Campus Directory

Division Baskin School of Engineering

Department/College/Unit Electrical and Computer Engineering

Title Research Specialist

Affiliation Graduate

Other UCSC Campus Affiliation Genomics Institute

Primary Office Location UC Santa Cruz Westside Research Park
B290

Office Hours for Students/ Office Hours Monday Through Friday, 9am to 5pm

Mail Stop WRP Facilities

Selected Presentations

• Minnick, J., Moarefian, M., Sevetson, J., Salama, S., & Teodorescu, M. (2024). Unlocking Optimal Micro-Macro Fabrication Methodology for Neural Engineering: Comparative Analysis of Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) Molds in Neurite Outgrowth Studies. Poster presented at the Society for Neuroscience (SfN) Annual Meeting 2024, October 5-9, Chicago, Illinois Abstract No. 13694.

• Moarefian, M., Cisneros, A., Minnick, J., Hernandez, S., Mostajo-Radji, M., Sharf, T., & Teodorescu, M. (2024). Integrating Microfluidic and Multi-Electrode Array (MEA) Systems for Live Migration of Inhibitory Interneurons and Excitatory Cortical Neurons Using Chemical and Electrical Stimuli. Poster presented at the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) Annual Meeting 2024, October 23–26, Baltimore, MD Abstract No. 2865884.

• Anderson, J., Glen, J. M. G., Earney, T., Rea-Downing, G., Zielinski, L., Kelly, P. J., Dean, B., Keller, G., Bouligand, C., Minnick, J., & Tarkany, S. (2023). Ground and Airborne-based Geophysical Mapping and Monitoring of Volcanic and Hydrothermal Systems at Mammoth Lakes, California. Poster presented at the AGU Fall Meeting 2023, December 11-15, San Francisco, CA. Poster No. GP33C-0572. Bibcode: 2023AGUFMGP33C0572A

Selected Publications

 • Lindhout, F. W., Szafranska, H. M., Imaz-Rosshandler, I., Guglielmi, L., Moarefian, M., Voitiuk, K., Zernicka-Glover, N. K., Lloyd-Davies Sanchez, D. J., Minnick, J., Teodorescu, M., & Lan caster, M. A. (2024). Calcium dynamics tune developmental tempo to generate evolutionarily divergent axon tract lengths. Science- Manuscript in peer review stage.

• Minnick, J., Moarefian, M., Hernandez Cifuentes, J. S., Sevetson, J., Voitiuk, K., Salama, S., & Teodorescu, M. (2024) Microfluidic Fabrication Modalities Affect Axon Morphology in Human Brain Organoids. In progress.

• Moarefian, M., Cisneros, A., Minnick, J., Hernandez Cifuentes, J. S., Mostajo-Radji, M., Sharf, T., & Teodorescu, M. (2024). A Microfluidic System for Live Migration of Inhibitory Interneurons and Excitatory Cortical Neurons. In Progress.

• Minnick, J. (2024). Microfluidic PDMS Chip for Unidirectional Recurrent Neural Networks (Version 1.x). NIH 3D. https://doi.org/10.60705/3DPX/21595.1

• Minnick, J. R. (2023). Automated Tools for Accurate and Precise Dosing of Granular Solids. Bachelor’s Thesis, University of California, Santa Cruz. Available at: https://dca.ue.ucsc.edu/dca/winners/2024/1615.pdf