Research Assistant
Bachelor of Science (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
Hello there! My name is Dev and I am a research assistant at Smith-Kettlewell. I work for Dr.Stephen Heinen and Dr.Arvind Chandna in their respective labs. Outside of this I am involved with organizing and moderating the virtual Brown Bag, Colloquium and CVI@SKI meetings. I am a graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (class of 2018) with a bachelor of science in Molecular and Cellular Biology (focus in neuroscience) and a minor in Chemistry.
My current responsibilities are:
- Chandna Lab
- Moderate and help organize CVI@SKI meetings
- Data collection and analysis for Dr.Chandna's oculomotor lab
- Conduct consent discussions for all lab participants
- Aid in clincial data collection (vision tests and clinical history)
- Aid in production of manuscripts under guidance from Dr.Chandna
- Aid in collection of data in Dr.Chandna's EEG lab
- Management of administrative paperwork for the Oculomotor lab (consent forms, payments, lab safety checks etc.)
- Heinen Lab
- Data collection and analysis
- Conduct consent discussions for all lab participants
- Aid in paper production under guidance from Dr.Heinen
- Management of administrative paperwork (consent forms, payments, lab safety checks etc.)