Meet our 2024-2025 Peer Mentors!
The Peer Mentoring Program is designed to provide support to undergraduate students who are interested in pursuing research and inquiry. Our peer mentors are wonderful undergraduate and graduate students who represent active researchers and role models from FAU's colleges and partner campuses. If you are interested in participating in undergraduate research or have questions related to how you can get started in research please email one of the mentors in your college to set up a time to meet. Mentors are available to meet in person or virtually. The Peer Mentor page can tell you more about how YOU can become a mentor too!
To meet with a Peer Mentor, visit them during their office hours, or send them an email to set up an appointment. The Peer Mentor's office hours schedule can be found here.
* The Peer Mentor Program will be operating at limited capacity as we are looking for applicants for 2025-2026 cohort. If you are interested please apply here . Otherwise, please reach out to ouri@fau.edu if a peer mentor is not available for your college.
| Peer Mentor Name | College | Peer Mentor email address |
|---|---|---|
| Abel Abraham | MED | abelabraham2018@health.fau.edu |
| Hannah Kravec | SCI |
Hkravec2023@fau.edu |
| Abby Sinu | EDU | asinu2021@fau.edu |
| Kayla Ahlness | Broward | kahlness2020@fau.edu |
| Numana Luqman | FAU High | nluqman2019@fau.edu |
| Priscilla Xu | ENGCS | pxu2022@fau.edu |
Peer Mentor Bios
Kayla Ahlness
College & Major College of Science; PhD in Integrative Biology
Research Interest(s) Animal conservation, behavioral ecology, data science, citizen science, and biological education
Hobbies & Awards/Scholarly Programs I love playing the drums and learning new songs. I’ve also played competitive roller derby for 10 years. When I have free time, I play board games with my family and friends. Awards: Conference of Florifa Graduate Schools 3MT People's Choice Winner 2024; FAU 3MT Chamption 2024; FAU Graduate Dean's Fellowship 2022-2023, Phi Kappa Phi Graduate Studies Scholarship Awardee, Spring 2022
Email
kahlness2020@fau.edu
Abel Abraham
College & Major
College of Medicine; M.D. Program
Research Interest(s)
Biomedical Engineering, Neuroscience Carbon Capture and Storage
Hobbies/Awards
I enjoy spending my free time racing simulators and attending car shows. Awards: Co-author: "Towards Green Carbon Capture and Storage Using Waste Concrete Based Seawater: A Microfluidic Analysis"(
https://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4460141); Co-author: "Investigation of Heat Transfer Near a Growing Bubble During Nucleate Boiling Using Dual-Tracer Laser-Induced Fluorescemce Thermometry"(http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4564002)
Email
abelabraham2018@health.fau.edu
Hannah Kravec
College & Major College of Science; Psychology
Research Interest(s)
Evolutionary developmental psychology, social psychology; Current projects: Effects of group-identification and ostracism on response to stereotype threat of women in STEM, and evolutionary developmental implications on formal education models/structures of modern childhoods
Fun FactI love creative writing
Email
hkravec2023@fau.edu
Numana Luqman
College & Major College of Science; Cellular Neuroscience
Research Interest(s) Cellular and Behavioral Neuroscience and Cell Biology
Hobbies Listening to music, swimming, and reading
Email
nluqman2019@fau.edu
Abby Sinu
College & Major College of Science; Medical Biology
Research Interest(s) Behavioral Neuroscience; studying effects of visual perception on bi-manual coordination patterns, Anthropology; studying antibiotic prescription practices in the dental field
Hobbies/Fun Facts I enjoy painting and playing violin. I am a startup founder of a biomedical diagnostic technology! My career goal is to be an Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon.
Email
asinu2021@fau.edu
Priscilla Xu
College & Major College of Engineering and Computer Science; Biomedical Engineering
Research Interest(s) Smart Devices and Biotechnology
Fun Fact I am a scuba diver.
Email
pxu2022@fau.edu