The OUR Research Ambassador team is a group of undergraduate students who have their own experience in undergraduate research and a passion for promoting undergraduate research at The University of Alabama.
The Research Ambassadors represent a variety of research disciplines and academic backgrounds, ranging from STEM to social sciences to humanities and fine arts, and they help to connect undergraduate students to research opportunities both on and off campus.
What Do OUR Research Ambassadors Do?
- One-on-one advising with students to help students find research opportunities and develop individualized research plans.
- Promote undergraduate research involvement and opportunities.
- Visit classes, clubs, and other organizations to discuss research opportunities.
- Participate in all events sponsored by the Office for Undergraduate Research
Reina Bell
Research & Academic Interests: Morphology, Macroevolution, Transdisciplinary Research, Phenomenology, Hermeneutics, Participatory Action Research
Mentors: Dr. Edward Burress, Dr. Darren Surman
Zach Blincoe
Research & Academic Interests: Economics, Geopolitical Risk
Mentor: Dr. Hasan Isomitdinov
Kylie Buchanan
Research & Academic Interests: Biology, Infectious Diseases, Cancer, Immunology
Mentor: Dr. John Victor Napoleon
Katy Butler
Research & Academic Interests: Chemistry, Biophysics/Structural Biology, Machine Learning
Mentors: Dr. Małgorzata Makoś, Dr. Sergei Gleyzer
Patrick Byrd
Research & Academic Interests: Ecology, Hydrology, Evolutionary Biology, Bioinformatics
Mentors: Dr. Julia Cherry, Dr. Nate Jones
Emily Centamore
Research & Academic Interests: Particle Physics, Machine Learning, Mathematics
Mentor: Dr. Sergei Gleyzer
Emma Coley
Research & Academic Interests: Criminology, Psychology
Mentors: Dr. Michael Barton, Dr. Randall Salekin
Freya Cordell
Research & Academic Interests: Geology, Legal & Political Philosophy, Constitutional & Administrative Law
Mentor: Dr. Fred Andrus
Nick Curry
Research & Academic Interests: Kinesiology, Exercise Science, Pre-Med
Mentor: Dr. Laura Reed
Diana Desroches
Research & Academic Interests: Finance, Accounting, Psychology
Mentor:
Arman Dolatabadi
Research & Academic Interests: Linguistics, Foreign Languages & Literature, Data Science, Computer Science, Engineering
Mentor: Dr. Bryan Koronkiewicz
Zach Goldman
Research & Academic Interests: Physics, Biophysics, Neuroscience, Pre-Med
Mentor: Dr. Atulya Iyengar
Zach Griffith
Research & Academic Interests: Chemistry, Chemical Engineering
Mentor: Dr. Zhongyang Wang
Hari Gunda
Research & Academic Interests: Sustainable Development, Environmental Economics
Mentor: Dr. Michael Price
Cheryl Harden
Research & Academic Interests: Public Health and Medicine
Mentors: Dr. Nathan Culmer, Dr. Todd Smith
Allison John
Research & Academic Interests: Stream Science, Genetics, Museums
Mentors: Dr. Arial Shogren, Dr. Laura K. Reed, Dr. Brandon Thompson
Raeed Kabir
Research & Academic Interests: Economics, Mathematics, Policy
Mentor: Dr. Michael Price
Piper Larkin
Research & Academic Interests: Biology, Cancer, Environmental Epidemiology, Pre-Med
Mentor: Dr. Shreyas Rao
Daniel Le
Research & Academic Interests: Nutrition, Neuroscience, Anthropology
Mentors: Dr. Han-A Park, Dr. Holly Horan
Hayeon Lee
Research & Academic Interests: Materials Science, Chemical Engineering, Electrical Engineering
Mentor: Dr. Dawen Li
Eli Moore
Research & Academic Interests: Political Science, Religion, Policy
Mentor: Dr. Amanda Edgell
Megan Netzelman
Research & Academic Interests: Biology, Toxicology
Mentor: Dr. Stanislava Chtarbanova
Elizabeth Owens
Research & Academic Interests: Aerospace Engineering, History, Public Policy, Pre-Law
Mentors: Dr. Jordan Lawson, Dr. Easir Papon
Ayush Pathak
Research & Academic Interests: Biology, Computational Biology, Genetics
Mentor: Dr. Laura Reed
Vibu Puvvala
Research & Academic Interests: Behavioral Economics, Health Systems
Mentor: Dr. Michael Price
Caroline Rider
Research & Academic Interests: Public Health, Healthcare Strategy and Innovation
Mentor: Dr. Lisa Pawloski
Savannah Sempier
Research & Academic Interests: Neuroscience, Biology, Child Development, Linguistics
Mentor: Dr. Yanyu Xiong
Emie Vandiver
Research & Academic Interests: Genetics, Genomics, Computational Biology
Mentor: Dr. Laura Reed
Jordan Yu
Research & Academic Interests: Chemistry, Biology, Community Health
Mentors: Dr. Stephen Woski, Dr. Jessica Wallace
Saraah Zaheer
Research & Academic Interests: Animal Science, Ecology, Wildlife Conservation, Veterinary Medicine
Mentor: Dr. Edward Burress
