*Faculty Mentors
*2023 URCAS Roundtable on Faculty Mentorship
2026 URCAS Faculty Mentors
Dr. Abdessattar Abdelkefi, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Prof. Brita d'Agostino, Art
Noor Allataifih, Astronomy, DACC
Dr. Ayman Alzaid, Computer Science
Dr. Stephanie Arnett, Sociology
Dr. Amanda Ashley, Chemistry & Biochemistry
Dr. Ryan Ashley, Animal & Range Sciences
Dr. Donovan Bailey, Biology
Dr. Christopher Baker, Chemistry & Biochemistry
Joshua Ball, Creative Media
Dr. Leah Barbati-Dajches, Communication Studies
Dr. Arturo Cano Bejar, Accounting & Information Systems
Dr. Catherine E. Brewer, Chemical & Materials Engineering
Dr. Christopher Brown, Geography & Environmental Studies
Prof. Marieka Brown, English
Dr. Phame Camarena, Honors College
Dr. Carlos E. Carpio-Ochoa, Agricultural Economics & Agricultural Business
Dr. Kenneth C. Carroll, Plant & Environmental Sciences
Dr. Maria Castillo, Biology
Dr. Nancy Chanover, Astronomy
Stanley Cheng, Engineering NM Resource Network
Dr. Cecilia Contreras, NM AMP
Dr. Douglas Cortes, Civil Engineering
Dr. Jennifer Curtiss, Biology
Prof. John Dickinson, Art
Dr. Martha Desmond, Fish, Wildlife & Conservation Ecology
Dr. Borys Drach, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Dr. Gary A. Eiceman, Chemistry & Biochemistry
Dra. Judith Flores-Carmona, Honors College
Dr. Corey E. Frank, Chemistry & Biochemistry
Dr. Jennifer Frey, Fish, Wildlife & Conservation Ecology
Dr. Alejandro Gallegos, Chemical & Materials Engineering
Dr. Jorge Garcia, Civil Engineering
Dr. Jennifer Hernandez Gifford, Animal & Range Sciences
Dr. Brian Gold, Chemistry & Biochemistry
Dr. Jesse Grabman, Psychology
Dr. Andreas Gross, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Dr. Ivette Guzmán, Plant & Environmental Sciences
Dr. Mahdi Haghshenas-Jaryani, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Dr. Kathryn Hanley, Biology
Dr. Immo A. Hansen, Biology
Dr. Thomas Hart, Anthropology
Dr. Mindy Hébert-DeRouen, Public Health Sciences
Dr. Obed Hernandez-Gomez, Fish, Wildlife & Conservation Ecology
Dr. Katie Hirsch-Agnew, Kinesiology
Dr. Sabine Hirschauer, Government
Dr. Omar Holguin, Plant & Environmental Sciences
Dr. Houqian Li, Chemical & Materials Engineering
Dr. Jessica Houston, Chemical & Materials Engineering
Dr. Kevin Houston, Chemistry & Biochemistry
Dr. Michael Hout, Psychology
Dr. Caleb Hubbard, Entomology, Plant Pathology, & Weed Science
Ms. Rebekah Jaramillo, LCPS Public Schools
Dr. Jacob Jaszczak, Biology
Dr. Seong Kang, Government
Dr. Lori Keleher, Philosophy
Dr. Eowyn Kerr-Di Carlo, Art
Dr. Bethuel Khamala, DACC Science
Dr. Boris Kiefer, Physics
Dr. Andre Kornell, Mathematics
Dr. Dulcinea Lara, Borderlands & Ethnic Studies
Dr. Joann Latorre, DACC Science
Dr. Olga Lavrova, Klipsch School of Electrical & Computer Engineering.
Dr. Runwei Li, Civil Engineering
Dr. Jessica Lopez-Harder, Counseling & Educational Psychology
Hailey Luker, Biology
Amanda Madrid, Engineering NM Resource Network
Dr. Chaitanya Mahajan, Industrial Engineering
Dr. Shadai Martin, Family & Consumer Sciences
Prof. Ryan P. McMullen, Kinesiology
Dr. Frannie Miller, Agricultural Economics & Agricultural Business
Dr. Concepcion Miller, DACC Science
Dr. Tracey Miller-Tomlinson, English
Dr. Brook Milligan, Biology
Dr. David Mitchell, Klipsch School of Electrical & Computer Engineering.
Dr. Gonzalo Miyagusuku-Cruzado, Family & Consumer Sciences
Dr. Shabnam Mohammadshahi, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Director Marko Mohlenhoff, McNair Scholars Program
Prof. Luke Nogales, Engineering Technology & Surveying Engineering
Kehinde Obidele, Kinesiology
Dr. Kimberly Oliver, Kinesiology
Dr. Teri J. Orr, Biology
Jayden Presley, Creative Media
Dr. Blake Rafferty, Communication Disorders
Dr. Renteria-Pinon, Klipsch School of Electrical & Computer Engineering.
Dr. Laura Rodriguez Uribe, PACR/U54
Dr. Sarah Ruiz, Family & Consumer Sciences
Dr. David Ruth, Physics
Dr. Brad Shuster, Biology
Prof. Mychael Smith, Mathematics
Dr. Lois Stanford, Anthropology
Dr. Paulette Vincent-Ruz, Chemistry & Biochemistry
Dr. Mark Waltermire, Languages & Linguistics
Prof. Shawn Werner, Communication & Honors
2025 URCAS Faculty Mentors
Dr. Abdessattar Abdelkefi, Mechanical Engineering
Dr. Richard Adeyemi
Professor Brita d’Agostino, Art
Dr. Hilda Cecilia Contreras Aguirre, Engineering
Dr. Mariana Alvidrez, Curriculum and Instruction
Dr. Ayman Alzaid
Dr. Amanda Ashley, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Dr. Ryan Ashley, Animal and Range Sciences
Prof. Susan R. Atlas, Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Dr. Donovan Bailey, Biology
Dr. Christopher Baker, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Professor Dianna Baltosser, Art
Dr. Cynthia Bejarano, English
Dr. Catherine E. Brewer, Chemical & Materials Engineering
Dr. Joseph Burchett, Astronomy
Dr. Kenneth Carroll, Plant and Environmental Sciences
Dr. Judith Flores Carmona, Curriculum and Instruction
Dr. Maria Castillo, Biology
Professor Diego Chávez
Dr. Nancy Chanover, Astronomy
Dr. Fabrizio Ciccone, English
Dr. Jon Cook, Computer Science
Professor Craig Cully, Art
Dr. Jennifer Curtiss, Biology
Dr. Shiva Darian, Computer Science
Dr. Martha Desmond, Fishery and Wildlife Sciences
Dr. Christina K. Dimitriou, HRTM
Dr. Gary A. Eiceman, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Dr. Eduardo S. Espinoza, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Dr. Gaylene Fasenko, Animal and Range Sciences
Dr. Willis Fedio, Home Economics
Dr. Glenn Fetzer, Languages and Linguistics
Dr. Scott J. Folkman, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Dr. Jennifer Frey, Fishery and Wildlife Sciences
Dr. Jennifer A. Hernandez Gifford, Animal and Range Sciences
Professor Rachel Gioannini, Plant and Environmental Sciences
Dr. Brian Gold, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Dr. Venkat Gopalan, Chemistry and Bochemistry
Professor Russell Grahn, Science
Dr. Kulbhushan Grover, Plant and Environmental Sciences
Dr. Ivette Guzman, Plant and Environmental Sciences
Dr. Bill Hamilton, Computer Science
Dr. Immo Hansen, Biology
Dr. John Harding, Mathematical Sciences
Dr. Heather Harper, Sociology
Dr. Katie Hirsch, Kinesiology
Dr. Michael Hout, HEST
Dr. Jessica Houston, Chemical and Materials Engineering
Dr. Kevin Houston, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Dr. Brian Hurd, Ag Economics and Ag Business
Dr. Phillip Hurst, Creative Media
Dr. Miranda Van Iersel, Electrical and Computer Eng.
Dr. Mahdi Haghshenas Jaryani, Mechanical Engineering
Dr. Jacob Jaszczak, Biology
Professor Dwight Kealy, Finance
Dr. Lori Keleher, Philosophy
Dr. Timothy Ketelaar, Psychology
Dr. Bethuel Khamala, Science
Dr. Tae-Hyung Kim, Health Sciences
Dr. Joann Latorre, Science
Dr. Runwei Li, Civil Engineering
Dr. Xuifen (Sophia) Li, Plant and Environmental Sciences
Dr. Clint Loest, Animal and Range Sciences
Dr. Barbara Lyons, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Dr. Merranda Marin, Family and Consumer Sciences
Dr. Michael Marks, Psychology
Dr. Sergio Martinez-Monteagudo, Family and Consumer Sciences
Dr. Brook Milligan, Biology
Dr. Concepcion Miller, Science
Professor Frannie Miller, Ag Economics and Ag Business
Dr. Tracey Miller-Tomlinson, English
Dr. Naveed Ul Mustafa, Computer Science
Dr. Shannon Norris-Parish, Agricultural Ext. Education
Dr. Kimberly Oliver, Kinesiology
Dr. Teri Orr, Biology
Dr. IIhuiyolitzin Villicana Pedraza, Science
Dr. Lisa Peterson, Counseling and Educ. Psychology
Dr. Carlos Posadas, Criminal Justice
Dr. M. Blake Rafferty, Communication Disorders
Dr. Jennifer Randall, Entomology
Professor Ken Ruble, Engineering
Dr. Mary Alice Scott
Dr. Elba E. Serrano, Biology
Dr. Ilya Shapirovskiy, Mathematical Sciences
Dr. Juie Shetye, Astronomy
Dr. Prarthana Shivabasappa, Communication Disorders
Dr. Dominic Simon, Psychology
Dr. Lois Stanford, Anthropology
Dr. Steven Stochaj, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Dr. Deepak Subedi, Science
Dr. Marshall Taylor, Sociology
Dr. Larissa True, Kinesiology
Dr. Graciela A. Unguez, Biology
Dr. Alyssa Vanderlinden, Kinesiology
Dr. Paulette Vincent-Ruz, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Dr. Zhe Wan, Civil Engineering
Professor Shawn Werner, Communication Studies
Dr. Cory Windorff, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Dr. Samuel Worley, ASNMSU
Dr. Hillary Yoder, Kinesiology
Dr. Katie Young, Fishery and Wildlife Sciences
Dr. Eric Yukl, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Dr. Yanyan Zhang, Civil Engineering
2024 URCAS Faculty Mentors
Dr. Jeff Amato, Geology
Zarmina Amin, Kinesiology
Dr. Amanda Ashley, Chemistry & Biochemistry
Dr. Ryan Ashley, Animal & Range Sciences
Susan Beck, Library
Dr. Catherine Brewer, Chemical & Materials Engineering
Dr. Joseph Burchett, Astronomy
Dr. Judith Flores Carmona, BEST
Dr. Maria G. Castillo, Biology
Katrina Chandler, Art
Rose Conley, English
Dr. Hilda Cecilia Contreras Aguirre, ROLE & TPAL
Dr. Andrew Conway, Psychology
Dr. Nathan Craig, Anthropology
Dr. Jennifer Curtiss, Biology
Adan Delval, Computer Science
Dr. Martha Desmond, Fish, Wildlife, & Conservation Ecology
Dr. Scott Folkman, Chemistry
Dr. Luis Rodolfo Garcia Carrillo, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Adam Gomez, Biology & Biochemistry
Nicholas Grijalva, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Dr. Melissa Guynn, Psychology
Dr. Ivette Guzmán, Plant & Environmental Sciences
Dr. Salman Habib, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Dr. Mahdi Haghshenas-Jaryani, Mechanical Engineering
Dr. Manal Hamzeh Al Smadi, BEST
Dr. Kathryn Hanley, Biology
Dr. Neil Harvey, Government
Dr. Jennifer A. Hernandez Gifford, Animal & Range Sciences
Dr. Kevin Houston, Chemistry & Biochemistry
Dr. Jessica Houston, Chemical & Materials Engineering
Dr. Anne P. Hubbell, Communication
Mari Langford, Computer Science
Renita Lovell, Computer Science
Dr. Justin MacDonald, Psychology
Olivia Manley, Biology (Northwestern)
Dr. Michael Marks, Psychology
Jesus Martinez, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Cabel McCandless, Kinesiology
Director Ryan McMullen, NMSU Dance Program
Dr. Concepcion M. Miller, DACC Sciences
Dr. Frannie Miller, Agricultural Economics & Agricultural Business
Dr. Tracey Miller-Tomlinson, English
Dr. Brook Milligan, Biology
Dr. David Mitchell, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Dr. Joann Mudge, National Center for Genomics Research (NCGR)
Camilo Muñoz-Pena, Chemistry & Biochemistry
Dr. Shannon Norris-Parish, Agricultural Communication & Extension
Prof. Kathleen O'Conner, Education (NMSU Grants)
Dr. Teri J. Orr, Biology & Bat Lab
Dr. Ilhuiyolitzin V. Pedraza, Astronomy (DACC)
Dean Enrico Pontelli, Computer Science
Edward Rivota, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Dr. Ashley Rodhe, Biology
Dr. Adriana L. Romero-Olivares, Biology
Scarlet Sellers, Biology
Dr. Elba Serrano, Biology
Dr. Juie Shetye, Astronomy
Dr. Di Shi, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Dr. Charles B. Shuster, Biology
Dr. Peter Smoak, Kinesiology
Dr. Sergio Soto-Navarro, Animal & Range Sciences
Dr. Lois Stanford, Anthropology
Dr. Steve Stochaj, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Dr. Ani Ter-Mkrtchyan, Government
Dr. Larissa True, Kinesiology
Dr. Graciela Unguez, Biology
Samantha Valentino, Chemical Engineering
Dr. Alyssa Vanderlinden, Kinesiology
Dr. Jean-Paul Vessel, Philosophy
Dr. Paulette Vincent-Ruz, Chemistry
Shawn Werner, Honors College
Dr. Erik Yukl, Chemistry & Biochemistry
2023 URCAS Faculty Mentors
Dr. Abdessattar Abdelkefi, Mechanical and Aerospace EngineeringDr. Jeffrey Amato, Geology
Dr. Amanda Ashley, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Dr. Donovan Bailey, Biology
Professor Susan Beck, Library
Dr. Catherine Brewer, Chemical Engineering
Dr. Phame Camarena, Dean of Honors
Dr. Rebecca Campbell, Honors
Dr. Cecilia Contreras Aguirre, Educational Leadership and Administration
Dr. Douglas Cortes, Civil Engineering
Dr. Stephen Cowen, University of Arizona
Dr. Jennifer Curtiss, Biology
Professor Brita d’Agostino, MFA, Art
Dr. Ehsan Dehghan-Niri, Civil Engineering
Adan Delval, Computer Science
Dr. Glenn W. Fetzer, Languages and Linguistics;
Dr. Judith Flores Carmona, Borderlands and Ethnic Studies
Dr. Luis Rodolfo Garcia Carrillo, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Dr. Ivette Guzman, Plant and Environmental Sciences
Dr. Mahdi Haghshenas-Jaryani, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Dr. Kathryn Hanley, Biology
Professor Lisa Hermanson, Theatre Arts
Dr. Jennifer Hernandez Gifford, Animal and Range Sciences
Dr. Jean Hertzman, HRTM
Dr. Jessica Houston, Chemical Engineering
Dr. Kevin Houston, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Dr. Eric Nielsen, Astronomy
Dr. Teri Orr, Biology
Dr. Megan Papesh, Psychology
Dr. Moire Prescott, Astronomy
Dr. Jennifer Randall, Plant Molecular Biology
Dr. Alvaro Romero, Entomology, Plant Pathology, and Weed Science
Dr. Adriana Romero Olivares, Biology
Nathaniel Roth, Experimental Psychology
Dr. Soum Sanogo, Entomology, Plant Pathology, and Weed Science
Dr. Mary Alice Scott, Anthropology
Scarlet Sellers, Biology
Dr. Juie Shetye, Astronomy
Dr. C. Brad Shuster, Biology
Dr. Lois Stanford, Anthropology
Dr. Tyson Stolte, English
Dr. Liang Sun, Mechanical Engineering
Dr. Rodolfo Tello-Aburto, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Dr. April Ulery, Plant and Environmental Sciences
Dr. Graciela Unguez, Biology
Samantha Valentino, Chemical Engineering
Abhilasha Vishwanath, University of Arizona
Dr. Timothy Wright, Biology
Dr. Erik Yukl, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Dr. Stefan Zollner, Physics
Dr. Michael Hout, Psychology
Professor Ilana Lapid, MFA, Creative Media
Professor Larissa Lury, Theatre Arts
Dr. William Maio, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Dr. Shadai Martin, Family and Consumer Sciences
Dr. Sergio Martínez Monteagudo, Family and Consumer Sciences
Dr. Tracey Miller-Tomlinson, English
Dr. Brook Milligan, Biology
2022 URCAS Faculty Mentors
Abdessattar Abdelkefi (Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering)
Christopher Aiken (Kinesiology)
Amanda Ashley (Chemistry & Biochemistry)
Ryan Ashley (Animal and Range Sciences, endocrinology)
Christopher Baker (Chemistry)
Catie Brewer (Chemical Engineering)
Maria Castillo (Immunology)
Kevin Cheung (Public Health, Cancer Research)
Douglas Cortes (Civil Engineering)
Lon Chaffin (Music Composition)
Christopher Cramer (Crop Genetics, Plant and Environmental Sciences)
Jennifer Curtiss (Biology & Genetics)
Ehsan Dehgan-Niri (Structural Engineering)
Marlene Fraune (Social Robotics, Psychology)
Kathryn Hanley (Virology)
Jessica Houston (Chemical Engineering)
Kevin Houston (Chemistry)
Colleen Caldwell (Fish, Aquatic Ecology)
Phame Camarena (Sociology, Family and Consumer Sciences)
Rebecca Campbell (Education)
Ivan de la Rosa (Social Work)
David Dubois (Climatology)
Luis Rodolfo Garcia Carrillo (Electrical Engineering & Robotics)
Hilda Cecilia Contreras Aguirre (Educational Leadership, TPAL)
Judith Flores Carmona (Education, Borderlands & Ethnic Studies)
Jeff Frawley (Creative Writing)
Paul Furth (Engineering Technology)
Motoko Furuhashi (Art)
Andreas Gross (Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering)
Ivette Guzman (Plant and Environmental Sciences, Medicinal Plant compounds)
Mahdi Haghshenas-Jaryani (Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering)
Neil Harvey (Government)
Sabine Hirschauer (Government)
Omar Holguin (Water Resources)
Sang-Rok Lee (Exercise Physiology)
Shelley Lusetti (Chemistry)
Nancy Macmillan (Geology)
Michael Mapp (Music and Bands)
Sergio Martinez (Family and Consumer Sciences)
Tracey Miller-Tomlinson (English)
Martha Mitchell (Chemical & Materials Engineering)
Shannon Norris (Agricultural Leadership & Communications)
Kathryn Olszowy (Biomedical Anthropology)
Teri Orr (Biology, Bat Lab)
Young Park (Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering)
Nicole Pietrasiak (Soil Sciences, PES)
Adriana Romero-Olivares (Biology)
Soum Sanogo (Entomology, Plant Pathology, and Weed Science)
Sergio Soto (Animal Science)
Julie Steinkopk (Sociology)
Marat Talipov (Chemistry)
Mary Alice Scott (Medical Anthropology)
Elba Serrano (Neuroscience)
Charles Shuster (Biology)
Sarah Thomson (Museum of Natural History and Science)
Patrick Traino (Applied Statistics)
April Ulery (Plant and Environmental Sciences)
Graciela Unguez (Biology, muscle development)
Lee Uranga (Chemistry)
Delia Valles-Rosales (Industrial Engineering)
Timothy Wright (Biology, Avian Behavior)
Stefan Zollner (Experimental Physics)
Jiannong Xu (Biology)
Meng Zhou (Chemical Engineering, Energy Storage)