Current Members


Principal Investigator

Julia C. Lemos, Ph.d.

Principal Investigator

Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience

B.A., Biological Basis of Behavior (BBB), University of Pennsylvania, 2004

Ph.D. Neurobiology & Behavior, University of Washington, 2012

Post-doctoral Fellow, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse & Alcoholism, 2017

Fun Fact: Julia lived in Mexico City for 3 years as a little girl.


Research Staff

Jing Jing Munson

(she/her)

B.A. in Biology with minor in Neuroscience, Carleton College

Spring 2025

munso352@umn.edu

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Fun Fact: Jing Jing plays ultimate frisbee!


Undergraduate Research Assistants

Jennifer Robeson

(she/her)

B.S. in Neuroscience with minor in Dance, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

Spring 2026

robes010@umn.edu

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Fun Fact: Jen is scuba certified!

Benjamin Wehling

(he/him)

B.S. in Neuroscience and Biochemistry with minor in Health Psychology, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

Spring 2026

wehli013@umn.edu

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Fun Fact: Ben plays rugby for the University of Minnesota!