Lab Members

Diego Mendoza-Halliday, PhD

Principal Investigator

Diego Mendoza-Halliday is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Neuroscience at the University of Pittsburgh. He is also Training Faculty in the Neuroscience Institute Graduate Programs at Carnegie Mellon University, a Faculty member at the Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition, and a Research Affiliate in the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT. Previously, he worked as a Postdoctoral Fellow and Research Scientist in the lab of Dr. Robert Desimone at MIT, where he applied multi-electrode laminar recordings and developed optogenetic tools to investigate the neuronal mechanisms of visual feature attention, working memory, and their interaction. Dr. Mendoza-Halliday completed his PhD in Cognitive Neurophysiology at McGill University under the research mentorship of Dr. Julio Martinez-Trujillo.

Adam Persello

Research Technician

Education

B.S. - Neuroscience, University of Pittsburgh
M.S. Candidate - Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh

ajp150@pitt.edu

Cameron Blakeley

Research Technician

Education

B.S. - Biological Sciences, Florida State University

cab655@pitt.edu

Ahmed Abdaltawab

Postdoctoral Associate

Education

M.D., Cairo University Medical School

ahmed.madgy.mahmoud8@gmail.com

Join Us!

The Mendoza-Halliday Lab is currently recruiting Postdocs, PhD Students, and Research Technicians. Details below.

Postdocs

The Mendoza-Halliday Lab is currently seeking candidates for one Postdoc position. Candidates must have completed a PhD in a relevant field by the start of the position. Candidates with research experience related to the lab's field of study or methods are particularly encouraged to apply.

To apply, send an email to Dr. Mendoza-Halliday including:

- Curriculum Vitae (with publications list)

- Brief summary of past and current research

- Brief summary of future research goals and interests

- Brief summary explaining your interest in joining the Mendoza-Halliday Lab

PhD Students

The Mendoza-Halliday Lab is currently recruiting PhD students. Email Dr. Mendoza-Halliday to discuss opportunities to join (or do a rotation in) our lab if you are currently enrolled in or were accepted into one of these programs:

- Center for Neuroscience at the University of Pittsburgh (CNUP) PhD Program

- PhD Program in Systems Neuroscience (PSN) at Carnegie Mellon University

- PhD Program in Neural Computation (PNC) at Carnegie Mellon University

If you are not currently a PhD student in these programs and would like to join the lab, you will first need to apply to one of the programs above.