If you are interested in joining the lab, contact Dr Monica Daley. Include a current CV and a brief summary of your experience, interests, and availability. See further specific instructions based on career stage below:

Postdocs: We are currently recruiting for a two-year postdoctoral scholar position in the Neuromechanics lab! The start date is October 1st, 2023, or as soon as possible thereafter. Please contact Dr Daley to discuss your research interests and potential projects. Further information about the position and the application portal can be found here.

Graduate students:   We are interested in recruiting Ph.D. students with interests in muscle physiology, neural control of non-steady locomotion, and/or computational simulations of legged locomotion. If you are a prospective graduate student, please follow the steps below:

1) Contact Dr Daley to introduce yourself and set up a meeting to discuss research interests, and
2) Apply to the PhD program in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology by the December 1st deadline.

You can find information about the EEB graduate program here: https://ecoevo.bio.uci.edu/graduates/admissions/
The application portal is here: https://apply.grad.uci.edu/apply/

We do not require GRE scores for graduate admissions. Application fee waivers are available.  Please see the program link above for further details.

Please contact Dr Daley as early as possible to maximize fellowship and funding opportunities. For some advice on how to apply to PhD programs, see this handy guide by Professor Donovan German,  Chair of EEB Graduate Admissions:  https://german.bio.uci.edu/images/PDF/Application_Guide.pdf

If you have any specific questions about the application process or requirements, please get in touch!

Undergraduates:  Please contact Dr Daley to discuss your interests and current lab projects.  Current UCI undergraduate students may enroll in BIO 199 for course credit for undergraduate research. Additional research experience placements may be available as summer internships.

Diversity and Inclusion: UCI is a world-class research institution with a diverse community. Excellent science requires creative thinking from many perspectives, and the UCI Neuromechanics Lab is committed to making science open to everyone. We recognize that science cannot be separated from societal issues, including racism and other forms of discrimination. We acknowledge the deep history of systemic racism in our society and anti-black racism in particular. We also acknowledge the historic exclusion of women from academia, and that structural barriers continue to perpetuate the underrepresentation of women and gender minorities in STEM. We welcome our international lab members and insist that xenophobia has no place in our lab.  We are committed to educating ourselves, accepting feedback, and working to change our own actions and institutional policies to dismantle racism and discrimination. We welcome individuals from all backgrounds and expect all lab members to share our commitment to an equitable, diverse, and inclusive environment where everyone feels welcome, heard, and respected.