Research Mentors

Special thanks to the mentors who supported this year’s SURF presenters.  We recognize that there are many types of mentors who support the research training such as student peers, program staff, graduate students, laboratory personnel, and research scientists. While space prohibits inclusion of all the mentors who made SURF 2022 possible, we would like to acknowledge the following primary research mentors:

Dr. Joseph Bennett | UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY | Chemistry and Biochemistry

Dr. Michael Betenbaugh | Johns Hopkins University | Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Dr. Charles Bieberich | UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY | Biological Sciences

Dr. Rachel Brewster | UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY | Biological Sciences

Dr. Maria Cambraia | UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY | CNMS

Dr. Steven Caruso | UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY | Biological Sciences

Dr. Angela Cox | Johns Hopkins School of Medicine | Molecular Microbiology and Immunology

Dr. Marie Christine Daniel | UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY | Chemistry and Biochemistry

Dr. Matthias Gobbert | UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY | Mathematics and Statistics

Dr. Erin Green | UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY | Biological Sciences

Dr. Brian Grossman | UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY | Chemistry and Biochemistry

Dr. Foad Hamidi | UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY | Information Systems

Dr. Zahid Hasan | UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY | Information Systems

Dr. Christopher Hennigan | UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY | Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering

Dr. Nele Hollmann | UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY | Chemistry and Biochemistry

Dr. Jumman Hossain | UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY | Information Systems

Dr. Erin Lavik | UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY | Chemical, Biochemical and Environmental Engineering

Dr. Mark Lee | UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY | Chemistry and Biochemistry

Dr. Tara LeGates | UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY | Biological Sciences

Dr. Weihong Lin | UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY | Biological Sciences

Dr. Margaret MacDonald | US ARMY DEVCOM | Chemical Analysis & Physical Properties

Dr. Victor Maltzev | NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING | Biophysics

Dr. Stephen Miller | UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY | Biological Sciences

Dr. Bradford Peercy | UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY | Mathematics and Statistics

Dr. Govin Rao | UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY | Chemical, Biochemical and Environmental Engineering

Dr. Phyllis Robinson | UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY | Biological Sciences

Dr. Justin Rosa-Rojas | PURDUE UNIVERSITY | Chemical Engineering

Dr. Zeev Rosenzweig | UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY | Chemistry and Biochemistry

Dr. Nirmalya Roy | UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY | Information Systems

Dr. Katherine Seley-Radtke | UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY | Chemistry and Biochemistry

Dr. Aaron Smith | UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY | Chemistry and Biochemistry

Dr. Michelle Starz-Gaiano | UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY | Biological Sciences

Dr. Michael Summers | UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY | Chemistry and Biochemistry

Dr. Blair Taylor | TOWSON UNIVERSITY | Computer and Information Sciences

Dr. Fernando Vonhoff | UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY | Biological Sciences

Dr. Jianwu Wang | UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY | Information Systems