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: 4th
Pronouns: She/Her
Majors: Physics & Chemistry
Fun facts: My uncle founded Khan Academy!
Favorite SPS event: Colloquiums!
Vice President
Alexi Michanicou
Year: 3rd
Pronouns: They/Them
Majors: Physics & Astronomy
Fun facts: I have a pet turtle named Bartholomew
Favorite SPS event: Wilson's Apple Orchard
Secretary
Sydney Tune
Year: 4th
Pronouns: She/Her
Majors: Physics & Astronomy
Minors: Geoscience & Math
Fun Facts: I have a pet snake named Sunny!
Favorite SPS Event: Secret scientist
Webmaster
Mallory Weber
Year: 3rd
Pronouns: She/Her
Majors: Physics, Astronomy, & Mathematics
Minor: Ancient Civilizations
Fun facts: I drive ~9500 miles every spring to spin in a color guard based in Ames, IA
Favorite SPS event: Public Observing & Wilson's Orchard :)
Outreach Coordinator
Braden Carne
Year: 4th
Pronouns: He/Him
Majors: Physics, Astronomy, Math
Minor: Anthropology
Fun facts: I have over 1000 hours in one Minecraft world
Favorite SPS event: Wilson's Orchard
Outreach Coordinator
Meredith LeFevre
Year: 4th
Pronouns: She/They
Majors: Physics & Astronomy
Minors: Math, Geoscience, & 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
Hessler Javier Ramirez Galdamez
Year: 2nd
Pronouns: He/Him
Majors: Physics & Astronomy
Minors: Mathematics & English
Fun facts: I have over 3600 hours in Fortnite
Favorite SPS event: Bowling
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