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• UTEP Student Employment Program Award - UTEP Office for Student Affairs (08/08/2020)
• Interdisciplinary Research Building Space Award - UTEP (04/08/2020)
• Biology, Behavior, and Chemistry Annual Meeting Travel Award - BBC (01/15/2020)
• Biology, Behavior, and Chemistry Annual Meeting Travel Award - BBC (01/15/2020)
• Biology, Behavior, and Chemistry Annual Meeting Travel Award - BBC (01/15/2020)
• National Hispanic Science Network Annual Meeting Travel Award - NHSN (06/15/2019)
• Biology, Behavior, and Chemistry Annual Meeting Travel Award - BBC (01/15/2019)
• NINDS Mentoring Institute for Neuroscience Diversity Scholars - National Institute on Neurological Disorders and Stroke (02/26/2018)
• NIDA Diversity Scholars Network - National Institute on Drug Abuse (02/14/2018)

• Ph D in Experimental Psychology, Texas A&M University (2010)

• Increased Risky Choice and Reduced CHRNB2 Expression in Adult Male Rats Exposed to Nicotine Vapor International Journal of Molecular Sciences 23 3 (2022), Priscilla Giner, Liliana Maynez-Anchondo, Anna E. Liley, Kevin P. Uribe, Gabriel Frietze, Nicholas W. Simon, Ian A. Mendez.
• Exposure to nicotine vapor produced by an electronic nicotine delivery system causes short-term increases in impulsive choice in adult male rats. Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (2021), R J. Flores, Fatima Z. Alshbool, P Giner, Laura E. O'Dell, Ian A. Mendez.
• Amino acid systems in the interpeduncular nucleus are altered in a sex-dependent manner during nicotine withdrawal. Journal of neuroscience research (2021), Luis Carcoba, Kevin P. Uribe, S Ortegon, Ian A. Mendez, M DeBiasi, Laura E. O'Dell.
• Estradiol promotes and progesterone reduces anxiety-like behavior produced by nicotine withdrawal in female rats. Psychoneuroendocrinology 119 (2020), R J. Flores, Bryan Cruz, Kevin P. Uribe, V L. Correa, M C. Arreguin, Luis Carcoba, Ian A. Mendez, Laura E. O'Dell.
• Investigating the effects of nicotine vapor exposure on impulsive choice BBC (2019), Priscilla Giner, Ian A. Mendez.
• Beta-arrestin 1 regulation of reward-motivated behaviors and glutamatergic function. PloS one 12 10 (2017), N Mittal, A Minasyan, N Romaneschi, J K. Hakimian, G Gonzalez-Fernandez, R Albert, N Desai, Ian A. Mendez, T Schallert, S B. Ostlund, W Walwyn.

• Establishing A Rodent Model Of E-cigarette Use: Current Progress And Early Findings (2022), Volume Virtual, Ian A. Mendez.
• Establishing A Rodent Model Of E-cigarette Use: Current Progress And Early Findings (2021), Volume Virtual, Ian A. Mendez.
• Establishing A Rodent Model Of E-cigarette Use: Current Progress And Early Findings (2020), Volume Virtual, Ian A. Mendez.
• Establishing A Rodent Model Of E-cigarette Use: Current Progress And Early Findings (2020), Volume Virtual, Ian A. Mendez.
• Establishing A Rodent Model Of E-cigarette Use: Current Progress And Early Findings (2020), Volume Virtual, Ian A. Mendez.
• Starting and Running a Research Lab (2019), Volume Online, Ian A. Mendez.
• Integration of a Required Study Away Program Within the PharmD Curriculum (2019), Volume Chicago, IL, Denise I. Pinal, Jacquelyn P. Navarrete, Jeri J. Sias, Emily J. Christenberry, Amanda Loya, Sweta Andrews, Liliana Lunares, Ian A. Mendez.
• The Pursuit of Happiness: New Insights into the Neurobiological Mechanisms Driving Reward Seeking Behavior (2019), Volume Cold Springs Harbor, NY, Ian A. Mendez.
• BRIDGING Pharmaceutical Sciences and Pharmacy Practice Through a Required, Longitudinal Capstone Research Experience (2018), Volume Boston, MA, Margie E. Padilla, Emily J. Christenberry, Ian A. Mendez, Jennifer M. Hartman, Gabriel Frietze, Jessica M. Shenberger-Trujillo, Amanda Loya, Fadi Khasawneh, Fatima Z. Alshbool, Sweta Andrews, Jose O. Rivera.
• Scholarship of Discovery Panel (2018), Volume UTEP, Ian A. Mendez.
• Age-related changes in licking microstructure and motivation for palatable rewards. (2017), Volume Washington D.C., Ian A. Mendez, Niall P. Murphy, Sean B. Ostlund, Nigel T. Maidment.
• A Role for Striatal Enkephalin in the Ability of Food-Paired Cues to Increase Motivation for Food Rewards. (2017), Volume Phoenix, AZ, Ian A. Mendez.

• SC2 Diversity Supplement: Assessing The Effects Of Adolescent Nicotine Vapor Exposure On Motivation And Decision For Rewards
• Support of Competitive Research Program 2 (SC2)