Organizers

Worm 2025 is organized by esteemed members of the GSA community. Thank you to these dedicated volunteers!

Cathy Savage-Dunn

City University of New York, Queens College and the Graduate Center

Baris Tursun

University of Hamburg

Topic Chairs and Special Events Organizers

Javier Apfeld, Northeastern University

Luisa Cochella, Johns Hopkins University

Chaogu Zheng, University of Hong Kong

Erin Osborne Nishimura, Colorado State University

Michael Hart, University of Pennsylvania

Ho Yi Mak, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Ten-Wen Lo, Ithaca College

Equity and Inclusion Session Organizers

Javier Huayta, Duke University

Aimee Jaramillo-Lambert, University of Delaware

Priscilla Van Whynberghe, Colgate University

Worm Art Show Organizers

Sandhya P. Koushika, DBS-TIFR, India

Varsha Singh, University of Dundee, UK

GSA Poster Award Competition Organizers

Tina Gumienny, Texas Woman’s University

Alicia Rogers, University of Texas at Arlington

Jared Young, Northeastern University