Join the Lab

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The Kheirbek Lab is a collaborative and inclusive group working toward a better understanding of how the brain gives rise to emotional behavior.

The lab is located in the Center for Integrative Neuroscience (CIN) at the Sandler Neurosciences Center. Our vibrant community at CIN and across UCSF allows for extensive scientific exchange and collaboration. In addition, the Kheirbek Lab is devoted to its early-career scientists and is deeply committed to training, mentorship, and career development.

Postdoctoral Fellows

We have one opening for a postdoctoral fellow interested in studying the neural dynamics that underlie sudden insight learning. This position is in collaboration with Vijay Namboodiri’s lab.

 

Research Assistants

We are currently not hiring research technicians.

Undergraduate Students

Get in touch if you are an undergraduate looking for laboratory experience.

Graduate Students

We accept rotation students through the Neuroscience Graduate Program and Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program at UCSF.  Please contact me if you would like to rotate in the lab.