Anika Patel
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Anika (C' 23) currently serves as WiP's co-president. She is a Junior in the College studying Physics with a concentration in Astrophysics. Her academic interests include space exploration, telescopes, and rockets! She is currently an undergraduate researcher in Professor Devlin’s Lab of Cosmology where she works on Star Camera development.
She enjoys practicing karate in her free time and hanging out with her friends.
You can reach her at anikap@sas.upenn.edu
She enjoys practicing karate in her free time and hanging out with her friends.
You can reach her at anikap@sas.upenn.edu
Alexandra Weinsten
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Alex (C’23) currently serves as WiP’s co-president. She is studying astrophysics with a specific interest in instrumentation. She currently works in Professor Devlin’s Lab of Cosmology where she is currently working on star camera development with her co-president Anika. In her free time, she enjoys playing soccer and tennis, and exploring Philadelphia with her friends.
You can reach her at alweins@sas.upenn.edu
You can reach her at alweins@sas.upenn.edu
Talia Becker Calazans
Graduate & Professional Events Chair

Talia (C' 25) currently serves as WiP's Graduate and Professional Events Chair. She is majoring in Physics and is part of the Vagelos MLS program. Her interests include biophysics and biomedical applications of physics. Apart from class, Talia enjoys spending her time practicing fencing and reading.
You can reach her at calazans@sas.upenn.edu
You can reach her at calazans@sas.upenn.edu
Rosario Navarro
Social Media Co-Chair

Rosario (C’25) currently serves as one of two social media chairs. She is a freshman planning on studying physics with a concentration in astrophysics. When not studying for her classes, she can be found hanging out with her friends or participating in other groups on campus, including MEChA and QuestBridge.
For any questions, suggestions, or anything else you want to share, feel free to email at rosarion@sas.upenn.edu
For any questions, suggestions, or anything else you want to share, feel free to email at rosarion@sas.upenn.edu
Natascha Barac
Social Media Co-Chair

Natascha (C’23) serves as one of WiP’s social media chairs. She’s double majoring in Physics and English and, accordingly, she’s interested in the ways that culture and science continuously inform each other. Natascha is currently working with the asteroseismology group at the Sydney Institute for Astronomy (SIfA), using data from NASA’s TESS mission to examine variable delta Scuti stars. She can routinely be found in Clark Park.
You can reach her at nbarac@sas.upenn.edu
You can reach her at nbarac@sas.upenn.edu
Kalindi Gosine
Social Events Co-Chair

Kalindi (C’24) is a sophomore currently serving as one of WiP’s Social Event Chairs. She is majoring in physics and concentrating in physical theory and experimental techniques and is especially interested in particle and quantum physics. Outside of class, Kalindi enjoys reading and caring for her many plants.
Feel free to reach out at kalindi@sas.upenn.edu
Feel free to reach out at kalindi@sas.upenn.edu
Abigail Harris
Social Events Co-Chair

Abby (C’25) currently serves as one of WiP’s Social Event Chairs. She is majoring in Physics and concentrating in Computer Techniques. She is interested in data science and hopes to double minor in math and computer science. In her free time, she enjoys running and playing Dungeons and Dragons.
You can reach her at avharris@sas.upenn.edu
You can reach her at avharris@sas.upenn.edu
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