Chase: cps8@rice.edu
President: Chase Sellers
Chase leads ChBE GSA executive committee meetings and attends both graduate committee and faculty meetings. As president, he acts as a liaison between the department and graduate students.
Vice President: Erin Porter
As vice president, Erin leads general and executive meetings together with Chase and facilitates our officer board election. She also organizes informational sessions to help first- and second-year students with their qualifying exam and thesis proposal while preparing and managing budgets and funds with our treasurer.
Fiona: fhc1@rice.edu
Secretary 1: Fiona Chen
Fiona is responsible for keeping our website, Slack group, Google Calendar, and social media up to date, just like sending out flyers for our events. Also, she takes notes about the topics discussed in all ChBE GSA meetings and sends them to our current officers.
Carolina: cb100@rice.edu
Secretary 2: Carolina Brindis
Carolina is responsible for keeping our website, Slack group, Google Calendar, and social media up to date, just like sending out flyers for our events. Also, she takes notes about the topics discussed in all ChBE GSA meetings and sends them to our current officers.
Jui: jj88@rice.edu
Treasurer: Jui Junnarkar
Jui prepares a yearly budget, manage funds, and raise funds through grants.
Wei Ping: wnl1@rice.edu
Recruitment Chair: Wei Ping Lam
Wei Ping assists the department in planning and carrying out our department’s recruitment weekend. This includes planning events on campus and in Houston, recruiting fellow students as volunteers, and organizing travel logistics for the prospective students.
Sushanth: sa152@rice.edu
PhD Mentorship Chair: Sushanth Ashokkumar
Sushanth also assists the department in planning and carrying out our department’s recruitment weekend. He also puts together mentor/mentee pairings and organizes mentor/mentee activities throughout the school year.
Omran: ot12@rice.edu
Master Mentorship Chair: Omran Taqi
Omran also assists the department in planning and carrying out our department’s recruitment weekend. He also puts together mentor/mentee pairings and organizes mentor/mentee activities throughout the school year.
Ahmad: ae35@rice.edu
PhD Outreach Chair 1: Ahmad El Gazzar
Ahmad deals with external industrial and academic institutions and works together with Career Services, bringing programs of interest to the attention of the membership.
Lily: mg111@rice.edu
PhD Outreach Chair 2: Lily Gong
Lily deals with external industrial and academic institutions and works together with Career Services, bringing programs of interest to the attention of the membership.
Charlie: cl165@rice.edu
Master Outreach Chair: Charlie Levesque
Charlie deals with external industrial and academic institutions and works together with Career Services, bringing programs of interest to the attention of the membership.
Tafadzwa: tm76@rice.edu
Social Chair 1: Tafadzwa Mutepaire
The social chair is behind all our fun social events, such as Fall and Spring BBQs, and happy hours!
Tyler: tcd5000@rice.edu
Social Chair 2: Tyler Daniel
The social chair is behind all our fun social events, such as Fall and Spring BBQs, and happy hours!
Edgar: eer6@rice.edu
GSA Representative: Edgar Ruiz Bello
Edgar informs our executive committee of all relevant events organized by Rice GSA. He is also responsible for our e-mail list-serve.
Advisory Committee: Zach Adler
Thiago: xp7@rice.edu
Advisory Committee: Thiago Pinheiro
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Walter Chapman,
William W. Akers Professor
Dr. Chapman represents the faculty members in ChBE GSA, providing advice and guidance to our student organization.