Graduate Student Ambassadors

Wondering what life is like at Rice? Have a question about doctoral programs? Reach out to one of our student ambassadors, and make sure to check out our grad student blog here.

Elsa Acosta de Anda, Rice University

Elsa Acosta de Anda

Home Country: Mexico | Program: Electrical and Computer Engineering

Andrea Ameruoso, Ph.D. Student At Rice University in Houston, Texas and a graduate student ambassador

Andrea Ameruoso

Home Country: Italy | Program: Biochemistry and Cell Biology Program

Maria Astrid Campos Mata, Rice University

Astrid Campos Mata

Home Country: Mexico | Program: Materials Science and NanoEngineering

Samuel Castro Rice University graduate ambassador, CONACYT

Home Country: Mexico | Program: Chemistry

Michelle Duran Chaves, Rice University

Michelle Duran Chaves

Home Country: Costa Rica | Program: Chemistry

Emily Elia, Rice University graduate student

Emily Elia

Home Country: USA | Program: Political Science

Vanessa Espinoza, Rice University graduate student ambassador Ph.D. doctoral student in chemistry

Vanessa Espinoza

Home Country: USA | Program: Chemistry

Jauhara Ferguson, Rice University doctoral candidate in sociology, Ph.D. student

Jauhara Ferguson

Home Country: USA | Program: Sociology

Dan Gorczynski Rice University doctoral student Ph.D. in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Program

Daniel Gorczynski

Home Country: USA | Program: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Victoria Granja

Victoria Granja

Home Country: Ecuador | Program: Mechanical Engineering

Niklas Gross is a Ph.D. student in the Chemistry Department at Rice University and a Graduate Student Ambassador

Home Country: Germany | Program: Chemistry

Rosa Selenia Guerra Resendez of Rice University

Rosa Selenia Guerra Resendez

Home Country: Mexico | Program: Systems, Synthetic & Physical Biology

Sarah Hall-Swan, doctoral candidate in computer science

Sarah Hall-Swan

Home Country: USA | Program: Computer Science

Rice University Grad Student Ambassador Lucas Hildebrand Pires da Cunha

Lucas Hildebrand Pires da Cunha

Home Country: Brazil | Program: Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering

Jennifer Hunter

Jennifer Hunter

Admissions and Visibility Strategy Manager

Rodrigo Ibarra Garcia Padilla, Rice University BioSciences

Rodrigo Ibarra Garcia Padilla

Home Country: Mexico | Program: Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Jeannette Ingabire is a Ph.D. student in the Systems, Synthetic, and Physical Biology Department at Rice University

Jeannette Ingabire

Home Country: Rwanda | Program: Systems, Synthetic, and Physical Biology

Debadrita Jana, PhD Graduate Student Ambassador at Rice University

Home Country: India | Program: Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences

Natsumi Komatsu, Rice University Doctoral Candidate TOMODACHI STEM

Natsumi Komatsu

Home Country: Japan | Program: Electrical and Computer Engineering

Yoon Jung (Jenny) Kwon is a doctoral candidate in the Strategic Management department of the Jones Graduate School of Business at Rice University.

Home Country: South Korea | Program: Business (Strategic Management)

Marc-Ansy Laguerre

Home Country: Haiti | Program: Civil and Environmental Engineering

Santiago Lopez Alvarez

Santiago Lopez Alvarez

Home Country: Colombia | Program: Political Science

Seiichi Matsuda

Seiichi Matsuda

Dean of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies; E. Dell Butcher Professor of Chemistry; Professor of Biochemistry & Cell Biology

Joshua Moore, Ph.D. Student At Rice University in Houston, Texas and a graduate student ambassador

Home Country: USA | Program: Biochemistry and Cell Biology Program

Carlos Quintero Peña, Rice University Ph.D. student in the Computer Science doctoral program

Carlos Quintero Peña

Home Country: Colombia | Program: Computer Science

Ivan Rosa de Siqueira, Rice University ambassador graduate student Ph.D.

Ivan Rosa de Siqueira

Home Country: Brazil | Program: Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Yingru Song, Rice University graduate Ph.D. doctoral student and research assistant

Home Country: China | Program: Mechanical Engineering

Daziyah Sullivan, Rice University doctoral student and graduate student ambassador

Daziyah Sullivan

Home Country: USA | Program: Mechanical Engineering