The Board
Co-President:
Lara Booth
Lara is a PhD Student in MIT EECS, where she studies optimization methods applied to power systems. Originally from the UK, she attended MIT for undergraduate and has since spent multiple years living in Berlin, Germany. She enjoys rock climbing, hiking, traveling, and making her own knitwear.
Co-President:
Roos Verwijs
Roos is a second year Ph.D. student in the Fault Mechanics Group at EAPS, studying subducting seamount and their effect on the earthquake cycle. She obtained her Bachelors in Applied Earth Sciences in her home country, the Netherlands, and traveled around Europe for her triple joint Masters degree in Applied Geophysics. Apart from her research activities, Roos loves to climb, do acroyoga, or find new recipes in cookbooks.
Vice President:
Evelyne Ringoot
Evelyne is a graduate student in Computational Science and Engineering, working in the JuliaLab on High-Performance Computing for linear algebra. She grew up in Belgium and obtained a MSc in Civil Engineering from VUB/ULB Brussels. In her free time, she is part of the MIT Figure Skating team, enjoys spending time in nature hiking or skiing, and likes traveling.
Secretary: Annan Zhang
Annan is a PhD student at the MIT Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. His research is at the intersection of robotics, materials, and machine learning. In his free time, Annan enjoys playing soccer, reading, and traveling. Having lived in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, Annan calls many places his home.
Logistics Chair: Kevin Zimmer
I am a 3rd year PhD student in AeroAstro, working in the DINaMo lab. My interests are in airport planning, design, & operations, and my research focuses on airport gate assignment optimization. I enjoy archery & swimming at MIT, traveling, and flying airplanes.
Treasurer:
Fabian Dickhardt
Fabian is a 2nd year MechE PhD Student working on surface engineering and carbon capture. He grew up in Germany and Taiwan and has a weakness for Chinese food. In his free time, he enjoys playing the violin and reading.
Volunteer Chair:
Helen Liu
Helen is an MEng student in MIT EECS, working with NetApp on her thesis through the 6-A MEng program. She did her undergrad at MIT as well, graduating with a BS in CS and business analytics. In her free time, she likes to run, knit/crochet, and travel. She’s also worked on a farm in Hawai’i, lived in a hostel in Costa Rica, and taught science to high schoolers in Brazil!
Digitals Chair:
Archer Wang
Archer is an MEng student in the Research Laboratory of Electronics, researching programmable photonics. He graduated with a BS in physics and EECS at MIT. Having visited Italy twice with his family, taught high schoolers, and conducted research there, he has a soft spot for the country. Outside of academics, he enjoys playing cello in Chamber Music Society, playing hockey, and going to museums.
Communications Chair:
Lily Tsai
Lily is a PhD student in MIT CSAIL’s Parallel and Distributed Systems (PDOS) lab, and researches systems for data privacy in web applications. Originally from the California Bay Area, Lily is now nearly a decade-old Cambridgian and can be often found on a climbing wall, running around the Charles River, hiking in the White Mountains, or buried in a sci-fi book. Lily is also an avid violinist and is always down to sight-read chamber music!
Company Outreach Co-Chairs:
Angelos Assos
Angelos is an MEng student at MIT, working on Algorithmic Game Theory and Optimization. He is originally from Cyprus and has spent the last four years earning his Bachelor’s also from MIT on Computer Science Engineering. Angelos playing and watching sports, including football (soccer) and tennis and enjoys cooking.
Ippolyti Dellatolas
Ippolyti is a PhD student in Mechanical Engineering, studying composite soft materials. She is also involved in science policy and advocacy through MIT student organizations and the MIT Office of Sustainability. Ippolyti was born and raised in Paris to Greek parents and spent time in Indianapolis, IN, during her childhood. She enjoys cooking, movies, and exploring cities and nature.
Ian Lindberg
Ian is a 1st year graduate student in Mechanical Engineering and his research focuses on mechanical design for electric vehicles and clean energy. Outside of engineering, his main interest is in history, and he has worked with academic historians on research that leveraged modern engineering principles to better understand medieval sources. Originally from New Hampshire, Ian enjoys traveling to experience other cultures and learn about their history.
Student Outreach Co-Chair:
Victor Qin
Victor is a 3rd year grad student in MIT AeroAstro, studying unmanned air traffic management and multi-agent reinforcement learning. Originally from Los Angeles, he has been adjusting to the Boston winter for over 7 years now, though not without frequent travel breaks to countries around the world. He plays and coaches ultimate frisbee to stay fit, and loves reading science fiction and philosophy in his spare time.
Company Outreach Co-Chairs:
Ulrike Wild
As a visiting researcher from ETH Zurich in Mechanical Engineering at MIT, Rike spends quite some time in the lab to optimize wastewater treatment technologies. She loves doing power yoga, exploring nature on hikes and discovering new bands at random concerts - especially alternative rock.
Fadime Stemmer
As a 1st year PhD student in the MIT/WHOI Joint Program in Chemical Oceanography, Fadime is studying metalloproteins involved in carbon cycling in the ocean . After spending one year in Japan she studied Biochemistry in her undergrad at the Technical University of Munich and spent an exchange semester at Waseda University, Tokyo, before beginning her PhD at MIT. Fadime enjoys outdoor activities such as hiking and bouldering in addition to Taekwondo, playing the Saxophone and Bass guitar.
Andreas Haupt
Andy is a Ph.D. student with the MIT Schwarzmann College of Computing. He studies as a Computer Scientist and Economist how digital platforms use dynamic learning algorithms to decide who gets what and why. A native of Germany, he likes to cook, read, and debate.
Jade Eyles
Jade is a Postdoc at MIT EAPS researching seismicity at Mt. Etna Volcano. Jade completed her undergraduate and PhD in Geophysics in the UK (her home country), with a semester abroad in Australia, before moving across the pond to MIT. In her spare time, Jade likes to travel, spend time outdoors, and knit/crochet.
Events Co-Chairs:
Student Outreach Co-Chair:
Alexander (Sascha) Schmidhuber
Sascha is a PhD student at the MIT Center for Theoretical Physics, where he works on quantum computing and quantum information. He obtained his undergrad from ETH Zurich in his home country, Switzerland, but has lived in Germany, Belarus, Denmark and California before moving to Boston. In his free-time, Sascha can often be found kitesurfing, windsurfing or sailing on the Charles River.
Graphic Design Chair:
Natalie Muradyan
Natalie is a Master of Engineering (MEng) student at MIT, working in the architecture security group. She is originally from Armenia and moved to Boston a few years ago to get her Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science and Engineering at MIT. Natalie loves learning about and experiencing new cultures through traveling, reading, and chatting with friends.
Social Media Co-Chairs:
Noemie Koebke
Noémie grew up in Luxembourg and has Portuguese-German roots. After her undergrad at the Technical University of Munich, she is now doing a Masters in Chemical Engineering at MIT. Noémie enjoys travelling, (ballroom) dancing, plays the guitar, and sings.
Nazli Ucar
Nazli is a 3rd year PhD Medical Science student. Nazlı is evaluating the movement and distribution of fluorescently labeled vitamin D compounds in a variety of culture of cells including adipocytes. She is originally from Türkiye, she has been lived in Spain/Valencia for 5 years before moving to Boston. Outside of the lab, Nazlı enjoys playing piano, hiking, cooking, trying new health-based foods, attending concerts, and exploring the new city with a herbal tea in hand 😊
Pubmaster: Johannes Schretter
Johannes is a visiting MSc student in ChemE, working on Carbon Capture and Storage Technologies with photoactive solutions. He grew up in Austria and obtained a BSc in Mechanical Engineering from ETH Zürich. Outside of the lab Johannes enjoys running and skiing, and is member of the MIT recreational rowing team.
Advisor:
Botond Oreg
Botond is a Physics PhD at MIT working on ultra-cold atom experiments. Before coming to Cambridge, MA he did his undergrad in Cambridge, UK and he is originally from Hungary. When he is not in the lab, he can be found ice skating or windsurfing depending on the season or just enjoying sunshine on the Charles River Esplanade.
Advisor:
Anna Rasmussen
Anna is an MEng student in MIT EECS writing NLP models for healthcare applications. She studied at MIT for undergrad as well, majoring in physics and computational biology. In her free time she enjoys sailing, reading, and playing board games.
Pubmaster: Veit Hänsch
Veit is a PostDoc in Chemistry working on catalysis. He grew up in Germany and received his Ph.D. from FSU Jena. Outside the lab, Veit enjoys hiking, biking, cooking, and traveling.
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