Committee Chairs

The EYH conference, which takes place in the end of April each year, is organized by a group of about 20 student Committee Chairs who are each in charge of different aspects of the program. Each committee has a chair and may also contain several committee members who are learning about how EYH is organized. Chair positions get filled around May for the following year's conference. EYH 2012 is over, but if you are interested in being an EYH committee chair or member or helping out with the conference organization for 2013 please contact us at eyh@cornell.edu. You can also check out the other available volunteer options on the left!

Information for Current Chairs

How do I get materials for EYH?

NEVER, EVER buy things with your own money expecting to be reimbursed later!!
The Account Expense Approval Form should be used for ANYTHING you want bought.
Use one form per vendor, and list each item number on the form, along with quantity, color, and any other pertinent information.
Vendors should be Cornell Preferred vendors whenever possible (list here: preferred vendors)
This should be done for EVERY PURCHASE and emailed to Jenny Novotney (jln65-at-cornell.edu). I will then purchase it for you.
The ONLY exception is if you are buying things from the Chemistry stockroom or the Cornell Store, where you can use the EYH account number to acquire goods. Contact Jenny Novotney (jln65-at-cornell.edu) to get this account number.

Current Chairs List

Overall Conference Organization

Maria Carrizales - Conference Chair
Department: Plant Breeding & Genetics
Research: Differential methylation, anthocyanin production, and fruit development in potatoes

Jenny Novotney - Finance/Purchasing
Department: Chemistry
Research: Designing polymers for the detection of low-volatility explosives

Vasu Raman - Fundraising/Programming
Department: Computer Science
Research: Game Theory, Epistemic Reasoning, Cryptography

Kim Morrell - Fundraising/Programming (trainee)
Department: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Research: Effects of plant-to-plant signaling on plants' abilities to defend against herbivores

Eva Smith - Adult Panel/Keynote
Department: Materials Science and Engineering
Research: Search for new solid oxide materials for catalysis and information storage

Jeney Wierman - Adult Panel/Keynote
Department: Biophysics
Research: Radiation damage to protein crystals, microcrystallography, and high pressure cryocrystallography

Kathy Ehlert - Registration
Department: Mechanical Engineering
Research: Fatigue damage in trabecular bone

Kristen Roosa - Registration
Department: Population Medicine & Diagnostic Sciences
Research: Photoperiodic modulation of ovarian toxicity

Robin Bjorkquist - Registration
Department: Physics
Research: Experimental particle physics

Julia Mundy - Workshops
Department: Applied and Engineering Physics
Research: Complex oxide thin films

Alex Schlichting - Workshops
Department: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Research: Energy Harvesting

Monica Nguyen - Workshops (trainee)
Department: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Research: Impacts of emission predictions on optimal power dispatch

Kim Morrell - Lansing EYH
Department: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Research: Effects of plant-to-plant signaling on plants' abilities to defend against herbivores

Advertising EYH and Communicating with Girls

Gina Mason - Brochure and Publicity
Department: Psychology and Neuroscience
Research: Connecting social experience and neurobiology in infant attention and learning

Kendra Letchworth Weaver - Brochure and Publicity
Department: Physics
Research: Condensed Matter theory using density-functional theory to describe the quantum mechanical properties of electronic systems

Erin Eggleston - Printing/Mailing
Department: Microbiology
Research: Microbial community respiration and anoxia: insights using metatranscriptomics

Tawny Cuykendall - Printing/Mailing
Department: Molecular Biology & Genetics
Research: Evolutionary genetics and genomics, processes of speciation in Drosophila

Nancy Chen - Diversity/Initial Contacts
Department: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Research: Evolutionary genetics of natural avian populations

Rayna Bell - Diversity/Initial Contacts
Department: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Research: Diversification in African tree frogs

Curran Muhlberger - Website
Department: Physics
Research: Simulating magnetized neutron stars in full General Relativity

Kris Henriksson - Website
Department: Physics
Research: Initial data for neutron star-black hole merger simulations

Recruiting Volunteers

Kate Engler - Buddies
Department: Environmental Toxicology
Research: Bioavailability of xenoestrogens in soil

Ariel Chan - Buddies
Department: Plant Breeding and Genetics

Sarah Shelby - General Volunteers and Recruitment
Department: Biophysics
Research: High-resolution fluorescence imaging of cell membrane receptors

Feeding 500+ People

Julia Kumpf - Food
Department: Biophysics
Research: Structure and function studies of membrane channel proteins

Estella Yee - Food
Department: Chemistry and Chemical Biology

Laura Tomasevich - Volunteer Reception
Department: Chemistry
Research: Solution structure determination of organolithium species

Handouts and Important Infrastructure

Matt Leineweber - Science Resources
Department: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Research: Using ultrasound to determine the mechanical properties of skeletal muscle

Carmella Calabrese - Folders & T-Shirts
Department: Chemistry
Research: Employing ultrafast laser spectroscopy techniques to probe molecular structure and dynamics

Marjorie Weber - Buses, Transportation, and Maps
Department: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Research: Evolutionary interactions between plants and insects

Sara Ali - Buses, Transportation, and Maps
Department: Entomology
Research: Non-consumptive effects of predators on prey in an important agricultural system

Maureen Lynch - Signs
Department: Biomedical Engineering
Research: Investigating the relationship between mechanical forces applied to the skeleton and breast cancer metastasis

Carolyn Hale - Evaluations
Department: Molecular Biology & Genetics
Research: Synthesis of small molecules to investigate signaling events in Alzheimer's disease