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 department.
| Department of Agriculture, Nutrition & Veterinary Sciences | |
|---|---|
| Silvia Stan | sstan@unr.edu |
| Stanley Omaye | omaye@unr.edu |
| Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | |
|---|---|
| John Cushman | jcushman@unr.edu |
| Patricia Ferreira Dos Santos | pferreiradossantos@unr.edu |
| Dylan Kosma | dkosma@unr.edu |
| Ian Wallace | iwallace@unr.edu |
| Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Science | |
|---|---|
| Adrian Harpold | adrian.harpold@gmail.com |
| Elizabeth Leger | eleger@cabnr.unr.edu |
| Paul Verburg | pverburg@cabnr.unr.edu |
| Peter Weisberg | pweisberg@unr.edu |
| Department of Economics | |
|---|---|
| Mehmet Tosun | tosun@unr.edu |
| NevadaTeach | |
|---|---|
| Glenn Waddell | gwaddell@unr.edu |
| Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering | |
|---|---|
| Sage Hiibel | shiibel@unr.edu |
| Ravi Subramanian | ravisv@unr.edu |
| Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering | |
|---|---|
| Yu Yang | yuy@unr.edu |
| Department of Computer Science and Engineering | |
|---|---|
| Konstantinos Alexis | kalexis@unr.edu |
| David Feil-Seifer | dfseifer@unr.edu |
| Department of Electrical and Biomedical Engineering Faculty Mentors | |
|---|---|
| Xiaoshan Zhu | xzhu@unr.edu |
| Department of Mechanical Engineering Faculty Mentors | |
|---|---|
| Mustafa Hadj-Nacer | mhadjnacer@unr.edu |
| Yanyao Jiang | yjiang@unr.edu |
| Department of Anthropology | |
|---|---|
| Richard Scott | grscott@unr.edu |
| Department of Art | |
|---|---|
| Peter Goin | pgoin@unr.edu |
| Brett Van Hoesen | bvanhoesen@unr.edu |
| Department of Criminal Justice | |
|---|---|
| Emmanuel Barthe | epbarthe@unr.edu |
| Department of English | |
|---|---|
| Elisabeth Miller | elisabethmiller@unr.edu |
| Ignacio Montoya | ignaciomontoya@unr.edu |
| Department of History | |
|---|---|
| Linda Curcio | lindacurcio@unr.edu |
| Department of Political Science | |
|---|---|
| Elizabeth Koebele | ekoebele@unr.edu |
| Department of Psychology | |
|---|---|
| Lorraine Benuto | dr.benuto@gmail.com |
| Marian Berryhill | mberryhill@unr.edu |
| Gideon Caplovitz | gcaplovitz@unr.edu |
| Jeff Hutsler | jhutsler@unr.edu |
| Fang Jiang | fangj@unr.edu |
| Jacqueline Snow | snow@unr.edu |
| Lars Strother | lars@unr.edu |
| Michael Webster | mwebster@unr.edu |
| Yueran Yang | yuerany@unr.edu |
| Department of Sociology | |
|---|---|
| Marta Elliott | melliott@unr.edu |
| Clayton Peoples | peoplesc@unr.edu |
| Department of World Languages and Literatures | |
|---|---|
| Fred de Rafols | fdrafols@unr.edu |
| Casilde Isabelli | isabelli@unr.edu |
| Genocide Studies (Center for Basque Studies) | |
|---|---|
| Xabier Irujo | irujo@unr.edu |
| Department of Biology | |
|---|---|
| Jeffrey Baguley | baguley@unr.edu |
| Sudeep Chandra | sudeep@unr.edu |
| Chris Feldman | ophis@unr.edu |
| Matthew Forister | mforister@unr.edu |
| Thomas Kidd | tkidd@unr.edu |
| Anne Leonard | anneleonard@unr.edu |
| Pedro Miura | pmiura@unr.edu |
| Elizabeth Pringle | epringle@unr.edu |
| Yong Zhang | yongzhang@unr.edu |
| Department of Chemistry | |
|---|---|
| Mario Alpuche Aviles | malpuche@unr.edu |
| Christopher Barile | cbarile@unr.edu |
| Ana de Bettencourt-Dias | abd@unr.edu |
| Brian Frost | frost@unr.edu |
| Laina Geary | lgeary@unr.edu |
| Chris Jeffrey | cjeffrey@unr.edu |
| Robert Sheridan | rss@unr.edu |
| Yiftah Tal Gan | ytalgan@unr.edu |
| Matthew Tucker | matthewtucker@unr.edu |
| Department of Geography | |
|---|---|
| Scott Kelley | scottkelley@unr.edu |
| Stephanie McAffee | smcafee@unr.edu |
| Kenneth Nussear | knussear@unr.edu |
| Department of Geological Sciences and Engineering | |
|---|---|
| Ronald Breitmeyer | rbreitmeyer@unr.edu |
| John McCormack | mccormac@mines.unr.edu |
| Paula Noble | noblepj@unr.edu |
| Department of Mathematics and Statistics | |
|---|---|
| Christopher Herald | herald@unr.edu |
| Paul Hurtado | phurtado@unr.edu |
| Anna Panorska | ania@unr.edu |
| Department of Physics | |
|---|---|
| Heather Holmes | hholmes@unr.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 |
| Department of Pharmacology | |
|---|---|
| Dean Burkin | dburkin@medicine.nevada.edu |
| Heather Burkin | hburkin@medicine.nevada.edu |
| Ruben Dagda | rdagda@medicine.nevada.edu |
| Cherie Singer | csinger@medicine.nevada.edu |
| Department of Physiology and Cell Biology | |
|---|---|
| Qi Chen | cqi@med.unr.edu |
| Seungil Ro | sro@medicine.nevada.edu |
| Wei Yan | wyan@medicine.nevada.edu |
| Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology | |
|---|---|
| Abbie Olszewski | aolszewski@medicine.nevada.edu |
| Department of Biology | |
|---|---|
| Laura Briggs | lbriggs@tmcc.edu |