Mission
Statement

APS Chapters seek to support the development of graduate students and early-career individuals as colleagues and future leaders. To achieve these goals and build cohesive communities that will strengthen the discipline, we will:

  1. Develop opportunities for networking and for career and professional development.
  2. Empower individuals to build and promote inclusive and equitable communities.
  3. Support learning and practice for all, including those from underrepresented groups.
  4. Inform and facilitate engagement on policy issues impacting the profession.

Meet Our Current Leaders

President


Bhavay Tyagi

Bhavay Tyagi

3rd year graduate student in the Department of Physics. His current research focuses on Many-Body Dynamics and Chaos signatures of strongly correlated systems. Apart from academics Bhavay is a musician, a travel and sports enthusiast.

Treasurer


Daniel Huff

Daniel Huff

4th year graduate student in the Department of Physics. He is working with Dr. Andrew Renshaw on instrumentation and development for the Darkside project’s search for dark matter. Daniel enjoys UH sports and going back home to visit the Rocky Mountains.

Public Relations Manager


Musa Rahim Khan

Musa Rahim Khan

3rd year graduate student in the Department of Physics. He is working under the supervision of Dr. Claudia Ratti. His research interests are in theoretical high energy physics and his work is to study qcd phase diagram using holographic model of QCD.

Website Manager


Fernanda Torres

Fernanda Torres

3rd year graduate student in the Department of Physics. Her current research focus on experimental High Energy Physics.

Our Past Leaders

President (2023-2024)

Vice President (2022-2023)


Rutik Manikandhan

Rutik Manikandhan

Vice President (2023-2024)

Public Relations Manager (2022-2023)


Bhavay Tyagi

Bhavay Tyagi

President (2022-2023)

Vice President (2021-2022)


Sumit Khadka

Sumit Khadka

Treasurer (2022-2023)


Hitansh Shah

Hitansh Shah

President (2021-2022)


Joaquin Grefa

Joaquin Grefa

Treasurer (2021-2022)


Nosheen Younas

Nosheen Younas

Useful Links

UH Physics

Fellowship/Scholarship Universe

Careers in Physics

Women in Physics

Student Physics Society at UH

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