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Welcome to the Student-Faculty Programs Office!
Welcome to the Student-Faculty Programs Office! We are a team of student-facing, bridge-building, problem-solving, door-opening professionals who are invested and dedicated to student engagement, growth, and success.
Undergrads, do you want to:
- Explore your interests by doing cutting-edge research with Caltech faculty through SURF, WAVE, or one of our many undergraduate research programs?
- Participate in academic and professional development activities, such as networking, connecting with faculty, and graduate school application prep?
- Learn more about experiential learning opportunities at Caltech?
Prospective graduate students, would you like to:
- Learn more about diversity and inclusion efforts at Caltech?
- Or connect with us at conference or through other DEI recruitment efforts?
Graduate students, postdocs, and faculty, are you interested in:
- Building your mentoring toolbox to provide effective and inclusive mentoring?
- Support DEI efforts by mentoring a WAVE student, participating in graduate DEI recruitment efforts, or serving as a non-research mentor to summer students or incoming graduate students?
Alumni, parents, and friends, would you like to:
- Support students by giving your time, expertise, or funding?
If so, you landed at the right place! Please explore our site and reach out if you have any questions, comments, or ideas
Congratulations to the 2023 Perpall SURF Speaking Competition Winners
- 1st Place: Emma Isella - Deciphering the Components of Pseudomonas aeruginosa's Response to Nitric Oxide
- 2nd Place: Maya de Luis - Lung-on-a-Chip Device to Access the Effects of Inhaled Nitric Oxide on Hospital Acquired Pneumonia
- 3rd Place: Rupa Kurinchi-Vendhan - BenthIQ: A Benthic Classification Tool for Coral Restoration
Congratulations to the 2023 Bonsall SURF Technical Writing Prize Winners
- Jerry Huang - Preventing False Scientific Predictions in Quantum Experiments
- Kyle Lethander - Simultaneous Velocity and Temperature Measurements Applied to Combustion Processes
Congratulations to the 2023 Gee Family SURF Poster Competition Winners
- 1st Place: Joseph Kim – Facial Expressions in Mice
- 2nd Place: Shrujana Kunnam – Early Detection of Alzheimer's Disease in Non-Symptomatic Older Adults: Identifying Potential Biomarkers Using Subliminal Processing Paradigm
- 3rd Place: Sreemanti Dey – Score-Based Diffusion Models for Photoacoustic Tomography Image Reconstruction