Roberto A. Abreu-Mendoza completed his bachelor’s degree in psychology and his master's degree in Behavioural Science (Neuroscience Concentration) at the University of Guadalajara, Mexico. Afterward, he completed his Ph.D. in Psychology at Rutgers University, Newark.
Then, he held a postdoctoral fellowship at Indiana University Bloomington, leading Foundation 1 of the ManyNumbers project. In August 2026, he joined the Department of Mathematics Education at Loughborough University as a lecturer (equivalent to an assistant professor in the United States).
Roberto's research program examines how individuals leverage foundational conceptual resources and domain-general cognitive tools to build numerical concepts (e.g., whole and rational numbers) throughout development.
He combines big team science, classroom-based interventions, eye-tracking, and fMRI methods to assess students at all stages, from pre-K through college, and at all levels of ability, from mathematical disabilities to talent, including clinical populations like children with Down syndrome.