Entering Class 2020
E-MAIL: dmendez@umn.edu
Undergraduate Institution and Major:
California State University - Fullerton, B.S. in Biological Sciences, 2012
Graduate Advisor
Thomas Bastian, Ph.D., Department of Pediatrics
Daniel Mendez
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Current Alumni
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A-B
- Joanna Abrams
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- Fatou Amar
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- Melissa Asher
- Bruno Averbeck
- Habiba Azab
- Jennifer Brown
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- Krista Bluske
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C-D
- Liam Callahan
- Bridget Campion
- Danita Carlson
- Erik Carlson
- Michelle Carter
- Tyler Cash-Padgett
- Ian Cheong
- John Patrick (JP) Clark
- Zoe Christenson Wick
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E-H
- Kevin Engel
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- Alan Ernst
- Erwin Ferri
- Antonio Fortes
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- Charles Hanson
- Leah Hanson
- Brendan Hasz
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- Angela Hewitt
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- Abbey Holt Becker
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I-L
- Marissa Iden Boulware
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- Jadin Jackson
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M-O
- Carol Ma (Huifang)
- David Maisson
- Chani Maher (Becker)
- Marcela Maldonado (Barajas)
- Peter Malen
- Bonnie Marsick
- Brian McAdams
- Priyanka Mehta
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- Monica Metea
- Nancy Michael (Staffend)
- Eric Miller
- Anusha Mishra
- Janna Moen
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- Timothy Monko
- Craig Moodie
- Elisabeth Moore
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- Hannah Moser
- Leigh Ann Mrotek
- Jennifer Nagode
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- Thomas Naselaris
- Morgan Newhoff Collins
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- Meredith Noetzel
- Scott Oakman
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- Timothy Olson
- Xilma R. Ortiz-Gonzalez
- Aaron Overland
- Ed Overstreet
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P-R
- Wenhui Qu
- Andrew Papale
- Marc Parent
- Min-Yoon Park
- Ann Parsons
- Rachel Penrod-Martin
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- Judit Perez Ortiz
- Brittni Peterson
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- Nicholas Port
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- Nate Powell
- Joshua Puhl
- Anna Radke (Harrison)
- Robert Raike
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- Kenneth Reinert
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S
- Jose San Miguel-Ruiz
- Catherine Satterfield
- Michael-Paul Schallmo
- Tiffany Schmidt
- Neil Schmitzer-Torbert
- Ameila Schneider
- Blaine Schneider
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W-Z
- Sarah West
- Jon Waataja
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- Jason Weick
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- Shannon Wright
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A-B
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Current Faculty
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L-M
- David Largaespada
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- Lorene Lanier
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- Sylvain Lesné
- Danni Li
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- Angus MacDonald III
- Glenn Lobo
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Areas of Research
- Behavior and Cognitive Neurosciences
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Affiliated Groups
- Department of Neuroscience
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