Daniel Mendez
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
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Admissions
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Alumni
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Current Alumni
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A-B
- Abrams, Joanna
- Alcala, Sandra
- Amar, Fatou
- Amos, Therese
- Andersen, Brian
- Asher, Melissa
- Averbeck, Bruno
- Azab, Habiba
- Barks, Amanda
- Barnes, Justin
- Basford, Alexandra
- Bellavance English, Lisa
- Biesecker, Kyle
- Blackman, Rachael
- Blackmore, Murray
- Bluske, Krista
- Boroda, Elias
- Brady, Mark
- Brandner, Dieter
- Brown, Jennifer
- Brunette, Katya
- Buczek, Laura
- Burns, Terence
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C-D
- Callahan, Liam
- Campion, Bridget
- Carlson, Danita
- Carlson, Erik
- Carter, Michelle
- Cash-Padgett, Tyler
- Cheong, Ian
- Christenson Wick, Zoe
- Clark, Benjamin
- Clark, John Patrick (JP)
- Connors, Nathan
- Cook, Jennifer
- Corkrum, Michelle
- Costello, Patricia
- Cramer, Samuel
- Crisp, Kevin
- Crowe, David
- Cushnie, Adriana
- Dado, Robert
- Davidson, Steve
- Day, Nancy
- DeBaker, Margot
- DeNicola, Adele
- Decker, Stacy
- Doyle, Alex
- Dunbar, Robert
- Durkee, Caitlin
- Dziobek, Derek
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E-H
- Eichler West, Rogene
- Engel, Kevin
- Ernst, Alan
- Ferri, Erwin
- Fortes, Antonio
- Franc, Dan
- Fraticelli, Ada
- Fretham (Bohmer), Stephanie
- Fullmer, Joseph
- Galeazza, Marc
- Gamache, Julia
- Gehler, Scott
- Gielissen, James
- Gilchrist, Laura
- Goettl, Virginia
- Gomez, Jose
- Gomez, Timothy
- Goracke-Postle, Cory
- Gore, Reshma
- Green, Matthew
- Greimel, Susan
- Grinband, Jack
- Gross, Kellie
- Groth, Rachel
- Gu, Ming
- Gustafson, Eric
- Hagen, Matthew
- Hamel, Katherine
- Handler, Hillary
- Handoko, Maureen
- Hanson, Charles
- Hanson, Leah
- Hasz, Brendan
- Hedges, Valerie
- Helms Tillery, Stephen
- Henderson, Dori
- Herrmann (Wolfe), Uta
- Hewitt, Angela
- Himes, Katherine
- Hokum Stone, Laura
- Holt Becker, Abbey
- Howe (Mitschele), Katie
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I-L
- Iden Boulware, Marissa
- Ingebretson, Anna
- Jackson, Jadin
- Jansen, Elizabeth
- Jerde, Trenton
- Johanek, Lisa
- Johnson, Adam
- Jorgensen, Nathan
- Jorgenson, Lyric
- Jurney, William
- Kallestad (Thorstenson), Kristen
- Katter, James
- Keene, C. Dirk
- Kehl, Lois
- Kennedy, Bruce
- Kerrigan, Stephen
- Kholmanskikh, Stanislav
- Kordasiewicz (Brownrigg), Holly
- Kornfield, Tess
- Kuroki, Marcos
- Kurth-Nelson, Zeb
- Lambert, Aaron
- Landers (Sherpetis), Laura
- Langheim, Fred
- Larson, Erin
- Leong, Heather
- Libby, Therissa
- Linden, David
- Lines, Justin
- Linn-Evans, Maria
- Lopez Cervera, Roberto
- Lopresti, Natalie
- Luoma, Jessie
- Lynch, Jessica
- Lyons, Carey
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M-O
- Ma (Huifang), Carol
- Maher (Becker), Chani
- Maisson, David
- Maldonado (Barajas), Marcela
- Malen, Peter
- Marsick, Bonnie
- McAdams, Brian
- McCall, Nora
- Meehan-Enright, Anna
- Mehta, Priyanka
- Metea, Monica
- Michael (Staffend), Nancy
- Miller, Eric
- Mishra, Anusha
- Moen, Janna
- Monko, Megan
- Monko, Timothy
- Moodie, Craig
- Moore, Elisabeth
- Moore, Kelsey
- Moser, Hannah
- Mrotek, Leigh Ann
- Nagode, Jennifer
- Naleid (MacDonald), Amy
- Naselaris, Thomas
- Newhoff Collins, Morgan
- Nippert, Amy
- Noetzel, Meredith
- Oakman, Scott
- Ojakangas, Catherine
- Olman, Cheryl
- Olson, Timothy
- Ortiz-Gonzalez, Xilma R.
- Overland, Aaron
- Overstreet, Ed
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P-R
- Papale, Andrew
- Parent, Marc
- Park, Min-Yoon
- Parsons, Ann
- Penrod-Martin, Rachel
- Perez Ortiz, Judit
- Perez-Leighton, Claudio
- Peterson, Brittni
- Petruk, Vadim
- Pisansky, Marc
- Pomonis, James
- Port, Nicholas
- Potenzieri, Carl
- Powell, Nate
- Puhl, Joshua
- Qu, Wenhui
- Radke (Harrison), Anna
- Raike, Robert
- Regier, Paul
- Reinert, Kenneth
- Rothwell, Patrick
- Royer (Smith), Audrey
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S
- San Miguel-Ruiz, Jose
- Satterfield, Catherine
- Schallmo, Michael-Paul
- Schmidt, Tiffany
- Schmitzer-Torbert, Neil
- Schneider, Ameila
- Schneider, Blaine
- Schramm, Cicely
- Schreiber, Kristin
- Schrode, Katrina
- Schumacher, Jennifer
- Schuster, Daniel
- Scott, Alexandra
- Semaya, Emily
- Shanbhag, Sharad
- Shannon, Robert
- Sheeler, Carrie
- Shuster, Samuel
- Silva, Amila
- Silvermintz, Lawrence
- Singh, Balvindar
- Sosa, Romina
- Speltz, Rebecca
- Srienc, Anja
- Steiner, Adam
- Stern, Christopher
- Stevens, Eric
- Stieve, Bethany
- Stone, Laura
- Stott, Jeff
- Stucky, Cheryl
- Sullivan, Steven
- Sweis, Brian
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W-Z
- Waataja, Jon
- Waid, David
- Wallin, Diana
- Wang, Guang Jian
- Wang, Maya (Zhe)
- Warren, Scott
- Weick, Jason
- Weiner (Fallen), Katherine
- Wenk, Heather
- West, Sarah
- Westerman, Marcus
- Wiens, Katie
- Wiggin, Timothy
- Wikenheiser, Andrew
- Williams, Cheri
- Willoughby, Christy
- Wotus, Cheryl
- Wozniak (Leathley), Emily
- Wright, Shannon
- Wu, Wei
- Yoo, Michael (Seng Bum)
- Zarate, Nicole
- Zayas, Roberto
- Zick, Jennifer
- Zlebnik, Natalie
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A-B
- Alumni Outcomes & Current Positions
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Faculty
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Current Faculty
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L-M
- Lanier, Lorene
- Largaespada, David
- Larson, Alice
- Lee, Anna
- Legge, Gordon
- Lemos, Julia
- Lesné, Sylvain
- Li, Danni
- Li, Ling
- Liao, Dezhi
- Lim, Hubert
- Lim, Kelvin
- Lin, Wensheng
- Lissek, Shmuel
- Lobo, Glenn
- Low, Walter
- MacDonald III, Angus
- MacKinnon, Colum
- Mangia, Silvia
- Masino, Mark
- McLoon, Linda
- Meisel, Robert
- Mermelstein, Paul
- Mesce, Karen
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- Policy on Faculty Membership
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Areas of Research
- Behavior and Cognitive Neurosciences
- Computational Neuroscience
- Developmental Neuroscience
- Motor Control, Muscle Function, and Disease
- Neurobiology of Pain and Somatosensation
- Neurodegenerative Diseases and Neural Injury
- Neuroendocrine and Homeostatic Systems
- Neuroengineering
- Neurogenetics
- Neuroimaging and Optogenetics
- Neuropharmaceutics and Neuro-oncology
- Neuropsychiatric Disease
- Neuroscience of Auditory and Vestibular Systems
- Neuroscience of Drug Abuse and Addiction
- Regenerative Medicine for Neural Systems
- Synaptic Plasticity and Learning
- Visual Neuroscience
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Community
- Graduate Program in Neuroscience Event Calendar
- Colloquium & Seminars
- Outreach
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Affiliated Groups
- Department of Neuroscience
- U of MN Academic Health Center
- U of MN Graduate School
- Brain Science Center (BSC)
- Center for Cognitive Sciences (CCS)
- Center for Neurobehavioral Development (CNBD)
- Center for Magnetic Resonance Research (CMRR)
- Department of Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development (GCD)
- Department of Pharmacology
- Institute of Child Development (ICD)
- PharmacoNeuroImmunology (PNI)
- Carnegie Initiative on the Doctorate
- Awards
- DEI
- Contact