Unfortunately, we are unable to provide research opportunities for high school students.

Opportunities for Undergraduate Research Internships

Many UC-Davis undergraduate students, from a broad variety of majors, work as research interns in our lab. We are strongly committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion. No prior research experience is necessary. Our students have gone on to amazing careers as psychologists, professors, doctors, optometrists, engineers, physical therapists, etc.

Click here to find our more, including how and when to apply.

Opportunities for Graduate Students

Sorry: we are not taking any new graduate students in the foreseeable future.

Graduate students in our lab have many interesting research opportunities, both in terms of research topics and methods.  There are also many opportunities to collaborate, especially with the Visual Cognition Research Group.  Our lab takes an apprenticeship approach, in which students are given increasing independence for developing their own lines of research as they gain knowledge of the field and methodological expertise. Our goal is for students to develop their own independent line of research by the time they complete the PhD.

Opportunities for Postdocs

Our lab has provided excellent opportunities for recent PhDs to expand their training in terms of both methods and topics, and our postdocs have been very successful in obtaining faculty positions. When positions are available, they are listed under “Jobs” in our Blog.

Success Stories

Many students and postdocs from our lab have gone on to jobs at top universities and corporations, both in the U.S. and abroad. Examples include:

Ed Vogel, Professor, University of Chicago
Massimo Girelli, Associate Professor, University of Verona (Italy)
Geoff Woodman, Professor, Vanderbilt University
Weiwei Zhang, Associate Professor, University of California, Riverside
Emily Kappenman, Associate Professor, San Diego State University
Nick Gaspelin, Associate Professor, University of Missouri
John Gaspar, Google