| Alexander F. Hoffman | cannabinoids, cocaine, electrophysiology, addiction | Cellular Neurobiology Branch | 1999 | 2001 | Carl R. Lupica (post-doc) |
| Kayla M Pitts | Neuropsychopharmacology, Addiction, Reward and Motivation | | 2022 | 2024 | Yavin Shaham (research assistant) |
| Robyn M St. Laurent | Dopamine, GABA, plasticity, behavior | | 2012 | 2014 | Yavin Shaham (research assistant) |
| T. Chase Francis | Striatal dependent aversive behavior | | 2019 | | Marisela Morales (post-doc) |
| Limei Zhang | System Neuroscience | | 2014 | 2015 | Marisela Morales (research scientist) |
| Jean Lud Cadet | | | | | |
| Matthew PH Gardner | | | 2014 | | Geoffrey Schoenbaum (post-doc) |
| Mikhail N. Koffarnus | behavioral pharmacology | | | | Jonathan L. Katz (research assistant) |
| Kylie B McPherson | | | 2014 | 2015 | Bruce T. Hope (research assistant) |
| Mike Michaelides | | | | | |
| Samantha Lee | social behavior | Behavioral Neuroscience | 2022 | 2024 | Bruce T. Hope (research assistant) |
| Sam A. Golden | Neuroscience, Reward and Motivation | Behavioral Neuroscience Branch | 2015 | 2018 | Yavin Shaham (post-doc) |
| Conor Heins | | Behavioral Neuroscience Branch | 2015 | 2017 | Sam A. Golden (research assistant) |
| Michelle Jin | | Behavioral Neuroscience Branch | 2017 | 2019 | Sam A. Golden (research assistant) |
| Ernesto Solis, Jr. | bath salts, dopamine transporter, fluorescent substrates, serotonin transporter, mdma, amphetamine, opioids, heroin, morphine, oxycodone, fentanyl, synthetic cannabinoids | | | | |
| Dylan Gilbert Sucich | Anxiety, Alcohol dependence and withdrawal | Integrative Neuroscience Research Branch/ Electron Microscopy Core Integrative Neuroscience Research Branch | 2016 | 2018 | Marisela Morales (research assistant), George F. Koob (research assistant) |
| Robin J. Keeley | | Neuroimaging Research Branch | 2015 | 2019 | Elliot A. Stein (post-doc) |
| Agnes J. Jasinska | Cognitive Neuroscience, Functional Neuroimaging, Neurogenetics | Neuroimaging Research Branch Neuroimaging Research Branch | 2012 | 2014 | Elliot A. Stein (post-doc), Elliot A. Stein (post-doc) |