Executive Committee

Committee Member Biographies

Chair

Anashe Bandari (01/20 - 12/20)
College of William & Mary

Anashe is a fifth-year physics graduate student at William & Mary doing research in experimental nuclear physics at the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility. Prior to being Chair-Elect, she served as Secretary for FGSA and as an ex-officio member of the Committee on Careers and Professional Development. Outside of physics, she plays roller derby and loves trivia. 

Secretary

Raju Ghimire (01/19 - 12/20)
Tribhuvan University

Raju Prasad Ghimire is a graduate student of Nanoscience and Microsystem Engineering at the University of New Mexico. He holds a master's degree in data science and electrical engineering from South Dakota State University (08/2015 - 08/2018), USA and graduate degree in physics from Tribhuvan University (01/2008 - 02/2011), Nepal. His research interest includes but not limited to ultra-conductor, composites, energy storage, semiconductor application, and renewable energy. 

Member-at-Large

Duwage Perera (01/19 - 12/21)
University of Maine

Duwage Charitha Perera is a fourth year PhD student in Physical Chemistry at the University of Maine. She got her bachelor's degree from the University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka. Her research area is quantum mechanical studies of catalysis using density functional theory (DFT). Being an Executive member in the Graduate School Government in University of Maine motivated her in engaging with FGSA and other outreach. FGSA is a great platform for both physics and chemistry graduate students. Apart from research she likes to travel and cook. 

APS Student Representative to AAAS Science & Human Rights Coalition

Lesya Horyn (01/18 - 12/20)
University of Chicago

Lesya Horyn is the FGSA delegate to the AAS Science and Human Rights Council. She is a PhD student at the University of Chicago working on the ATLAS Experiment at CERN. 

Chair-Elect

Delilah Gates (01/20 - 12/20)
Harvard University

Councilor

LaNell Williams (01/20 - 12/23)
Harvard University

Treasurer

Arjun Aryal (01/20 - 12/21)
University of New Mexico

Member-at-Large

Kevin Nuckolls (01/19 - 12/21)
Princeton University 

International Student Affairs Officer

Phillip Stammer (01/20 - 12/21)
Technical University of Berlin

FGSA Ex-Officio Advisor to the APS Committee on Careers & Professional Development

Xuan Chen (01/20 - 12/20)
University of Illinois - Chicago