Honors College students have several opportunities to connect with our Honors College Graduate Mentors, a cohort of full-time doctoral students representing a range of academic disciplines. Honors College Graduate Mentors provide mentorship within their academic area of expertise regarding topics such as writing personal statements for graduate school applications, how to get involved in research, coaching on presenting academic research, and more. Graduate Mentors are available through office hours as well as signature events, giving Honors College undergraduates a rich resource and support network within their academic disciplines.
Current Graduate Mentors
Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
Italian
Physics and Astronomy
Molecular Biosciences, Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology
Communication, Information, and Media, Communication Department (Health Communication)
Communication and Information - Library and Information Science
Clinical Psychology PhD
Ecology and Evolution
Public Health; Health Behavior, Society and Policy Department
Molecular biosciences program
Cellular and Molecular Pharmocology
Planning and Public Policy
Ecology & Evolution
Previous Graduate Mentors
2023 - 24
Amily Bolano Diaz: Law School - Newark
Amit Sen: Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
Amy Adair: Graduate School of Education (Ph.D. in Education Program)
Ariana Guzman: Italian
Barbara Gruszka: Neuroscience - RBHS
Batoul Taki: Electrical and Computer Engineering
Bingyan Cui: Civil and Environmental Engineering
Christopher Corbo: English
Clara Scher: Social Work
Courtney McDermott: Neuroscience
Daniel Piacitelli: Physics and Astronomy
Eleanor (Nellie) Agosta: Molecular Biosciences, Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology
Elif Poyraz: Psychology
Elizabeth (Liesl) Broadbridge: Communication, Information, and Media, Communication Department (Health Communication)
Emma May: Communication and Information - Library and Information Science
Fabrizio Drago: Public Health (Epidemiology track)
Fan Zhang: Computer Science
Geordan Stukey: Microbial Biology
Huteng Dai: Linguistics
Ivan Linares Garcia: Cell Biology and Neuroscience
Jiawei Shao: Ph.D. in Bilingualism and Second Language Acquisition, Department of Spanish and Portuguese Rutgers
Jiayi Liu: Cell and Developmental Biology Graduate Program
Josh Rochotte: Communication Information and Media
Lauren Harnedy: Clinical Psychology PhD
Margot Shumaker: Microbial Biology
Marissa Caldwell: Communication
Marius Rusu: Italian
Mikayla Voglewede: Neuroscience
Morgan Mark: Ecology and Evolution
Naomi Cruz: Public Health; Health Behavior, Society and Policy Department
Prateeksha Rout: Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
Reem Alatrash: Molecular biosciences program
Ryan Fink: Cellular and Molecular Pharmocology
Saai Anugraha Tiruchendurai Suryanarayanan: Cell and developmental Biology/ Department of Genetics
Sergej Grunevski: Cognitive Psychology
Sophia Fox-Dichter: Planning and Public Policy
Sophia Piper: Ecology & Evolution
Thomas Zimmerman: PhD - Higher Education
Weiping Hua: Electrical and computer engineering
2022 - 23
Christopher Corbo: English
Courtney McDermott: Neuroscience
Fernando Antonio Rebolledo Uscanga: Biomedical Engineering
John Aremu: Biostatistics, Epidemiology
Ivan Linares Garcia: Neuroscience
Patrick Brooks: Philosophy
2021 - 22
Adam Gibbons: Philosophy
Anna Sandberg: Education, Culture, & Society
Chris Corbo: English
Courtney McDermott: Neuroscience
Fernando Antonio Rebbolledo Uscanga: Biomedical Engineering
John Aremu: Biostatistics and Epidemiology
Ivan Linares Garcia: Neuroscience
Stephania Guzman: Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology
2020 - 21
Adam Gibbons: Philosophy
Alexandra Burr: Biomedical Engineering
Angela Dao: Psychology- Behavioral & Systems Neuroscience
Anna Sandberg: Education, Culture, & Society
Carolina Flores Henrique: Philosophy
Christopher Corbo: English
Courtney McDermott: Neuroscience
Fernando Antonio Rebolledo Uscanga: Biomedical Engineering
John Aremu: Biostatistics and Epidemiology
Rahul Upadhya: Biomedical Engineering
Maria Ibrahim: Molecular Biosciences
2019 - 20
Alexandra Burr: Biomedical Engineering
Lauren Timmins: Biomedical Engineering
Rahul Upadhya: Biomedical Engineering
Angela Dao: Psychology- Behavioral & Systems Neuroscience
Courtney McDermott: Neuroscience
Kailana (Nani) Durnan: English
Anna Sandberg: Education, Culture, & Society
Brian Sengdala: Music: Musicology
Brandon Schweibenz: Biochemistry
Nanxia Zhao: Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
Rebecca Cipollina: Psychology
Tin Le: Pharmacy
Tiffany Lin, HC '19: Pharmacy
Daniel Rizzolo: Toxicology
Yongjia (Nancy) Gong: Food Science/Microbiology
Tyler John: Philosophy
2018 - 19
Alex Yonk: Cell Biology and Neuroscience
Caterina Agostini: Italian
Emily Kelly-Castro: Neuroscience and Cell Biology
Jiqun Liu: Library and Information Science
Julia O'Connor: Social Work
Kailana (Nani) Durnan: English
Lauren Timmins: Biomedical Engineering
Louis Segura: Comparative Literature
Mary Alcaro: English
Michelle Doose: Epidemiology
Nirmala Thomas: Environmental Science - Exposure Science
Rachel Dickler: Learning Sciences
Rafael Vizcaino: Comparative Literature
Robyn Miranda: Food Science
Rudrani Gangopadhyay: Comparative Literature
Scott Harris: English
Thanawat Rattanawitoon: Public Health
2017 - 18
Cosmas Mwikirize: Biomedical Engineering
Caroline Pantazis: Neuroscience
Nattawan Junboonta: Theory, Organization and Policy
Na'ama Av-Shalom: Learning Sciences
Eve Reilly: Microbiology & Molecular Genetics
Richard Voepel: Mathematics
Caitlin Bronson: Social and Health Psychology
Shaojun Zhu: Computer Science
Catie Raney: Physics & Astronomy
Morgan Moyer: Linguistics
2016 - 17
Tawanda Hubbard: Social Work
Rachel Rubinstein: Psychology
Yilin Wu: Economics
Na'ama Av-Shalom: Learning Sciences
Nattawan Junboonta: Education Theory, Organization and Policy
Sonia Razavi: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Caroline Pantazis: Neuroscience
Cosmas Mwikirize: Biomedical Engineering
Fei Wang: Molecular Biology & Genetics
Maria Qadri: Biomedical Engineering & Quantitative Biomedicine
Urmimala Basu: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology