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Outstanding Undergraduate Research Mentor Awards

Each year, Undergraduate Research Symposium presenters are given an opportunity to nominate their mentor for the Outstanding Undergraduate Research Mentor Award. Nominations are considered by a small review committee of faculty and staff. UW faculty, postdocs, graduate students, and research staff are all eligible for nomination.

Leighann Chaffee

Associate Teaching Professor, School of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences; Division of Sciences & Mathematics (UW Tacoma)

Karen Leung

Assistant Professor, Aeronautics and Astronautics

K Manbeck

PhD Candidate
Psychology

Melanie Martin

Assistant Professor
Anthropology

Yolanda Padilla

Associate Professor
Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences (UW Bothell)

Mark Wiley

Research Fellow
UW Medicine

Thomas Wood

Research Assistant Professor
UW Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology

Bo Zhao

Associate Professor
Geography

For a full list of past awardees, please reach out to UndergradResearch@uw.edu.