Prabhat Mishra, Ph.D., a professor at the UF Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering was selected as a 2024-2025 HWCOE Doctoral Dissertation Advisor/Mentoring Awardee and a 2024-2025 University of Florida Graduate School Faculty Doctoral Mentoring Awardee. Nominations for this award come from current UF graduate students, faculty members, administrators, and alumni.
“Dr. Mishra has always cared for his students and helped us in many directions. He guides us to solve challenging problems and teaches us how to explore new directions as standalone researchers,” said an unnamed former student in their nomination submission. “Dr. Mishra’s commitment, work ethic, and success have set a high standard in his group, and he always encourages his students to work hard, and achieve more.”
Mishra explained that his mentorship philosophy can be summed up by a statement from his high school teacher: a great mentor brings a student to the threshold of knowledge and ignites the interest to cross the threshold. Mishra has mentored 13 Ph.D. students who are successful in their careers, and he is currently advising six more students.
“I am grateful to UF for giving me the opportunity to mentor bright and talented Ph.D. students. It has been a rewarding experience in the last 20 years,” Mishra said. “I am very proud of the achievements of the 13 Ph.D. students who have graduated from my research group and are very successful in their careers.”
Recipients of the Faculty Doctoral Mentoring Award receive $3,000, plus $1,000 to their academic unit to support doctoral and master’s students. Mishra was also recognized at the Spring Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering Awards Luncheon.
Mishra was one of five awardees from the university recognized by the Graduate School for their excellence, innovation, and effectiveness in doctoral student advising and mentoring.
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