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Welcome to the Student-Faculty Programs Office!

Welcome to the Student-Faculty Programs Office! We support Caltech's educational and research mission by providing programs and support for undergraduate research, diversity graduate school recruitment efforts, and effective and inclusive mentoring. We 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?

Prospective graduate students, would you like to:

  • Learn more about diversity and inclusion efforts at Caltech?
  • Or connect with us at conferences 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:

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 2024 Perpall SURF Speaking Competition Semi-Finalists
The Semi-Final Round of the Perpall SURF Speaking Competition will be held during the week of November 18th. Please check our SFP Calendar for more information.

  • Adele Basturk (with Nick Hutzler and Phelan Yu)
  • Joahan Castaneda Jaimes (with Jeffrey Rich)
  • Vinicius de Alcantra Nevoa (with Matilde Marcolli)
  • Jeff Duan (with Frederick Eberhardt)
  • Kaleb Dy (with Dean Mobbs)
  • Ania Freymond (with Riccardo Caniato and Antoine Song)
  • Akul Goel (with Matthew Thomson)
  • Arushi Gupta (with Anima Anandkumar and Jiayun Wang)
  • Arya Khokhar (with Wei Gao and Soyoung Shin)
  • Ishita Mathur (with Pablo Moscato)
  • Mahak Mathur (with Bethany Ehlmann and Judy Adler)
  • Robert Morgan (with Paul Bellan and Andre Nicolov)
  • Giulia Murgia (with James Bock and Ari Jozef Cukierman)
  • Firdavs Nasriddinov (with Anima Anandkumar and Rafal Kocielnik)
  • Brayden Noh (with Michael Lamb and Kimberly Miller)
  • Reid Nussbaum (with Morteza Gharib and Jack Caldwell)
  • Jean-Sebastien (JS) Paul (with Xiaojing Gao)
  • Virginia (Gigi) Pistilli (with Ingibjorg Svala Jonsdottir)
  • Kristina Sevier (with Maria Spiropulu)
  • Faiza Shabibi (with Julia Kornfield and Tiziana Di Luccio)
  • Logan Smith-Perkins (with Melany Hunt and Ricardo Hernandez)
  • Kai Svenson (with Maria Spiropulu)
  • Vansh Tibrewal (with Pietro Perona and Markus Marks)
  • AJ Torres (with Soon-Jo Chung)
  • Emily Tu (with Kaihang Wang and Jolena Zhou)
  • Olivia Wang (with Richard Murray and Elin Larsson)
  • Nicole Yang (with Gozde Demirer and Catherine Griffin)
  • Luke Zhou (with Jonas Peters and Emily Boyd)

Congratulations to the 2024 Gee Family SURF Poster Competition Finalists
The Final Round of the Gee Family SURF Poster Competition will be held on Tuesday, November 12, 2024, from 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM at the San Pasqual Walk.

  • Daniel Brito Matehuala (with Guillaume Blanquart)
  • Qianhui (Natasha) Hong (with Ueli Rutishauser and Yingxi Jin)
  • Armeet Jatyani (with Anima Anandkumar)
  • Ai-Dan Le (with Murray Brightman)
  • Priscila Marquez (with Sarah Reisman and Katelyn Gallagher)
  • Kieran Vlahakis (with Oscar Bruno and Manuel Santana)
  • Keyu (Sophia) Wan (with Aaron Ames and Kejun Li)
  • Jonah Yoshida (with Cole Hugelmeyer and Yi Ni)