Find a Faculty Mentor
Many faculty members are interested in working with undergraduates on research projects. It's easier than you might think to find a faculty mentor to work with.
Here are some steps to help you get started:
- Think about your interests and your available time to commit to a research project.
- Talk with faculty you have taken classes with and ask them to recommend other faculty members to contact.
- Familiarize yourself with a faculty member's research before you contact them; check their department web pages and research sites for bios and publications.
Faculty Mentor Directory
Below is a list of faculty who would like to mentor and work with undergrad students. Faculty are listed by college and the list includes the programs they have funding through.
| Department of Agriculture, Nutrition & Veterinary Sciences | |
|---|---|
| Stanley Omaye | omaye@unr.edu |
| Marie-Louise Ricketts | mricketts@cabnr.unr.edu |
| Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | |
|---|---|
| Patricia Ellison | ellison@unr.edu |
| Patricia Ferreira Dos Santos | pferreiradossantos@unr.edu |
| Dylan Kosma | dkosma@unr.edu |
| Ron Pardini | ronp@cabnr.unr.edu |
| David Shintani | shintani@unr.edu |
| Ian Wallace | iwallace@unr.edu |
| Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Science | |
|---|---|
| Tom Dilts | tdilts@unr.edu |
| Mae Gustin | mgustin@cabnr.unr.edu |
| Marjorie Matocq | mmatocq@unr.edu |
| Bob Nowak | nowak@cabnr.unr.edu |
| Kelley Stewart | kstewart@cabnr.unr.edu |
| Lee Turner | leeturner@ndow.org |
| Paul Verburg | pverburg@cabnr.unr.edu |
| Peter Weisberg | pweisberg@unr.edu |
| Department of Economics | |
|---|---|
| Tom Harris | harris@unr.edu |
| Department of Literacy Studies | |
|---|---|
| Dianna Townsend | dtownsend@unr.edu |
| Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering | |
|---|---|
| Dev Chidambaram | dcc@unr.edu |
| Jeffrey LaCombe | lacomj@unr.edu |
| Ravi Subramanian | ravisv@unr.edu |
| Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering | |
|---|---|
| Yu Yang | yuy@unr.edu |
| Department of Computer Science and Engineering | |
|---|---|
| David Feil-Seifer | dfseifer@unr.edu |
| Department of Mechanical Engineering Faculty Mentors | |
|---|---|
| Eric Wang | elwang@unr.edu |
| Department of Anthropology | |
|---|---|
| Richard Scott | grscott@unr.edu |
| Department of Art | |
|---|---|
| Peter Goin | pgoin@unr.edu |
| Tamara Scronce | tamaras@unr.edu |
| Brett Van Hoesen | bvanhoesen@unr.edu |
| Department of Criminal Justice | |
|---|---|
| Emmanuel Barthe | epbarthe@unr.edu |
| Department of English | |
|---|---|
| Michael Branch | mbranch@unr.edu |
| Patrick Harris | patrickharris@unr.edu |
| Department of History | |
|---|---|
| Emily Hobson | ehobson@unr.edu |
| Department of Political Science | |
|---|---|
| Robert Ostergard | orobert@unr.edu |
| Department of Psychology | |
|---|---|
| Marian Berryhill | mberryhill@unr.edu |
| Gideon Caplovitz | gcaplovitz@unr.edu |
| William Follette | follette@unr.edu |
| Holly Hazlett-Stevens | hhazlett@unr.edu |
| Fang Jiang | fangj@unr.edu |
| Jacqueline Snow | snow@unr.edu |
| Michael Webster | mwebster@unr.edu |
| Department of World Languages and Literatures | |
|---|---|
| Fred de Rafols | fdrafols@unr.edu |
| Casilde Isabelli | isabelli@unr.edu |
| Beatriz Robinson | beatriz@unr.edu |
| Department of Biology | |
|---|---|
| Patricia Berninsone | berninsone@unr.edu |
| Chris Feldman | ophis@unr.edu |
| Matthew Forister | mforister@unr.edu |
| Thomas Kidd | tkidd@unr.edu |
| Minkyung Kim | minkim@unr.edu |
| Anne Leonard | anneleonard@unr.edu |
| Grant Mastick | gmastick@unr.edu |
| Pedro Miura | pmiura@unr.edu |
| Yong Zhang | yongzhang@unr.edu |
| Department of Chemistry | |
|---|---|
| Mario Alpuche Aviles | malpuche@unr.edu |
| Ana de Bettencourt-Dias | abd@unr.edu |
| Brian Frost | frost@unr.edu |
| Chris Jeffrey | cjeffrey@unr.edu |
| Ben King | king@chem.unr.edu |
| Robert Sheridan | rss@unr.edu |
| Yiftah Tal Gan | ytalgan@unr.edu |
| Matthew Tucker | matthewtucker@unr.edu |
| Sergey Varganov | svarganov@unr.edu |
| Department of Geography | |
|---|---|
| Tom Albright | talbright@unr.edu |
| Department of Geological Sciences and Engineering | |
|---|---|
| John McCormack | mccormac@mines.unr.edu |
| Paula Noble | noblepj@unr.edu |
| Simon Poulson | poulson@unr.edu |
| Department of Mathematics and Statistics | |
|---|---|
| Christopher Herald | herald@unr.edu |
| Anna Panorska | ania@unr.edu |
| Paul Hurtado | phurtado@unr.edu |
| Department of Physics | |
|---|---|
| Tim Darling | darling@unr.edu |
| Andrew Geraci | ageraci@unr.edu |
| Heather Holmes | hholmes@unr.edu |
| Community Health Sciences | |
|---|---|
| Jeff Angermann | jangermann@medicine.nevada.edu |
| Judith Sugar | jsugar@unr.edu |
| Division of Atmospheric Sciences | |
|---|---|
| Eric Wilcox | Eric.Wilcox@dri.edu |
| Division of Hydrologic Sciences | |
|---|---|
| Greg Pohll | Greg.Pohll@dri.edu |
| Sesh Rajagopal | Seshadri.Rajagopal@dri.edu |
| Reynolds School of Journalism | |
|---|---|
| Ezequiel Korin | ekorin@unr.edu |
| Sanford Center for Aging | |
|---|---|
| Susan Harris | sharris@unr.edu |
| Department of Microbiology and Immunology | |
|---|---|
| David Aucoin | daucoin@medicine.nevada.edu |
| Sujata Pandit | spandit@medicine.nevada.edu |
| Cyprian Rossetto | crossetto@medicine.nevada.edu |
| Department of Pharmacology | |
|---|---|
| Dean Burkin | dburkin@medicine.nevada.edu |
| Heather Burkin | hburkin@medicine.nevada.edu |
| Iain Buxton | ibuxton@medicine.nevada.edu |
| Ruben Dagda | rdagda@medicine.nevada.edu |
| Normand Leblanc | nleblanc@medicine.nevada.edu |
| Cherie Singer | csinger@medicine.nevada.edu |
| Department of Physiology and Cell Biology | |
|---|---|
| Seungil Ro | sro@medicine.nevada.edu |
| Wei Yan | wyan@medicine.nevada.edu |
| Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology | |
|---|---|
| Abbie Olszewski | aolszewski@medicine.nevada.edu |
| School of Social Work | |
|---|---|
| Mary Hylton | mhylton@unr.edu |
| Department of Biology | |
|---|---|
| Laura Briggs | lbriggs@tmcc.edu |
| University of Nevada Cooperative Extension | |
|---|---|
| Loretta Singletary | singletaryl@unce.unr.edu |