Contacts

Staff | JPL Contacts | SURF Board | Life Members | SURF Programs Committee | SURF Administrative Committee | SURF Student Advisory Council | SURF Co-Mentor Advisory Committee | MURF Administrative Committee

General Inquiries

Student-Faculty Programs California Institute of Technology Mail Code: 08-31 Pasadena, CA 91125 Phone: 626.395.2885 Fax: 626.568.9102 sfp@caltech.edu

Staff

Candace Rypisi, Director 626.395.2886 Carol Casey, Associate Director 626.395.2887	Jason Casey, Department Assistant 626.395.2885

JPL Contacts for Space Grant, USRP, and PGGURP

Space Grant Linda Rodgers, 818.354.3274 USRP Carol Hix, 818.354.8251	PGGURP Bill Whitney, 818.354.4410

SURF Board
The SURF Board is a voluntary support organization consisting of individuals who are dedicated to the educational values of undergraduate research at Caltech, and who, through their advice, encouragement, and financial support, contribute to the vitality, continuity, and effectiveness of the SURF program.

John D. Gee, Chair Gabrielle A. Adelman Carolyn A. Ash, ex officio Karen Carlson James A. Cutts Kirk M. Dawson Phoebe Dea	Leslie M. Maxfield Robert E. McQuinn, ex officio Mark Reinecke, ex officio Robert K. Roney Candace Rypisi, ex officio Sean A. Upchurch Samuel N. Vodopia

Life Members of the SURF Board

Lew Allen Hannah Bradley Carl V. Larson Joanna Muir Elizabeth Nickerson	Ray D. Owen Robert C. Perpall John D. Roberts Fredrick H. Shair William M. Whitney

SURF Administrative Committee
The role of the SURF Administrative Committee is to establish academic policy and maintain the pedagogical excellence of SURF. The committee reviews all student proposals and makes recommendations for awards.

Fredrick H. Shair, Chair Carolyn A. Ash, ex officio Paul M. Bellan Geoffrey A. Blake John F. Davis S. George Djorgovski Steven C. Frautschi Gerald Houser, ex officio	Joseph L. Kirschvink David S. Levy, ex officio Nathan S. Lewis Carl S. Parker David B. Rutledge Candace Rypisi, ex officio Thomas A. Tombrello William M. Whitney Richard M. Wilson

SURF Student Advisory Council
The purpose of the SURF Student Advisory Council (SURFSAC) is to strengthen the undergraduate reserach community by coordinating social and cultural activities to bring SURF students and mentors together informally and to serve as liaison between the students and the Student-Faculty Programs Office.

Tania Bandyopadhyay Carol S. Casey, ex officio Jason B. Casey, ex officio Angela W. Chang Andrea R. Dubin Csilla N. Felsen Andrew M. Freddo Julianne M. Gould Peter S. Hung Vibha Laljani Benjamin Lin	Chao Liu Parvathy R. Menon, Chair Deepak Mishra Caleb E. Ng Aditya Rajagopal Candace Rypisi, ex officio Krastina Petrova Wilson C. Sung Feiqiao Yu Calvin G. Yu Lisa D. Zang

SURF Co-Mentor Advisory Council
The purpose of the SURF Co-Mentor Advisory Council is to provide information, support, and training for the graduate students and postdoctoral scholars who often have the day-to-day supervision of SURF students.

Gitrada Arjara Jesse Bloom Peter Capak Moran Cerf Vandana R. Desai Timothy D. Glotch Varoujan Gorjian	Christopher Jillings Ali Khoshnan John Magyar Ashish Mahabal James Van Deventer Nathalie Vriend Richard Wildman

MURF Administrative Committee
The MURF Administrative Committee provides oversight of the academic and research aspects of the MURF program. It ensures quality of the program by reviewing students' applications and recommending appropriate mentors. The committee will recommend program policy, be responsible for long-range planning, and review any new programs related to MURF. The committee will be a subcommittee of the SURF Administrative Committee.

Geoffrey Blake, Chair Joel Burdick Kai Zinn

Ex-Officio Members Edgardo Garcia Eugene Mahmoud Erica O'Neal	Tod Pascal Candace Rypisi Fredrick H. Shair