Undergraduate
A variety of experiences are available to undergraduate students including paid research opportunities for a summer or a full year. In addition, graduate school preparation, faculty mentoring, professional development, networking with other students, research presentation opportunities, and participating in a virtual CMaT symposium are available.
Summer opportunities:
Apply today! Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program
CMaT provides paid summer undergraduate student research opportunities.
Learn more.
Full year research opportunities:
Working on a CMaT research project for a full year is available through the Georgia Tech Petit Scholars Undergraduate Research Program. To date, eight Petit Scholars have been provided CMaT research opportunities.
2020 Petit Scholars
 Emmanuel Eziakor
University: Morehouse College Major: Biology Lab: Manu Platt Mentor: Hannah Song |
 Mariana Holguin-Lopez
University: Georgia State University Major: Neuroscience Lab: Todd Sulchek Mentor: Katherine Young |
 Amy Liu
University: Georgia Institute of Technology Major: Biomedical Engineering Lab: Shuichi Takayama Mentor: Eric Parigoris |
 Krishna “Ananthu” Pucha
University: Emory University Major: Neuroscience and behavioral biology Lab: Nick Willett Mentor: Jay McKinney |
 Kevin Tao
University: Georgia Institute of Technology Major: Biomedical engineering Lab: Gabe Kwong Mentor: Fang-Yi “Ida” Su |
 Kayla Taylor
University: Spelman College Major: Computer science Lab: Melissa Kemp Mentor: Andre Norfleet |
2021 REU Summer Students
Pedro Alcolea
University: Florida International University
Lab: Krish Roy
Mentor: Bryan Wang
Nyasia Argrow
University: Claflin University
Lab: Krish Roy
Mentor: Ritika Jain
Sofia Berrio
University: University of Connecticut
Lab: Todd McDevitt
Mentor: Nick Elder, Emily Bulger, Ivana Vasic
Gavin Bordelon
University: Louisiana Tech University
Lab: Peter Kner
Mentor: Nahian Siddique
Claudia Boscio
University: University of Puerto Rico- Mayagüez
Lab: Melissa Skala
Mentor: Tongcheng Qian, Peter Rehani, Emmanuel Contreras, Andrea Schiefelbein
Evita Chee
University: University of New Mexico
Lab: Ankur Singh
Mentor: Christopher Carlson
Angelique Compton
University: University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
Lab: Luke Mortensen
Mentor: Jessica Rui
Will Friedrich
University: Wisconsin
Lab: Sean Palecek
Amrutha Garimella
University: Wisconsin
Lab: Kris Saha/Melissa Kinney
Stephanie Gubish
University: North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
Lab: Shu Takayama
Mentor: Vishwa Vasani
Gus Guenther
University: University of Wisconsin-Madison
Lab: Melissa Skala
Mentor: Tongcheng Qian, Peter Rehani, Emmanuel Contreras, Andrea Schiefelbein
Rachel Hall
University: Arizona State University
Lab: Rabindranath De La Fuente
Mentor: Claudia Baumann
Artis Hardaway
University: University of Memphis
Lab: Lohitash Karumbaiah
Mentor: Chaitanya Tondepu
Sarah Hashim
University: University of Illinois- Urbana Champaign
Lab: Madeline Torres-Lugo
Mentor: Gabby Lizana
Humza Irfan
University: Nova Southeastern University
Lab: Todd Sulchek
Mentor: Tong Yu
Chelsea Loh
University: The Catholic University of America
Mentor: Yun Soung Kim
Alejandro Odeh
University: University of Puerto Rico- Mayagüez
Lab: Bill Murphy
Mentor: Margot Amitrano
Linhardt Ordelia
University: Georgia Institute of Technology
Lab: Ross Marklein/Steve Stice
Mentor: Andrew Larey
Salahadine Osman
University: University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Lab: Krish Roy
Mentor: Miguel Armenta Ochoa
Abigail Reith
University: Dusquesne University
Lab: Maribella Domenech
Mentor: Said Cifuentes
Jhonna Roeback
University: Claflin University
Lab: Art Edison
Mentor: Max Colona
Theresa Rosato
University: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Lab: Ahmet Coskun
Mentor: Zhou Fang
John-David Ross
University: University of Memphis
Lab: Woonhong Yeo
Mentor: Adriana Mulero-Russe
Jendayia Taylor
University: Georgia Institute of Technology
Lab: Ross Marklein/Steve Stice
Mentor: Ty Maughon
Jacob Totri
University: Georgia Tech
Lab: Keat Ghee Ong & Bob Guldberg
Mentor: Will Skinner
Daniel Ude
University: Texas Tech University
Lab: Cheryl Gomillion
Mentor: Daniel Shah
