AWIS UC Riverside

Warmest welcome to our new Co-Fundraising Chair:
Claudineia Pereira Costa Post Doc
A little about her:

I am of the first generation in my family to achieve graduate education and an academic career. I earned my Ph.D. from the University of São Paulo in Brazil. In 2018, I joined Prof Hollis Woodard's lab at UCR. My current research focuses on understanding how early development influences the quality of workers and their pollination services. As a Black Woman Scientist, it is my ultimate goal to be a researcher that creates an environment that dually engages and supports other students and researchers from diverse backgrounds.

Ying Sun, Fundraising Chair

I am a first-generation college student and immigrant from China who is currently a postdoc at UCR. I enjoy volunteering, baking, playing with animals, dancing, any outdoor activity, ice skating, and watching TV! I believe in mentorship and advocates for inclusion, equity, diversifying academia and solidarity.

Lisa Chen, Treasurer
I am a first-generation college student that majored in B.S. Microbial Biology and now pursuing a PhD in Computer Science. My hope is to pursue research that is a hybrid of both and related to my experience in microbiology labs. I like attempting to cook, dreaming about planting a garden with the ability to have Korean BBQ, gaming, reading manga/manhwa, and watching anime. I also recently picked up stock trading as a hobby.

Ariana Sabzeghabae, Co-Publicity Chair
Ariana is a fourth year PhD student, majoring in mechanical engineering. She uses high power lasers to create plasma and cavitation bubbles. She studies the effect of hydrodynamic and optical properties of nanofluids on the the dynamics of the bubbles and the pressure waves produced by them.