Student Organizations
Gender Representation in Physics (GRiP) is focused on fostering a supportive environment for underrepresented genders in the Physics, Applied Physics, and Astronomy departments. We coordinate mentoring and social events for graduate students, post-docs, research scientists, and faculty. The group and its events are open to all in the department, from whom we welcome support for our initiatives.
Committee
Co-Chairs: Katie Chang and Molly Watts
Administrator: Emily Pottebaum
Social Chair: Maya Moore
Publicity Co-Chairs
Social Media: Harper Cho and Celin Hidalgo
Newsletter: Sylvi Stoller
Website: Emily Pottebaum
Advocacy Co-Chairs
Ally group coordinator: Sylvi Stoller
Undergraduate mentorship and event coordinators: Ally Culbert and Claire Laffan
Public outreach coordinators: Joy Pajarla and Xiran Bai
First Year Liaisons: Halona Dantes and Morgan Knuesel
Faculty Advisor
Further Information
HoFoP is an interdisciplinary group of students and faculty at Yale dedicated to exploring and discussing topics in the philosophy and history of physics, and of science more broadly. We engage with foundational texts as well as with contemporary ideas and guest speakers. Meetings are once a month.
Contact: Yarone Tokayer
Faculty Advisor: Priya Natarajan
QuARK (Queer Affiliated fRiends of physiKs) is an organization focused on inclusion and support of members of the LGBTQ+ community in physics. Open to all queer-identifying members of the department (students/staff/faculty, etc.), we coordinate regular gatherings of a casual nature to discuss topical issues and foster community. Additionally, we organize occasional outreach events to interface with the department and broader Yale community.
Future plans are to start having biweekly Zoom meetings over the summer so that we can have a community while we deal with the pandemic, and once we return to campus we would like to invite speakers to give talks about both their work and being queer as a physicist. We also want to have ally mixers once a semester, where we invite anybody who wants to come to have a picnic or play board games, or something else like that. Finally, we are planning on having mixers among different departments. The first one might be a mixer with the History department’s queer group.
Faculty Advisor
Jack Harris (jack.harris@yale.edu)
We are an academic organization formed to promote and facilitate the participation of undergraduates in quantum information science at Yale.
Current Officers:
Sofia Fausone ‘24 (co-president)
Pranav Parakh ‘24 (co-president)
Pranet Sharma ‘26 (Events Coordinator)
Zachary Zitzewitz ‘26 (Social Chair)
Brennan Lagasse ‘26 (Invited Talks Director)
Shaun Pexton ‘26 (Treasurer)
Mason Abrell ‘26 (Projects Manager)
Jeb Cui ‘26 (Website Manager)
George Holm ‘26 (Sponsorships & Outreach)
Once a month, usually on a Friday afternoon, the physics department holds a departmental happy hour. The happy hour is a chance for physics graduate students, faculty and staff to socialize and build relationships in a relaxed environment. The department provides free food, including pizza and snacks, as well as a variety of non-alcoholic and alcoholic beverages. The event is usually held inside Sloane Physics Laboratory or, weather permitting, in the courtyard outside Sloane.
Colin Coane colin.coane@yale.edu
Cecily Lowe cecily.lowe@yale.edu
Tal Sheffer tal.sheffer@yale.edu
Lauren Vannell lauren.vannell@yale.edu
Faculty Advisor
Rona Ramos rona.ramos@yale.edu
The Society of Physics Students at Yale is a registered undergraduate organization dedicated to serving the physics community. Yale SPS hosts weekly study sessions (lovingly dubbed “pizza and pset night”) as well as biweekly dinners with students and physics faculty. We also organize bi-annual prize lectures where distinguished physicists are invited to speak and spend the day with undergraduate students. Additionally, the Society of Physics Students serves as a platform for mentorship and community-building – we host social events, and maintain a variety of resources and student-oriented help guides on our website. Yale SPS works very closely with the Physics Department, the Student Advisory Committee for Physics, and the department-elected peer mentors.
Finally, Yale SPS is a chapter of the national Society of Physics Students, as well as a member organization of the American Institute of Physics (AIP) since 1998. We thus provide students access to AIP memberships and associated benefits, such as journal/magazine access and information about scholarships.
Current officers
Co-Presidents: Aaron Chizhik and Nikita Mazotov
Vice President: Robin Tsai
Treasurer: Henry Kaplan
Community Outreach Chairs: Anh-Thai Le and Matthew Balestier
Website and Media Developer: Lucy Xiao and Jerry Li
Prize Lecture Chair: Max Watzky
Liason to National SPS/Sigma Pi Sigma Liason:
DEI Liaison: Maddi Brown and Diya Naik
Faculty Advisor
We are an undergraduate student organization that undertakes a number of initiatives to support women and gender minorities in STEM, especially in the physical sciences. We serve the Yale community by hosting lunches, talks, mentoring programs, and social events. All are welcome to join us for our Tuesday night study halls.
If you want to learn more about us, check out the rest of our website, our CUWiP website, or our Facebook page!
2022-2023 board:
Co-President: Katerina Kargioti (katerina.kargioti@yale.edu)
Co-President: Melanie King (melanie.king@yale.edu)
Outreach Chair: Sally Jiang (sally.jiang@yale.edu)
Projects Chair: Julia Levy (julia.levy@yale.edu)
Treasurer: Olivia Aspegren (olivia.aspegren@yale.edu)
Assistant Treasurer: Sofia Fausone (sofia.fausone@yale.edu)
Community Liaison: Anavi Uppal (anavi.uppal@yale.edu)
Mentorship Chair: Juliana Karp (juliana.karp@yale.edu)
Study Hall Chair: Elsa Durcan (elsa.durcan@yale.edu)
Graduate Liaison: Sumita Ghosh (sumita.ghosh@yale.edu)
Graduate Liaison: Samantha Pagan (samantha.pagan@yale.edu)
Faculty Advisor
Reina Maruyama (reina.maruyama@yale.edu)
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