Undergraduate Research Mentor Award Recipients
The Undergraduate Research Mentor Award recognizes excellence in supporting undergraduate research and conveys the campus' high regard for outstanding contributions made to the academic and research community. Award winners advise and work one-on-one with students on personalized, creative, enriching projects; they are committed to providing undergraduate research experiences above and beyond the classroom.
2025 Recipients
Associate Professor
Engineering Technology
Marc Hanke
Instructional Associate Professor
Honors College, Biology
Mehmet Sen
Associate Professor
Biology and Biochemistry
Previous Recipients
Associate Professor
Psychological, Health, and Learning Sciences
Assistant Professor
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Melissa Zastrow
Assistant Professor
Chemistry
Christopher Arellano
Assistant Professor
Health and Human Performance
Meghana Trivedi
Associate Professor
Phamacy Practice and Translational Research
Loi Do
Associate Professor
Chemistry
Tony Frankino
Associate Professor
Biology and Biochemistry
Professor
Biomedical Engineering
Bill D. Cook Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Associate Professor
Psychological, Health, and Learning Sciences
Pranav Parikh
Assistant Professor
Health and Human Performance
Dan Luss Professor
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Donald Kouri
Hugh Roy and Lillie Cranz Cullen Distinguished Chair and Professor
Physics
Thomas Teets
Associate Professor
Chemistry
Assistant Professor
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Assistant Professor
Chemistry
Hanako Yoshida
Associate Professor
Psychology
Professor
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Lorraine Reitzel
Associate Professor
Psychological, Health, and Learning Sciences
Professor
Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
Edgar Bering
Professor
Physics
Timothy Cooper
Assistant Professor
Biology and Biochemistry
Associate Professor
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Associate Professor
Mathematics
Professor
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Bradley McConnell
Associate Professor
Pharmacology
Professor
Computer Science
Samina Salim
Assistant Professor
Pharmacology
Norma Olvera
Associate Professor
Educational Psychology
Ernest J. and Barbara M. Henley Assistant Professor
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Carla Sharp
Associate Professor
Psychology
Professor
Computer Science
Maria Victoria Tejada-Simon
Assistant Professor
Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Lynn Voskuil
Associate Professor
English
2012
Professor
Mechanical Engineering
2011
Rigoberto Advincula
Professor
Chemistry
2010
Keith Hollingsworth
Associate Professor
Mechanical Engineering
2009
Margot Gayle Backus
Associate Professor
English
2008
Kenneth Brown
Professor
Anthropology
2007
Cullen Distinguished Professor
Chemistry
2006