SPS is run by a fantastic team of undergraduate students in collaboration with our faculty advisor in the Department of Physics & Astronomy. Scroll down to find out more about our leadership team!
Our officers:
President
Arissa Khan
Year: 3rd
Majors: Physics and Chemistry
Fun facts: My uncle founded Khan Academy!
Favorite SPS event: Colloquiums!
Vice President
Braden Carne
Year: 3rd
Major: Physics, Astronomy, Math
Minor: Anthropology
Fun facts: I have over 1000 hours in one Minecraft world
Favorite SPS event: Wilson's Orchard
Secretary
Sydney Tune
Year: 3rd
Pronouns: She/her
Major: Physics and Astronomy
Minor: Geoscience and Math
Fun Facts: I have a pet snake named Sunny!
Favorite SPS Event: Secret scientist
Webmaster
Grace Paxton
Year: 4th
Pronouns: She/Her
Majors: Physics & Astronomy
Minor: French
Fun facts: I made a quilt out of old T-shirts
Favorite SPS event: Wilson's Orchard :)
Outreach Coordinator
Gwynnevere Sweet
Year: 3rd
Pronouns: She/Her
Major: Astronomy and Physics
Minor: Math
Fun facts: Every Observing Night that I volunteer for gets clouded or rained out
Favorite SPS event: Observing Nights
Outreach Coordinator
Meredith LeFevre
Year: 3rd
Majors: Physics and Astronomy
Minors: Math, Geoscience, and Dance
Fun fact: I own a descendant of the snake plant featured in the background of Grant Wood's American Gothic!
Favorite SPS event: Observation Nights / Bowling
Treasurer
Charlie Thomas
Year: 4th
Major: Applied Physics, Civil Engineering Focus
Minor: Urban Studies
Fun facts: I officiated my sister's wedding! Oh, also, I'm afraid of fish.
Favorite SPS event: Wilson's Orchard!
Faculty Advisor
Jasper Halekas
Fun Facts: I run ~3000 miles (or ~5000 km if you prefer SI) per year, my favorite equations are Maxwell's Equations, and I once estimated that I have read on the order of a million pages worth of sci-fi/fantasy books.
Personal Website: here