Welcome to the SRI Student Network (SSN)! SSN is the student group for SRI graduate students and post-docs. We are a student-led organization focused on fostering a community for trainees at SRI. We host a variety of events throughout the year to help connect SRI trainees with each other.
If you would like to stay connected with our upcoming events, please fill out the form below to be added to our listserv. General members are welcomed to attend all our events and general meetings.
2024-2025 Committee
President: Jason Rock
Vice President: Andrew Kennedy
Chief Returning Officer: Melissa Wong
Communications Officer: Zurie Campbell
Financial Officer: Sofia Perfetto
General Associates
Mattheus Uba Chupel
Krushnaa Sankhe
Sila Usta
Biranavan Uthayakumar
Join Us
SSN committee members will plan and host various social, academic, wellness, and professional development initiatives, such as the orientation, welcome picnic, wellness challenge, career panel, and annual student research conference.
Within the committee, there are five executive positions: Chief Returning Officer (CRO), President, Vice-President, Financial Officer, and Communications Officer. Elections for executive positions take place every summer*. Associates are selected by the executive committee.
*CRO is automatically the elected President from the previous academic year.
If you are a SRI trainee and are interested in joining the committee, please email us for more details:
Past Committee Members
2023 – 2024
President: Melissa Wong
Vice President: Biranavan Uthayakumar
Chief Returning Officer: Ella Bing Xin Song
Communications Officer: Samantha Bartman
Financial Officer: Hui Jue (Janet) Wang
General Associates: Mattheus Uba Chupel, Krushnaa Sankhe, Sila Usta, Allison Tolgyesi, Daniel Mori-Fegan, Moses Cook, Jason Rock, Saleh Mirzatabatabaei
2022 – 2023
President: Ella Bing Xin Song
Vice President: Nidhi Singh
Chief Returning Officer: Yuen Yan Wong
Communications Officer: Susan Zahir
Financial Officer: Moses Cook
Communications Associate: Alissa Pak
General Associates (alphabetically listed): Lauren Belfiore, Daniel Djayakarsana, Biranavan Uthayakumar, Melissa Wong, Madeline Wood
2021 – 2022
President: Yuen Yan Wong
Vice President: Ella Bing Xin Song
Chief Returning Officer: Moses Cook
Communications Officer: Matsuya Thulasiram
Financial Officer: Rosa Sommer, Ella Bing Xin Song (interim from Jan)
Conference Planning Team (alphabetically listed): Nadia Bragagnolo, Nicole Cappelletto (co-lead), Moses Cook, Ella Bing Xin Song, Matsuya Thulasiram, Biranavan Uthayakumar, Yuen Yan Wong (co-lead), Madeline Wood
2020 – 2021
President: Moses Cook
Vice President: Nadia Bragagnolo
Chief Returning Officer: Justin Pogmore
Communications Officer: Jaykumar Patel
Financial Officer: Rosa Sommer
General Associates (alphabetically listed): Nicole Cappelletto, Ann Fernando, Calder Sheagren, Ella Bing Xin Song, Yuen Yan Wong, Di Yu