President

Emma Dreispiel Juan

Emma is a senior in CBE interested in biotechnology and pharmaceuticals. Her family is Argentinian but she grew up in Colombia, and her favorite foods are arepa and empanadas. In her free time, she loves to read and dance. She has a slight coffee addiction, but it's not as bad as Trent's.

Vice President of Internal Affairs

Jonah Kandell

Jonah Kandell is a junior studying Chemical and Bimolecular Engineering. He grew up in Miami before beginning his journey in Philadelphia. Outside of SHPE, he is involved in conducts research in the Discher Lab and loves to cook.

Vice President of External Affairs

Trenton Campos

Trent is a junior studying Bioengineering. He likes to do stem cell research. In his free time, he goes to the gym and has a severe caffeine addiction.

VP of Finance

Liz Ramos

Elizabeth is a senior from Southern California in the College of Arts & Sciences studying biochemistry and biophysics in the Vagelos MLS program simultaneously completing her masters in chemistry. She plans to apply to MD-PhD programs and is passionate about her current research aimed at studying immune crosstalk in early life and women’s health. She enjoys reading, golf, yoga, and baking

VP of Marketing

Owen Frausto

Owen is a senior in the VIPER program studying physics systems engineering. He likea clean energy and visiting Philly coffee shops. Outside of SHPE, he's in Theta Tau engineering fraternity and the Society of Physics students.

VP of Marketing

Ale Aponte

Ale is a Mexican international student who really loves photography, literature and swimming. She is a junior in MEAM and she is excited to interact with my fellow hispanic engineers!

Professional Development

Andy Liu

Andy is a junior in Penn Engineering in the accelerated Masters program concentrating in bioengineering and computational biology.

Conference Chair

Melissa Gonzalez

Melissa Gonzalez is a sophomore from Southeast Los Angeles, and is planning to major in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics. Outside of the STEM world, she enjoys reading books, watching movies on Netflix, and crocheting.

Alumni/Membership Chair

Andrea Perez Pizarro

Andrea is a junior from Guadalajara, Mexico majoring in Bioengineering and minoring in International Development and Chemistry. She is the Social Chair for SHPE and Vice President of Mex@Penn. She is also involved with the Center for Autism Research and Rehabilitation Robotics Laboratory. In her free time, Andrea likes to go to the gym and hang out with her friends.

Academic Chair

Ricky Wang-Polendo

Ricky is a second-year from Minnesota in the VIPER program studying Bioengineering and Biology. When he’s not studying, Ricky is playing Ultimate Frisbee for Penn’s Ultimate Frisbee team or serving coffee at Williams Café.

Webmaster

Marisol Sanchez

Marisol is an Argentinian grad student studying Computer and Information Technology. Outside of classes, she participates in different clubs and explores museums and parks. 

Community Outreach

Andres Mondragon

Andrés is a graduate student from Lima, Peru currently pursuing an MS in Computer Science. He recently also graduated from Penn with a BA in Economics and minors in Data Science and Statistics. Outside of academics, Andrés enjoys visiting new restaurants, practicing French, and discovering new artists on Spotify.

Social Chair

Sergio Torres

Sergio Torres is a grad student in Mechanical Engineering. When he is not in Towne working on projects, he likes to play soccer, go to the gym, and host grill nights. He is also a member of Theta Tau, a co-ed engineering fraternity on campus, and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

Graduate Liaison

Jose Andres Vidal

Jose Andres Vidal is a 2nd year PhD student in CBE as part of the Lim Lab. In his free time he enjoys playing guitar, reading, cooking, and playing games.

Graduate Liaison

Alexander Bolanos-Campos

Alexander is a second year Bioengineering Ph.D. student working in Dr. Ottman Tertuliano's Lab. Alexander is currently investigate how bone cells inside a 3D nano-scaffold respond to uniaxial compressions. Outside of the lab, he reads sci-fi and fantasy books, listens to Banda and Latino pop, and playing video games.

College Chair

Luisa López Monzón

Luisa is a Guatemalan freshman at the College planning to major in biology. She’s interested in biotech and biomedicine (she’s not pre-med!!). Furthermore she plans to pursue a PhD and help I’m her free time she does STEM outreach through social media and through her NGO. She wishes to help improve Guatemalan indigenous communities healthcare and education access. Lastly, she loves to do DIYs, read, hear and play music and try to bake :)

Freshman Liaison

Pedro Sánchez-Gil

Pedro is from Guadalajara, Mexico and a freshman majoring in Artificial Intelligence at Penn Engineering. He likes golf, MTB and lifting!