2020-2021 GWISE Officers
GWISE Chairs
President: Abigail Rendos
PhD Candidate, Materials Science and Engineering
Email: alrendos@bu.edu
Vice President: Bryanne McDonough
PhD Student, Astronomy
Email: bnmcd@bu.edu
Communications Director: Debra Huang
PhD Candidate, Biomedical Engineering
Email: debrahh@bu.edu
Professional Development Co-Chair: Shruthi Bandyadka
PhD Student, Bioinformatics
Email: sbandya@bu.edu
Professional Development Co-Chair: Shaikhah Alshuaib
PhD Student, Neurobiology
Email: sshuaib@bu.edu
Outreach & Advocacy Co-Chair: Jillian Rix
PhD Candidate, Materials Science & Engineering
Email: rixjilli@bu.edu
Outreach & Advocacy Co-Chair: Amanda Pinheiro
PhD Student, Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, & Biochemistry
Email: amandaep@bu.edu
Mentoring Chair: Emma Bortz
Women in STEM Mentoring
PhD Candidate, Biomedical Engineering
Email: ebortz@bu.edu
Social & Groups Chair: Gwendolyn
Hoffmann
PhD Candidate, Biomedical Engineering
Email: ghoff@bu.edu
WISE Guys Chair: Dan Hart
PhD Candidate, Biomedical Engineering
Email: danhart@bu.edu
GWISE Officers
New England GWiSE Coordinator: Sue Zhang
PhD Candidate, Biomedical Engineering
Email: suezhang@bu.edu
Book Club: Natalie Vaisman
Professional Development Grants
PhD Candidate, Cell and Molecular Biology
Email: nvaisman@bu.edu
Sustainability Officer: Hasmitha Rayasam
Research Assistant, Earth and Environment
Email: hasmitha@bu.edu
Tutoring Coordinator: Caroline Blassick
PhD Candidate, Biomedical Engineering
Email: blassick@bu.edu
Fitness Coordinator: Sanaya Shroff
PhD Student, Biomedical Engineering
Email: sshroff@bu.edu
Parent’s Group Coordinator: Diane Lebo
PhD Candidate, Biomedical Engineering
Email: dlebo@bu.edu