2025-2026 GWISE Officers
GWISE Chairs
President: Avery Kratzer
(she/her)
PhD Candidate, Rehabilitation Sciences
Email: averyk@bu.edu
Vice President: Dora Balog
PhD Candidate, Biomedical Engineering
Email: dbalog@bu.edu
Operations Director: Smridhi Chawla
(she/her)
PhD Second Year, Physics
Email: smridhi@bu.edu
Communications Director: Rebecca Koweek
(she/her)
PhD Candidate, Chemistry
Email: rkoweek@bu.edu
Social Media/Marketing Director: Anne Curtis
(she/her)
PhD Candidate, Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Biochemistry
Email: annemc@bu.edu
Professional Development Co-Chair: Ria Rao
(she/her)
PhD Candidate, Rehabilitation Sciences
Email: riaprao@bu.edu
Outreach and Advocacy Co-Chair: Sarah Loshinsky
(she/her)
PhD Candidate, Biomedical Engineering
Email: sloshin@bu.edu
Outreach and Advocacy Co-Chair: Corbyn Stosich
(she/her)
PhD Candidate, Material Science and Engineering
Email: stoscorb@bu.edu
Outreach and Advocacy Co-Chair: Heather Murray
(she/her)
PhD Candidate, Biomedical Engineering
Email: TBD
Social Co- Chair: Naz Nafisi
(she/her)
PhD Candidate, Mechanical Engineering
Email: naznfs@bu.edu
Social C0-Chair: Pooja Chainani
(she/her)
PhD Candidate, Mechanical Engineering
Email: pooja13@bu.edu
WISE Guys Chair: Aeden Brown
PhD Candidate, Biomedical Engineering
Email: aedanrb@bu.edu
Medical Campus Co-coordinator: Samantha Tolton
Email: sgtolton@bu.edu
Medical Campus Co-coordinator: Kavya Algendran
Email: akavya@bu.edu
Medical Campus Co-coordinator: Diana Yeritsyan
Email: dyeritsy@bu.edu
GWISE Officers
Girls Science Club Co-Coordinator: Anna Ferrante
Email: TBD
Girls Science Club Co-Coordinator: Selena Halabi
Email: TBD
Professional Development Grants Coordinator: Christine Carroll
Email: ccolicch@bu.edu
Professional Development Co-Coordinator: Ann Liang
(she/her)
Master’s Student in Data Science
Email: annliang@bu.edu
Professional Development Grants Coordinator: Jillian Ness
Email: nessj@bu.edu
New England GWISE Coordinator: Rebecca Koweek
(she/her)
PhD Candidate, Chemistry
Email: rkoweek@bu.edu
International Students Group Coordinator: Halley Dante
Email: hdante@bu.edu
Coffee and Conversations Coordinator: Katie Breuckman
(she/her), (they/them)
PhD Candidate, Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Biochemistry
Email: katiebee@bu.edu
Coffee and Conversations Coordinator: Satviki Singh
Email: TBD
Book Club Co-coordinator: Anjali Gajendiran
(she/her)
PhD Candidate, Biomedical Engineering
Email: agajendi@bu.edu
Book Club Co-coordinator: Caitlin Colicchio
Email: TBD
Fitness Co-Coordinator: Lily Fenton
Fitness Co-Coordinator: Naz Nafisi
(she/her)
PhD Candidate, Mechanical Engineering
Email: naznfs@bu.edu
uWISE Mentorship Coordinator: Grace Yang
(she/her)
PhD Second Year, Chemistry
Email: gyang08@bu.edu
Craft Circle Coordinator: Katie Breuckman
(she/her), (they/them)
PhD Candidate, Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Biochemistry
Email: katiebee@bu.edu