Undergraduate Research

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Past Mentors

These faculty have volunteered to mentor undergraduate students for the INBRE Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP). This page is offered as a student resource for finding a mentor. A faculty member does not have to be listed here in order to serve as a mentor. List updated August 2007.

Reno Mentors	Las Vegas Mentors
Jesse Adams Mechanical Engineering, UNR 775/784-6738 jdadams@unr.edu	Andrew Andres Biological Sciences, UNLV 702/895-1778 andrew.andres@unlv.edu
Josh Baker Biochemistry, UNSOM 775/784-4103 jebaker@unr.edu	Ernesto Abel-Santos Chemistry, UNLV 702/895-2608 ernesto.abelsantos@unlv.edu
Tom Bell Chemistry, UNR 775/784-1842 twb@unr.edu	Daniel N. Allen Psychology, UNLV 702/895-0121 dallen@ccmail.nevada.edu
Patricia Berninsone Biology, UNR 775/784-1391 berninsone@unr.edu	Dennis Bazylinski School of Life Sciences, UNLV 702/895-5832 dennis.bazylinski@unlv.edu
Gary Blomquist Biochemistry, UNSOM 775/784-4104 blomquis@unr.edu	Pradip K. Bhowmik Chemistry, UNLV 702/895-0885 pradip.bhowmik@unlv.edu
Iain L. O. Buxton Pharmacology; Obstetrics & Gynecology, UNSOM 775/784-1566 buxton@med.unr.edu	Frank van Breukelen Biological Sciences, UNLV 702/895-3944 frank.vanbreukelen@ccmail.nevada.edu
William Courchesne Microbiology and Immunology, UNSOM 775/784-4113 wec@med.unr.edu	Stephen Carper Chemistry, UNLV 702/895-4297 carpers@unlv.nevada.edu
Cristine Cremo Biochemistry, UNSOM 775/784-7033 cremo@unr.edu	Steve DeBelle School of Life Sciences 702/895-3271 steven.debelle@unlv.edu
Michael A. Crognale Psychology; Biomedical Engineering, UNR 775/784-6828 ext 2030 mikro@unr.edu	Michelle M. Elekonich Biological Sciences, UNLV 702/895-0440 michelle.elekonich@ccmail.nevada.edu
John C. Cushman Biochemistry, UNR 775/784-1918 jcushman@unr.edu	Allen G. Gibbs Biological Sciences, UNLV 702/895-3203 allen.gibbs@ccmail.nevada.edu
Cahit A. Evrensel Mechanical Engineering, UNR 775/784-6093 cahit@unr.edu	Brian P. Hedlund Biological Sciences, UNLV Las Vegas, NV 89154-4004 702/895-0809
Alan Fuchs Chemical Engineering, UNR 775/327-2227 afuchs@unr.edu	Holly H. Hobart Cytogenetics, Pediatrics/Genetics, UNSOM 702/671-5055 hhobart@med.unr.edu
Philip H. Goodman Biomedical Engineering, UNR 775/982-4869 goodman@unr.edu	Deborah K. Hoshizaki Biological Sciences, UNLV 702/895-3266 dkhosh@clark.nscee.edu
Jeff Harper Biochemistry, UNR 775/784-1349 jfharper@un.edu	Yingtao Jiang Electrical and Computer Engineering, UNLV 702/895-2533 yingtao@egr.unlv.edu
Dorothy Hudig Microbiology and Immunology, UNSOM 775/784-4430 hudig@med.unr.edu	Karen A. Kemtes Cognition in Aging Laboratory, UNLV 702/895-2641 kkemtes@unlv.nevada.edu
Tom Kidd Biology, UNR 775/784-6669 tkidd@unr.edu	Kayvan T. Khiabani Hand and Microsurgery, UNSOM 702/671-2274 khiabani@unr.edu
Ben King Chemistry, UNR 775/784-1736 king@chem.unr.redu	Steen Madsen Health Physics, UNLV 702/895-1805 steenm@ccmail.nevada.edu
Thomas Kozel Microbiology and Immunology, UNSOM 775/784-4124 trkozel@med.unr.edu	Susan L. Meacham Nutrition Sciences, UNLV 702/895-1169 smeacham@ccmail.nevada.edu
David Lightner Chemistry, UNR 775/784-4980 lightner@unr.nevada.edu	Venkatesan Muthukumar Electrical and Computer Engineering, UNLV 702/895 3566 venkim@egr.unlv.edu
Sushil J. Louis Computer Science, UNR 775/784-4315 sushil@cse.unr.edu	Giuseppe Pizzorno Drug Development, NVCI 702/822-5381 gpizzorno@nvcancer.org
Eric A. Marchand Civil Engineering, UNR 775/784-6817 marchand@unr.edu	Shizhi Qian Mechanical Engineering, UNLV 702/895-5452 shizhi@egr.unlv.edu
Cynthia Corley Mastick Biochemistry, UNSOM 775/784-1155 cmastick@med.unr.edu	James Raymond Biological Sciences, UNLV 702/895-3268 raymond@unlv.nevada.edu
Grant Mastick Biology, UNR 775/784-6168 gmastick@med.unr.edu	Emma Regentova Electrical and Computer Engineering, UNLV 702/895-3187 regent@ee.unlv.edu
Svetlana Mihaylova-Todorova Pharmacology, UNSOM 775/784-4115 mihay_s@med.unr.edu	Eduardo Robleto Biological Sciences, UNLV 702/ 895-2496 robletoe@unlv.nevada.edu
William Murphy Microbiology and Immunology, UNSOM 775/784-7595 wmurphy@med.unr.edu	Jeff Shen Biological Sciences, UNLV 702/895-4704 jeffery.shen@ccmail.nevada.edu
Alison E. Murray Earth and Ecosystem Sciences, DRI 775/673-7361 alison@dri.edu	Bryan L. Spangelo Chemistry, UNLV 702/895-3797 spangelb@unlv.nevada.edu
Stanley Omaye Nutrition, UNR 775/ 784-6447 omaye@unr.edu	Helen Wing Biological Sciences, UNLV 702/895-5279 Helen.Wing@ccmail.nevada.edu
Chi-Yun Pai Biology, UNR 775/784-1932 paicy@unr.edu	William A. Zamboni Plastic Surgery, UNSOM 702/671-2278 wzamboni@unr.edu
Brian A. Perrino Physiology & Cell Biology, UNSOM 775/784-6396 perrino@physio.unr.edu	Ronald Yasbin College of Sciences, UNLV 702/895-3487 ronald.yasbin@unlv.edu
Chris A. Pritsos Nutrition, UNR 775/327-5096 pritsos@med.unr.edu
David A. Schooley Biochemistry, UNR 775/784-4136 schooley@unr.edu
David Shintani Biochemistry, UNR 775/784-4631 shintani@unr.edu
Stephen St Jeor Microbiology, UNSOM 775/784-4123 stjeor@med.unr.edu
Claus Tittiger Biochemistry, UNR 775/784-6480 crt@unr.edu
Lisbeth Welniak Animal Biotechnology, UNR 775/784-7597 lwelniak@unr.edu
William Welch Biochemistry, UNR 775/784-4102 welch@unr.nevada.edu
Sean M. Wilson Pharmacology, UNSOM 775/784-1317 smwilson@med.unr.edu

DRI - Desert Research Institute; NVCI - Nevada Cancer Institute; UNLV - University of Nevada, Las Vegas; UNR - University of Nevada, Reno; UNSOM - University of Nevada School of Medicine.

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