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We are excited to build our team and support you in defining and succeeding in your professional goals. We invite you to learn about our research and lab community philosophies and see if we might be a good fit!

Open Positions

Postdoctoral job opening: Genetics of vertebrate brain cell evolution. Posted March 6, 2024. Ideal start date around July 1, 2024. Details available here.

General Recruitment

Graduate Students

Please note: my lab does not and cannot directly admit graduate students. If you are interested in applying to PhD positions, please see how to apply to UCLA’s Graduate Programs in Biosciences. All faculty of the Integrative Biology & Physiology are members of the Molecular, Cellular & Integrative Physiology (MCIP) Ph.D. program. IBP also offers a two-year, research-oriented Master’s Program (M.S. in Physiological Science). Please note that the Institute for Society and Genetics (ISG) does not have a Ph.D. degree-granting program.

If you are a current UCLA graduate student interested in a rotation, please e-mail Val. 

Resources about applying to graduate schools and finding fellowships available on Resources page.

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Postdoctoral Researchers

Please e-mail Val your CV, a cover letter (suggested template here), and contact information for 3 references. Postdocs may join through IBP or ISG.

Ideal for candidates who have expertise or want to train in: cell/developmental/molecular/evolutionary biology, genetics, genomics, neurodevelopment, animal models, proteomics, computational biology, and/or bioethics/neuroethics and society.

Resources about applying for academic postdoctoral positions and finding fellowships available on Resources page.

We are not currently recruiting undergraduate researchers. Please check back soon for any updates!​

Don’t see anything here yet, but you think you might be a good fit?

Feel free to contact Val with your ideas!

UCLA is an equal opportunity employer. Equal Employment Opportunity requires that all personnel decisions such as hiring, promotion, reclassification, etc., are made without any consideration of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity, pregnancy, physical or mental disability, medical condition (cancer-related or genetic characteristics), genetic information (including family medical history), ancestry, marital status, age, sexual orientation, citizenship or service in the uniformed services.

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