Thank You to Our 2018 Ambassadors

The Academy's global community works in countless ways to raise awareness about the importance of STEM education and science-based policy. But a unique group of over 200 Members have taken extra steps toward those goals this year by becoming Academy Ambassadors.

Harnessing the power of their social media networks, our Academy Ambassadors have been working this year to help increase science literacy by sharing inspirational and informative stories about scientists, teachers, and mentors. They have been advocating for STEM by spreading information about Academy programs and virtual events that are accessible to people around the globe. Not to mention sharing stories of their own about their experiences in STEM.

As this program has grown, we're more excited and thankful than ever to see these individuals stand up as a force for positive change. Thank you to all of our 2018 Ambassadors!

The 2018 Ambassadors of the
New York Academy of Sciences

Adeeb Abbas
Lucila Acevedo
Matthew Aijuka
Ashrith Vinay Akkaraju
Lara Albania
Mohamed Ali
Dániel Almási
Oguz Alpoge, Msee, Mba
Ammar Al-Salman
Shaun Alvarado
Asrat Genet Amnie, Md, Mph, Edd
Ben Amoakoh
Gbonjubola Amuda
Robyn An
Ryanne Ang
Mathebula Anita
Urooj Ansari
Jessie Au
Sylvanus Ayeni
Meghna Badami
Daisy Badilla
James Baffour
Inna Bakman
Weam Banjar
Marie-Elizabeth A. Barabas
Ersilia Barin
Florence Pauline Basubas
Evan Batov
Ely Gabriel Bautista
Higewongel Belete Heyi
Raymond Benedict
Ze'Ev Bernstein
Maria Emilia Beyer
Nischal Bhandari
Vijay Bhargav Reddy
Ummy Bilinje
Ryan Bose-Roy
Milena José Bravo Valarezo
Kaylenne Brown
Edita Bytyqi, Chemical Engineering
David Cano
Amber Carr
Jorge Castro
Emre Celikel
Sai Vishudhi Chandrasekhar
Jiayi Cheng
Pavani Cherukupally
Zhongxuan Chi, Ms, On Phd
Neil Chowdhury
Fatima-Zahra Chriha
Anna Cieślak, Phd
Montserrat Cols Vidal, Phd
David Comstock
Sachin Dangi
Albert Depas, Ma
Noemi Derzsy, Phd
Ankita Devasia
Tara Dolan
Joanna Dragich, Phd
Sunita Dua
Onur Duygu, Md
Lina Elazhab
Rajaa Elhassan
Rehab Emad
Carlos Daniel Espina
Nseabasi Etim, Ph.D
Anna Everette
Aji Fama Jobe
Heather Farrell
Hanna Ferdynus
Eileen Figueroa
Darius Filip
Yvonne Freund-Levi

Sreevidya Ganga
Lina M Garcia, Msc
Armen Gegamian, Md
Michael Geiss
Pansaih Gendy
Rupam Ghosh, Young Member
Vasilios Gikas, Phd
Jacqueline Giovanniello
Regina Goetz, Pharm.D. Ph.D.
Rewatee Gokhale, Phd
Monica Gonzalez-Marquez
Emilie Grasset, Phd
Sophie Gribben
Amanda Grieco
Shashwat Guragain
Ishan Gurtu
Margaret Haldeman, Bs, Phd
Kathleen Hefferon, Phd
Anagha Honnali
Evan Huff
Youhann Hursh
Joji Jacob
Rakshit Jain
Mia Jamili
Subhadra Jayaraman
Romesh Chandana Piero Jayasinghe
Helen Kang
Racheal Kanike
Ivana Karcelova
Kingshuk I Khan
Roshani Khanal
Volodymyr Korolenko, Md, Phd, Mpa, Mph
Lalita Krishnamurthy, Phd
Kate A Kudynska, Ms
Lakshta Kundal
Bhuvana Kundumani
Aarti Kuver, Phd
David Kwentua
Rebecca Laforest
Sujan Lamichhane
Charalampos Lazaris
Peter Adrian Leggat, Am
Emily Lescak
Xiuyu Li
Yue Liu
Jomenica Livramento
Stephen Madamba
Constantine Maganaris
Victor Franz Maldonado
Diana Martinez
Sarah Masud
Allison Mayle, Phd
Arabella Skye Mcdow
Heather Mcgowan
Ohad Mehmood
Dariush Mohammadyani, Phd
Priyanka Mohandas
Fatima Moin
Vikhyath Mondreti
Jose Carlos Montemayor
Andrew Morozov, Phd
Maria Eduarda Mortari
Grace Mosley
Sarah Muraki
Kirollus Nagah
Sania Z. Naqvi
Christina Nguyen
Daniel Noon
Monika Nowak
Stephanie Obbo
Kelly O'Donnell, Phd
Samuel Okegbile
Keerthana Pagidela
Mallika Reddy Pajjuri

Christian Palaguachi
Patrick Pallagi
Sophia Pao
Archi Parekh
Tirth Patel
Louiza Patsis
Alexandra Pena
Pharasuraama Perumal
Boris Piedra Iglesias, Msc
Benz De Mitchell Pierre
Heather Pinder
Eleftheria Kyriaki Pissadaki, Phd
Ajay Pokharel
Shejla Pollozi, Phd (Expected 2022)
Nichapat Poothong
David A Purdy, Mba
Mariah Quintero
Tim Raiswell
Manasi Rajan
Rajesh Ramakrishnan, Phd
Vijay Ramesh, Phd
Sidhant Rastogi
Samiksha Raviraja
Sara Saad
Chetna Sabharwal
Francisco Saenz
Ranjit K Sahu, Phd
Steven Vladislav Samarin, M.S., M.Div.
Sandra Sánchez
Gaetano Santulli, Md
Sthuthi Satish
Yaffa Segal
Esha Sehanobish, Phd
Georges Seil, Mba
Arunima Sen
Joonho Seo, Bs, Ms
Vaidehi Shah
Nidhi Shah, M.S.
Adnan Shami Shah
Shruti Sharma
Tzvetan Vasilev Simeonov
Mansidak Singh
Bani Singh
Santiago Sole Domenech, Bsc, Phd
Alicia Soucy
Swetha Sriramoju
Martyna Wiktoria Sroka
Tasnuba Sukanna
Kris Sunderic, Phd
Tomasz Szejner
Ioana-Elena Tarabasanu-Mihaila
Gideon Tay Yee Chuen
Praveen Thiru
Cherrie Thompson
Olayemi Toba
Dhanendra Tomar, Phd
Kaylyn Torres
Brisa Amor Torres Garcia
Gizem Ücük
Stella Uzochukwu-Denis, Master
Daniel Vahaba
Aida Verdes
Akanksha Verma, Phd
Angela Wang
Samantha Washburn, Msc
Kate Webb
Yufeng Wei, Phd
Aliyah Weinstein
Katherine Jean Wert, Phd
Jinelle Wint
Sama Yasser
Wang Yifeng
Nevin Yusufova
Ellie Zillfleisch