Kudos to all of the mentors who supported this year’s SURF presenters. There are many types of mentors who support the research training of novice scientists that include student peers, program staff, graduate students, laboratory personnel, and research scientists. While space prohibits mentioning the names of the many mentors who made the Virtual SURF 2020 possible, we would like to acknowledge the following primary research mentors.
| Dr. | Diane | Alonso | UMBC | Department of Psychology |
| Dr. | Michael | Betenbaugh | Johns Hopkins University | Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering |
| Dr. | Charles | Bieberich | UMBC | Department of Biological Sciences |
| Dr. | Dawn | Biehler | UMBC | Department of Geography & Environmental Systems |
| Dr. | Rachel | Brewster | UMBC | Department of Biological Sciences |
| Dr. | Sheldon | Broedel | Past UMBC Adjunct Professor | Athena ES, Gardner Industries, LLC |
| Dr. | Maria | Cambraia Guimaro | UMBC | College of Natural & Mathematical Sciences |
| Dr. | Joseph | Carmicheal | University of Nebraska Medical Center | Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology |
| Dr. | Steven | Caruso | UMBC | Department of Biological Sciences |
| Dr. | Jonathan | Cohen | Princeton University | Princeton Neuroscience Institute, Department of Psychology |
| Dr. | Belay | Demoz | UMBC | Department of Physics |
| Dr. | Mary | Devadas | Towson University | Department of Chemistry |
| Dr. | Charles | Eggleton | UMBC | Department of Mechanical Engineering |
| Dr. | James | Foulds | UMBC | Department of Information Systems |
| Dr. | Jeffery | Gardner | UMBC | & Gardner Industries, LLC |
| Dr. | Christopher | Hennigan | UMBC | Department of Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering |
| Dr. | Scott | Jones | NIST | Materials and Structural Systems Division |
| Dr. | Anupam | Joshi | UMBC | Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering |
| Dr. | Minjoung | Kyoung | UMBC | Department of Chemistry |
| Dr. | William | LaCourse | UMBC | Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry |
| Dr. | Jeff | Leips | UMBC | Department of Biological Sciences |
| Dr. | Weihong | Lin | UMBC | Department of Biological Sciences |
| Dr. | Helena | Mentis | UMBC | Department of Information Systems |
| Dr. | Curtis | Menyuk | UMBC | Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering |
| Dr. | Stephen M. | Miller | UMBC | Department of Biological Sciences |
| Dr. | Alan R. | Morrison | Brown University | Department of Internal Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine) |
| Dr. | Achuth | Padmanabhan | UMBC | Department of Biological Sciences |
| Dr. | Sanjay | Purushotham | UMBC | Department of Information Systems |
| Dr. | Phyllis | Robinson | UMBC | Department of Biological Sciences |
| Dr. | Carlos | Romero-Talamas | UMBC | Department of Mechanical Engineering |
| Dr. | Katherine | Seley-Radtke | UMBC | Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry |
| Dr. | Jinglai | Shen | UMBC | Department of Mathematics and Statistics |
| Dr. | Viknesh | Sivanathan | Howard Hughes Medical Institute | Science Education |
| Dr. | Michelle | Starz-Gaiano | UMBC | Department of Biological Sciences |
| Dr. | Michael F. | Summers | UMBC | Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry |
| Dr. | Jianwu | Wang | UMBC | Department of Information Systems |