Lab
members
Monique
Smith
Principal
Investigator
Parnaz
Boroon
Lab Manager
Amanda Nguyen
PhD Student
Mariya Kamilla
Iskakova
Post Bac Researcher
Kamryn Conway
UCSD Undergraduate Researcher
Breanna Fraire
UCSD Undergraduate Researcher
Mia Alvarez
UCSD Undergraduate Researcher
Kayanne Tran
UCSD Undergraduate Researcher
Nathaly Villata
Virtual Undergraduate Researcher
Marcelo
Aguilar-Rivera
Project
Scientist
Nikki Keisler
PhD Student
Jie
Zhang
PhD Student
Sabrena
Tuy
Administrative Technician
Darleen Salameh
UCSD Undergraduate Researcher
Anush Baghdasaryan
UCSD Undergraduate Researcher
Alex Zargarian
UCSD Undergraduate Researcher
Sidney Weisberg
Virtual Undergraduate Researcher
Mango
Smith
Past lab
members
Elysee Velma
Mikaela Kjenaas
Ben Rein
Julia Johnson
Mychaela Thomas
Nicole Dorn
Erin Jones
Cassidy Bates
cali boustani
Samara Ayoob-Ahmad
Christine Wu
andre Battikha
IsabelLa Lekander
Gunraj SINGH
aliya shaik
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 the 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 2023-2024 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 Fall. We are particularly interested in First and Second Year students and students with coding or computational experience.
