Junior Specialist
Education
- B.A. in Cognitive Science, UC Berkeley Research Experience
- Selective Vulnerability Research Lab at UC San Francisco, 2023-2026
- Research Assistant in this neurology wet lab, conducting human neuropathological research in an Alzheimer’s-focused lab with a neurodegenerative brain bank.
- Adesnik Lab at UC Berkeley, 2023-2026
- Histologist in this neuroscience wet lab, studying the neural basis of visual perception and assessing the cortical and subcortical areas of the brain after 2 photon imaging experiments.
- Language and Cognitive Development Lab at UC Berkeley, 2022-2023
- Research assistant in this behavioral psychology lab, studying concept formation in developing minds and what information is considered a central form in newly learned concepts.
Publications
- Alexandra Buntin-Nakamura BA, Daniel Quintana BA, “Ventral skull based approach to whole-brain extraction in mice”. MethodsX, Volume 16, 2026
- Daniel Quintana BA, Masato Sadahiro PhD, Shreya Puja Gullapalli, Alexandra Buntin-Nakamura BA, Hillel Adesnik PhD, Ezequiel Goldschmidt MD, PhD “Unfolding the brain: Electrophysiological and Anatomic Evidence of Functional Axonal Sprouting After Pial Removal Across the Interhemispheric Fissure in mice”. 2026 (In Submission)
Other Interests
I enjoy golfing and cooking, so I am often out on the golf course practicing or at home trying new recipes!