The Undergraduate Research Ambassadors are a team of undergraduate researchers dedicated to helping students from all backgrounds and majors get involved in research and explore their interests. We offer one-on-one peer advising, workshops, class presentations, and more to make research accessible to students across campus.
Interested in getting involved with undergraduate research and don’t know where to begin? Set up a Peer Advising appointment with one of our Undergraduate Research Ambassadors using the links below. The links are sorted by discipline: humanities, social sciences, and STEM. Please email ura.fsu@gmail.com with any questions!
If you have questions about travel grants or finding and applying to conferences, email our Director, Drew Parker, at director.scurc@gmail.com
STEM- https://stemura.youcanbook.me
Humanities- https://humura.youcanbook.me
Social Sciences- https://ura.youcanbook.me
If you would like the URA's to explain how to get involved in research as an undergraduate to your organization please use this form https://fsu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bfnwHlJWtShLi1T we will come to your next meeting and tailor the presentation to your groups interests. If you have any questions please email ura.fsu@gmail.com
Meet our team
Grace Castillo, Class of 2021
Assistant Director of SCURC, Chair of URA
Major: Criminology
Minor: Child Development
Reannan Reidy, Class of Class of 2020
Undergraduate Research Ambassador
Major: Retail Merchandising and Product Development
Minor: Art history and Business
Maria L Velasquez, Class of 2020
Undergraduate Research Ambassador
Major: IMS Patient Care
Focus Area: Spanish Medical interpreting
Research Focus: Neuroscience- Feeding behavior
Allie Bokuniewicz, Class of 2021
Undergraduate Research Ambassadors
Major: Psychology
Minor: Statistics
Research Focus: Neuroplasticity in incarcerated juveniles
Hannah Pascoe, Class of 2020
Undergraduate Research Ambassador
Major: Biology
Minor: SAS Programming
Research Focus: Improving genome engineering techniques by mutational analysis and rapid prototyping of antimicrobial peptide cocktails to save Florida’s oranges
Grace Nystrom, Class of 2021
Undergraduate Research Ambassador
Major: Dietetics and Exercise Physiology
Minor: Chemistry
Research Focus: Worked in a molecular
biophysics lab studying the protein composition of Z disks in insect fight muscle
Rana Cayir, Class of 2022
Undergraduate Research Ambassadors
Major: Psychology
Research Focus: Social Anxiety and Perfectionism
Arria Hauldin, Class of 2020 (she/her)
Undergraduate Research Ambassador
Major: Anthropology
Minor: Sociology
Research Focuses: Gender and Race Identity, Race, LGBTQIA+ Community, Online Dating, Jamaican and Haitian Student Experiences, Single Motherhood in Vietnamese culture
Kristine Luz, Class of 2021
Undergraduate Research Ambassador
Major: Psychology
Minor: Biology and chemistry
Research Focus: Neuroscience-The effect of alcohol on the circadian rhythm and mortality of Droso
phila melanogaster
Justin White, Class of 2022
Undergraduate Research Ambassador
Major: Biology
Minor: Chemistry
Research Focus: How HIV bonds to cell membranes