Find a Mentor

Choosing a mentor is one of the most important steps in your graduate journey. Your mentor, also known as an adviser or principal investigator, will guide and support you through the research portion of your program, offering valuable insight drawn from their deep experience in basic, translational and/or clinical research.

Mentors are expected to meet with you regularly to help navigate challenges, help shape your research proposal, oversee and track your progress, and provide thoughtful guidance as you complete your research.

In addition to helping you shape your thesis proposal and form your Thesis/Program Dissertation Advisory Committee, your mentor also serves as a trusted resource for academic, professional, and personal development. Only faculty members who have been granted full faculty or master’s-level privileges may serve in this role.

The Ph.D. program offers flexibility, allowing students to choose any Mayo mentor and join their research team, regardless of chosen track or direction. Use the tool below to find faculty who are eligible to host students in their labs. Additional mentors may be available—please consult your program director. You need to select a mentor within six months of starting your program.

Use the search to find mentors by name or area of research interest. Filter results by campus location or research track.

Mayo Clinic Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences offers flexibility, allowing students to choose any Mayo mentor and follow their research, regardless of track or direction. The faculty listed below can host students. Additional mentors may be available—please consult your program director.

Use the search to find mentors by name or research interest. Filter results by campus location or research track.

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Mayo Clinic has three locations:

Tracks

The Ph.D. program has 8 distinct tracks:

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Researchers
Cousin, Margot A., Ph.D. Clinical and Translational Science Minnesota
  • Keywords: rare genetic disease, N-of-1 Therapeutics, genomics, antisense oligonucleotide, gene-targeted therapy
  • Department: Molecular Medicine
  • cousin.margot@mayo.edu
Covassin, Naima, Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering and Physiology Minnesota
Croarkin, Paul, D.O., M.S. Clinical and Translational Science Minnesota
  • Keywords: neurotherapeutics, brain stimulation, diagnostics, child and adolescent psychiatry, Molecular Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Neuroscience, Biomedical Engineering and Physiology
  • Department: Pediatrics, Psychiatry, Pharmacology
  • Visit research profilecroarkin.paul@mayo.edu
Curtis, Marion R., Ph.D. Immunology Arizona
Dalvin, Lauren, M.D. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Molecular Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics Minnesota
  • Keywords: oncology, organoid, melanoma, eye, uvea, cancer, therapeutics, Clinical and Translational Science
  • Department: Ophthalmology, Oncology
  • dalvin.lauren@mayo.edu
Dasari, Surendra, M.S., Ph.D. Clinical and Translational Science Minnesota
de la Vega Amador, Rodolfo E., M.D., Ph.D. Clinical and Translational Science Minnesota
  • Keywords: bone, fracture healing, gene therapy, cell therapy, transcript therapy, translational research
  • Department: Orthopedic Surgery
  • delavega.rodolfo@mayo.edu
De Langhe, Stijin P., Ph.D. Regenerative Science Minnesota
Devaux, Patricia, Ph.D. Regenerative Science, Virology and Gene Therapy Minnesota
  • Keywords: Stem cells, induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC), reprogramming, gene therapy, genome editing (CRISPRCas9, Base Editing, Prime Editing), Sickle cells disease, viral vector, VLP, RNA viruses, innate immunity, Virology and Gene Therapy (VGT) and Regenerative Sciences
  • Department: Molecular Medicine
  • Visit research profileDevaux.Patricia@mayo.edu
Deyle, David R., M.D. Virology and Gene Therapy Minnesota
Dingli, David, M.D., Ph.D. Regenerative Science, Virology and Gene Therapy Minnesota
Druliner, Brooke, Ph.D. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Regenerative Science Minnesota
  • Keywords: epigenetics, chromatin,m stem cells, organoids, gastrointestinal diseases, inflammation, Clinical and Translational Science, Molecular Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Biomedical Engineering and Physiology
  • Department: Gastroenterology and Hepatology
  • Visit research profiledruliner.brooke@mayo.edu
Ehlers, Shawna, Ph.D. Clinical and Translational Science Minnesota
  • Keywords: psychological and behavioral prognostic risk factors
  • Department: Psychiatry and Psychology
  • ehlers.shawna@mayo.edu
Ehman, Richard L., M.D. Biomedical Engineering and Physiology Minnesota
Enninga, Elizabeth Ann L., Ph.D. Immunology Minnesota
Esterov, Dmitry, D.O., M.S. Clinical and Translational Science Minnesota
Fagan, Andrew J., Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering and Physiology, Clinical and Translational Science Minnesota
Fairweather, DeLisa, Ph.D. Clinical and Translational Science, Immunology Florida
  • Keywords: myocarditis, regenerative medicine, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, immunology, COVID, mitochondria, radiation-induced cardiomyopathy, chemotherapy-induced cardiomyopathy, translational research, regenerative science
  • Department: Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Visit research profileFairweather.DeLisa@mayo.edu
Fatemi, Mostafa, Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering and Physiology Minnesota
Faubion, William A., M.D. Immunology Arizona