Admitted Undergraduates
Our Community
Illinois Physics is a tight-knit community. There are many ways for students to learn more about the inner workings of the department and interact with their peers through the physics student organizations. The Physics Societies Discord server is a great place to ask questions and interact with these organizations and the students within them. Be sure to check out our fantastic student organizations below!
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: Sam Rosner
- Treasurer: Lakshman Goel
- Social Chair: Brendan Nolan
- Lounge Manager: Suvinay Goyal
Society for Underrepresented Physics Students (SUPS)
SUPS works to promote solidarity among and equity for marginalized students in physics at UIUC, with emphasis on undergraduates. We work to provide social spaces and community, offer networking with graduate students and professors, improve access to professional resources, and foster and spotlight underrepresented excellence in physics. Everyone is welcome!
President: Tushar Mohan (he/him)
Vice President: Kyler Lee Norr (he/him)
Treasurer: Andrews Bing Han (he/him)
Membership Director: Anush Mishra (he/him)
Department Liaison: Claire Miller (she/her)
Outreach Officer: Hayden Bui (she/her)
Top Row (left to right): Keia Kelliher, Katie Powers, Srishti Gupta, Refia Caliskan
Bottom Row (left to right): Rebecca Shi, Belinda Li, Nishna Aerabati
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!
Fall 2022 SWIP Officers
- President: Srishti Gupta
- First Pet: Moop
- Vice President: Belinda Li
- Secretary: Katie Powers
- Treasurer: Nishna Aerabati
- Department Liaison: Refia Caliskan
- Social Chair: Keira Kelliher
- Internal Affairs: Rebecca Shi
Society of Physics Students (SPS)
2024 - 2025 Officers:
President: Sary Bseiso
Vice President: Jason Li
Treasurer: Suvinay Goyal
Secretary: Shishir Sudhaman
Membership Chairs: Srishti Gupta & Navya Nair
Projects Chair: Emily Kinnicutt
Outreach Chair: Vicente Chomali Castro
External Liaison: Aarnav Vyas
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:
Rohan Narasimhan
Henry Bonzak
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.