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Governance

Department Chair: Linda Hirst

Graduate Group Chair: David Strubbe

Undergraduate Chair: Brian Utter

 

Committees

Graduate Affairs/Exec:  David Strubbe (chair), Hui Cai, Sayantani Ghosh, Dustin Kleckner, Michael Scheibner

Undergraduate Affairs/Exec:  Brian Utter (chair), Bin Liu, Toni Stone, Jing Xu

Graduate Admissions & Recruitment:  Kevin Mitchell (chair), Kinjal Dasbiswas, Jay Sharping, Lin Tian, David Strubbe

Curriculum Committee:  Brian Utter (chair), Linda Hirst, Anna Nierenberg, Jay Sharping, David Strubbe 

Recruitment and OutreachDustin Kleckner (chair), Kinjal Dasbiswas

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion: Ajay Gopinathan (co-chair), Sarah Loebman (co-chair), David Strubbe

Awards and Fellowships: Bin Liu, Ajay Gopinathan, Linda Hirst

 

Graduate student positions

Graduate student executive committee: Ethan Custodio, Sameen Yunus, Micah Oeur, Matthew Metcalf, and De Zhen Zhou

School of Natural Sciences Graduate Student Advisory Council: Md Mainul Hasan Sabbir

Graduate Dean's Advisory Council on Diversity: Shivam Kamboj
 

Coordinators

Academic Personnel: Linda Hirst

Foundations of Physics (PHYS 202): David Strubbe

Senior Theses (PHYS 196): Brian Utter

Website: Tom Martinez

Faculty Social Media Lead: Anna Nierenberg

Graduate Student Social Media Leads:  Abhinav Kumar, Joey (Jose) Contreras

Colloquium (PHYS 293):  Hui Cai

Natural Sciences Executive Committee (NSEC): Lin Tian (Rep)

Faculty Assessment Organizer (FAO): Brian Utter

Introduction to Graduate Research (PHYS 251): Bin Liu

 

 

Academic Senate Committee Service

General Education Executive Committee (GEEC):  Brian Utter (chair)

Committee on Academic Personnel (CAP): Sayantani Ghosh (vice-chair)

Privilege and Tenure (P&T):  Lin Tian (Chair)

Committee on Academic Planning & Resource Allocation (CAPRA): Kevin Mitchell (chair)

Graduate Council (GC): Michael Scheibner (chair)

Faculty Welfare and Academic Freedom (FWAF): Sarah Loebman

Committee on Research Computing (CoRC) [not actually part of Senate]: David Strubbe

 

Administration Service

Interim Vice Provost and Dean of Undergraduate Education:  Brian Utter

Associate Dean of Graduate Division: Sayantani Ghosh

 

External Advisory Board

Dan Stamper-Kurn (UC Berkeley)

Mehran Kardar (MIT)

Rob Phillips (Caltech)

Enrico Ramírez Ruiz (UC Santa Cruz)

Jessica Kirkpatrick (KoBold Metals)

Ari Socrates (TextNow)