Chemistry graduate student Alexander Gomez received an Outstanding Mentor award during the C2 awards ceremony on April 28.
The goal of the C² program is to foster excellence in the chemical sciences at Illinois. Graduate and undergraduate chemistry and chemical engineering students are encouraged to participate. Monthly professional development workshops and networking events are combined with one-on-one peer mentorship. Graduate students serve as mentors to undergraduates, who are eligible to apply for Summer Research Scholarships sponsored by the 3M Corporation and competitive Travel Awards to present their research at national conferences.
Gomez is a Ph.D. student in Prof. Christina White's research group in chemistry and has been a mentor to Omar Chavez, an undergraduate in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (ChBE), who nominated Gomez for the mentoring award. Génesis Ríos-Adorno, a ChBE doctoral student in the lab of Prof. Brendan A. Harley, also received an Outstanding Mentor award at the ceremony. And seven undergraduates who participated in the C2 program were awarded Summer Research Scholarships.
They are Abby Calixto, Omar Chavez, Janaye Jordan, and Carlos Nava-Matadamas in chemistry and Francisco Larrea Matus, Makayla Murrell, and Abike Sholeye in chemical and biomolecular engineering.
