Dom is currently working towards his PhD in Medical Neuroscience in Indianapolis. His research interests surround using cutting-edge approaches to elucidate the genetics of Alzheimer’s disease. He serves on the Medical Neuroscience Graduate Organization board, is the Vice President of IUSM’s chapter of the Society for Advancement of Chicanos & Native Americans in Science (SACNAS), and is the secretary of Science Outreach in Central Indiana.

Previously, Dom graduted from the University of Notre Dame with a bachelor’s degree in Neuroscience & Behavior. His work in the laboratory of Giles Duffield and in collaboration with the Univeristy’s Environmental Research Centers (Upper Penninsula, MI & Nation Bison Range, MT) investigated the physiological factors that effect rhythmic behaviors. Studying circadian and seasonal rhtyhms in Anopheles gambiae and Peromyscus maniculatus allowed him to gain an appreciation for how genetics and environmental effects can drive behaviors that ultimately affect human health.