UROP celebrates the recipients of this year's Mentor Awards, which recognize CU Boulder faculty and research staff for mentoring undergraduate research and creative projects.
These exemplary mentors were selected from numerous student nominations speaking to the transformative value of mentorship.
High-Impact Learning
UROP celebrates the impact mentors make at the intersection of scholarship and teaching. We know that what happens in partnership with mentors is transformative and empowering—and well-documented as a high-impact practice. In partnership with mentors, undergraduates are moving the university’s research mission forward and continue to provide real-time solutions to local, national and global challenges—all while driving innovations to further the public good.
2023 Mentor Awards
Christine Brennan
Assistant Professor
Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences
Nominated by Abigail Matthews
I decided I wanted to pursue a career in research, not only because she empowered me to do so, but she also made it realistic. I hope to follow in her footsteps one day and help students as much as she helped me.
Ash Weier
Research Associate
Vignesh Kasinath Lab, Biochemistry
Nominated by Malavika Vinod
Ash is very open about their research and experiences. Getting to know about their daily life in a research lab, their hobbies, and the experiences they have had is what got me interested in research as a career.
Jordy Bouwman
Assistant Professor
Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) / Chemistry
Nominated by Jackson Cahn
I learned how collaborative research is—with people coming together to discuss and converge onto hypotheses and solutions. This was something really new for me, and I think it will benefit my professional development.
Honorable Mention
Nancy Emery
Associate Professor
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Nominated by Miles Moore and Elisabeth Sellinger
Christopher DeSouza
Professor of Distinction
Integrative Physiology
Nominated by Auburn Berry, Emmy Ostrander, Kendra Wegerson and Samuel Ruzzene
Aaron Whiteley
Assistant Professor
Biochemistry
Nominated by Rico Carale, Melissa McEvoy and Peace Holguin-Walth
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