Local Organizing Committee

The local organizing committee (LOC) is made up of faculty and support staff from UTSA, SwRI, and Trinity University along with graduate and undergraduate students at UTSA and SwRI.


Faculty:

  • Josefina Arellano-Jimenez, Research Associate, UTSA
  • Amanda Bayless, Research Scientist, SwRI
  • Lorenzo Brancaleon, Associate Professor, UTSA
  • Aneta Koynova, Lecturer, UTSA
  • Kathleen Mandt, Senior Research Scientist, SwRI
  • Kathryn Mayer, Assistant Professor, UTSA
  • Dave McComas, Assistant Vice President, SwRI
  • Kelly Nash, Assistant Professor, UTSA
  • Xomalin G. Peralta, Assistant Professor, UTSA
  • Jennifer Steele, Associate Professor, Trinity University
  • Miguel Jose Yacaman, Physics Dept. Chair, UTSA

Graduate Students:

  • Robert C. Allen, UTSA and SwRI
  • Samantha Franklin, UTSA
  • Rachael Jensema, UTSA and SwRI
  • Kristie Llera, UTSA and SwRI
  • Alejandra Londono Calderon, UTSA
  • Dulce Romero-Urbina, UTSA
  • Sumeyra Tek, UTSA
  • Clarissa Vazquez, UTSA
  • Sarah Vines, UTSA and SwRI

UTSA Undergraduate Students:

  • Carolyn Burns
  • Alexis Catala
  • Julia Hernandez
    Rachel Hernandez
  • Priscilla Lopez
  • Marilyn Moore
  • Melody Packard
  • Joanna Perido
  • Hannah Reich
    Jennifer Rocha
  • Jessica Smith
  • Christina Torres

Support Staff:

  • Christella Robledo, UTSA
  • Anna Tucker, UTSA
  • Melissa Van Hecke, SwRI
  • DeAnna Melendez, SwRI
  • Debra Curiel , SwRI
Meet the LOC