Current (2024-2025) Board Members
Irma Avdic
President
Jill Belluomini
Treasurer
Jill is a second-year chemistry Ph.D. candidate in the Tokmakoff Group studying the phase separation dynamics of thermoresponsive polymers through temperature-jump infrared spectroscopy. In her free time, she enjoys playing with her dog Simon, dancing with the University Ballet of Chicago, and reading fantasy books.
Qijie Shen
Treasurer
Elizabeth Jamka
Post-doc Representative
Liz is a third year postdoctoral fellow, who works in the Sibener group studying how molecules adsorb, react, or diffuse into frozen ice films, as this is often a first step for reactions to occur in ice mantles in space using molecular beam and in situ Reflection Absorption Infrared Spectroscopy analysis. When not in lab Liz is either reading, crafting, or going on adventures with her rescue dog Chloe.
Kristina Trifonova
Media Coordinator
Kristina is a second-year chemistry Ph.D. candidate co-advised by Suri Vaikuntanathan and Arvind Murugan, and she studies the neural network-like abilities of biophysical processes like protein dimerization and phase separation. When she is not coding, Kristina enjoys ballet, reading, and spending time outside biking, climbing, or swimming in Lake Michigan.
Spela Kunstelj
Administrative Coordinator
The WiC+ Leadership Board changes annually, with student-led nominations and elections taking place during the summer quarter each year. If you are interested in joining WiC+ Leadership take a look at our Bylaws page and keep an eye out for the nomination email sent to the listserv during the summer!
Past Leadership
2023-2024
Julie Korsmeyer
Allison Hohreiter
Yumin Lee
2022-2023
Julie Korsmeyer
Allison Hohreiter
Yumin Lee
Jelena Momirov
YouYou Li
2021-2022
Maia Czaikowski
Olivia Laxton
Shubhashree Pani
Julie Korsmeyer
Yuqing Qiu
2020-2021
Kate Berger
Brooke Schuster
Kathryn Segner
Clare Keenan
Yuqing Qiu
2019-2020
Kate Berger
Michelle Brann
Brooke Schuster
Nasim Mirzajani
2018-2019
Sarah Brown
Julia Murphy
Tessa Lynch-Colameta
Nanetta Pon
2017-2018
Becca Thompson
Sarah Zinn
Youjin Lee
Sara Sohail
2016-2017
Becca Thompson
Sarah Zinn
Youjin Lee
Sara Sohail