Officers
Lehi Acosta-Alvarez
Position: President
Duties: Preside over the meetings of the organization, and will help in developing membership and coordinating activities.
Program: Graduate Student in School of Medicine Cancer Biology
Christian Cepeda
Position: Vice President
Duties: Assumes presidential responsibilities in the absence of the president, as well as help develop and coordinate outreach activities.
Program: Undergraduate Student in Human Biology
Matthew Treviño
Position: Financial Officer
Duties: Handle, record and manage the finances of the group and will help to observe the rules during the meetings.
Program: Undergraduate Student in Biology
Andrea Ramirez
Position: Board Member
Duties: Provide advice and guidance to the Executive Officers.
Program: PhD Student in Biology
Luis Valencia
Position: Board Member
Duties: Provide advice and guidance to the Executive Officers.
Program: PhD Student in Chemistry
Previous Executive Boards
2020: Leslie Mateo (Copresident), Ellen Bouchard (Copresident), Adonis Rubio (Vice President), Caroline Arellano-Garcia (Financial Officer)
2018: Albert Hinman (President), Leslie Mateo (Grad VP), Martin Alcaraz Jr. (Undergrad VP), Ellen Bouchard (Secretary), David Yao (Financial Officer), Caroline Arellano-Garcia (National Liaison), Adonis Rubio (Social Chair)
2017: Molly Uyeda and Ariel Calderon (Copresidents), Albert Hinman (Secretary), Nikki Teran (Financial Officer)
2016: Cofounded by Ariel Calderon, Molly Uyeda, and Albert Hinman
Adviser Support
2020: Jorge Ramos
2018: Mijiza Sanchez, Samar Fahmy, Rahwa Abraham-Tesfay
2017: Mijiza Sanchez, Samar Fahmy
2016: Anita Blanco
Past Events
Visit new 23andMe campus
Date: Monday, February 24, 2020
Tour of the 23andMe campus and opportunity network with current employees.
Stanford Undergraduate Research Association Panel
Date: Wednesday, February 12, 2020
SACNAS offer perspectives from current Women and Minority Graduate Students at
Stanford and give advice to undergraduate students about how to pursue research
and apply to graduate school.
Háblame con Las Hermanas en STEM
Date: Wednesday, February 12, 2020
Joint event with Las Hermanas en STEM to have casual Spanish conversations with
others in the Stanford Community.
Faculty Lunch Series: Jorge Ramos
Date: Friday, January 31, 2020
Dr. Jorge Ramos is the new Associate Director for Environmental Education at
Stanford's Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve. Jorge is an accomplished educator
and scientist with deep knowledge of freshwater and coastal wetland ecosystems,
carbon cycling, environmental education and climate change science
communication. In addition, he has taken on leadership roles with the
Ecological Society of America SEEDS Program, SACNAS, the International Network
of Next-Generation Ecologists, (INNGE), NSF GK-12 Sustainability Schools
Program, and the Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) network
SACNAS Visit with Gilead
Date: Thursday, July 18, 2019
Location: Gilead Campus, Foster City, CA
Join SACNAS at Stanford, along with other Bay Area SACNAS chapters, for a visit to the Gilead campus and a discussion with their scientists!
Joint Happy Hour with ADVNACE and BioAIMS
Date: Friday, July 12, 2019
Location: LKSC Lawn
First happy hour of the summer with ADVANCE and SACNAS on Friday, July 12th, 5-7pm at the LKSC Alumni Lawn! We'll have plenty of drinks, food, and EANABs for everyone.
SACNAS Lunch Discussion with Dr. Natalia Gomez-Ospina, MD, PhD
Date: Thursday, May 9, 12:00 - 1:00 PM
Location: Shriram 052
Conversation with Dr. Natalia Gomez-Ospina, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics in Genetics and Stem Cell Transplantation.
Spring General Meeting and Elections
Date: 5:00 - 6:00 PM, Monday, April 22nd
Location: Shriram 108
2019 National Conference Travel Scholarship Workshop
Date: 5:00 - 6:30 PM Wednesday, March 13, 2019
Location: Engineering Quad
A workshop for Travel Scholarship/Research Proposal application for the 2019
SACNAS conference in Hawaii. Dinner Provided.
URM Lunch Series: Erika Bustamante
Date: 12 - 1:30 PM, Friday, February 8th, 2019
Location: TBD
Erika is the Director of State Government Relations at Stanford. She chose the
policy route after finishing her PhD under Seung Kim in the Developmental
Biology program at Stanford. She has also been heavily involved in SACNAS in
the past. Please join us to learn about her journey from academia to
policy.
Visit 23andMe with SACNAS at Stanford
Date: 9 - 12 am, Friday, January 25th, 2019
Location: 23andMe headquarters, Mountain View
Visit of the 23andMe headquarters to learn more about career pathways at
23andMe, talk with their scientists, and tour their site!
Casa Abierta Happy Hour
Date: 5 - 7 pm, November 30, 2018
Location: LKSC 4th Floor
SACNAS at Stanford, Las Hermanas in STEM, and Stanford BioAIMS celebrate of
Latino culture with food, drinks, music, and dancing!
SACNAS National Conference 2018
Date: October 11 - 13, 2018
Location: San Antonio, Texas
The Stanford SACNAS Chapter is proud to be sending members once again to the SACNAS national conference to present their research and represent Stanford University.
Biosciences Activities and Resources Fair
Date: 3 - 5 pm, October 4, 2018
Location: Dean's Lawn
Come learn more about SACNAS at Stanford and how you can get involved as a Bioscience student!
Visit with SACNAS at Genentech
Date: April 27, 2018
Location: Genentech main campus, South San Francisco
Visit of the Genentech campus to speak with members of the Genentech SACNAS chapter and tour their research facilities.
Stanford Fall Student Activities Fair
Date: 12-4pm, Friday, September 29th, 2017
Location: White Plaza, Stanford Univetsity
SACNAS Chapter at Stanford at the Fall Student Activities Fair.
SACNAS Speaks Out: The Need to Hire More Underrepresented Faculty & Administrators in the Biosciences
Date: Thursday, October 4th, 2017
Location: G1161, Lokey Stem Cell Building, Stanford University
SACNAS National Conference
Date: October 19-21, 2017
Location: Salt Lake City Utah
SACNAS Chapter at Stanford in the SACNAS Conference in Salt Lake City this year!
