The CBE Graduate Peer Mentors are part of the Graduate Peer Mentoring Collaborative, an initiative supported by The Graduate School and four colleges at NC State. The Collaborative provides one-year fellowships to a small group of Ph.D. student leaders in each college, providing these students with opportunities to receive training in key skills for peer mentoring and to serve as mentors to their fellow graduate students.

Rewards	Responsibilities
Become a trained peer-mentor with a $1000 award for the academic year	Attend ~30 hours of virtual and in-person mentorship training
Make and strengthen connections with student within and across departments	Serve as your department’s or program’s peer mentor for the academic year
Contribute to the well-being of fellow graduate students	Meet informally with first-year Ph.D. students on a weekly or biweekly basis

Meet the 2025-26 CBE Grad Peer Mentors!

Sina Jamalzadegan

• 5th year Ph.D. student in Prof. Wei’s research group
• Focuses on combining cutting-edge research in artificial intelligence, advanced materials, and biosensing technologies to develop innovative solutions for health and environmental challenges

Syed Ahmed Jaseem

• 3rd year Ph.D. student in Prof. Dickey’s research group
• Focuses on developing soft, stretchable devices for sustainable energy harvesting with an emphasis on hydrogels, liquid metals, and the sintering of liquid metal particles

Elizabeth Morgan

• 2nd year Ph.D. student co-advised by Profs. Crook and Khan
• Focuses on biodegradation of plastics