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2024 - 2025 Undergraduate Research Ambassadors



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Meet your Ambassadors!

 

Undergraduate Research Ambassadors (URAs) are a multi-disciplinary, diverse team of students that serve a central role as advocates for undergraduate research and creative scholarship at the University of Kentucky. The goal of the URA program is to increase awareness and create opportunities for students to actively engage in research and creative scholarship. URAs facilitate this goal by providing presentations to the campus community, creating relevant workshops and programming, and representing OUR at research, recruiting, and outreach events.

UK's Research Ambassadors have a passion for promoting undergraduate research and creative scholarship and helping students connect with research opportunities.

Abbey McNely

Abbey

Major: Environmental and Sustainability Studies

Minor: Communications

Mentor: Betsy Beymer-Farris - College of Arts and Sciences, Environmental and Sustainability Studies

Austin Trotter

Austin

Majors: Neuroscience and Psychology

Mentor: Lauren Whitehurst - College of Arts and Sciences, Psychology

Caleb Weber

Caleb

Majors: Biology and Music Performance

Mentor: Elizabeth Duncan - College of Arts and Sciences, Biology

Connor Stuart

Connor

Major: Neuroscience

Minor: Spanish, Biology

Mentor: Ann Stowe - College of Medicine, Neuroscience

Dahlia 2024-25 Ambassador

Dahlia

Majors: Neuroscience and Psychology

Mentor: Lance Johnson - College of Medicine, Physiology

Dexter 2024-25 Ambassador

Dexter

Major: Biology

Minor: Wildlife Biology

Mentor: David Westneat - College of Arts and Sciences, Biology

Diksha Satish 2024-25 Ambassador

Diksha

Major: Biology and Mathematics 

Mentor: Lance Johnson - College of Medicine, Physiology 

Erin Stratton

Erin

Major: Biology

Mentor: TK Logan - College of Medicine, Behavioral Science

Hannah 2024-25 Ambassador

Hannah

Major: Biology

Minor: Chemistry

Mentor: David Weisrock - College of Arts and Sciences, Biology

Hena Kachroo

Hena

Major: Biochemistry

Mentor: Anne-Frances Miller - College of Arts and Sciences, Chemistry

James Overly

James

Major: Biology, Neuroscience, Anthropology

Mentor: Daniel Lee - College of Medicine, Neuroscience

Kaitlyn Brock

Kaitlyn

Major: Neuroscience, Psychology 

Mentor: Robin Cooper - College of Arts and Sciences, Biology 

Madi Wilson 2024-25 Ambassador

Madi

Major: Human Health Sciences, Pre-PA

Mentor:  Patrick Hannon - College of Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology

Molly Lobel 2024-25 Ambassador

Molly

Major:  Animal Sciences - Equine Specialization

Mentor:  Tayo Adedokun - Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food, & Environment, Animal and Food Sciences

Sarisha Lohano

Sarisha

Major: Biology

Mentor: Jonathan Satin - College of Medicine, Physiology