After five years of working in the Schmidt Lab, Riley Merkel (B.A.) is headed west! Congratulations to Riley on her acceptance to Stanford University School of Medicine for graduate studies! Riley made significant contributions to the field of addiction neuroscience first as an Undergraduate Research Assistant and more recently as a Research Specialist. Her dedication to research and commitment to maintaining the lab’s excellence have been truly outstanding. We look forward to following her thesis research as it develops at Stanford. Good luck, Riley!