Biography—

Mendonca has served in multiple research administrative roles, including as associate vice chancellor and interim vice chancellor for research at IU & Purdue University, Indianapolis, and associate vice president for research at IU. In these roles Mendonca helped lead the development of IU’s overall and research strategic plans.

In addition, Mendonca was the president of the School of Medicine faculty steering committee and the IUPUI faculty council executive committee.

With expertise in X-ray and proton radiation and cancer biology, Mendonca’s research generally focuses on understanding the mechanism of radiation-induced cancer and its prevention by natural antioxidants, as well as increasing the effectiveness of radiation in lung and pancreatic cancer treatment.

Since 2011 Mendonca has acted as the editor-in-chief of the Radiation Research journal and in 2022, the Radiation Research Society named him a fellow. He has also been a member of the American Society for Radiation Oncology, American Association for Cancer Research and American Board of Radiology.

Having mentored several high school, undergraduate and graduate students, Mendonca has received a number of teaching and service awards, including the American Board of Radiology’s lifetime and volunteer service awards and the IU School of Medicine’s trustee teaching award.

Mendonca earned his doctorate in biophysics from the University of California, Berkeley, and his bachelor’s degree in biology from the College of the Holy Cross.