Finding a Mentor

Second: Each academic division has many research areas. Faculty may conduct research in more than one research area and even across divisions!

Finally: Caltech is home to more than 50 research centers and institutes. A research center or institute is home to faculty from across campus and is focused on a research area that may span many different divisions. Several of Caltech's centers and institutes partner with WAVE to provide outstanding research opportunities:

How do I go about identifying potential WAVE mentors?
First: Look at the list below and identify your research area of interest.
Second: Explore the links and learn more about the research projects of individual faculty.
Third: If your interests lie in any of the subject areas of a Caltech research center or institute, review those websites to see what individual faculty are working on.
Fourth: Identify up to three faculty that you are interested in working with.

BIOLOGY AND BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING (BBE)
Faculty
Research
Biological Engineering
Cellular and Developmental Biology
Evolutionary and Organismal Biology
Microbiology
Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, and Biophysics
Neuroscience

CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL ENGINEERING (CCE)
Faculty
Research
Chemistry
Chemical Engineering
Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics

ENGINEERING AND APPLIED SCIENCE (EAS)
Faculty
Research
Aerospace (GALCIT)
Andrew and Peggy Cherng Department of Medical Engineering
Applied Physics
Materials Science
Computing & Mathematical Sciences
Electrical Engineering
Environmental Science & Engineering
Mechanical and Civil Engineering

GEOLOGICAL AND PLANETARY SCIENCES (GPS)
Faculty
Research
Geology
Geobiology
Geochemistry
Geophysics
Planetary Sciences

HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES (HSS)
Faculty
Research
Humanities
Social Sciences

PHYSICS, MATH, AND ASTRONOMY (PMA)
Research
Physics (faculty)
Astronomy (faculty)
Math (faculty)