Faculty & Staff Awards

Faculty Doctoral Mentoring Award Winners

The University of Florida Graduate School’s yearly Faculty Doctoral Mentoring Award (FDMA) spotlights outstanding, innovative, and effective mentoring of doctoral and Master of Fine Arts student through their final dissertation or fine arts thesis project.

This award gives $3,000 to each of five or so faculty members, plus $1,000 to each winner's academic unit to use to support doctoral or Master of Fine Arts students.

Nominations for this award come from current UF graduate students, faculty members, administrators, and alumni.

FDMA Winners 2023-2024

Professor Ronald Castellano, Ph.D.
Department of Chemistry
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Personal statement (PDF file)

Professor Martin Cohn, Ph.D.
Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
College of Medicine
Personal statement (PDF file)

Professor Nicolas DiLorenzo, Ph.D.
Department of Animal Sciences
College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
Personal statement (PDF file)

Professor Aysegul Gunduz, Ph.D.
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering
Personal statement (PDF file)

Associate Professor Holly Lane, Ph.D.
School of Special Education, School Psychology, and Early Childhood Studies
College of Education
Personal statement (PDF file)

Professor Kirk Ziegler, Ph.D.
Department of Chemical Engineering
Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering
Personal statement (PDF file)