2024-2025 GWISE Officers
GWISE Chairs
President: Pooja Chainani
(she/her)
PhD Candidate, Mechanical Engineering
Email: pooja13@bu.edu
Vice President: Avery Kratzer
(she/her)
PhD Student
Email: averyk@bu.edu
Operations Director: Dora Balog
PhD Candidate, Biomedical Engineering
Email: dbalog@bu.edu
Communications Director: Rebecca Koweek
(she/her)
PhD Candidate, Chemistry
Email: rkoweek@bu.edu
Social Media/Marketing Director: Anne Curtis
(she/her)
PhD Candidate, Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Biochemistry
Email: annemc@bu.edu
Professional Development Co-Chair: Ria Rao
(she/her)
PhD Candidate, Rehabilitation Sciences
Email: riaprao@bu.edu
Professional Development Co-Chair: Purna Shah
Mentoring Co-Chair: Grace Yang
(she/her)
PhD Second Year, Chemistry
Email: gyang08@bu.edu
Mentoring Co-Chair: Sophie Kelly
(she/her)
PhD First Year, Chemistry
Email: skelly21@bu.edu
Outreach Co-Chair: Sarah Loshinsky
(she/her)
PhD Candidate, Biomedical Engineering
Email: sloshin@bu.edu
Outreach Co-Chair: Corbyn Stosich
(she/her)
PhD Candidate, Material Science and Engineering
Email: stoscorb@bu.edu
Social Chair: Naz Nafisi
(she/her)
PhD Candidate, Mechanical Engineering
Email: naznfs@bu.edu
WISE Guys Co-Chair: Aeden Brown
PhD Candidate, Biomedical Engineering
Email: aedanrb@bu.edu
WISE Guys Co-Chair: Dan Hart
PhD Candidate, Biomedical Engineering
Email: danhart@bu.edu
GWISE Officers
Girls Science Club Co-Coordinator: Anne Li
Email: anneli@bu.edu
Professional Development Grants Coordinator: Emily Martin
(she/her)
PhD Student, Biology Department, Neurobiology Department
Email: emart@bu.edu
Girls Science Club Co-Coordinator: Samantha Tolton
Email: sgtolton@bu.edu
New England GWISE Coordinator: Rebecca Koweek
(she/her)
PhD Candidate, Chemistry
Email: rkoweek@bu.edu
International Students Group Coordinator: Halley Dante
Email: hdante@bu.edu
Coffee and Conversations Coordinator: Katie Breuckman
(she/her), (they/them)
PhD Candidate, Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Biochemistry
Email: katiebee@bu.edu
Professional Development Grants Coordinator: TBD
Email: contact gwise@bu.edu if interested in this position
Book Club: Anjali Gajendiran
(she/her)
PhD Candidate, Biomedical Engineering
Email: agajendi@bu.edu
Fitness Co-Coordinator: Smridhi Chawla
(she/her)
PhD Second Year, Physics
Email: smridhi@bu.edu
Fitness Co0Coordinator: Naz Nafisi
(she/her)
PhD Candidate, Mechanical Engineering
Email: naznfs@bu.edu
Craft Circle Co-Coordinator: Smridhi Chawla
(she/her)
PhD Second Year, Physics
Email: smridhi@bu.edu
Craft Circle Co-Coordinator: Katie Breuckman
(she/her), (they/them)
PhD Candidate, Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Biochemistry
Email: katiebee@bu.edu