Undergraduate Student Organizations
Physics Student Advisory Board (PhySAB)
PhySAB represents the Physics student body and advises department administrators. The advisory board changes every year and has representatives for each class. Our projects include planning departmental town halls, physics research symposia, and more!
President: Jiri Kataman-Kustwan
Vice Presidents: Noori Khurshid, Zoe Zhang
Secretary: Luo Zhou
Treasurer: Samyak Jain
Social Chair: Aarnav Varanasi
Lounge Manager: Albert Han
Society for Underrepresented Physics Students (SUPS)
SUPS aims to promote solidarity among and equity for marginalized undergraduate students in physics at Illinois. We work to provide social spaces and community, offer networking with graduate students and professors, improve access to professional resources, and foster and spotlight student excellence in physics. Everyone is welcome! This club is open to all eligible students regardless of race, color or national origin.
Student Organizer:
Cynthia Nolan (they/them)
Society for Women In Physics (SWIP)
The goal of the Society for Women in Physics (SWIP) is to support women in physics and provide a social and professional network among the female students in the physics department. All majors and genders are welcome!
2026 SWIP Officers
Co-Presidents: Belinda Li and Keira Kelliher
Vice President: Refia Caliskan
Secretary: Sumera Bal
Treasurer: Nishna Aerabati
Department Liaison: Braedyn Kim
Social Chair: Danaan Perry
Internal Affairs Chair: Sydney Hunter
Society of Physics Students (SPS)
2024 - 2025 Officers:
Co-Presidents: Emily Kinnicutt and Vicente Chomali
Vice President: Stephen He
Secretary: Allison Penley
Treasurer: Kevin Wu
Project Chairs: Jack Bauster and SriVarun Vungutar
Membership Directors: Reena Baswa and Refia Caliskan
Internal Liaison: Jerry Wang
External Liaison: Calvin Talmage
KC Ciaccio
Physics Van
The Physics Van travels to elementary schools in Champaign-Urbana, IL, and towns in the surrounding area. We show kids that as long as you want to learn and have fun, there's a world of physics waiting to be discovered!
Coordinators:
Emily Kinnicutt
KC Ciaccio
Guidance for Physics Students (GPS)
We are a student group dedicated to fostering a diverse, open, and scientifically-minded community within the graduate and undergraduate physics students at the University of Illinois. Among the activities we run to promote those goals are graduate-undergraduate mentoring, a yearly retreat, and periodic social activities. This organization is open to all eligible students, regardless of race, color, or national origin.