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Congrats to 2026 Undergrad Research Mentor Award Recipients!

Department / Organization: University Honors & Scholars

Undergraduate Research Mentor Award recognizes research mentors who support undergrads in enriching research experiences

The Undergraduate Research Mentor Award recognizes faculty, postdoc, and graduate students for their exceptional mentoring of undergraduate students in enriching research experiences. Organized by the Office of Undergraduate Research, this award provides an avenue for undergraduate students to recognize and nominate their outstanding research mentors. The Undergraduate Research Mentor Award is open to all Mines faculty, postdoctoral researchers, and graduate students mentoring undergraduate students on a research project. Nominations are solicited widely from current undergraduate students. The recipients are recognized as part of the Undergraduate Research Symposium in April and profiles are published in the Symposium Program Book and the Office of Undergraduate Research website.

FACULTY AWARDEES
Dr. Juan Lucena
Professor, Engineering, Design, and Society
Director, Humanitarian Engineering Undergraduate Program

Dr. Ramya Kumar
Assistant Professor, Chemical and Biological Engineering

POSTDOCTORAL AWARDEE
Dr. Scott Cleary
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Chemistry

GRADUATE STUDENT AWARDEES
Isaac Spackman
Graduate Student, Chemistry

Hannah Verboncoeur
Graduate Student, Geophysics
Go to this website for more information: https://undergraduateresearch.mines.edu/mentor-award/

For more information, send email to: ugresearch@mines.edu

Published in Digest Date: Thursday, April 30, 2026