Dr. Omar Soler-Cedeno earned his Ph.D. at the Ponce Health Sciences University, Ponce, Puerto Rico, in the laboratory of James T. Porter. Now he is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow of the Addiction Biology Unit at the Biomedical Research Center. He is an NIGMS PRAT and NIH FARE awardee who joined the lab in September 2021 and started studying the cell-type and circuit-specific mechanisms underpinning opioid reward and addiction. His long-term goal is to become an independent investigator and establish a research program to study mental health, addiction, and chronic pain comorbidity. His Skills and Expertise include Neuron, Neuroscience, Electrophysiology, Behavioral Neuroscience, Neuropharmacology, Neurophysiology, Physiology, Neurobiology and Brain Physiology, Neurological Diseases and Neurobiology.