Committee Chairs

The EYH conference, which takes place in April each year, is organized by a group of about 30 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. If you are interested in being an EYH committee chair or member or helping out with the conference organization please contact us at eyh@cornell.edu. You can also check out the other available volunteer options on the left!

Current Chairs List

Conference Chair

• Anna Ringuette (she/her/hers)
• Research: I am interested in functionalizing waste plastic to make useful materials.

Junior Conference Chair

• Sydney Jewell (she/her)
• Research: I investigate how disease and development change epigenetics (the instructions for gene expression) in dairy cattle and how those instructions are inherited in the next generation.

Finance Chair

• Virginia McGhee (she/her/hers)
• Research: I use a custom-built microscope to study how electricity moves through materials designed for solar panels and energy storage.

Junior Finance Chair

• George Du Laney (he/him)
• Research: I am interested in chemical physics and chemistry education.

Fundraising Chair

• Maciej Olszewki (he/him)
• Research: I study various properties of magnetic interfaces between 2D materials, trying to improve our knowledge of magnetism.

Junior Fundraising Chair

• Paige Jacky (she/her)
• Research: I am interested in exploring new methods for more user-friendly controlled anionic polymerizations.

Workshops

• Tyler Ball (she/her)
• Research: I am interested in developing new methods for making polymers using light.

• Beth Ryan ()
• Research: I develop enzymatic tools to alter and study the properties of cellular membranes.

• Allyson Kritzer (she/her)
• Research: I study and research the use of microbes to remediate environmental contamination in the Biological and Environmental Engineering department.

Website

• Russell Burgett (he/him)
• Research: I develop new experiments, instruments, and theories to study interesting materials using a combination of scanning probe microscopy and solid state magnetic resonance.

• Meera Chotai (she/her)
• Research: I'm working to understand the effect of continuous space on selection sweeps and recombination rates.

Adult Panel and Keynote

• Julia Li (she/her)
• Research: I am developing enzymatic tools to study cell membranes.

• Ky'ara Carr (she/her)
• Research: My research focuses on how meiosis is regulated at the molecular and cellular level.

• Aleesha George ()
• Research: I study strong light matter interactions in organic semiconductors.

Lab Tours and Demos

• Coral del Mar Valle Rodriguezt (she/her/ella)
• Research: I am interested in studying plant functional traits in wet and dry tropical forests using remote sensing techniques in order to inform cohort-based models.

• Olesia Bilash (she/her)
• Research: I am researching how psychedelics act on the brain in order to better understand how they can be used to treat mental health disorders.

Diversity and Outreach

• Sujata Nandi (she/her/hers)
• Research: Studying polariton dynamics using semiclassical methods.

• Lydia Goedert (she/her)
• Research: I am interested in designing organocatalysts for sustainable polymerizations as well as exploring sustainable feedstocks for new polymers.

Accessibilty and Transportation

• Sophie Belfield (she/her)
• Research: I research the experience and impact of menstrual pain on adolescent populations.

• Dorota Szlek (she/her)
• Research: I electrospin lignin from forest and agricultural residue into nanofibers with inherent functionality.

• Steph Tran (she/her)
• Research: I am interested in how thermal stress affects animal behavior and life history.

Brochure and Publicity

• Shilin Cui (she/her)
• Research: My research focuses on recycling and repurposing waste polyolefins.

Buddies and Volunteers

• Danielle Markovich (she/her)
• Research: Electron microscopy of fuel cell membranes.

• Caralyn Gonzales (she/her)
• Research: I am interested in synthesizing inhibitors for the molecular machinery in human disease pathways.

• Melissa Mychalczuk (she/her)
• Research: I am interested in understanding fertility and reproduction, and my research investigates how female proteins interact with sperm!

Social Media and Promotion

• Linda Zi ()
• Research: I am interested in studying how posttranslational modifications affect a protein's function.

• Lille Cunic (she/her)
• Research: I study host-microbiome protein-protein interactions in the human gut.

Registration

• Alexa Easley (she/her/hers)
• Research: I am interested in polymer-based batteries and carbon capture devices.

• Sarah Severson (she/her)
• Research: Synthesis and depolymerization of polyesters.

• Julianna Koehl (she/her)
• Research: Synthesis of improved and degradable materials for biomedical applications.

Registration and Nametags

• Alexandra Lim (she/her)
• Research: Developing solid-state materials, including MOFs and polymers, for CO2 capture.

Evaluations

• Zahavah (Havi) Rojer (they/them)
• Research: I am studying how environmental bacteria interact with each other, plants, and insects.

Food

• Gabriella Torres Nothaft (she/her)
• Research: I am interested in studying how mathematical models can be used to understand the atmosphere, especially the polar vortex.

Folders, T-Shirts, and Printing

• Jenny Hu (she/her)
• Research: I’m interested in designing new catalysts to make better plastics.

Facilities

• Colby Gekko (she/her)
• Research: I use spectroscopy to investigate the electronic structures of metalloproteins.

Junior Facilities Chair

• Megan Driscoll (she/her)
• Research: I'm interested in developing methods for making more sustainable and functional polymer materials.

Prizes and Engagement

• Neti Bhatt (she/her)
• Research: I am interested in studying how proteins move and work.

Faculty Advisor

• Ritchie Patterson (she/her)
• Research: Hunting for the dark matter that fills our universe.

Child Safety

• Sydney Jewell (she/her)
• Research: I investigate how disease and development change epigenetics (the instructions for gene expression) in dairy cattle and how those instructions are inherited in the next generation.