I am committed to promoting and upholding the following values. 

• Fostering an open, welcoming, and inclusive environment for all people.

• Maintaining students’ mental and physical health and well-being.

• Accommodating varying needs and obligations of students, including but not limited to those due to family and religion.

• Enabling students to succeed in their post-education career.

• Conducting research that advances science and achieves real-world impact.

I believe,a mentor-mentee relationship does not default to 100% science based. I care and show up for the mentees, and therefore I expect mentees to show up, to care, and to resonate with my values. In this sense, I think of a mentor-mentee relationship as a two-way street — an alliance. I believe a lasting mentor-mentee relationship is critical and can go well beyond the science and also beyond one’s duration at Georgia Tech. In developing the student’s research relationship with the me, alignment and accountability are essential. There will be a level of self-guidance, and I typically try to give a mentees an experience that will help them to decide for themselves what they would like to do professionally and what they are good at. As mentees blossom, they will gradually take on more independent projects. For undergraduate research students, I hope you will get 1-2 semesters of contributions and ultimately be contributing enough to a refereed scientific paper to warrant being considered a coauthor on that paper. 

Please refer to my CV for a complete list of past student mentees.