Local Organizing Committee

We are a group of excited & dedicated faculty, staff, graduate students, and undergraduate students who are working together to organize CUWiP 2024 @ UArizona.

Vasileios Paschalidis
(Chair)

Associate Professor of Astronomy
Associate Professor of Physics
vpaschal@arizona.edu

Kate Alexander
(Vice Chair)

Assistant Professor of Astronomy
Assistant Astronomer
kdalexander@arizona.edu

Ken Johns (Vice Chair)

Professor of Physics
Associate Department Head, Physics
johns@physics.arizona.edu


Shufang Su

Professor of Physics
shufang@arizona.edu

Cherry Murray

Professor of Physics
Deputy Director for Research, Biosphere 2
cherrymurray@arizona.edu

Charles Wolgemuth

Professor of Physics
Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology
Director of Undergraduate Studies
wolg@arizona.edu

Samyukta Krishnamurthy

Lecturer, Physics
skrishnamurt@arizona.edu


Brian Leroy

Professor of Physics
Director of Undergraduate Studies
leroy@arizona.edu

Ina Sarcevic

Professor of Physics
Professor of Astronomy
ina@physics.arizona.edu

Mohammed Hassan

Associate Professor of Physics
mohammedhassan@arizona.edu

Drew Milsom

Full Professor of Practice
milsom@physics.arizona.edu


Alex Burant

Lecturer, Physics
burant@arizona.edu

Annie Moore

Graduate Student in Physics
amoore8@arizona.edu

Brianna Billingsley

Graduate Student in Physics
billingsleyb@arizona.edu

Maggie Smith

Graduate Student in Physics
maggiesmith@arizona.edu


Maria Mutz

Graduate Student in Physics
mmutz@arizona.edu

Elizabeth Krause

Associate Professor of Astronomy
Associate Professor of Physics
krausee@arizona.edu

Kathryne Daniel

Associate Professor of Astronomy
Associate Astronomer
kjdaniel@arizona.edu

Lily Whitler

Graduate Student in Astronomy
lwhitler@arizona.edu


Dara Norman

Deputy Director of the Community Science and Data Center, NOIRLab
dnorman@noao.edu

Kanu Sinha

Assistant Professor of ECEE, ASU
kanu.sinha@asu.edu

Julie Des Jardins

Director, Diversity and Culture of Inclusion
NSF-ERC Center for Quantum Networks
juliedesjardins@arizona.edu

Clarissa DeLeon

Graduate Student in Optics
cdeleon@arizona.edu


Emma Beasor

Postdoctoral Research Associate I, Steward Observatory
ebeasor@arizona.edu

Lyndsey Edmonds

Director, Career Center
lyndseyedmonds@arizona.edu

Nick Cenegy

Assistant Director of Writing Support
ncenegy@arizona.edu

Marisa Pesa

Writing Center Services Coordinator
mpesa@arizona.edu


Chia-Lin Ko

Graduate Student in Astronomy
clko@arizona.edu

Cathi Duncan

Development and Stewardship Manager, Steward Observatory
cduncanf@arizona.edu

Mike Eklund

Principal Systems Administrator, Physics
eklund@arizona.edu

Shane Smith

Senior Business Manager, Physics
sss1@arizona.edu