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 at the individual links below!
Make sure to 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.

Home Country: USA ๐บ๐ธ | Program: Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Home Country: USA ๐บ๐ธ | Program: Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering | Languages: English, Spanish

Home Country: India ๐ฎ๐ณ | Program: Chemistry | Languages: English, Hindi, Punjabi

Home Country: India ๐ฎ๐ณ | Program: Chemistry | Languages: English, Hindi

Home Country: Chile ๐จ๐ฑ | Program: Applied Physics | Languages: English, Spanish

Home Country: USA ๐บ๐ธ | Program: History

Home Country: Ecuador ๐ช๐จ | Program: Civil and Environmental Engineering

Home Country: Mexico ๐ฒ๐ฝ | Program: Materials Science and NanoEngineering | Languages: English, Spanish

Home Country: USA ๐บ๐ธ | Program: Materials Science and NanoEngineering | Languages: English, Spanish

Home Country: Mexico ๐ฒ๐ฝ | Program: Chemistry | Languages: Spanish, English

Home Country: USA ๐บ๐ธ | Program: Electrical and Computer Engineering | Languages: English, Bengali

Home Country: Mexico ๐ฒ๐ฝ | Program: Applied Physics | Languages: Spanish, English, German

Home Country: Colombia ๐จ๐ด | Program: Applied Physics Program | Languages: Spanish, English

Home Country: Brazil ๐ง๐ท | Program: Biochemistry and Cell Biology | Languages: English, Portuguese

Home Country: Brazil ๐ง๐ท | Program: Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Home Country: Costa Rica | Program: Chemistry | Language: English, Spanish

Home Country: USA ๐บ๐ธ | Program: Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering | Languages: English, French, Edo

Home Country: Egypt ๐ช๐ฌ | Program: Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering | Languages: Arabic & English

Home Country: Italy ๐ฎ๐น | Program: Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences | Languages: Italian, English, French

Home Country: USA ๐บ๐ธ | Program: Psychological Sciences

Home Country: USA ๐บ๐ธ | Program: Bioengineering

Home Country: USA ๐บ๐ธ | Program: Civil and Environmental Engineering

Home Country: China ๐จ๐ณ | Program: Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering | Languages: Mandarin, English

Southern Cone Liaison | Home Country: Argentina ๐ฆ๐ท | Languages: Spanish/English

Home Country: USA ๐บ๐ธ | Program: Chemistry | ๐ณ๏ธโ๐

Home Country: Ghana ๐ฌ๐ญ | Program: Political Science | Languages: English, Twi

Home Country: Brazil ๐ง๐ท | Program: Physics | Languages: English, Portuguese, Spanish

Assistant Dean | Graduate Student Ambassador Staff Contact | Home Country: USA ๐บ๐ธ

Home Country: Nigeria ๐ณ๐ฌ | Program: Biosciences | Languages: English and Igbo

Home Country: India ๐ฎ๐ณ | Program: Materials Science and NanoEngineering Program | Languages: English, Japanese, Tamil, Kannada

Home Country: Colombia ๐จ๐ด | Program: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology | Languages: English, Spanish

Home Country: USA ๐บ๐ธ | Program: Political Science

Home Country: Lebanon ๐ฑ๐ง | Program: Economics | Languages: Armenian, Arabic, English, and others

Home Country: Ghana ๐ฌ๐ญ | Program: Computer Science | Languages: English, French

Home Country: USA ๐บ๐ธ | Program: Psychological Sciences | Languages: English, Vietnamese

Home Country: Vietnam ๐ป๐ณ | Program: Statistics |
Languages: English, Vietnamese

Home Country: South Korea ๐ฐ๐ท | Program: Bioengineering | Languages: English, Korean

Home Country: Taiwan ๐น๐ผ | Program: Mechanical Engineering | Languages: English, Mandarin

Home Country: Taiwan ๐น๐ผ | Program: Bioengineering | Languages: English, Taiwanese, Mandarin

Dean of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies; E. Dell Butcher Professor of Chemistry; Professor of Biochemistry & Cell Biology | Home Country: USA ๐บ๐ธ

Home Country: Mexico ๐ฒ๐ฝ | Program: Psychological Sciences | Languages: English, Spanish, French

Home Country: Nigeria ๐ณ๐ฌ | Program: Art History | Languages: Igbo, English, French, Pidgin

Home Country: Mexico ๐ฒ๐ฝ | Program: Materials Science and NanoEngineering Program | Languages: Spanish, English, German

Home Country: Argentina ๐ฆ๐ท | Program: Political Science | Languages: Spanish (Native), English (Fluent), Italian (Fluent), French (Beginner)

Home Country: USA ๐บ๐ธ | Program: Chemistry | Languages: English, Spanish

Home Country: Colombia ๐จ๐ด | Program: Philosophy | Languages: English, Spanish

Home Country: Mexico ๐ฒ๐ฝ | Program: Chemistry | Languages: English, Spanish, German

Home Country: USA ๐บ๐ธ | Program: Chemistry

Home Country: USA ๐บ๐ธ | Program: English | Languages: English

Home Country: Uganda ๐บ๐ฌ | Program: Applied Physics | Languages: English, Luganda

Home Country: USA ๐บ๐ธ | Program: Mechanical Engineering

Home Country: Cameroon ๐จ๐ฒ | Program: Statistics | Languages: French, English, Nguembah (my dialect)

Home Country: Mexico ๐ฒ๐ฝ | Program: Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering | Languages: English, Spanish, German

Home Country: Nigeria | Program: Religion | Languages: English, Yoruba, Igbo, Ibibio

Home Country: Honduras ๐ญ๐ณ | Program: Mechanical Engineering | Languages: English, Spanish

Home Country: The Philippines ๐ต๐ญ | Program: Masters of Global Affairs | Languages: Filipino, English

Home Country: Chile ๐จ๐ฑ | Program: Physics Program | Languages: Spanish, English

Home Country: USA ๐บ๐ธ | Program: Electrical and Computer Engineering

Home Country: Taiwan ๐น๐ผ | Program: Philosophy | Languages: Mandarin Chinese, Taiwanese Hokkien

Program Administrator | Graduate Student Ambassador Staff Contact | Countries: United States ๐บ๐ธ Argentina ๐ฆ๐ท

Home Country: China ๐จ๐ณ | Program: History | Languages: English, Chinese
Alumni Ambassadors

Home Country: Mexico | Program: Electrical and Computer Engineering | Languages: English, Spanish

Home Country: Mexico | Program: Chemistry | Languages: English, Spanish

Alumni Ambassador | Home Country: Taiwan ๐น๐ผ | Program: Civil & Environmental Engineering | Languages: English, Taiwanese, Mandarin

Home Country: USA | Program: English| Languages: English, Spanish

Alumni Ambassador | Home Country: USA ๐บ๐ธ | Program: Political Science | Languages: English, Spanish

Alumni Ambassador | Home Country: Colombia ๐จ๐ด | Program: Statistics | Languages: Spanish, English

Home Country: Mexico ๐ฒ๐ฝ | Program: Energy Economics | Languages: English, Spanish

Home Country: USA | Program: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Alumni Ambassador | Home Country: Ecuador ๐ช๐จ | Program: Mechanical Engineering | Languages: English, Spanish

Home Country: Mexico | Program: Systems, Synthetic & Physical Biology | Languages: English, Spanish, French, German, Japanese

Home Country: Taiwan | Program: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology| Languages: Mandarin, Taiwanese, English

Home Country: Mexico | Program: Biochemistry and Cell Biology | Languages: English, Spanish, French

Alumni Ambassador | Home Country: Japan ๐ฏ๐ต | Program: Electrical and Computer Engineering | Languages: English, Japanese

Alumni Ambassador |. Home Country: USA ๐บ๐ธ | Program: Global Affairs | Languages: English, German

Home Country: Mexico | Program: Biochemistry & Cell Biology | Languages: Spanish, English

Home Country: USA ๐บ๐ธ | Program: Materials Science and NanoEngineering | Languages: English, Malayalam

Alumni Ambassador | Home Country: Dominica ๐ฉ๐ฒ | Program: Materials Science and NanoEngineering Program

Alumni Ambassador | Home Country: Japan ๐ฏ๐ต | Program: Chemistry | Languages: Japanese, English