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

• Cheyenne Peltier (she/her)
• Department: Chemistry and Chemical Biology
• Research: Synthesis of materials for clean energy production

Fundraising

• Kara Zielinski (she/her)
• Department: Biophysics
• Research: I use high power X-rays to study the movement of proteins

Finance

• Rachael Cohn (she/her)
• Department: Chemistry and Chemical Biology
• Research: Understanding organic solar cell materials by studying charge recombination through the use of electric force microscopy

• Virginia McGhee (she/her)
• Department: Chemistry and Chemical Biology
• Research: My work focuses on understanding how solar materials work using electric force microscopy

Website

• Nathan London (they/he)
• Department: Chemistry and Chemical Biology
• Research: Studying electron transfer reactions in solar cell materials using computer simulations

• Russell Burgett (he/him)
• Department: Chemistry and Chemical Biology
• Research: I'm developing new theories to better understand how micromagnets interact with spin systems. I also help design and perform experiments capable of nanoscale, and even sub-nanoscale, magnetic resonance imaging.

Workshops

• Shelby Shankel (she/her)
• Department: Chemistry and Chemical Biology
• Research: Controlling how molecules orient relative to each other as they react to make long chains, called polymers, and understanding how this order changes the properties of the resulting plastics

• Anna Ringuette (she/her)
• Department: Chemistry and Chemical Biology
• Research: I'm interested in making plastics that are better for the environment

• Sewon Oh
• Department: Chemistry and Chemical Biology
• Research: Investigating novel ways to upcycle polymers and synthesizing new class of degradable polymers

Adult Panel and Keynote

• Jenna Todero (she/her)
• Department: Biochemistry, Molecular, and Cell Biology
• Research: I'm trying to uncover how certain environmental toxins induce type 2 diabetes

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

• Colby Gekko (she/her)
• Department: Chemistry and Chemical Biology
• Research: I use chemical proteomics to discover mutations that cause cancer.

Lab Tours and Demos

• Eric Hebert (he/him)
• Department: Applied and Engineering Physics
• Research: I develop microscopes for imaging deep inside scattering media, like brains

• Vaibhav Sharma (he/him)
• Department: Physics
• Research: I study what a bunch of atoms can do when they are cooled to temperatures much colder than even outer space

Diversity and Outreach

• Fiona Mukherjee (she/her)
• Department: Chemistry and Chemical Biology
• Research: I am interested in making soft materials do interesting things like identifying and collecting microplastics from aquatic environments

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

Accessibilty and Transportation

• Julianna Koehl (she/her)
• Department: Chemistry and Chemical Biology
• Research: Synthesis of improved and degradable materials for biomedical applications

Brochure and Publicity

• Sophie Bender (she/they)
• Department: Chemistry and Chemical Biology
• Research: I develop new chemical reactions for enzymes to perform using light!

• Michelle X. Bui
• Department: Atmospheric Sciences
• Research: I'm interested in space physics and aeronomy, and my current work involves connecting ionospheric E-region irregularities and lower thermospheric mixing.

Buddies and Volunteers

• Danielle Markovich (she/her)
• Department: Applied and Engineering Physics
• Research: Electron microscopy of fuel cell membranes

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

Social Media and Promotion

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

• Aileen Luo (she/her)
• Department: Materials Science and Engineering
• Research: Using x-rays to study the behavior of materials under operating conditions

Registration

• Emily Stump (she/her)
• Department: Physics
• Research: I study group-work dynamics in physics lab classes, with the goal of promoting equitable experiences for women

• Florian Theuss (he/him)
• Department: Physics
• Research: Using ultrasound to measure quantum materials at low temperatures and high magnetic fields

• Sarah Severson
• Department: Chemistry and Chemical Biology
• Research: Synthesis and depolymerization of polyesters

Evaluations

• Meagan Sundstrom
• Department: Physics
• Research: I work on physics education research, studying patterns of student interactions and recognition of strong peers

Food

• Destiny Van (she/her)
• Department: Molecular Biology and Genetics
• Research: I use both cell and mouse models to investigate the role of the mitochondrial enzyme Sirtuin5 (SIRT5) in promoting breast cancer metabolism and metastasis

Folders, T-Shirts, and Printing

• Jenny Hu (she/her)
• Department: Chemistry and Chemical Biology
• Research: I’m interested in designing new catalysts to make better plastics

Facilities

• Kathleen Smith (she/her)
• Department: Applied and Engineering Physics
• Research: Materials for high power, energy efficient electronic devices

Prizes and Engagement

• Katie Mnuechika (she/her)
• Department: Biomedical Engineering
• Research: I am interested in studying the protein interaction networks of cancer-causing fusion proteins.

Faculty Advisor

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