Michelle: mh157@rice.edu
President: Michelle Herrera
Michelle leads ChBE GSA executive committee meetings and attends both graduate committee and faculty meetings. As president, she acts as a liaison between the department and graduate students.
Omran: ot12@rice.edu
Vice President: Omran Taqi
As vice president, Omran leads general and executive meetings together with Chase and facilitates our officer board election. He 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.
Varshith: vv50@rice.edu
Secretary 1: Varshith Vijayan Nithya
Varshith 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, he takes notes about the topics discussed in all ChBE GSA meetings and sends them to our current officers.
Ratnika: rg82@rice.edu
Secretary 2: Ratnika Gupta
Ratnika 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.
Yousif: ya22@rice.edu
Secretary 3: Yousif Alhouli
Yousif 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, he takes notes about the topics discussed in all ChBE GSA meetings and sends them to our current officers.
Juan: jm282@rice.edu
Treasurer: Juan Carlos
Juan prepares a yearly budget, manage funds, and raise funds through grants.
Wei Ping: wnl1@rice.edu
Recruitment Chair 1: 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.
Titus: ts116@rice.edu
Recruitment Chair 2: Titus Szobody
Titus 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.
Ziteng: zz128@rice.edu
PhD Mentorship Chair: Ziteng Zuo
Ziteng 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.
Abdullah: aa323@rice.edu
Master Mentorship Chair: Abdullah Alqallaf
Abdullah 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.
Chase:cps8@rice.edu
PhD Outreach Chair 1: Chase Sellers
Chase deals with external industrial and academic institutions and works together with Career Services, bringing programs of interest to the attention of the membership.
Ahmad: ae35@rice.edu
PhD Outreach Chair 2: Ahmad Elgazzar
Ahmad deals with external industrial and academic institutions and works together with Career Services, bringing programs of interest to the attention of the membership.
Francis: jz111@rice.edu
Social Chair 1: Francis Zhou
The social chair is behind all our fun social events, such as Fall and Spring BBQs, and happy hours!
Victoria: vm50@rice.edu
Social Chair 2: Victoria Messuri
The social chair is behind all our fun social events, such as Fall and Spring BBQs, and happy hours!
Paschal: oa25@rice.edu
GSA Representative: Paschal Anele
Paschal informs our executive committee of all relevant events organized by Rice GSA. He is also responsible for our e-mail list-serve.
Angie: ag330@rice.edu
1st Year PhD Representative: Angie
Angie is in charge of communicating between the first year PhD students and the ChBE GSA. She helps with event organization and serves as a resources for his classmates.
Salma: se57@rice.edu
1st Year PhD Representative: Salma
Salma is in charge of communicating between the first year PhD students and the ChBE GSA. She helps with event organization and serves as a resources for his classmates.
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Jason Adams,
Assistant Professor
Dr. Adams represents the faculty members in ChBE GSA, providing advice and guidance to our student organization.