Faculty Mentor of the Year Award

Mentor of the Year
Dr. Fernando Vonhoff, Undergraduate Research Mentor of the Year 2021. Born in Mexico, Dr. Vonhoff is a biologist interested in brain development and function. Dr. Vonhoff has been with the Department of Biological Sciences since December 2017 as part of UMBC’s pre-professoriate fellowship program and is now an assistant professor.

Has your mentor gone above and beyond to help you with your research project and other academic goals? If you worked with a UMBC faculty mentor and you had an exceptional experience and would like to nominate them as a Faculty Mentor of the Year, please respond to any or all of the following questions and return to aprilh@umbc.edu.

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5/4/2022