Interested in joining the lab?

Our group is interdisciplinary and lab members have very diverse scientific backgrounds. If you are interested in contributing to our research, please reach out!

Graduate Student (M.Sc / PhD)

There are several graduate programs at McGill. If you are applying or have applied to one of these programs, please also reach out via email. There is an additional deadline in the Spring for Canadian citizens/permanent residents but application by the primary deadlines below is preferred.

The lab will be recruiting 1-2 graduate students in experimental systems neuroscience for a start in Fall 2026. Students are encouraged to apply via both the Psychology program: https://www.mcgill.ca/psychology/graduate and the Integrated Program in Neuroscience: https://www.mcgill.ca/ipn/prospective  IPN application are reviewed on a rolling basis but applying by the Dec 1st deadline to both programs is strongly preferred. 

Projects would investigate how brain circuits implement distributed computations underlying cognition and behavior within and across brain areas, including dopamine-based RL. Experimental approaches would involve refining and developing complex cognitive tasks in rats, chronic multi-site Neuropixel recordings, and advanced computational methods. The students would work on the experimental side of the lab but would closely collaborate with the computational and theoretical side of the research group to test models of distributed computation and develop and validate new data analysis methods.  Students would also join a strong community at the intersection of neuroscience and AI at McGill and Mila. 


Direct admission:

Rotation programs:

Postdoctoral Fellow

We do not currently have an open position but if you are interested in the lab’s work feel free to reach out as there is the possibility of funding through several fellowships.

Undergraduate sudents

McGill Undergrads: There are several research courses you can take to work in the lab depending on your major. In general, you should have taken a 300-level neuroscience class, a coding class (e.g. COMP 202/204) and some Maths class (LInear Algebra, Calculus2/3). Email me with your research interests, CV and transcripts. If you are interested in working over the summer, please reach out well ahead of the NSERC USRA deadline.

Canadian Undergraduate students: If you are studying in a Canadian university and are interested in an NSERC USRA in the lab, please reach out well ahead of the deadline.

For international undergraduate students, if there is an opportunity via the MITACS Globalink program, it will be advertised here.