{"id":1065,"date":"2013-09-06T17:32:50","date_gmt":"2013-09-06T21:32:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/gwise\/?page_id=1065"},"modified":"2025-09-28T14:42:40","modified_gmt":"2025-09-28T18:42:40","slug":"gwise-officers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/gwise\/welcome-to\/gwise-officers\/","title":{"rendered":"2025-2026 GWISE Officers"},"content":{"rendered":"

GWISE Chairs<\/h2>\n
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President: Avery Kratzer<\/h4>\n

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PhD Candidate, Rehabilitation Sciences<\/p>\n

Email: averyk@bu.edu<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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\"\"Vice President: Dora Balog<\/h4>\n

PhD Candidate, Biomedical Engineering<\/p>\n

Em<\/strong>ail:<\/strong> dbalog@bu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

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Operations Director: Smridhi Chawla<\/h4>\n

(she\/her)<\/p>\n

PhD Second Year, Physics<\/p>\n

Email:<\/strong> smridhi@bu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

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Communications Director: Rebecca Koweek<\/h4>\n

(she\/her)<\/p>\n

PhD Candidate, Chemistry<\/p>\n

Email: <\/strong>rkoweek@bu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

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Social Media\/Marketing Director:\u00a0 Anne Curtis\"\"<\/h4>\n

(she\/her)<\/p>\n

PhD Candidate, Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Biochemistry<\/p>\n

Email:<\/strong>\u00a0annemc@bu.edu<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n

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Professional Development Co-Chair: Ria Rao<\/h4>\n

(she\/her)<\/p>\n

PhD Candidate, Rehabilitation Sciences<\/p>\n

Email: <\/strong>riaprao@bu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"\"Outreach and Advocacy Co-Chair: Sarah Loshinsky<\/strong><\/h4>\n

(she\/her)<\/p>\n

PhD Candidate, Biomedical Engineering<\/p>\n

Email: <\/strong>sloshin@bu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

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Outreach and Advocacy Co-Chair: Corbyn Stosich<\/strong><\/h4>\n

(she\/her)<\/p>\n

PhD Candidate, Material Science and Engineering<\/p>\n

Email: <\/strong>stoscorb@bu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

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Outreach and Advocacy Co-Chair: Heather Murray<\/strong><\/h4>\n

(she\/her)<\/p>\n

PhD Candidate, Biomedical Engineering<\/p>\n

Email: <\/strong>TBD<\/p>\n

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Social Co- Chair: Naz Nafisi<\/h4>\n

(she\/her)<\/p>\n

PhD Candidate, Mechanical Engineering<\/p>\n

Email: <\/strong>naznfs@bu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

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Social C0-Chair: Pooja Chainani\"\"<\/h4>\n

(she\/her)<\/p>\n

PhD Candidate, Mechanical Engineering<\/p>\n

Email: <\/strong>pooja13@bu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

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WISE Guys Chair: Aeden Brown\"\"<\/h4>\n

PhD Candidate, Biomedical Engineering<\/p>\n

Email: <\/strong>aedanrb@bu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

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Medical Campus Co-coordinator: Samantha Tolton\"\"<\/h4>\n

Email: <\/strong>sgtolton@bu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

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Medical Campus Co-coordinator: Kavya Algendran<\/h4>\n

Email: <\/strong>akavya@bu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

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Medical Campus Co-coordinator: Diana Yeritsyan<\/h4>\n

Email: <\/strong>dyeritsy@bu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

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GWISE Officers<\/h2>\n

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Girls Science Club Co-Coordinator: Anna Ferrante<\/h4>\n

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Email: <\/strong>TBD<\/p>\n

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Girls Science Club Co-Coordinator: Selena Halabi<\/h4>\n

Email: <\/strong>TBD<\/p>\n

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Professional Development Grants Coordinator: Christine Carroll<\/h4>\n

Email: <\/strong>ccolicch@bu.edu<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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Professional Development Co-Coordinator: Ann Liang<\/h4>\n

(she\/her)<\/p>\n

Master’s Student in Data Science<\/p>\n

Email: <\/strong>annliang@bu.edu<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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Professional Development Grants Coordinator: Jillian Ness<\/h4>\n

Email: <\/strong>nessj@bu.edu<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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New England GWISE Coordinator: Rebecca Koweek<\/h4>\n

(she\/her)<\/p>\n

PhD Candidate, Chemistry<\/p>\n

Email: <\/strong>rkoweek@bu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

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International Students Group Coordinator: Halley Dante<\/h4>\n

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Email: <\/strong>hdante@bu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

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Coffee and Conversations Coordinator: Katie Breuckman<\/h4>\n

(she\/her), (they\/them)<\/p>\n

PhD Candidate, Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Biochemistry<\/p>\n

Email:<\/strong> katiebee@bu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

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Coffee and Conversations Coordinator: Satviki Singh<\/h4>\n

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Email: <\/strong>TBD<\/p>\n

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Book Club Co-coordinator: Anjali Gajendiran<\/span><\/h4>\n

(she\/her)<\/p>\n

PhD Candidate, Biomedical Engineering<\/p>\n

Email: <\/strong>agajendi@bu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

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Book Club Co-coordinator: Caitlin Colicchio<\/h4>\n

Email:\u00a0 <\/strong>TBD<\/p>\n

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Fitness Co-Coordinator: Lily Fenton<\/span><\/h4>\n

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Email:<\/strong> TBD<\/a><\/p>\n

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Fitness Co-Coordinator: Naz Nafisi<\/h4>\n

(she\/her)<\/p>\n

PhD Candidate, Mechanical Engineering<\/p>\n

Email: <\/strong>naznfs@bu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

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uWISE Mentorship Coordinator: Grace Yang<\/h4>\n

(she\/her)<\/p>\n

PhD Second Year, Chemistry<\/p>\n

Email:<\/strong> gyang08@bu.edu<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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Craft Circle Coordinator: Katie Breuckman<\/h4>\n

(she\/her), (they\/them)<\/p>\n

PhD Candidate, Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Biochemistry<\/p>\n

Email:<\/strong> katiebee@bu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

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