Meet The
Team
Lab
members
Monique
Smith
Principal
Investigator
Ben
Rein
Postdoc Collaborator (Malenka lab)
Parnaz
Boroon
Lab Manager
Mariya Kamilla
Iskakova
Post Bac Researcher
Isabella
Lekander
USD Undergraduate
Researcher
Mikaela Kjenaas
UCSD Undergraduate Researcher
Mango Smith
Marcelo
Aguilar-Rivera
Project
Scientist
Jie
Zhang
PhD Student
Sabrena
Tuy
Administrative Technician
Gunraj
Singh
UCSD Undergraduate Researcher
Darleen Salameh
UCSD Undergraduate Researcher
Kamryn
Conway
UCSD Undergraduate Researcher
Past lab
members
Elysee Velma
Julia Johnson
Mychaela Thomas
Nicole Dorn
Erin Jones
Cassidy Bates
cali boustani
Samara Ayoob-Ahmad
Christine Wu
andre Battikha
We are hiring
We are looking for enthusiastic, driven individuals to join our team. We encourage applications from those interested in exploring the neurobiological relationships between social behavior, pain, and emotion. We use cutting-edge neuroscience techniques in rodent models to probe and manipulate neural activity in real-time.
Post docs
To apply for a postdoctoral position, please email moniquesmith@ucsd.edu a copy of 1) Your current CV 2) A cover letter that highlights your experience, contributions to science, and interests and the 3) Names and contact information (email and phone) of at least 3 references. More information here.
Technicians
We are currently not looking to hire any techncians for 2023-2024. If you have questions or are interested in a future position please inquire.
Graduate students
We do not directly admit recruits for graduate studies or have input in the admissions process to UCSD graduate programs. We will be taking rotation students for 2023-2024 from the University of California San Diego (UCSD) Biology Graduate Program and/or the Neurosciences Graduate Program. More information about the requirements and the application process for each program can be found here for Biology and Neurosciences.
After confirming all requirements are met, please email moniquesmith@ucsd.edu with a copy of your CV, current program, and your research interests within the Smith Lab.
Undergraduate Volunteers
We are currently accepting new applicants for the summer. In addition, if you have a strong passion for computational neuroscience or coding and computation and are an undergraduate student, we invite you to fill out the form below!