Louis Nuñez
Neuroscience & Psychology

Biography:

Louis has lived in Colorado all his life. He has always been a curious person and found science through that curiosity. A long journey of struggling and persistence, as well as the support from various friends and family has led him to be the person he is today. Thanks to all the incredible support he has received, heÌýwill receive a B.A. in Psychology and Neuroscience at the Â鶹ӰԺ. This is only the first of many steps in his research career. He plans to research for as long as heÌýcan and hope to one day open his own research lab one day to help impact underrepresented students in the same way that hisÌýPI Dr. Root has done for him.ÌýLouis plans to attend theÌýBehavioral and Systems Neuroscience Ph.D. program at Oregon Health & Science University.

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His research interests include Neurobiology of Drug Addiction and Opioids.Ìý

Research Faculty Mentor:

Dr. David Root, PhD, Department of Behavioral Neuroscience

Louis'ÌýMcNair Scholars mentor was Raúl Melgoza.Ìý