Student organizers
Ravn Jenkins
Institution: William and Mary, Class of 2019
Hometown: Brunswick, ME
Fun Fact: I am the president of WM chapter of the Society of Physics Students.
Annie Blackwell
Institution: William and Mary, Class of 2019
Hometown: Columbus, OH
Fun Fact: I am the co-president of the astronomy club and have glow-in-the-dark stars in astronomically correct position on my ceiling.
Hana Warner
Institution: William and Mary, Class of 2020
Hometown: Ashburn, VA
Fun Fact: This summer I climbed Mt. Fuji to watch the sunrise.
Julia Romberger
Institution: William and Mary, class of 2020
Home town: Berwyn, PA
Fun Fact: I named my family’s golden retriever gnocchi because when she was born she looked like a lumpy potato and as you can see she still thinks she’s a lap dog!
Hometown: Glendale, CA
Fun Fact: I love to roller skate—I used to do it competitively!
Hometown: Tampa, FL
Fun Fact: I love baking and decorating cakes!
Institution: William and Mary, Graduate Student
Hometown: Kerala, India
Fun Fact: I am a polygot. I am fluent in four languages and am conversant in seven ( besides Python and Matlab ).
Institution: William & Mary, Graduate Student
Hometown: Aloha, OR
Fun Fact: My final project for high school art class was a self-portrait made from stained glass.
Hometown: Plano, TX
Fun Fact: I visit people in hospitals and at the local library with my therapy dog, Lyra (named for the constellation).
Faculty organizers
Dr. Irina Novikova
Institution: William and Mary
Hometown: Moscow, Russia
Fun Fact: I am an avid knitter and crocheter, so anyone interested in CUWiP Stitch ‘n Bitch – let me know!
Dr. Elena Kuchina
Institution: Thomas Nelson Community College
Hometown: Almaty, Kazakhstan
Fun Fact: I collect currency, love gardening and games.
Dr. David Armstrong
Institution: William and Mary
Hometown: Toronto, Canada
Fun Fact: I play guitar, nowadays mainly jazz, but in my younger days I had longer hair and played in several rock bands.
Dr. Justin Stevens
Institution: William and Mary
Hometown: Auburn, Illinois
Fun Fact: I’m a member of the GlueX experiment at Jefferson Lab where we spend our days searching for “exotic mesons”.
Dr. Latifa Elouadrhiri
Institution: Jefferson Lab
Hometown: Newport News, VA – from Rabat Morocco
Fun Fact: Teaching physics in Africa, this summer was in Namibia