Graduate Student Ambassadors

Who are the Graduate Student Ambassadors?

Ambassadors are current graduate students at Rice University! They are a great resource to use when wondering what life is like at Rice.

Connect with an Ambassador

Connect with one of our student ambassadors via the form here!

Make sure toย register for our upcoming events, and check out our grad student blog here.

Our mission

The mission of the Rice Graduate Student Ambassadors is to equip prospective graduate students with accurate, honest information about graduate study. We share our unique experiences and provide informal mentoring, striving to empower prospective students to make the best choice possible for themselves, regardless of where they ultimately study.

Body
Robyn Alba, Graduate Student Ambassador
Robyn Alba

Home Country: USA ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ | Program: Biochemistry and Cell Biology


Diana Alvarado, Graduate Student Ambassador
Diana Alvarado

Home Country: USA ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ | Program: Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering | Languages: English, Spanish


Aosheen Anand, Graduate Student Ambassador
Aosheen Anand

Home Country: India ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ | Program: Chemistry | Languages: English, Hindi, Punjabi

Devesh Awasthi, Graduate Student Ambassador
Devesh Awasthi

Home Country: India ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ | Program: Chemistry | Languages: English, Hindi


Maria Astrid Campos Mata, Rice University
Astrid Campos Mata

Home Country: Mexico ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ | Program: Materials Science and NanoEngineering | Languages: English, Spanish


Rodolfo Cantu, Graduate Student Ambassador
Rodolfo Cantu

Home Country: USA ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ | Program: Materials Science and NanoEngineering | Languages: English, Spanish

Manuel Carmona Pichardo, Ph.D. student and graduate student ambassador at Rice University
Manuel Carmona Pichardo

Home Country: Mexico ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ | Program: Chemistry | Languages: Spanish, English


Isha Chakraborty, Graduate Student Ambassador
Isha Chakraborty

Home Country: USA ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ | Program: Electrical and Computer Engineering | Languages: English, Bengali


Chun-Ying Chao, Rice University Graduate Student
Chun-Ying Chao

Alumni Ambassador | Home Country: Taiwan ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ผ | Program: Civil & Environmental Engineering | Languages: English, Taiwanese, Mandarin

Will Choi, Graduate Student Ambassador at Rice University
Chi Hun Choi

Home Country: South Korea ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท | Program: Materials Science & NanoEngineering | Languages: Korean, English, Spanish


Alan Covarrubias, Graduate Student Ambassador
Alan Covarrubias

Home Country: Mexico ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ | Program: Applied Physics | Languages: Spanish, English, German


Carlos Criollo Paredes, Rice University Graduate Student Ambassador
Carlos Criollo Paredes

Home Country: Colombia ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ด | Program: Applied Physics Program | Languages: Spanish, English

Carol De Groote Tavares, Graduate Student Ambassador
Carol De Groote Tavares

Home Country: Brazil ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท | Program: Biochemistry and Cell Biology | Languages: English, Portuguese


Iago Henrique de Miranda Mariano, Rice Grad Student Ambassador
Iago Henrique de Miranda Mariano

Home Country: Brazil ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท | Program: Biochemistry and Cell Biology


Enina Egiebor, Rice University Graduate Student Ambassador
Enina Egiebor

Home Country: USA ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ | Program: Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering | Languages: English, French, Edo

Emily Elia, Rice University alumni ambassador
Emily Elia

Alumni Ambassador | Home Country: USA ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ | Program: Political Science | Languages: English, Spanish


Mauro Florez, Rice University Graduate Student Ambassador
Mauro Florez

Alumni Ambassador | Home Country: Colombia ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ด | Program: Statistics | Languages: Spanish, English


Brandon Garcรญa, Rice grad ambassador
Brandon Garcรญa

Home Country: Mexico ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ | Program: Energy Economics | Languages: English, Spanish

Katie Garcia, Rice Grad Ambassador
Katie Garcia

Home Country: USA ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ | Program: Psychological Sciences


Viraj Ghosh, Rice University Graduate Student Ambassador
Viraj Ghosh

Home Country: USA ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ | Program: Bioengineering


Norma Gonzalez, Rice University
Norma Gonzalez

Southern Cone Liaison | Home Country: Argentina ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท | Languages: Spanish/English

Victoria Granja, Rice University Alumni Ambassador and Postdoc
Victoria Granja

Alumni Ambassador | Home Country: Ecuador ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡จ | Program: Mechanical Engineering | Languages: English, Spanish


Carly Graverson, Rice University grad student ambassador
Carly Graverson

Home Country: USA ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ | Program: Chemistry | ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ


Andrews Gyane, Graduate Student Ambassador
Andrews Gyane

Home Country: Ghana ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ญ | Program: Political Science | Languages: English, Twi

Daniela Hikari Yano, Graduate Student Ambassador
Daniela Hikari Yano

Home Country: Brazil ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท | Program: Physics | Languages: English, Portuguese, Spanish


Jennifer Hunter, Rice University Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies at Rice University
Jennifer Hunter

Assistant Dean | Graduate Student Ambassador Staff Contact | Home Country: USA ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ


Onyekachi Idigo, Graduate Student Ambassador at Rice University
Onyekachi Idigo

Home Country: Nigeria ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฌ | Program: Biosciences | Languages: English and Igbo

Sathvik Ajay Iyengar
Sathvik Ajay Iyengar

Home Country: India ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ | Program: Materials Science and NanoEngineering Program | Languages: English, Japanese, Tamil, Kannada


Esther Jimenez, Rice University graduate student and ambassador
Esther Jimenez

Alumni Ambassador | Home Country: USA ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ | Program: Biochemistry & Cell Biology | Languages: English, Spanish


Maranda Joyce, graduate student ambassdor and PhD candidate at Rice University
Maranda Joyce

Home Country: USA ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ | Program: Political Science

Salpy Kanimian, Rice University Graduate Student Ambassador
Salpy Kanimian

Home Country: Lebanon ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ง | Program: Economics | Languages: Armenian, Arabic, English, and others


Natalie Kokroko, Rice University Graduate Student Ambassador
Natalie Kokroko

Home Country: Ghana ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ญ | Program: Computer Science | Languages: English, French


Natsumi Komatsu, Rice University Alumni Ambassador
Natsumi Komatsu

Alumni Ambassador | Home Country: Japan ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต | Program: Electrical and Computer Engineering | Languages: English, Japanese

Vincent Lai, Rice Graduate Student Ambassador
Vincent Lai

Home Country: USA ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ | Program: Psychological Sciences | Languages: English, Vietnamese


Nhi Le, Rice Graduate Ambassador
Nhi Le

Home Country: Vietnam ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ณ | Program: Statistics | Languages: English, Vietnamese


Hannah Lim, Graduate Student Ambassador
Hannah Lim

Home Country: South Korea ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท | Program: Bioengineering | Languages: English, Korean

Anna Lucas, Rice University Graduate Student Ambassador
Anna Lucas

Alumni Ambassador |. Home Country: USA ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ | Program: Global Affairs | Languages: English, German


Seiichi Matsuda
Seiichi Matsuda

Dean of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies; E. Dell Butcher Professor of Chemistry; Professor of Biochemistry & Cell Biology | Home Country: USA ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ


Fernanda Morales, Ph.D. student and graduate student ambassador at Rice University
Fernanda Morales-Calva

Home Country: Mexico ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ | Program: Psychological Sciences | Languages: English, Spanish, French

Max Paxtian, Rice University Graduate Student Ambassador
Max Paxtian

Home Country: Mexico ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ | Program: Materials Science and NanoEngineering Program | Languages: Spanish, English, German


Neethu Pottackal, Rice University Materials Science Grad Student
Neethu Pottackal

Home Country: USA ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ | Program: Materials Science and NanoEngineering | Languages: English, Malayalam


Agustin Prinetti, Graduate Student Ambassador
Agustin Prinetti

Home Country: Argentina ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท | Program: Political Science | Languages: Spanish (Native), English (Fluent), Italian (Fluent), French (Beginner)

Dinora Nicole Rodriguez, graduate student ambassador at Rice University in Houston Texas
Dinora Rodriguez

Home Country: USA ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ | Program: Chemistry | Languages: English, Spanish


Andrรฉs Sรกnchez, Rice University Graduate Ambassador
Andrรฉs Sรกnchez

Home Country: Mexico ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ | Program: Chemistry | Languages: English, Spanish, German


Phelecia Scotland, Rice University Graduate Student Ambassador
Phelecia Scotland

Alumni Ambassador | Home Country: Dominica ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฒ | Program: Materials Science and NanoEngineering Program

Lul Sharif, Ph.D. student and graduate student ambassador at Rice University
Lul Sharif

Home Country: USA ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ | Program: Chemistry


Jae'la Solomon, Graduate Student Ambassador
Jae'la Solomon

Home Country: USA ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ | Program: English | Languages: English


Ken W. Ssennyimba, Rice grad student ambassador
Ken Ssennyimba

Home Country: Uganda ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฌ | Program: Applied Physics | Languages: English, Luganda

Daziyah Sullivan, Rice University doctoral student and graduate student ambassador
Daziyah Sullivan

Home Country: USA ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ | Program: Mechanical Engineering


Arthur Steve Tchoneteck, Rice University Ph.D. student
Arthur Steve Tchoneteck

Home Country: Cameroon ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฒ | Program: Statistics | Languages: French, English, Nguembah (my dialect)


Rice University graduate student Utana Umezaki
Utana Umezaki

Alumni Ambassador | Home Country: Japan ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต | Program: Chemistry | Languages: Japanese, English

Sofia Urbina, Graduate Student Ambassador
Sofia Urbina

Home Country: Honduras ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ณ | Program: Mechanical Engineering | Languages: English, Spanish


Nathaniel Uy, Graduate Student Ambassador
Nathaniel Uy

Home Country: The Philippines ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ญ | Program: Masters of Global Affairs | Languages: Filipino, English


Moira Venegas, Rice University Graduate Student Ambassador
Moira Venegas

Home Country: Chile ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฑ | Program: Physics Program | Languages: Spanish, English

Kayla Vokt, Rice University grad student and ambassador
Kayla Vokt

Home Country: USA ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ | Program: Electrical and Computer Engineering


Cam hiking in Colorado!
Cam Zapater

Program Administrator | Graduate Student Ambassador Staff Contact | Countries: United States ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Argentina ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท


Bohan Zhang, Rice University Graduate Student Ambassador
Bohan Zhang

Home Country: China ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ | Program: History | Languages: English, Chinese