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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:

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