Mentoring Research Group
Are you looking to enhance your research and publishing skills while advancing your academic career? MeRG is designed to empower participants by developing the specific and technical skills essential for success in the research publishing process. Through guided mentorship and collaborative learning, participants will create a personalized plan to overcome potential barriers, build research capacity, and identify clear pathways to success in academia.
Mentees in the program are paired with mentors whose experience and background closely match their research interests. In addition to the workshop programming on research topics and resources, participants meet with the mentors one on one monthly for a total of 10 months.
MeRG participants are required to complete a project which will be shared with all program participants, mentors and Chairs as part of their participation in the program.
Interested applicants may contact us at facdevsom@ecu.edu.
2026 Mentoring Research Group

2026 Mentees
- Dr. Meshka Anderson
- Dr. Jeffery Asowata
- Dr. Ahmed Elamir
- Anahy Lopez-Ramirez
- Briana McIntosh
- Jake Roberson
- Dr. Qiao Wang
- Dr. Kryscilla Yang
- Dr. Zikun Yang

2026 Mentors
- Dr. Eric Bailey
- Dr. Nick Broskey
- Dr. Jessica Cooke Bailey
- Dr. Holly Ellis
- Dr. Brandon Kyle
- Dr. William Irish
- Dr. Suzanne Lea
- Dr. Carlos Marroquin
- Dr. Lorita Rebellato
- Dr. Nancy Winterbauer
2025 Mentoring Research Group

2025 Mentees
- Dr. Vittoria Capria
- Dr. Cathleen Cook
- Dr. Jane Dewire
- Cate Duncan
- Dr. George Francis
- Dr. Benwin Singh
- Valentina Marginean
- Dr. Atif Kamal
- Dr. Iskra Myers

2025 Mentors
- Dr. Karlene Cunningham
- Dr. Lisandra de Castro Braz
- Dr. Carl Haish
- Dr. Brandon Kyle
- Dr. Juan March
- Dr. Lok Phkrel
- Dr. Espen Spangenburg
- Dr. Srinivas Sriramula
- Dr. Dmitry Tumin
- Dr. Christopher Wolfe
2024 Mentoring Research Group

2024 Mentees
- Dr. Syed Ahmed
- Kendrick Burden
- Dr. Emily Catalano
- Dr. Bryan Dunn
- Dr. Caitlin Fitzgerald
- Dr. Ramesh Gogoluthu
- Kathryn Lorbacher
- Dr. Changhong Yin

2024 Mentors
- Dr. Paul Bolin
- Dr. Kori Brewer
- Dr. Lisandra de Castro Braz
- Dr. Fisher-Wellman
- Dr. William Irish
- Dr. Brandon Kyle
- Dr. Eb Pesci
- Dr. Jennifer Stahl
2023-2024 Mentoring Research Group

2023 – 2024 Mentees
- Dr. Cassandra Bradby
- Julie Gaven
- Jude Kinkead
- Courtney Moore
- Jennifer Muir
- Dr. Ayodeji Olabiyi
- Or. Munkhtuya Tumurkhuu
- Dr. Tracey Woodlief
- Dr. Yaolin Zhou

2023 – 2024 Mentors
- Dr. Jessica Ellis
- Dr. Clinton Faulk
- Dr. Fisher-Wellman
- Dr. Annette Greer
- James Tyler Hagen
- Dr. Brandon Kyle
- Dr. Espen Spangenburg
- Dr. Srinivas Sriramula
- Dr. Dmitry Tumin
Workshops
Executive Functioning
Intro to Research
Question Formulation
IRB
Library Resources
Cross-Disciplinary Collaborations
Case Report Session
Manuscript
Statistics
Research Roadblocks
Ethical Considerations with AI
Data visualization
Data Storage
Patents
Writing Accountability
Grant Writing
Grant Pre-Award
Peer Review