About the GSO
Welcome to the website of the Graduate Student Organization (GSO) of the Department of Physics and Astronomy. We organize events that support the graduate students of the department, and we represent them at the Rutgers Graduate Student Association (GSA).
Below you will find general information about the GSO along with resources for prospective, new and current students. Please do not hesitate to contact any of the officers with questions.
Officers and leads
Current officers
- President
Agni Purani — ap2789@physics.rutgers.edu
- Vice‑President
Tao You — ty296@physics.rutgers.edu
- Treasurer
Garima Prabhakar — gp635@physics.rutgers.edu
- Computer Chair
Hancheng Li — hl1417@physics.rutgers.edu
- Web Admin
Ravi Koka — rkk80@physics.rutgers.edu
Other leads
- Graduate Student Life Committee Liaisons
- Dani Herrera — dh974@physics.rutgers.edu
- Kaustubh Roy — kr920@physics.rutgers.edu
- Mock Qualifier Organizer
Joe Breneman — jab964@physics.rutgers.edu
- Faculty Liaison
Premala Chandra — pchandra@physics.rutgers.edu
- Graduate Student AAUP‑AFT Department Representatives
- Lianys Feliciano — lf578@physics.rutgers.edu
- Johan Vonk — johan.vonk@rutgers.edu
Prospective and new students
Orientation and open-house handouts are being rewritten and will return here. In the meantime, email the GSO President with any question about starting the programme.
Opportunities
- GSO events calendar Barbecues, game nights, picnics and seminars.
- Student Seminars in Physics and Astronomy at Rutgers (SSPAR) A student-run seminar series where graduate students present their work to their peers.
- Developing Educational Leaders among TAs in Physics (DELTA‑P) Teaching assistant training program.
- Seminar in Graduate Mentoring in Astronomy and Physics (SIGMA‑P)
Further resources
- An SSPAR talk on equity issues in physics PDF, 796 KB
- Resources for women in physics PDF, 92 KB
- Rutgers Graduate Student Association Guides to graduate student life, funding and advocacy across the university.