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Board & Contact

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Kanishka Basnayake ,

Postdoc @Kirst Lab

Board member - Website

Verima Pereira ,

Postdoc @Gordan Lab

Board member

Board Member

Postdoc @Physics Research Laboratory

Past PSA leadership

Olga Laporta Hoyos,

Board member - Treasurer/ Outdoor Event Organizer

Postdoc @Bishop Lab

Board member - Social Media Officer

Postdoc @Quigley Lab

Judith Zimmermann

Board Member - Events Officer

Postdoc @ Hylton Lab

Board member - Advisor (previous Chair)

Postdoc @Gordan Lab

Rigney Turnham,

Board member - Advisor (previous Treasurer)

Postdoc @Gordan Lab

Board member - Advisor (previous Compassion)

Postdoc @El-Samad Lab

Kavya Gupta

Board Member - Events Officer

Postdoc @Bhushan Lab

Arian Lundberg,

Board member - Social Media and Web Officer

Postdoc @Feng Lab

Board Member- Health and Wellness co-chair

Postdoc @Carhart-Harris Lab

Chandler Jensen-Cody

Board Member - Outreach Officer

Postdoc @ Erle Lab

Board member - Secretary

Postdoc @Gestwicki Lab

Board Member - Outreach Officer

Postdoc @ Lupo Lab and Larson Lab

Board member - Social Media Officer

Postdoc @Ingraham Lab

Christina Dintica,

Board member - Communications

Postdoc @Yaffe Lab

Putu Ustriyana,

Board member - Events Officer

Postdoc @Ho Lab

Board member

Postdoc @Shoichet Lab

Taman Upadhaya,

Board member - Co-chair

Postdoc @Morin Lab

Melinda Barkhuizen

Past Board member (Finance)

Past Board member (Outdoor activities)

Postdoc @Li Lab

Mariana Gomez Schiavon,

Past Board member (Communications)

Postdoc @El-Samad Lab

Gaia Andreoletti,

Board member - Events Officer & Social media

Postdoc @Sirota Lab