Maria Lastra Excellence in Mentoring Award
Endowed by former Prof. Juan de Pablo in honor of his mother, this annual award recognizes the contributions of graduate students and postdoctoral scholars who consistently serve as exemplary and effective mentors for graduate, undergraduate, and/or high school students from UChicago and/or visiting from other institutions, and contribute to the student’s personal growth, professional development, and/or academic success.
Mentoring Certificates
Additionally, graduate students and postdoctoral scholars who complete the UChicago PME Graduate Student Mentor Training Series or the UChicago PME/BSD Postdoc Mentor Training Series, both of which use CIMER training curricula, receive a certificate of completion for their work.
Awardees
Awardees
2025 Awardees
- Yeghishe Tsaturyan- postdoctoral researcher in the Awschalom Group
- Sean Sutyak- PhD student in the Wang Group
2024 Awardees
- Riccardo Alessandri- postdoctoral researcher in the de Pablo Group
- Anchita Addhya - PhD student in the High Group
2023 Awardees
- Pablo Zubieta - postdoctoral researcher in the de Pablo Group
- Joe Reda - PhD student in the Hubbell Group
2022 Awardees
- Zhongyang Wang - postdoctoral researcher in the Nealey and Patel Groups
- Adarsh Suresh - PhD student in the Liu and Rowan Groups
2021 Awardees
- Elizabeth Lee - postdoctoral researcher, de Pablo and Galli Groups
- Kevin Singh - postdoctoral researcher, Bernien Group
- Aaron Alpar, PhD student, Hubbell Group
2020 Awardees
- Sam Bayliss - postdoctoral researcher, Awschalom Group
- Garrett Grocke - PhD student, Patel Group
2019 Awardees
- Priscilla Briquez - postdoctoral researcher, Hubbell Group
- Nick Jackson - postdoctoral researcher, de Pablo Group
- Chris Anderson - PhD student, Awschalom Group
- Elyse Watkins - PhD student, Hubbell Group
Certificate Recipients
Certificate Recipients
2024 Certificate Recipients
- Zofia Caes
- Suin Choi
- Fabian Hernandez
- Omar Kazi - Darling Group
- Giuseppe Lauricella
- Matin Mohebi - Amanchukwu Group
- Mahadeen Nashiru
- David Noachtar
- Jaehee Park
- Luna Ramirez Hincapie - Ferguson Group
- Reem Salem
- Patrick Singleton
- Suraj Sudhakar - de Pablo Group
- Neha Swaminathan
- Ruijie Zhu
2023 Certificate Recipients
- Vishnu Dharmaraj - Tirrell Group
- Ruilin Dong - Nealey Group
- Jacob Feder - Awschalom Group
- Elina Ghimire - Rowan Group
- Edward Ionescu - Nagler Group
- Sam Marsden - Rowan Group
- Ignas Masiulionis - Guha Group
- Dasha Safarian - de Pablo Group
- Eric Schultz - de Pablo Group
- Joanna Wang - Gagliardi Group
- Andrew Xu - Galli Group
2022 Certificate Recipients
- Thao Cao - Huang Group
- Katerina Cheronis - Chevrier Group
- Jiachong Chu - Squires Group
- Alvin Dai - Wang Group
- Ben Doran - Mimee Group
- Yan Fang - Tirrell Group
- Hannah Fejzic - Amanchukwu Group
- Josh Glazier - Mimee Group
- Connor Horn - Guha Group
- Kate Johnson - Chevrier Group
- Alex Kolar - Zhong Group
- Thi Lien Le - Galli Group
- Calixto Mateos Salles - Swartz Group
- Linghan Mei - Chevrier Group
- Joseph Petrullo - Han Group
- Hongyi Zhang - Rowan & Patel Groups
2021 Certificate Recipients
- Shraddha Anand - Bernien Group
- Ben Ketter - Nealey Group
- Riley Knight - Esser-Kahn Group
- Charles Liang - Littlewood Group
- Carlos Medina Jimenez - Tirrell Group
- Madison Plaster - Chevrier Group
- Cyrus Zeledon - Awschalom Group
- Wen Zhuang - Chen Group
2020 Certificate Recipients
- Anchita Addhya - High Group
- Jack Arnold - Nagler Group
- Fabian Byléhn - de Pablo Group
- Sophia Chao-Wei Huang - Esser-Kahn Group
- Mike Jones - Ferguson Group
- Jeremiah Kim - Esser-Kahn Group
- Shi En Kim - Park Group
- Nick Macke - Rowan Lab
- Susan Okrah - Tay Lab
- Tony Pan - Huang Lab
- Joe Reda - Hubbell Lab
- Andrew Ye - Park Lab