Recent ASPET SURF Mentors

Each year, ASPET SURF students are placed with mentors whose interests align closely with their own in pharmacological and pharmaceutical sciences. You are welcome to request to work with any of these faculty or others in those disciplines in your application, and we will try to make you a perfect match!

Dhaval Shah, PhD.

Dhaval Shah, PhD
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Student Mentees
Maygha Chaudhuri (2022)
Sanjida Riea (2022)
Bradley Balk (2021)
Abigail Buckley (2019)
Rose Durnell (2018)
Caitlin Deubell (2017)
Emily Bonacquisti (2016)

 

 

David Dietz, PhD.

David Dietz, PhD

Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology

Student Mentees
Camilla Fermanian-Mejia (2021)
Moriah Cobb (2017)
Laura Baratta (2015) 
Jacob Pugliese (2013) 

Margarita Dubocovich, PhD.

Margarita Dubocovich, PhD
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology 

Student Mentees
Nadin Zelnilovic (2017)
Garrett Sheehan (2017)
Kaliana Veros (2015 & 2016)
Alexandra Van Hall (2014) 
Danielle Precourt (2013) 

Jun-Xu Li, MD, PhD.

Jun-Xu Li, MD, PhD
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology 

Student Mentee
Lindsay Robinson (2015) 

Marilyn Morris, PhD.

Marilyn Morris, PhD
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences 

Student Mentees
Elizabeth Price (2019)
Christian Dohring (2015)
Andrew Patt (2014)
Kristin Hill (2013) 

James Olson, PhD.

James Olson, PhD
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology 

Student Mentees
Ashley Peppriell (2016)
Maisa De Sousa Dos Santos (2015) 

Rajendram Rajnarayanan, PhD.

Rajendram Rajnarayanan, PhD
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology 

Student Mentees
Zuiru Lin (2017)
Rebecca Lee (2015)
Dian Lin (2015)
Kendrique Morgan (2015) 
Alexandra Van Hall (2014) 

Sarah X. Zhang, MD.

Sarah X. Zhang, MD
Department of Ophthalmology

Student Mentee
Emily Marra (2015) 

Satpal Singh, PhD.

Satpal Singh, PhD
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology 

Student Mentee
Kathleen Rusnak (2014) 

Caroline Bass, PhD.

Caroline Bass, PhD
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology 

Student Mentees
Erin McNell (2018)
Yun Beom Lee (2016)
Shannon Tierney (2014) 

Pablo M. Paez, PhD.

Pablo M. Paez, PhD
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology 

Student Mentees
Jessica Smith (2014) 
Precious de Verteuil (2013) 

Samir Haj-Dahmane, PhD.

Samir Haj-Dahmane, PhD
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology 

Student Mentee
Randall Shearer (2013) 

Stewart Clark, PhD.

Stewart Clark, PhD
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology 

Student Mentees
Jacob DiStasio (2022)
Paula Costa (2021)
Sarah LoCurto (2021)
Alaina Wojciechowski (2019)
Herika Fernandez (2019)
Gabriella King (2018)
Grace Seungin Yoo (2013) 

Arin Bhattacharjee.

Arin Bhattacharjee, PhD
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology

Student Mentee
Shruti Bidani (2016) 

Sathy Balu-Iyer, PhD.

Sathy Balu-Iyer, PhD
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Student Mentees
Madison Aust (2022)
Sareh Ghadersohi (2018)
Kirk Hofman (2016) 

John Crane, MD, PhD.

John Crane, MD, PhD

Department of Medicine

Student Mentee
Michael Olyer (2017)

Robert Straubinger, PhD.

Robert Straubinger, PhD

Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Student Mentee
Nicholas Athans (2018)

Pinaki Sarder, PhD.

Pinaki Sarder, PhD

Deaprtment of Pathology and Anatomical Sciences

Student Mentee
Israh Ibrahim (2017)

Jason A. Sprowl, PhD.

Jason A. Sprowl, PhD

Deaprtment of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Student Mentee
Emily Sutton (2022)
Naiya Jackson (2021)

Fernando Estrada, PhD.

Fernando Estrada, PhD

Deaprtment of Biochemistry

Student Mentee
Lauren Todoro (2019)