Astronomy Mentorship Program
The Astronomy Mentorship Program (AMP) is a valuable resource open to undergraduates within the astronomy department at UT Austin. Through the help of upperclassmen peer mentors, astronomy undergraduates can receive assistance in navigating their degree plan, classes, research in the department, career paths in astronomy, and other general advice throughout their time at UT.
Mentee Application
The application to become a mentee with AMP is now open for the fall semester!
The application will close on September 18th at 11:59pm.
If you have any questions, please email utexasastronomy@gmail.com.
Meet our Peer Mentors
Lipika Chatur
Hi! My name is Lipika Chatur and I’m an Astronomy and Physics major with a minor in Business. Some of the research groups I am a part of include analyzing high redshift galaxies w/ Dr. Steven Finkelstein, Galactic Archaeology with Dr. Keith Hawkins, and Satellite Galaxy Evolution with Dr. Ekta Patel. Even though I do a lot of work in galaxies, I hope to get into SETI (search for extraterrestrial intelligence) in the future. So excited to meet y’all!
Rahul Shaji
Hi. My name is Rahul Shaji, and I am an Astronomy and Physics major. I am a junior, and have lived in Round Rock (30 minutes north of here!) for most of my life. I have interested in astronomy since the age of 10. Specifically, in cosmology and extragalactic research. Recently, I have been reading about the curvature of the universe and on theoretical dark energy and vacuum energy, and find it fascinating. I have done a few research projects under Professor Mike Montgomery based on white dwarf systems, and look forward to any help or guidance I can provide! Looking forward to meeting you!
Jordan Thomas
My name is Jordan and I'm a third year astronomy/physics major originally from the Houston/Galveston area. My main astronomy interests are currently astroparticles (specifically dark matter) and cosmology, but I also have some experience with stellar astrophysics. I very recently started working in Dr. Kravitz's lab where we will be working on a project for the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) experiment, which aims to directly detect dark matter particles on earth using liquid xenon. Outside of physics and astronomy I'm also really interested in art and art history, and I sometimes make my own art when I have the time and inspiration (very rare combo).