Core Leadership

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President

Helena Cantwell 

Molecular and Cell Biology

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Helena is a 3rd year postdoc at UC Berkeley interested in mechanisms of subcellular size and shape control.

 

Favorite Pastime: Singing, cooking, travelling

Favorite Place to Eat in Berkeley: Comal

Recommendation for things to do in the Bay Area: Kayaking with sea otters at Elkhorn Slough

 

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Co-Vice-President & Treasurer

Ludovica Luisa Vissat

Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management

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Ludovica is a 3rd year postdoc at UC Berkeley working on research in movement ecology: data analysis of GPS tracking and activity data and mathematical modeling of animal movement.

 

Favorite Pastime: Baking, travelling, juggling

Favorite Place to Eat in Berkeley: A Cheeseboard pizza on Indian Rock

Recommendation for things to do in the Bay Area: Hiking the Dipsea Trail (7 miles from Mill Valley to Stinson Beach)

 

 

 

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Co-Vice-President 

Michael Kosicki 

LBL-EGSB  

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Michael is a 2nd year postdoc at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. He is studying how activity of regulatory DNA influences embryonic development and roles of DNA damage repair in genomic engineering.

 

Favorite Pastime: Books and old science

Favorite Place to Eat in Berkeley: Cafe Raj

Recommendation for things to do in the Bay Area: Move to SF

Follow @michaelkosicki

 

Secretary

Sebastian Sandl

Department of Chemistry

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Sebastian is a 1st year postdoc at UC Berkeley in materials science: Purifying gas mixtures accounts for 15% of the US energy consumption. His workgroup designs porous materials (metal-organic frameworks) for more efficient gas separations and storage such as hydrogen, hydrocarbons and carbon dioxide.

 

Favorite Pastime: Hiking, biking, rowing, and playing the saxophone

Favorite Place to Eat in Berkeley: Agrodolce L'Osteria

Recommendation for things to do in the Bay Area: Concerts - SFJazz, Mr. Tipples, BlackCatSF, Yoshi's, Greek theatre

 

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Board Members

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Federico D. Munch - Chair of Social Events Committee

Earth and Planetary Science Department

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Fede is a 2nd year postdoc at UC Berkeley. His research studies how the energy released during an earthquake travels across the Earth to image variations in elastic properties of the Earth interior (between 50 and 1000 km depth). The resulting images are then used to understand how deep mantle circulation relates to plate tectonics and surface volcanism.

Favorite Pastime: Pretty standard hobbies (i.e., cooking/eating, exploring and hiking, D&D, and making people laugh)

Favorite Place to Eat in Berkeley: House of Curries and A+ Burger

Recommendation for things to do in the Bay Area: Join BPA events, make friends and explore! ;P

 

 

 

 

 

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Atiyya Shaw - Co-Chair of Career & Development Committee

Department of City and Regional Planning 

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Atiyya is a 1st year postdoc at UC Berkeley. Her research examines issues at the intersection of transportation engineering, urban planning, and public health.

Favorite Pastime: Spending time with family, cooking/baking, and exploring trails/parks.

Favorite Place to Eat in Berkeley: Emery Bay Public Market 

Recommendation for things to do in the Bay Area: Just relocated to the Bay Area a week ago, so I am looking forward to finding our favorite spots/things-to-do here!

Follow @atiyyashaw

 

 

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Xiao Liu - Co-Chair of Career & Development Committee

Molecular and Cell Biology 

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Xiao is a 1st year postdoc at UC Berkeley. Her research focuses on how neuron size impacts the structure and function of the vertebrate nervous system during development.

Favorite Pastime: I’m an avid cooker, baker, and board gamer :)

Favorite Place to Eat in Berkeley: Easterly

Recommendation for things to do in the Bay Area:Hiking in beautiful parks such as Muir Woods.

 

 

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