Research Mentoring Mixer Scheduled Sept. 5

Research Mentoring Mixer Scheduled Sept. 5

The Office Research and Sponsored Programs is hosting several research mixers through the 2024-25 academic year. The first mixer, Research Mentoring, will be co-sponsored by the Office of Undergraduate Research on Thursday, Sept. 5, at 3 p.m. in the Carlson Library Main Event Space Room 1005.

The mixer will feature a panel of faculty mentors discussing their successes and struggles as well as undergraduate and graduate student mentees discussing how mentors have impacted their research and education.

Faculty on the panel:

• Dr. Rafael Garcia-Mata, a professor and Harold C. and Charlotte L. Shaffer Chair in the Department of Biological Sciences;

• Dr. Todd Crail, a Distinguished University Lecturer in the Department of Environmental Sciences;

• Dr. Wei Li, an associate professor and associate chair in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry; and

• Dr. Michael Young, an associate professor in in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry.

Students on the panel:

• Emma Elizabeth Sabu Kattuman, a fourth-year Ph.D. student studying molecular medicine in the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology;
• Sophia Durham, an undergraduate researcher and 2024 Goldwater Scholar in the Department of Biological Sciences; and
• Victoria Ho, a first-year undergraduate research experience student in the Department of Biological Sciences.

Light desserts and beverages will be served at the mixer.

The 2024-25 Research Mixers:

• October: Evaluations Using AI with Dr. Scott Pappada;

• November: Ohio Humanities with Dr. Melving Barnes Jr.;

• January: UToledo Foundation staff;

• February: Visually Striking Research with Dr. Eric Zeigler; and

• April: Faculty Fulbright Scholars alumni panel.

For more information on the upcoming research mixers, visit the Research and Sponsored Programs events website.

If you would like to partner or have ideas for future Research Mixers, please contact [email protected].