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Monique Smith is an Assistant Professor at the University of California, San Diego. She holds a B.A. and M.A. in Psychology from California State University San Marcos (2007, 2011) and obtained her Ph.D. in Behavioral Neuroscience from Oregon Health & Science University in 2016. Dr. Smith conducted her postdoctoral training at Stanford University under Dr. Robert Malenka. Her research focuses on the neurobiological mechanisms that underlie social behavior, pain, and emotion, particularly exploring the neural circuitry involved in empathy, addiction, and motivation. Her laboratory employs rodent models combined with advanced neuroscience techniques, including molecular-genetic methods, optogenetics, calcium imaging, and pharmacological tools. She has received several prestigious awards, including the HHMI Leading Edge Fellowship, Early Career Researcher Award from the Society for Social Neuroscience, and the NRSA F31 NIAAA fellowship.
University of California, San Diego • La Jolla, CA
Conducting research and teaching in the Department of Research.
Administered by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Curricular groups include Climate-Ocean-Atmosphere (COAP), Geosciences (GEO), and Ocean Biosciences (OBP).