To assist our RISE students to excel and progress efficiently through their coursework and degree requirements while publishing their research findings and enhancing their professional skills, we will assign each student a mentoring team consisting of student, faculty, and research mentors.

RISE faculty and research mentors

• Caroline Appleyard, Ph.D.

• Julie Dutil, Ph.D.

• Idhaliz Flores, Ph.D.

• Jaime Matta, Ph.D.

• Richard Noel, Ph.D.

• James Porter, Ph.D.

• Qiyi Tang, Ph.D.

• Pedro Santiago, Ph.D.

• Kenira Thompson, Ph.D.

• Vanessa Rivera-Amil, Ph.D.

Student Mentors

• Gladys Chompre

• Yainyrette Rivera

• Maricarmen Colon

• Marian Sepulveda

• Abigail Ruiz

• Yainyrette Rivera

• Julyann Perez

• Elinette Albino

• Yisel Rivera

Mentoring resources

• NSF - Advisor, Teacher, Role Model, Friend: On Being a Mentor to Students in Science and Engineering

• NEA - Minority Mentoring