Dr. Andrew Greenberg 

Dr. Andrew Greenberg serves as the Associate Director of the Institute for Chemical Education (ICE) and is a Faculty Associate in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In 2006 Dr. Greenberg established the Research Experience for Undergraduates program in Nanotechnology. He has grown the program into three REU programs, including serving as the Principal Investigator for the REU in Chemistry of Materials for Renewable Energy. Additionally, Dr. Greenberg has directed the UW-Madison EFRI-REM program since 2013 when he co-founded the program.

Dr. Greenberg has worked in the field of mentor training for nearly a decade. In 2007 he was part of an NSF supported team that adapted mentor training to discipline specific curricula. Dr. Greenberg annually facilitates mentor training seminars for graduate students and postdocs at UW-Madison. He also leads national Train the Trainer workshops for faculty and staff interested in facilitating mentor training seminars at their home institutions. Dr. Greenberg is a certified National Research Mentoring Network (NRMN) Master Facilitator and is a founding member of the Center for the Improvement of Mentored Research Experiences. 

Dr. Greenberg is a co-founder of the Mentoring Catalyst program.

 

Dr. Cheri Barta

Dr. Cheri Barta currently serves as the director of Undergraduate Research for the Department of Chemistry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In addition to this, Dr. Barta is on the executive board for Wisconsin Council for Undergraduate Research, an elected chemistry councilor for the National Council for Undergraduate Research, and was invited to join the Nebraska INBRE research board.

With these experiences, Barta organized and facilitated Research Mentor and Mentee Trainings as a Master Facilitator for the National Research Mentoring Network (NRMN) and the Center for Improvement of Mentored Experiences in Research (CIMER). On  the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s campus, Dr. Barta has also taught, ‘Entering Mentoring’ and ‘Entering Research’,  undergraduate classes to improve mentor/mentee relationships in a lab setting.

 

Dr. Ashley Brown

Dr. Ashley Brown serves as a distinguished professor in the Lampe Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering (BME). She has many prestigious accolades, including Georgia Tech’s 40 under 40, AHA fellow, and Society for Biomaterials Mid-Career Award. Brown was also awarded the NSF CAREER Award for a project titled  “Dynamic microgels that mimic platelet behavior to promote healing” in which she is developing new biomaterials that mimic the morphology and function of platelets in response to injury. Dr. Brown continues this research past the lab by designing outreach programs of all ages to promote biomimetic materials engineering.

Dr. Brown has mentored more than 60 undergraduate students, many of which went on to attend top PhD and MD programs. Over the last 5 years, she has been a PI or Co-PI on 8 NSF Grants. Brown joined EFRI-REM Mentoring Catalyst 2.0 program and was able to bring the concepts to the Comparative Medicine Institute. Along with this, the Mentoring Catalyst crew has been able to mentor over 400 mentees across 48 institutions with the help of Dr. Brown.

 

Dr. Jessica Gluck

Dr. Jessica Gluck currently serves as an Assistant Professor in the Textile Engineering, Chemistry and Science Department at the Wilson College of Textiles at NC State University while also being affiliated with the Lampe Joint Department of BME. During her postdoctoral training, Gluck was awarded a Science Communication Fellowship to help her skills in informal science education for K-8 students. She also helped develop a curriculum for students between grades 3-9 at Discovery Place Sciences shaped through interactions with local teachers. 

Since joining the department, Dr. Gluck has mentored 5 PhD, 3 MS, and 20 undergraduate students, which has led to many undergraduates publishing co-first authors and presenting at national conferences. She also plays a role in training programs through the Comparative Medicine Institute and many REUs on NC State’s campus. Gluck continues to bring her mentoring and outreach capabilities to  the Mentoring Catalyst team since joining the Mentoring Catalyst 3.0 team.

 

Dr. Christine Grant

A 2015 American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Mentor Award recipient, Dr. Christine Grant is a professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineerin g and the Associate Dean of Faculty Advancement in the College of Engineering at North Carolina State University.

She is a recipient of the 2004 NSF Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring (PAESMEM) and has mentor related awards from the Council for Chemical Research, American Chemical Society, and AIChE. She is one of less than ten female African-American full professors in chemical engineering faculty in the nation.

She received her Bachelors of Science in chemical engineering (1984) from Brown University in Rhode Island, and earned a Masters (1986) and Ph.D. (1989) in chemical engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta. Dr. Grant is also a 2013 Fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE).

Dr. Grant is a co-founder of the Mentoring Catalyst initiative. While she has retired, her work in building the foundation of this program is greatly appreciated.