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• ACNP Elected Full Member - American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (12/09/2020)
• Clever Systems Early Investigator Award - American Psychological Association (01/01/2018-12/31/2018)
• National Award on Excellence in Mentorship - National Hispanic Science Network (01/01/2018-12/31/2018)
• Mentoring Award. - NIH-BUILDing Scholars Program (01/01/2017-12/31/2017)
• National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stoke (NINDS) - Early Career Institute (ECI) in Neuroscience Fellow (01/01/2015-12/31/2015)
• Outstanding Faculty in Research, Scholarly, or Creative Contribution Award - College of Social & Behavioral Sciences (CSUSB) (01/01/2015-12/31/2015)
• Travel Award - California State University Program for Education and Research in Biotechnology (CSUPERB) annual research conference. (01/01/2015-12/31/2015)
• Outstanding Teaching Award - Department of Psychology, CSUSB, San Bernardino (01/01/2014-12/31/2014)
• Travel Award - California State University Program for Education and Research in Biotechnology (CSUPERB) annual research conference (01/01/2014-12/31/2014)
• Travel Award - College on Problems of Drug Dependence (CPDD) (01/01/2014-12/31/2014)
• Outstanding Faculty Professional Development Award - Department of Psychology, CSUSB, San Bernardino, CA. (01/01/2013-12/31/2013)
• Travel Award - California State University Program for Education and Research in Biotechnology (CSUPERB) annual research conference (01/01/2013-12/31/2013)
• Travel Award - National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) Special Populations Research Development Seminar Series Workshop (01/01/2013-12/31/2013)
• Early Career Leadership Committee (ECLC) Pilot Funding Program Award - National Hispanic Science Network (NHSN/NIDA) (01/01/2012-12/31/2012)
• ACNP Travel Fellow - American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (01/01/2011-12/31/2011)
• Dissertation Grant - The Graduate School, Florida State University (01/01/2011-12/31/2011)
• Dissertation Research Award - American Psychological Association (APA) (01/01/2011-12/31/2011)
• Neuroscience Scholars Program Fellowship (NSP) - Society for Neuroscience (NINDS) (01/01/2011-12/31/2011)
• Research & Creativity Award - The Graduate School, Florida State University (01/01/2011-12/31/2011)
• Ruth L. Kirchstein National Research Service Award (F31DA027300) - NIDA (01/01/2011-12/31/2011)
• Neuroscience Scholars Program Fellowship (NSP) - Society for Neuroscience (NINDS) (01/01/2010-12/31/2010)
• NHSN/NIDA Travel Award - National Hispanic Science Network on Drug Abuse (01/01/2010-12/31/2010)
• Ruth L. Kirchstein National Research Service Award (F31DA027300) - NIDA (01/01/2010-12/31/2010)
• Neuroscience Scholars Program Fellowship (NSP) - Society for Neuroscience (NINDS) (01/01/2009-12/31/2009)
• Ruth L. Kirchstein National Research Service Award (F31DA027300) - NIDA (01/01/2009-12/31/2009)
• Summer Program in Neuroscience, Ethics, and Survival (SPINES) - Marine Biology Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA. (01/01/2009-12/31/2009)
• McKnight Predoctoral Fellowship - The Florida Education Fund (01/01/2007-12/31/2007)
• Neuroscience Predoctoral Fellowship - Florida State University (01/01/2007-12/31/2007)

• Ph D in Neuroscience, Florida State University (2011)

• Food-seeking behavior is mediated by Fos-expressing neuronal ensembles formed at first learning in rats. eNeuro (in press), Sergio D. Iniguez, R Quintana-Feliciano, C Gobin, L Kane, B Sortman, S Rakela, A Genovese, BJ Tunstall, D Caprioli, Brandon L. Warren.
• Adolescent Fluoxetine Exposure Induces Persistent Gene Expression Changes in the Hippocampus of Adult Male C57BL/6 Mice. Molecular Neurobiology (in press), Sergio Iniguez, Francisco J. Flores Ramirez, Anapaula Themann, Omar Lira.
• Extrahypothalamic oxytocin neurons drive stress-induced social vigilance and avoidance. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 117 42 (2020), Sergio Iniguez, L Y. Torres, S Yokoyama, V A. Minie, A M. Tran, S P. Petkova, R Hao, S Ramos-Maciel, R A. Rios, K Jackson, F J. Flores-Ramirez, I Garcia-Carachure, P A. Pesavento, S D. Iñiguez, V Grinevich, B C. Trainor.
• Ketamine beyond anesthesia: Antidepressant effects and abuse potential. Behavioural brain research 394 (2020), K A. Trujillo, S D. Iñiguez.
• Can I Get a Witness? Using Vicarious Defeat Stress to Study Mood-Related Illnesses in Traditionally Understudied Populations. Biological psychiatry 88 5 (2020), B L. Warren, M S. Mazei-Robison, A J. Robison, Sergio Iniguez.
• Enduring effects of adolescent ketamine exposure on cocaine- and sucrose-induced reward in male and female C57BL/6 mice. Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology 45 9 (2020), Sergio Iniguez, F J. Flores-Ramirez, S A. Castillo, A Themann, M A. Arenivar, J Preciado-Piña, A R. Zavala, M K. Lobo, S D. Iñiguez.
• Early-life ketamine exposure attenuates the preference for ethanol in adolescent Sprague-Dawley rats. Behavioural brain research 389 (2020), D Franco, J Zamudio, K M. Blevins, E A. Núñez-Larios, U M. Ricoy, S D. Iñiguez, A R. Zavala.
• Adolescent fluoxetine history impairs spatial memory in adult male, but not female, C57BL/6 mice. Journal of affective disorders 249 (2019), F J. Flores-Ramirez, L F. Parise, J B. Alipio, I Garcia-Carachure, S A. Castillo, M Rodriguez, A Themman, O Lira, J Preciado-Piña, Sergio Iniguez.
• Upregulation of hippocampal extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK)-2 induces antidepressant-like behavior in the rat forced swim test. Behavioral neuroscience 133 2 (2019), Sergio Iniguez, L F. Parise, M K. Lobo, F J. Flores-Ramirez, I Garcia-Carachure, B L. Warren, A J. Robison.
• Dorsal Hippocampus ERK2 Signaling Mediates Anxiolytic-Related Behavior in Male Rats. Chronic stress (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) 3 (2019), J A. Sierra-Fonseca, L F. Parise, F J. Flores-Ramirez, E H. Robles, I Garcia-Carachure, Sergio Iniguez.
• Fluoxetine exposure in adolescent and adult female mice decreases cocaine and sucrose preference later in life. Journal of psychopharmacology (Oxford, England) (2018), F J. Flores-Ramirez, I Garcia-Carachure, D O. Sanchez, C Gonzalez, S A. Castillo, M A. Arenivar, A Themann, O Lira, M Rodriguez, J Preciado-Piña, Sergio Iniguez.
• Vicarious Social Defeat Stress Induces Depression-Related Outcomes in Female Mice. Biological psychiatry 83 1 (2018), S D. Iñiguez, F J. Flores-Ramirez, L M. Riggs, J B. Alipio, I Garcia-Carachure, M A. Hernandez, D O. Sanchez, M K. Lobo, P A. Serrano, S H. Braren, S A. Castillo.
• Drp1 Mitochondrial Fission in D1 Neurons Mediates Behavioral and Cellular Plasticity during Early Cocaine Abstinence. Neuron 96 6 (2017), R Chandra, M Engeln, C Schiefer, M H. Patton, J A. Martin, C T. Werner, L M. Riggs, T C. Francis, M McGlincy, B Evans, H Nam, S Das, K Girven, P Konkalmatt, A M. Gancarz, S A. Golden, S D. Iñiguez, S J. Russo, G Turecki, B N. Mathur, M Creed, D M. Dietz, M K. Lobo.
• Reduced Slc6a15 in Nucleus Accumbens D2-Neurons Underlies Stress Susceptibility. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience 37 27 (2017), R Chandra, T C. Francis, H Nam, L M. Riggs, M Engeln, S Rudzinskas, P Konkalmatt, S J. Russo, G Turecki, S D. Iniguez, M K. Lobo.
• Reduced Slc6a15 in Nucleus Accumbens D2-Neurons Underlies Stress Susceptibility. Journal of Neuroscience 37 27 (in press), Ramesh Chandra, T C. Francis, H Nam, Lace M. Riggs, M Engeln, S Rudzinskas, P Konkalmatt, Scott J. Russo, G Turecki, Mary K. Lobo.

• Behavioral and pharmacological preclinical approaches to study mood-related disorders. (2021), Volume Albuquerque, NM, Sergio Iniguez.
• Adolescent fluoxetine exposure induces persistent gene expression changes in the hippocampus of adult male C57BL/6 mice. (2021), Volume Virtual Conference, Sergio Iniguez, Anapaula Themann, Francisco J. Flores-Ramirez, Omar Lira.
• Adolescent fluoxetine exposure mediates a long-term anxiogenic phenotype and decreases ERK signaling in the hippocampus and prefrontal cortex of female C57BL/6 mice. (2021), Volume Virtual Conference, Sergio Iniguez, Minerva Rodriguez, Francisco J. Flores-Ramirez.
• Dose-Dependent differences of ethanol-induced conditioned place preference in juvenile and adolescent male and female Sprague-Dawley rats. (2021), Volume Virtual Conference, Sergio Iniguez, T M. Nelson, D Q. Pham, Daniela Franco, E A. Bates, T A. Gonzalez, Arturo Zavala.
• Exposure too concomitant fluoxetine and aripiprazole leads to a depressive-like outcome in adult female C57BL/6 mice. (2021), Volume Virtual Conference, Sergio Iniguez, Samuel Castillo, Diamond Pardo, Carolina Amaya.
• Lasting effects of juvenile ketamine exposure for reward-related stimuli in C57BL/6 mice. (2021), Volume Virtual Conference, Sergio Iniguez, Israel Garcia-Carachure, Arturo Zavala, Joshua Preciado-Piña.
• Behavioral and pharmacological preclinical approaches to study mood-related disorders. (2020), Volume Long Beach, CA., Sergio Iniguez.
• Preclinical models for the study of depression-related phenotypes: Behavioral and pharmacological approaches. (2020), Volume El Paso, TX., Sergio Iniguez.
• Lasting effects of concomitant exposure to ketamine and social stress on spatial memory performance in male C57Bl/6 mice. (2020), Volume Virtual conference, Sergio Iniguez, Israel Garcia-Carachure.
• The (a)Typical path of a neuroscientist. (2020), Volume Long Beach, CA., Sergio Iniguez.
• The (a)Typical path of a neuroscientist. (2020), Volume El Paso, TX., Sergio Iniguez.
• Aggression modulates responses to mood-related stimuli in male CD-1 mice. (2020), Volume San Antonio, Texas, Sergio Iniguez, Anapaula Themann, Alejandra Gonzalez.
• Combination treatment with fluoxetine and aripiprazole leads to decreases in cocaine-seeking behavior in adult female C57BL6 mice. (2020), Volume San Antonio, Texas., Sergio Iniguez, Samuel Castillo, Diamond Pardo.
• Enduring effects of juvenile ketamine exposure for the rewarding properties of cocaine and sucrose in mice. (2020), Volume San Antonio, Texas., Sergio Iniguez, Israel Garcia-Carachure, Joshua Preciado-Piña.
• Neonatal caffeine administration on the behavioral sensitization to methylphenidate (Ritalin): Implications for ADHD. (2020), Volume Santa Clara, CA., Sergio Iniguez, T Gonzalez, N Tyler, E Nunez, B Coyne, R Mehta, Arturo Zavala.
• Ontogeny of contextdependent methamphetamine sensitization using a one-trial behavioral sensitization paradigm. (2020), Volume Santa Clara, CA., Sergio Iniguez, O Faiyaz, B Coyne, B Sortman, E Nunez, Arturo Zavala.
• Antidepressant exposure during adolescence alters preference for cocaine in adulthood. (2019), Volume Minneapolis, MN., Sergio Iniguez.
• Rodent models of depression: Behavioral and pharmacological approaches. (2019), Volume El Paso, TX, Sergio Iniguez.
• Behavioral and pharmacological studies to examine major depressive disorder. (2019), Volume El Paso, TX., Sergio Iniguez.
• Rodent models of depression: Behavioral and pharmacological perspectives. (2019), Volume University Park, PA, Sergio Iniguez.
• Fluoxetine history impairs spatial memory in male, but not female, C57BL/6 mice. (2019), Volume Española, NM., Sergio Iniguez.
• The enduring anxiogenic phenotype induced by juvenile antidepressant exposure is ameliorated by fluoxetine re-exposure in adult female C57BL/6 mice. (2019), Volume Orlando, FL., Sergio Iniguez, Francisco J. Flores-Ramirez.
• Adolescent ketamine pre-exposure does not alter cocaine preference in adult female C57BL/6 mice. (2019), Volume San Antonio, Texas., Sergio Iniguez, Israel Garcia-Carachure, Francisco J. Flores-Ramirez, Samuel Castillo, Minerva Rodriguez, Joshua Preciado-Piña, Omar Lira, Anapaula Themann.
• Fluoxetine exposure in adolescent and adult female mice decreases cocaine and sucrose preference later in life. (2019), Volume San Antonio, Texas., Sergio Iniguez, Francisco J. Flores-Ramirez, Anapaula Themann, Minerva Rodriguez, Omar Lira, Joshua Preciado-Piña.
• Juvenile combination treatment with fluoxetine and aripiprazole does not alter cocaine-seeking behavior in adulthood. (2019), Volume San Antonio, Texas., Sergio Iniguez, Samuel Castillo, Minerva Rodriguez, Anapaula Themann, Omar Lira, Joshua Preciado-Piña.
• Adolescent male rats exhibit adult-like methamphetamine sensitization in one trial paradigm, while female rats do not. (2019), Volume Garden Grove, CA., Sergio Iniguez, B Sortman, Daniela Franco, E Nunez, C Moreno-Barriga, Arturo Zavala.
• Functional consequences of juvenile ketamine administration on the rewarding effects of ethanol in male and female adolescent rats. (2019), Volume Garden Grove, CA., Sergio Iniguez, Daniela Franco, Arturo Zavala, J Zamudio.
• Fluoxetine exposure in adolescent and adult female mice decreases cocaine and sucrose preference later in life. (2019), Volume Casablanca, Morocco., Sergio Iniguez, Francisco J. Flores-Ramirez.
• Aggression alters mood-related behavior in adult sexually experienced male CD-1 mice. (2019), Volume Chicago, IL., Sergio Iniguez, Anapaula Themann, Omar Lira, Francisco J. Flores-Ramirez.
• Female rats display greater neuronal activation in the interpeduncular nucleus during nicotine withdrawal than males (2019), Volume Chicago, IL., Sergio Iniguez, Felix Matos, P Correa, V Correa, Luis M. Carcoba, Arturo Zavala, Laura E. O'Dell.
• The enduring anxiogenic phenotype induced by juvenile antidepressant exposure is ameliorated by fluoxetine re-exposure in adult female C57BL/6 mice. (2019), Volume Chicago, IL., Sergio Iniguez, Francisco J. Flores-Ramirez, Omar Lira, Flor D. Rodriguez, Diamond Pardo, Joshua Preciado-Piña, Samuel Castillo.
• Upregulation of hippocampal extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK)-2 induces antidepressant-like behavior in the rat forced swim test. (2019), Volume Chicago, IL., Sergio Iniguez, Israel Garcia-Carachure, Francisco J. Flores-Ramirez.
• Vicarious social defeat stress induces depression related outcomes in a sex-specific manner in adolescent C57BL/6 mice (2019), Volume Chicago, IL., Sergio Iniguez, Minerva Rodriguez, D J. Flores-Ramirez.
• Rodent models of depression: Behavioral and pharmacological perspectives. (2018), Volume San Francisco, CA., Sergio Iniguez.
• Exposure to fluoxetine during adolescence in female C57BL/6 mice results in an anxiogenic-like behavioral phenotype in adulthood (2018), Volume Boca Raton, FL, Sergio Iniguez.
• Fluoxetine exposure in adolescent and adult female mice decreases cocaine and sucrose preference later in life. (2018), Volume Hollywood, FL, Sergio Iniguez, Francisco J. Flores-Ramirez.
• Psychological stress-induced dysfunction is ameliorated by ketamine and Librium in mice. (2018), Volume San Francisco, CA, Sergio Iniguez, Francisco J. Flores-Ramirez, Israel Garcia-Carachure, Samuel Castillo, Omar Lira, Miguel Arenivar.
• Administration of Zolmitriptan, a 5-HT1B receptor agonist, attenuates the expression of nicotine reward in female, but not male adolescent rats. (2018), Volume Santa Clara, CA., Sergio Iniguez, Arturo Zavala, K Hernandez, R Cabrera, D Franco.
• Pattern of drug dosing during conditioning affects the expression of alcohol-induced conditioned place preference in adolescent male and female rats. (2018), Volume Santa Clara, CA., Sergio Iniguez, K Blevins, D Franco, Y Brown, Arturo Zavala.
• Sex differences in oxycodoneinduced conditioned place preference in early adolescent male and female rats. (2018), Volume Santa Clara, CA., Sergio Iniguez, A Manoogian, Y Brown, C Geragthy, Arturo Zavala.
• Fluoxetine exposure in adolescent and adult C57BL/6 mice decreases cocaine and sucrose preference later in life. (2018), Volume Rockville, MD, Sergio Iniguez, Francisco J. Flores Ramirez.
• Prophylactic effects of ketamine in a juvenile model of depression. (2018), Volume Rockville, MD, Sergio Iniguez, Israel Garcia-Carachure, Samuel Castillo, Francisco J. Flores-Ramirez, Miguel Arenivar.
• Adolescent ketamine pre-exposure does not alter cocaine preference in adult female mice. (2018), Volume San Diego, CA, Sergio Iniguez, Israel Garcia-Carachure, Arturo Zavala.
• Fluoxetine pre-exposure decreases cocaine and sucrose preference in female mice. (2018), Volume San Diego, CA., Sergio Iniguez, Francisco J. Flores-Ramirez, Miguel Arenivar, Anapaula Themann, Minerva Rodriguez, Omar Lira, Joshua Preciado-Piña, Arturo Zavala.
• Juvenile combination treatment with fluoxetine and aripiprazole does not alter cocaine-seeking behavior in adulthood. (2018), Volume San Diego, CA., Sergio Iniguez, Samuel Castillo, Arturo Zavala.
• The effects of early-life ketamine administration on the rewarding effects of alcohol in male and female adolescent Spraguedawley rats. (2018), Volume San Diego, CA., Sergio Iniguez, Daniela Franco, E Nunes-Larios, A R. Cabrera, Arturo Zavala.
• Vicarious defeat-stress induced dysfunction is ameliorated by ketamine and chlordiazepoxide in female C57BL/6 mice. (2018), Volume New York, NY, Sergio Iniguez, Francisco J. Flores Ramirez, Israel Garcia-Carachure, Mary Kay Lobo, Samuel Castillo, Anapaula Themann, Minerva Rodriguez, Arturo Zavala.
• Juvenile fluoxetine exposure induces an enduring anxiogenic-like behavioral profile in female C57BL/6 mice. (2018), Volume San Diego, CA., Sergio Iniguez, Arturo Zavala, Francisco J. Flores-Ramirez, Anapaula Themann, Minerva Rodriguez.
• Vicarious defeat stress: A new animal model to examine psychological stress-induced depression. (2017), Volume San Bernardino, CA., Sergio Iniguez.
• Juvenile exposure to antidepressant medications alters preference for cocaine in adulthood. (2017), Volume Phoenix, AZ, Sergio Iniguez.
• Examining major depressive disorder: A preclinical approach. (2017), Volume El Paso, TX., Sergio Iniguez.
• Examining major depressive disorder: A preclinical approach. (2017), Volume Española, NM, Sergio Iniguez.
• Behavioral and pharmacological studies to examine major depressive disorder. (2017), Volume El Paso, TX., Sergio Iniguez.
• Vicarious defeats stress-induced social dysfunction is ameliorated by ketamine and chlordiazepoxide in female c57bl/6 mice. (2017), Volume Palm Desert, CA., Sergio Iniguez, Francisco J. Flores Ramirez, Israel Garcia-Carachure, Samuel Castillo, Omar Lira, Mary Kay Lobo, Miguel Arevinar.
• Decreased sensitivity to the rewarding properties of cocaine in adult female c57bl/6 mice exposed to fluoxetine during adolescence. (2017), Volume San Antonio, Texas, Sergio Iniguez, Francisco J. Flores Ramirez, G F. Tellez, Samuel Castillo.
• Masculinity threats: Evaluations of male and female targets based on masculinity and sexuality (2017), Volume Granada, Spain, Sergio Iniguez, E Berru, C Goetz, K M. Silberman, E E. Newell, C L. Wilkins.
• Effects of ketamine and chlordiazepoxide on social behavior after vicarious defeat stress exposure in female c57bl/6 mice. (2017), Volume Washington, D.C, Sergio Iniguez, Israel Garcia-Carachure, Samuel Castillo, David O. Sanchez, Francisco J. Flores Ramirez.
• Juvenile exposure to fluoxetine induces an enduring anxiogenic-like behavioral profile in female c57bl/6 mice. (2017), Volume Washington, D.C, Sergio Iniguez, Francisco J. Flores Ramirez, Israel Garcia-Carachure, Samuel Castillo, Tania G. Miramontes, Miguel Arenivar, Joshua Preciado-Piña.
• Mitochondrial fission in nucleus accumbens D1 neuron subtypes mediates cellular and behavioral plasticity to cocaine (2017), Volume Washington, D.C., Sergio Iniguez, R Chandra, M Engeln, M Patton, J A. Martin, C Werner, Lace M. Riggs, T C. Francis, S Das, K Girven, P Konkalmatt, A M. Gancarz, S A. Golden, S J. Russo, G Turecki, B Mathur, C Meaghan, David M. Dietz, Mary Kay Lobo.

• Functional Studies of antidepressant exposure during adolescence on the brain