KUPA Executive Committee
Huili Yao, Ph.D.
President and Treasurer
Research Associate
Department of Chemistry
hly@ku.edu
Rita-Marie T. McFadden, Ph.D.
Vice-President (Fall 2016)
Webmaster (Fall 2016)
Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Molecular Biosciences
ritamcfadden@ku.edu
Lorne Jordan, Ph.D.
Vice-President (Spring 2017)
Co-Chair of Diversity and Equity
Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Molecular Biosciences
lornejordan@ku.edu
Pinakin Sukthankar, M.Sc., Ph.D.
Co-Chair of Diversity and Equity
Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Molecular Biosciences
pinakin@ku.edu
Andrew Lison, Ph.D.
Humanities Liaison
Postdoctoral Fellow
Digital Humanities, Hall Center for the Humanities
andrewlison@ku.edu
Alana Alexander, Ph.D.
Biodiversity Institute Liaison / Survey Committee
Postdoctoral Fellow
Biodiversity Institute
alana.alexander@ku.edu
Jessica Torres, Ph.D.
Website and Social Media Manager
Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Chemistry
j.torres@ku.edu
Pradip Maity, Ph.D.
International Postdoc Representative
Research Associate
Department of Chemistry
pmaity@ku.edu
Cynthia Siew, M.A.
Public Outreach Chair / Survey Committee
Doctoral Candidate
Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Department of Psychology
csqsiew@ku.edu
Kaila Colyott
Graduate Student Representative
Doctoral Candidate
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
kcolyott@ku.edu
KUPA Advisory Committee
Professor Mario Rivera
KUPA Faculty Advisor
Rodolfo Torres
Office of Research
Mary Lee Hummert
Faculty Development
Damon Talbott
Office of Graduate Studies
Mike Rounds
Human Resources Management
Saida Bonifield
Diversity and Equity
David Gaston
University Career Center
Dan Hirmas
Center for Teaching Excellence faculty fellow