People

Leadership

Presidents

 

Lisa Karlsson (she/her)

lisadono@sas.upenn.edu

Lisa is a 3rd year PhD candidate in the Lester group, working on stabilizing and spectroscopically investigating atmospherically relevant intermediates. She was raised in North Carolina and attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In her free time, Lisa likes to practice yoga, ride her bike, and hang out with her cat.

 

 

 

 

Juliana Bonilla (she/her)

jbonilla@sas.upenn.edu

 

 

 

 

 

Community Building Chairs

 

 

Kelly Kopera (she/her)

kmkopera@sas.upenn.edu

Kelly is a fourth-year PhD student in the Mallouk lab, where she studies the charge transfer kinetics of photocatalytic water splitting systems. She is originally from Phoenixville, PA, and received her B.S. and M.S. from the College of William & Mary. In her free time, Kelly enjoys running, going to concerts, and exploring Philly.

 

 

 

 

Canning Wang (she/her)

canningw@sas.upenn.edu

 

 

 

 

 

Speakers and Symposia Chairs

 

Anavi Serna (she/her)

avserna@sas.upenn.edu

Anavi is a second-year PhD student in the Trauner group, working on natural product total synthesis. She grew up in Mexico and received her B.S. in chemistry from Rice University. Outside of the lab, Anavi enjoys reading, hiking, and learning new languages.

 

 

 

 

Perc Adimabua (she/her)

adimabua@sas.upenn.edu

Perc is in her 3rd year in the Zahrt Lab working on Automation and ML driven exploration of linker space for PROTAC optimization. She was born in Nigeria and received her B.A. in Chemistry and French from Lake Forest College. Outside of lab, Perc enjoys playing basketball, working out, and cooking.

 

 

Community Outreach Chairs

 

Kathleen Segal (she/her)

kseg@sas.upenn.edu

Kathleen is a 2nd year PhD student in the McCallum Lab, where she works to develop biocatalytic methods to access high value ligands. Originally from Massachusetts, Kathleen received her BA in Chemistry from the College of the Holy Cross. Outside of lab, Kathleen enjoys baking, boxing, and exploring Philly.

 

 

 

 

Amanda Arnoff (she/her)

arnoffa@sas.upenn.edu

 

 

 

 

 

Communications Chair

 

Lily Walsh (she/her)

lilwalsh@sas.upenn.edu

Lily is a 2nd year PhD student in the Lester group, working on studying the gas phase reactivity of atmospherically relevant molecules. She was born and raised in New Jersey and did her undergraduate studies at Providence College. In her spare time, Lily enjoys baking, roller skating, and playing tennis.

 

 

 

Other Board Members

Community Building

Kalyana Duggal

Quing Wang

Eden Balema

Cassandra Vu

Rawan Rabayah

Abigail Czarnecki

Maura Gibbs

Katie Carney

Sarah Schick

Polina Holubovska

Speakers and Symposia

Anlan Zhao

Anastasiia Tsymbal

Julia Shoemaker

Miranda Wright

Cameron Berlin

Community Outreach

Aaliyah Khan

Georgia Westbrook

Marta Guron

Karen Zhang

Charlotte Monsour

Lizeth Lopez Vazquez