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Skip to contentOffice of Graduate StudiesMenu Close Search AdmissionsApplication ProcessAdmissions FAQDegrees and ProgramsAcademicsMentored ExperiencesDegree RequirementsMentoring Your WayTransdisciplinary Mentoring Community (TMC)Cohort ExperienceGraduate LifeGradWellEventsInformation for New StudentsDiverse Careers for PhDsInternational Student Support HubResourcesGraduate FormsGuidesFunding & SupportOur PeopleHonors and AwardsStatisticsLet your curiosity lead the way:Apply TodayHomeOur PeopleRecent NewsAcademic CalendarContact Us Arts & Sciences Graduate Studies in A&STransdisciplinary Mentoring Community (TMC) About TMCFaculty MentorsTMC Focus AreasAbout TMCDeveloping a network of mentors is crucial to the graduate student experience, but it is often difficult to seek out mentorship outside of your home department. As part of Mentoring Your Way, our Transdisciplinary Mentoring Community pairs faculty mentors with small groups of graduate students to engage in conversations and accelerate connections beyond one’s home department throughout the academic year. The aim is to foster mentoring and professional development beyond students’ advisors and across A&S graduate programs. Our first TMC cohort launches in August 2024. Check back to learn more about TMC’s pilot year. To learn more about how to get involved with TMC in the future, email [email protected]. Faculty Mentors TMC Mentors represent a wide variety of disciplines but share a commitment to graduate mentorship. Learn more about our 2024-25 TMC Faculty Mentors below: William Acree (Spanish)William AcreeWilliam Acree is a transdisciplinary scholar whose research and teaching explore the cultural history of Latin America, the enduring impacts of everyday experiences, and the ways cultural goods and activities inflect public life, politics, and identities. Acree is currently working on a collaborative project on the Stories that Win—political origin stories, stories of community and national beginnings, heroic tales and product launches that people tell and retell. Daniel Castro (Radiological Sciences)Daniel CastroDaniel C. Castro, PhD, is an assistant professor of radiology and a principal investigator in the Biophotonics Research Center. As an opioid biologist and experimental neuroscientist, Castro’s research focuses on how endogenous opioids modulate affective and motivational neural circuits that control appetitive behaviors. Castro’s lab uses a wide array of advanced neuroscience and optical imaging tools — for example, 3D anatomical mapping — to understand how complex neuropeptides function in endogenous and pathological states, and eventually develop more effective treatments for those suffering from affective or substance use disorders. Tansu Daylan (Physics)Tansu DaylanDr. Tansu Daylan is an assistant professor of Department of Physics since Fall 2023. His research program seeks to better understand the particle nature of dark matter and how exoplanets form, evolve, migrate, and potentially support life. His research programs include expoplanets, dark matter, and Astrostatics. Allan Hazlett (Philosophy)Allan HazlettAllan Hazlett works on testimony, skepticism, desire, the value of truth, reasons, and other topics in epistemology and metaethics. Hazlett studied philosophy at Brown University, earning his doctorate in 2006. Since then he been a member of the philosophy departments at Texas Tech University, Fordham University, the University of Edinburgh, and the University of New Mexico. Erik Herzog (Biology)Erik HerzogProfessor Herzog's laboratory explores the cellular and molecular foundations of circadian rhythms in mammals, particularly focusing on how these rhythms regulate daily behaviors and physiological processes. Using advanced techniques such as planar electrode arrays, cellular imaging, and genetic manipulations, his research delves into the roles of specific molecules and cells in creating the biological clock. Patrick Hill (Psychological and Brain Sciences)Patrick HillPatrick Hill’s research focuses on understanding how dispositional traits predict and shape trajectories of healthy aging. Hill's current research is interested in how individuals explore options for and ultimately commit to a purpose for life, and how having a sense of purpose predicts important life outcomes. His research program considers these questions with the intent of promoting healthy development from adolescence into older adulthood. Steve Hindle (History)Steve HindleProfessor Hindle studies social, cultural, and economic change in Britain during the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries. He will be teaching numerous courses in early modern British social, economic and political history; on the relationships between literature and politics in Tudor and Stuart England; and on microhistory as a research method and as a narrative strategy. Rebecca Lester (Anthropology)Rebecca LesterProfessor Lester is a medical and psychological anthropologist studying how people interpret and manage existential distress, and the cultural and institutional responses that develop around these experiences. Her work delves into the ways individuals draw on, modify, and personally adapt cultural meanings to grapple with life's profound questions, revealing insights into local moral and philosophical frameworks. Nan Lin (Statistics and Data Science)Nan LinNan Lin is Professor in the Department of Statistics and Data Science at Washington University in St. Louis and has a joint appointment in the Division of Biostatistics, Washington University in St. Louis, School of Medicine. His methodological research is in the areas of big data, quantile regression, bioinformatics, Bayesian statistics, longitudinal and functional data analysis. His applied research involves statistical analysis of data from anaesthesiology and genomics. He teaches a wide range of statistics courses, including mathematical statistics, Bayesian statistics, linear models, experimental design, statistical computation, and nonparametric statistics. Natalie Niemi (Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics)Natalie NiemiDr. Natalie Niemi is an Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics at the Washington University School of Medicine. Niemi’s research investigates how mitochondria are built, regulated, and maintained across physiological contexts, with the long-term goal of translating her lab’s discoveries into new therapeutic options to restore mitochondrial function in human disease. Dr. Niemi is a published co-author of multiple survey-based studies on mentorship experiences. Eloísa Palafox (Spanish)Eloísa PalafoxEloísa Palafox's major research interests center on Spanish medieval and Renaissance literature, in particular Celestina, the exemplum, and the role of oral traditions, religious thought, and ethical questions in the creation of written texts, in both prose and poetry. Shanti Parikh (Anthropology & African and African-American Studies)Shanti ParikhProfessor Parikh specializes in the intersections of race, gender, sexuality, and capitalism, and the politics of state and global interventions that emerge to manage, protect, and mold populations amidst crises such as the HIV epidemic. Currently, she is writing an ethnography on black masculinity along the TransAfrica Highway and investigating commercial sex and mobility in Uganda's HIV hotspots. Martha Precup (Mathematics)Martha PrecupDr. Precup is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematics at Washington University in St. Louis. Her primary research interests are in algebraic geometry, combinatorics, and representation theory. Much of her work involves using Lie theory to strengthen and develop connections between combinatorics and geometry. Renee Thompson (Psychological and Brain Sciences)Renee ThompsonRenee Thompson’s research centers on understanding the everyday emotional experiences of people across the lifespan, focusing on internalizing psychopathology. She is interested the dynamics of emotional experience, how and why people regulate their emotions, people’s beliefs about their emotions, and the bidirectional associations between social media use and emotion. She conducts research on children and adolescents (e.g., typically developing and those at risk for psychopathology) and a variety of adult samples (e.g., adults with current or remitted MDD), using a multi-method approach, including experience sampling and peripheral physiological assessment. Timothy Wencewicz (Chemistry)Timothy WencewiczTimothy Wencewicz's laboratory is a truly interdisciplinary research environment merging the fields of organic chemistry, enzymology, molecular biology, and microbiology. His team utilizes their knowledge of organic chemistry and enzyme function to elucidate the molecular mechanisms of antibiotic action, biosynthesis, resistance, and delivery. Their main research focus is antibiotic drug discovery. Kristine Wylie (Pediatrics)Kristine WylieDr. Kristine Wylie applies cutting-edge sequencing technologies to investigate microbial interactions and host responses, particularly during pregnancy. Her research centers on microbiome dynamics and infectious diseases, and their association with preterm birth. With over two decades of experience in genomics and virology, including significant contributions to the Human Genome Project and the development of ViroCap for enhanced virome analysis, Dr. Wylie's work aims to deepen our understanding of microbial influences on human health. TMC Focus Areas Our 2024-25 TMC cohort will engage in conversations around the following topics: Aligning Mentorship Expectations Effective Communication Dialogue Across Difference (DxD) Witnessing Injustice Fatigue and Burnout Conflicting Values in a Research Environment The Power of Role Modeling Finding & Articulating your Purpose Quick LinksThe Graduate CenterAcademic CalendarContact UsThe Bulletin (Catalogue of Program and Degree Requirements) The Ampersand Inside ArtSciUniversity Libraries Tech Den VPGECenter for Teaching and Learning Center for Career EngagementOISS Additional information Arts & Sciences Graduate Studies in A&SCopyright 2024 by:Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. LouisFollow Us Instagram Facebook Twitter YouTube Contact Us: Office of Graduate Studies [email protected]   Visit the main Washington University in St. Louis website1 Brookings Drive / St. Louis, MO 63130 / wustl.edu