Mentors on this list have indicated willingness to host a SURF Fellow for Summer 2023. Click on their name to read more about their research areas and potential projects. Applicants will be asked to indicate their preferred mentors in their applications, and include motivation for their selection.
Note: Potential mentors are not limited to this list. Applicants can apply with any Rice mentor who will provide support in a summer research project. Applicants applying with a mentor not on this list will be asked to provide a brief project description (approximately 200 words) in their application materials.
Apply to SURF 2023 here.
Architecture
- Dr. Juan Jose Castellón Digital Culture and Design
Engineering
- Romain Albouy (Dr. Chong Xie) Electrical & Computer Engineering
- Dr. Edgar Avalos-Gauna Statistics
- Dr. Guha Balakrishnan Electrical & Computer Engineering
- Dr. Lisa Biswal Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
- Dr. Matthew Brake Mechanical Engineering
- Josue Casco-Rodriguez (Dr. Richard Baraniuk) Electrical & Computer Engineering
- Dr. Xue Gao Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
- Dr. Bezawit Getachew Civil & Environmental Engineering
- Dr. Pratiksha Dongare Electrical & Computer Engineering
- Dr. Illya Hicks Computational Applied Mathematics & Operations Research
- Dr. Edward Knightly Electrical & Computer Engineering
- Dr. Dan Kowal Statistics
- Dr. Meng Li Statistics
- Dr. Qilin Li Civil & Environmental Engineering
- Dr. George Lu Bioengineering
- Dr. Lan Luan Electrical & Computer Engineering
- Dr. Konstantinos Mamouras Computer Science
- Dr. Buhle Moyo Bioengineering
- Dr. Eugene Ng Computer Science
- Dr. Marcia O'Malley Mechanical Engineering
- Dr. Daniel Preston Mechanical Engineering
- Dr. Rebecca Schreib Computer Science
- Dr. John Seymour Electrical & Computer Engineering
- Dr. Lauren Stadler Civil & Environmental Engineering
- Dr. Jerzy Szablowski Bioengineering
- Dr. Vaibhav Unhelkar Computer Science
- Dr. Cesar Uribe Electrical & Computer Engineering
- Dr. Rafael Verduzco Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
- Dr. Geoff Wehmeyer Mechanical Engineering
- Dr. Julea Vlassakis Bioengineering
- Dr. Hanyu Zhu Materials Science & Nanoengineering
Humanities
- Dr. April DeConick Religion
- Dr. Daniel B. Domingues da Silva History and Center for African & African American Studies
- Dr. Luis Duno-Gottberg Modern & Classical Literature & Cultures
- Dr. Amanda Louise Johnson English
- Dr. Steven Lewis Asian Studies
- Dr. Sayuri Guthrie Shimizu History
- Dr. Kerry Ward History and Program in Poverty, Justice and Human Capabilities
- Dr. Bryan Washington English
- Dr. Lora Wildenthal History, Center for Study of Women, Gender, & Sexuality, and Politics, Law & Social Thought
- Dr. Geoff Winningham Visual and Dramatic Arts
- Dr. Fay Yarbrough History
Jones School of Business
- Dr. Kevin Crotty Finance
- Dr. Adrienne Garland Management/ Entrepreneurship
- Dr. Balaji Koka Strategy and Environment
- Dr. Kunal Sachdeva Finance
- Dr. Doug Schuler Public Policy
Natural Sciences
- Dr. Darin Acosta Physics & Astronomy
- Dr. Pengcheng Dai Physics & Astronomy
- Dr. Matthew Foster Physics
- Dr. Frank Geurts Physics & Astronomy
- Dr. Helge Gonnermann Earth, Environmental & Planetary Sciences
- Dr. Jason Hafner Physics & Astronomy
- Dr. Raul Hernandez Sanchez Chemistry
- Dr. Aaron Higuera Physics & Astronomy
- Dr. Jocelyn Holt BioSciences
- Dr. Andre Izidoro Earth, Environmental & Planetary Sciences
- Dr. Bezaye Tessema Earth, Environmental & Planetary Sciences
- Dr. Matthew Jones Chemistry
- Dr. Laura Kabiri Kinesiology
- Dr. Edison Liang Physics & Astronomy
- Dr. Matthew McCary BioSciences
- Dr. Guido Pagano Physics & Astronomy
- Dr. Evan Ramos Earth, Environmental & Planetary Sciences
- Dr. Hans Renata Chemistry
- Dr. Volker Rudolf BioSciences
- Dr. Julia Saltz BioSciences
- Dr. Frank Toffoletto Physics & Astronomy
Social Sciences
- Dr. Erin Baumgartner Kinder Institute
- Dr. Margaret Beier Psychological Sciences
- Dr. Dominic Boyer Anthropology
- Dr. Marc Dudey Economics
- Dr. Kenneth Evans Baker Institute
- Dr. Ilana Gershon Anthropology
- Dr. Jaclyn Kaslovsky Political Science
- Dr. Stephanie Leal Psychological Sciences
- Dr. Steven Lewis Baker Institute
- Dr. Molly Morgan Anthropology
- Dr. Robert Stein Political Science