Our committee is formed by students enrolled in the six graduate programs of the Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences and in the Biochemistry, Microbiology & Molecular Biology Program of the Eberly College of Science.
HGSAC structure for academic year 2024-2025:
CABINET
CO-PRESIDENTS
Avery Sicher
Neuroscience | axs6487@psu.edu
Junyao Yuan
Physiology | jfy5268@psu.edu
VICE-PRESIDENT
SECRETARY
TREASURER
Jessica Walnut
Plant Biology| Jus511@psu.edu
DEI Representative
Doris Olekanma
Neuroscience| dio5105@psu.edu
MEMBERS
BIOINFORMATICS AND GENOMICS
Corrine Smolen | csmolen@psu.edu
BIOCHEMISTRY, MICROBIOLOGY, AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
Meghna Chakraborty | mvc6292@psu.edu
Amena Rizk | avr6035@psu.edu
Chen Gelshtein | hkg5296@psu.edu
Maryam Nisar | mmn5745@psu.edu
BIOTECHNOLOGY
Krittika Narasimhan | kbn5324@psu.edu
ECOLOGY
Maya Hofmann | mkh6357@psu.edu
MOLECULAR, CELLULAR, AND INTEGRATIVE BIOSCIENCES
Praveena Prasad | pjp5609@psu.edu
Gibarni Mahata| gvm5393@psu.edu
Chen Gelshtein | hkg5296@psu.edu
Rishav Roy | rishavroy1610@gmail.com
Diptomit Biswas | dzb5866@psu.edu
Ritu Vadodaria | rsv5094@psu.edu
NEUROSCIENCE
Twishi Puri | tbp5332@psu.edu
Chad Brunswick | cab923@psu.edu
Tyler Rivera | Jus511@psu.edu
PHYSIOLOGY
Junyao Yuan | jfy5268@psu.edu
Taylor Fein | tpf5305@psu.edu
INTEGRATIVE AND BIOMEDICAL PHYSIOLOGY
Jiajing (Tim) Teng | jqt5627@psu.edu
Felix O. Cruz-Ojeda | foc5083@psu.edu