Lab
members

PhD

Monique
Smith

Principal
Investigator

BS

Jie Zhang

PhD Student

BS

Nikki Keisler

PhD Student

STUDENT

Kelly Truong

UCSD Undergraduate Researcher

PhD

Krysten
O’ Hara

Postdoc

BS

Amanda Nguyen

PhD Student

MA

Parnaz
Boroon

PhD Student

ESA

Mango
Smith

Mascot

We are looking for volunteers!

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 3) Names and contact information (email and phone) of at least 3 references.

Technicians

We are currently not looking to hire any technicians for 2024-2025.

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 2024-2025 from the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) Biology Graduate Program, the Biomedical Sciences Program, and/or the Neurosciences Graduate Program at UCSD.

Undergraduate Volunteers

We are currently accepting new applicants. We are particularly interested in First and Second year students with an interest in neuroscience and research.