U-RISE | Contact US
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U-RISE (Previously known as MARC U-STAR) Program Contacts.
Leadership
Lead Principal Investigator | Professor, CHemistry & Biochemistry
Dr. Kimberly S. Petersen
Co-Principal Investigator | VICE CHANCELLOR FOR RESEARCH AND ENGAGEMENT
Dr. Sherine Obare
Faculty Mentors
You may do research with any UNCG faculty who is willing to allow you to work in their lab. Choose based on your research interests. Here are some faculty mentors who have worked with the U-RISE/MARC Program in the past, but you are not limited to working with the ones listed here. You are encouraged to visit UNCG faculty web pages to learn more about their research programs.
- Jason Reddick – Biochemistry
- Shabnam Hematian – Biochemistry
- Nadja Cech – Chemistry
- Norman Chiu – Bioanalytical Chemistry
- Mitchell Croatt – Organic Chemistry
- Jasmine DeJesus – Psychology
- Sandra Echeverria – Public Health
- Kari Eddington – Psychology
- Charles Egeland – Anthropology
- Zhenquan Jia – Biology
- Eric Josephs – Biology; JSNN
- Bruce Kirchoff – Biology
- John Kiss – Biology
- Prashanti Manda – Computer Science/Bioinformatics
- George Michel – Psychology
- Nicholas Oberlies – Chemistry
- Ayalew Osena – Biology
- Yashomati Patel – Biology
- Kimberly Petersen – Chemistry
- Erin Reifsteck – Kinesiology
- Suzanne Vrshek-Schallhorn – Psychology
- Chris Wahlheim – Psychology
- Laurie Gold – Kinesiology