URCC Peer Research Mentors
What is a peer research mentoring group?
A peer research mentoring group is of a small group of undergraduates who want to get involved in research or are already involved. Each group is facilitated by experienced undergraduate peer research mentors. Check back here in Fall 2025 for more information.
What are the areas that I can get help with?
- Identify your research interests
- Learn to approach potential mentors about research opportunities
- Start strong in your research or creative project
- Secure funding or academic credit for your research, and more!
What research support is provided?
- Regular group meetings with your mentors and other undergraduates interested in research
- Weekly drop-in advising hour with your mentors to ask questions
- Workshops and interactive discussions on undergraduate research opportunities, skills, funding, and strategies
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2024-2025 Undergraduate Peer Research Mentors
Major: Biology, Health: Science, Society, and Policy (HSSP)
Ava (class of '26) is double majoring in Biology and Health: Science, Society, and Policy (HSSP). She is a member of the Garrity lab, where she studies how fruit flies and mosquitoes detect and respond to changes in temperature and other sensory stimuli.
Major: Neuroscience
Maya is from New Jersey and a junior majoring in Neuroscience and Biology. She currently works in the Sengupta Lab, where she is studying olfactory behavior in C. elegans.
Major: Neuroscience and Health: Science, Society, and Policy (HSSP), English
Annetta is currently an undergraduate senior pursuing neuroscience, with minors in English and HSSP. She is interested in memory and early development, and specifically how those areas relate to depression and emotional regulation, and is currently working as an undergraduate research assistant in the CoPE Lab.
Major: Environmental Studies, Health: Science, Society, and Policy
Minor: Anthropology
Danny is a senior from New Jersey, double-majoring in Environmental Studies and Health: Science, Society, and Policy. His research interests focus on how the Earth's ecosystems and human health are impacted by anthropogenic activities. He also has experience conducting marine chemistry research outside of Brandeis for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Major: Psychology and Education Studies
Sunan is a senior double-majoring in Psychology and Education Studies. She currently works in the CoPE Lab, focusing her research on metacognitive beliefs and internalizing symptoms. Sunan is experienced with research funding applications, project pre-registration, and data analysis using R.
Major: Sociology, Politics