Lab
members
Monique
Smith
Principal
Investigator
Kamryn Conway
Lab Technician
Nikki Keisler
PhD Student
Mia Alvarez
UCSD Undergraduate Researcher
Kelly Truong
UCSD Undergraduate Researcher
Parnaz
Boroon
Lab Manager
Amanda Nguyen
PhD Student
Jie
Zhang
PhD Student
Merry Liao
UCSD Undergraduate Researcher
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 for the Summer 2025. We are particularly interested in First and Second year students and students with coding or computational experience.
