Meet Our Team

The Beyond Academia team is comprised entirely of current graduate students and post-docs at UC Berkeley. We invite you to click on their profiles to learn more about them or reach out.

Allie Nguyen

Co-Director, Logistics Lead

PhD Student in Environmental Engineering

Harriet Song

Co-Director, Finance Lead

PhD Student in Biophysics

Ricky Huang

Co-Director, Speakers Lead

PhD Student in IEOR

Tiffany Tran

Co-Director, Media Lead

PhD Candidate in Neuroscience

Ruiting Wang

Co-Director, Speakers Lead

PhD Candidate in Civil Engineering

Kuan-Yu Chen

Logistics Team

PhD Candidate in Environmental Engineering

Stephanie Alderete

Finance, Speakers, Logistics Team

PhD Student in Psychology

Cristina Sarmiento

Logistics and Media Team

PhD Student in Psychology

Noella D’Souza

Logistics and Speakers Team

PhD Student in Chemistry

Past Members

We thank you for your remarkable service and dedication at Beyond Academia! If you are a former member and would like to be added, please email us.

Yana Zlochistaya

Co-Director, Speakers Lead

PhD Candidate in Comparative Literature

2020-2023

Angélica M. González-Sánchez

Co-Director, Logistics Lead

PhD in Biochemistry

2019-2022

Cara He

Co-Director, Finance Lead

PhD in Integrative Biology

2021-2022

Maria Almeida Reis

Co-Director, Logistics Lead

PhD in History

2022-2024

Angikaar Singh Chana

Co-Director, Finance Lead

Master of Information and Data Science

2022-2024

Urte Laukaityte

Co-Director, Speakers Lead

PhD Candidate in Philosophy

2021-2024

Kayla van Kooten

Co-Director,

Media Lead

PhD Student in German

2022-2024

Matt Easton

Speakers

PhD Student in Political Science

2023-2024

Anu Kuncheria

Logistics, Media

PhD in Civil Engineering

2023-2024

Farnam Moheb

Finance

PhD Candidate in Business Administration

2023-2024

Tessa Scott

Logistics, Media

Postdoctoral Researcher in Linguistics

2023-2024

María A. Torres Colón

Speakers

PhD Candidate in Molecular and Cell Biology

2023-2024

Jade Hyeryeong Kim

Media

Master of Design

2023-2024