The People Who Make It Happen
Dr. Evelyn Erenrich
Associate Dean and Chief Diversity Officer, School of Graduate Studies
RISE Program Director
Dr. David Shreiber
Vice Provost for Academic Affairs
REU - Cellular Bioengineering Director
Dr. Valerie Tutwiler
Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering
REU - Cellular Bioengineering: Innovation and Entrepreneurship Component
Dr. Deirdre O’Carroll
Associate Professor, Materials Science & Engineering
REU - Advanced Materials Co-Director
Dr. Alyson Brooks
Associate Professor, Physics and Astronomy
Director of CASS (Rutgers Cyberinfrastructure and AI for Science and Society)
Dr. Ramazan Gungor
Assistant Dean at the School of Graduate Studies
RISE Program Administration
Ms. Rebecca Risman
PhD Candidate
Teaching Fellow
Mrs. Zeinab Kone
UNMA student
Residence Advisors
Mr. Rex Miller
RISE Program Coordinator
School of Graduate Studies Program Coordinator
Dr. Maribel Vazquez
Professor ,Biomedical Engineering
REU - Cellular Bioengineering: Health Disparities Component
Dr. Meenakshi Dutt
Associate Professor, Chemical & Biochemical Engineering
REU - Advanced Materials Co-Director
Dr. Lauren Aleksunes
Associate Professor, Pharmacology and Toxicology
Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Director
Ms. Christine Zardecki
RISE Liaison
Protein Data Bank Director
Mr. Navar Mercer White
PhD Candidate
School of Graduate Studies Graduate Assistant RISE Program Administration
Mr. Yadiel Varela Soler
PhD Candidate
Teaching Fellow
Mrs. Amy Wu
Science Communication Outreach Coordinator at the RCSB Protein Data Bank
Residence Advisors