Undergraduate Research Committee

The Undergraduate Research Committee supports the Charles Center by evaluating student summer research proposals that are submitted to the Charles Center for funding. Typically, each research proposal is read by multiple committee members, and each committee member reads proposals within and outside their areas of specialization. The committee is chaired by Faculty Fellows who receive proposals from the Undergraduate Research Program Administrator.  The committee is encouraged to advise the Charles Center administrators on best practices for proposal review and other relevant procedures. Committee appointments are made by the Director of the Charles Center in consultation with department heads.

2025-2026 Committee members

Nicholas Balascio
Luis Baldomero-Quintana 
Katherine Barko-Alva 
Vladimir Bolotnikov
Tonya Boone
Adrian Bravo 
Chandos Michael Brown 
Dom Ciruzzi 
Danielle Dallaire (2025-2026 Faculty Fellow)
Melanie Dawson 
Jozef Dudek 
Eliot Dudik 
Laura Ekstrom 
Josh Erlich 
Ashleigh Everhardt Queen
Andrew Fisher
Erica Garroutte
Katherine Guthrie Clem Hamelin
Amber Hardison
Stephen Herwig 
Shantá Hinton 
Anya Hogoboom 
Chris Howard 
Scott Ickes (2025-2026 Faculty Fellow)
Michael Iyanaga
Andrew Jackura
Peter Kemper
Oliver Kerscher 
Brian Kreydatus 
Madelyn Labella
Matthias Leu
John Lopresti 
Gunter Luepke
Weizhen Mao 
Bill McNamara 
Elizabeth Mead 
Meghan Miller 
Emily Moschini 
Gayle Murchison 
Iyabo Osiapem 
Kate Perrault-Uptmoor 
Adrienne Petty
Sasha Prokhorov 
Joshua Puzey 
Megan Quinn 
Philip Roessler 
Margaret Saha 
Nicole Santiago
Jackson Sasser 
Leah Shaw 
Admasu Shiferaw 
Isaiah Speight
Cristina Stancioiu
Yuming Sun 
Isabelle Taylor 
Terrell Taylor 
Kevin Vose 
Laurie Wolf (2025-2026 Faculty Fellow)
Doug Young
Yue Xiao
Yanhai Xiong
Chitralekha Zutshi 

Kate Patterson, Ex-Officio Member