

GRANTS AND AWARDS:

• 1993-1996 McDonnell-Pew Program in Cognitive Neuroscience, $90,000 total costs for 3 years
• 1993-1996 National Research Service Award, National Eye Institute, $72,400 total costs for 3 years
• 1991 Sigma Xi - Grants-in-Aid of Research
• 1989-1990 Graduate Research Fellowship - University Research Committee, University of Utah
• 1987-1989 Neuroscience Fellowship - Neuroscience Program, University of Utah School of Medicine

MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:

• Society for Neuroscience
• Neural Control of Movement
• Cognitive Neuroscience Society
• Assoc. for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO)
• Vision Sciences Society