FUTURE 2021
September 13 & 14, 2021
FUTURE 2021 was held on the Caltech campus on Monday and Tuesday, September 13-14, 2021. This year’s conference provided an in-depth look into life as a Physics graduate student through a series of presentations, discussion panels, mini-workshops and informal socials with Caltech faculty and students. Topics included choosing a research direction, building community, challenges facing women*, the application process and more.
2021 Agenda
Sunday, September 12
2021 Attendees
Below you will find the names, contact info, and undergraduate institutions of the 2021 FUTURE cohort.
| Name | Undergrad Institution | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alessandra (Rey) Squillace | University of Arizona | squillace@email.arizona.edu | Junior (’23) |
| Alexandra Masegian | University of Chicago | amasegian@uchicago.edu | Junior (’23) |
| Aurelia Brook | New York University | aureliabrook@nyu.edu | Senior (’22) |
| Celine Shaw | UC Merced/UCLA | celineshaw5@gmail.com | Junior (’23) |
| Daria Bonds | California State University San Marcos | bondsdaria@gmail.com | Senior (’22) |
| Destiny Howell | Hunter College | destinyhowell45@gmail.com | Junior (’24) |
| Emiko (Emi) Gardiner | University of Virginia | ecg6wm@virginia.edu | Senior (’22) |
| Grace Feagin | Georgetown University | gcf17@georgetown.edu | Senior (’22) |
| Hillary Diane Andales | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | handales@mit.edu | Junior (’23) |
| Junjia Zhang | Johns Hopkins University | jzhan208@jhu.edu | Senior (’22) |
| Kasia Wiech | University of Florida | k.wiech1909@gmail.com | Post-bacc (’20) |
| Lauryn Williams | University of Missouri – Columbia | lauryneliza@icloud.com | Senior (’22) |
| Leah Kong | University of California, Berkeley | leahkong@berkeley.edu | Junior (’23) |
| Lilly Joseph | University of Pennsylvania | liljo@sas.upenn.edu | Senior (’21) |
| Mai Nguyen | California Institute of Technology | mhnguyen@caltech.edu | Senior (’22) |
| Maggie Huber | University of Michigan, Ann Arbor | maggie.c.huber@gmail.com | Senior (’21) |
| Mavis Stone | Harvey Mudd College | mstone@hmc.edu | Junior (’23) |
| Meredith Stone | University of Massachusetts Amherst | meredithstone01@gmail.com | Senior (’22) |
| Natalia Villanueva | Harvard University | nataliavillanueva@college.harvard.edu | Junior (’23) |
| Paula Calizaya Cabrera | Pennsylvania State University | pac5440@psu.edu | Senior (’22) |
| Rahaf Youssef | St. Olaf College | yousse1@stolaf.edu | Senior (’22) |
| Sabrina Barbaro | Boston University | Sabrina.D.Barbaro@gmail.com | Junior (’23) |
| Sarah Medina | The City College of New York | smedina001@citymail.cuny.edu | Senior (’21) |
| Sarra Hayoune | Stevens Institute of Technology | sarah.hayoune@gmail.com | Senior (’22) |
| Sarah Fischer | The City College of New York | sfishche000@citymail.cuny.edu | Senior (’21) |
| Tara Leininger | Lafayette College | leiningt@lafayette.edu | Senior (’22) |
| Tianna Green | Wellesley College | tgreen3@wellesley.edu | Senior (’22) |
| Victoria Adebayo | Howard University | victoria.adebayo@bison.howard.edu | Junior (’23) |
| Rose Knight | University of Virginia | vrk4ds@virginia.edu | Senior (’22) |
| Wasundara Athukoralalage | Michigan State University | athukora@msu.edu | Junior (’23) |
PANELISTS AND SPEAKERS
sanand@caltech.edu
shouriha@caltech.edu
hmanetsc@caltech.edu
jinglis@caltech.edu
cryczek@caltech.edu
dhsieh@caltech.edu
fahpma@caltech.edu
mjiajing@caltech.edu
idutta@caltech.edu
christina.wang@caltech.edu
dedavis@caltech.edu
abehmard@caltech.edu
nyadlapa@caltech.edu
scwu@caltech.edu
xzhang7@caltech.edu
cwent@caltech.edu
natklco@caltech.edu
aduarte@caltech.edu
yazminyg@caltech.edu
charisma@caltech.edu
tsbryant@caltech.edu
mmanzan@caltech.edu
atom@caltech.edu
rana@caltech.edu
mendres@caltech.edu
ashaw@caltech.edu
gh@astro.caltech.edu
kplant@caltech.edu
hutzler@caltech.edu
ajadbaba@caltech.edu
mohmir@caltech.edu
cryo.caltech.edu
dmsilev@caltech.edu
KCHATZIIOANNOU@caltech.edu
xiechen@caltech.edu
dsd@caltech.edu
omehio@caltech.edu
rbhatt@caltech.edu
szhang5@caltech.edu
appatel@caltech.edu
owilkins@caltech.edu
sblunt@caltech.edu
spike@caltech.edu
enunez@caltech.edu
nnshah@caltech.edu
rtarafde@caltech.edu
rbpatter@caltech.edu
gukov@theory.caltech.edu
dmawet@astro.caltech.edu
ddong@caltech.edu
candacer@caltech.edu
namung@caltech.edu
smora@caltech.edu