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Lab Members

Diego Mendoza-Halliday, PhD

Principal Investigator

Email: diegomendoza {at} pitt.edu

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

Email: ajp150 {at} pitt.edu

Education

B.S. - Neuroscience 

M.S. Candidate - Bioengineering

University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

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Cameron Blakeley

Research Technician

Email: cab655 {at} pitt.edu

Education

B.S. - Biological Sciences

Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL

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Ahmed Abdaltawab

Postdoctoral Associate

Email: ama632 {at} pitt.edu

Education

M.D.

Cairo University Medical School, Cairo, Egypt

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Vishnu Soni

Ph.D. Student - CNUP Program

Email

vys14 {at} pitt.edu

Education

B.S. - Neuropsychology

University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH

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Avyunkth Nilajagi

Undergraduate Student

Email: AVN33 {at} pitt.edu

Education

B.S. - Computer Science / Applied Mathematics

University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

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Zitong (Tony) Gao

Undergraduate Student - CNUP Summer Research Program

Email: zitong.gao {at} vanderbilt.edu

Education

B.S. - Neuroscience / Medicine, Health, and Society

Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN

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Join Us!

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​If you are interested in joining the Mendoza-Halliday Lab, see the details below for your corresponding position:

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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.

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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

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PhD Students

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

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

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Undergraduate Students

If you are an undergraduate student at the University of Pittsburgh or Carnegie Mellon University and would like to do research in our lab, please send an email to Dr. Mendoza-Halliday including:

- Curriculum Vitae (including previous research experience if any)

- A description of your experience with computer programming, particularly with Matlab or Python.

- A list of courses you have taken in Neuroscience, Psychology, Neuroengineering, or related fields.

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Center for Neuroscience at the University of Pittsburgh
Carnegie Mellon University - Neuroscience Institute
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Past Mentors and Current/Recent Collaborators

Robert Desimone

Professor, MIT​

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Julio Martinez-Trujillo

Professor, Western University

 

Andre Bastos

Professor, Vanderbilt

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Earl Miller

Professor, MIT

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Xiao-Jing Wang

Professor, NYU

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Guoping Feng

Professor, MIT

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Alex Major

Research Scientist, MIT

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Haoran Xu

Research Scientist, MIT

 

Christopher Cueva

Research Scientist, MIT

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Andrii Zahorodnii

Undergraduate Student, MIT

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Aniekan Umoren

PhD Student, Columbia

Cathedral of Learning

© 2023 by Diego Mendoza-Halliday. 

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