Mentors

On this page you will find information about professors who will consider hosting a SURF student during the summer of 2025.

Mentor Name	Department	Primary research areas of interest
Cifuentes, Daniel	CAS – BUMED	RNA regulation; Development: Zebrafish
Casasa, Sofia	CAS – Biology	Genomics: Development; Ecology; Behavior
Celenza, John	CAS – Biology	Plant Molecular Biology; Genetics and Biochemistry
Chantranupong, Lynne	CAS – Biology	Neurobiology, Signaling, Neurodisease
Fizsbein, Ana	CAS – Biology	Molecular Biology, Splicing and Transcription
Tay, Tuan Leng	CAS – Biology	Neurobiology, glial biology, brain health and disease
Fuxman Bass, Juan	CAS – Biology	Regulation of Gene Expression
Gilmore, Thomas	CAS – Biology	Cancer Biology; Molecular Biology; Evolutionary Biology
Ho, Angela	CAS – Biology	Alzheimer’s Disease; Transgenic Mouse Models
Strickland, Lynette	CAS – Biology	Genetics: Evolution; Biodiversity; Ecology; Beetles
Siggers, Trevor	CAS – Biology	DNA Binding and Gene Regulation by Transcription Factors
Bhatnagar, Jennifer	CAS – Biology	Microbial Ecology; Biogeochemistry; Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of Fungi
Davies, Sarah	CAS – Biology	Coral bleaching and symbiosis, gene expression analysis
Younger, Meg	CAS – Biology	Evolution and ecology of odor receptors and behavior
Wunderlich, Zeba	CAS – Biology	Molecular Systems Biology, Drosophila Transcription