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
Jeff Leiberton
Year: 4th
Majors: Physics & Mathematics
Fun facts: I am a world champion in freestyle pogo-sticking.
Favorite SPS event: Undergraduate Colloquia!
Vice President
Mary Haag
Year: 3rd
Majors: Physics & Astronomy
Fun facts: I marched in the Rose Bowl with my high school band
Favorite SPS event: Observing Nights
Secretary
Emerson Peters
Year: 3rd
Major: Physics, Math Minor, Linguistics Minor, Writing Certificate
Fun Facts: I have a cat daughter named Noah Fence and I’ve seen 13 live Shakespeare plays
Favorite SPS Event: Homework Night
Outreach Coordinator
Fiona Holmes
Year: 2nd
Major: Physics, Astronomy, & Geoscience
Fun facts: I play D&D, and collect fossils
Favorite SPS event: Wilson Apple Orchard Trip
Outreach Coordinator
Rebekah Brown
Year: 4th
Major: Physics & Mathematics
Fun facts: I watch Hidden Figures once a week just to hear her say “Eulers Method”
Favorite SPS event: I love our game nights and getting lunch together
Treasurer
Jason Homann
Year: 3rd
Major: Physics & Astronomy
Fun facts: I am interested in studying Space Physics, and I enjoy playing the bass guitar and biking.
Favorite SPS event: Game Nights
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
Webmaster
Andrew Milne
Year: 3rd
Majors: Physics & Astronomy
Fun facts: I am also Vice President of the University's model rocket club, AIAA
Favorite SPS event: Observing Nights