WiPA Officer
Chat & Technology Officer
The Group
The UC Santa Cruz Women in Physics and Astrophysics (WiPA)!
View the main website here: WiPA
"Our mission is to bring together everyone - not just women - interested in working toward a balanced and diverse community in physics and astronomy at UCSC and beyond. "- WiPA
Contributions
As Chat & Tech officer, I noticed new students struggled to engage with visiting speakers. My solution? Event pages with more than just logistics.
Each page included speaker bios, contact info, and event details-- but also curated conversation starters that gave shy students entry points into discussions and helped fill awkward silences. The result? Students came prepared and conversations flowed naturally.
Sometimes the best tech solutions just help people connect better. :]
Event Webpages for WiPA's Visting Speakers
Here are some event pages on some cool visiting speakers!
Particle Physicist Astrid Anker
Staff Scientist Sinéad Griffin @ Berkeley Lab
Condensed Matter Theorist Johannes Mitscherling
Technology Assistance
I support members with coding-related inquiries
Python, C/C++, Fortran, Matlab, Scientific Computation