UWC Virtual Science
Conference 2025
Inspire the next generation of scientists.
Network with alumni in your field in science.
Shape the future of science education at UWC.
2025 Conference Dates
June 23 - 28
9:00 AM - 12:40 PM EST
6:00 AM - 9:40 AM PT
3:00 PM - 6:40 PM CET
Inspire the next generation of scientists.
Network with alumni in your field in science.
Shape the future of science education at UWC.
2025 Conference Dates
June 23 - 28
9:00 AM - 12:40 PM EST
6:00 AM - 9:40 AM PST
3:00 PM - 6:40 PM CET
Connecting Science with Humanity
Mode: Online
Zoom Webinar | Interactive UWC Networking Events
Conference Schedule
Conference Schedule
Conference Schedule
Keynote Speakers
Director of Research and Co-Host @ Radiolab Host of the Netflix show Connected
Prof. Sinisa Hrvatin
Thomas D. and Virginia W. Cabot Career Development Professor of Biology @ MIT
Prof. Alan Whiteside
Author of HIV/AIDS: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford University Press, 2008), AIDS in the Twenty-First Century: Disease and Globalization
Professor in the School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences and Astrophysics and Space Technologies Research Centre @ Macquarie University in Sydney
Prof. Adelina Voutchkova-Kostal
Associate Professor of Chemistry @ George Washington University
Director, Sustainable Development and Green Chemistry Institute @ American Chemical Society
Co-Director MS Environmental and Green Chemistry Program
Prof. Jakub Kostal
Associate Professor of Chemistry @ George Washington University
Director of the MS Environmental and Green Chemistry Program
Panel: Innovation at the Intersection
Tiffany McKenzie
Founder @ Curlywags
B.S. Symbolic Systems | Stanford
Dr. Bingyi Wang
Biodesign Innovation Fellow | Cofounder @Skywalk | Knight-Hennessy Scholar & Physicist @Stanford
Physics
Astrophysicist and Software Engineer
Center for Astrophysics | Harvard and Smithsonian
Thi Hoang
PhD student in Quantum Optics @ Colorado Boulder
Incoming Quantum Physics PhD Student @ Harvard
Astrophysics PhD Candidate at Steward Observatory, University of Arizona
Rohan Kumar
Quantum Computing PhD Student @ Yale
| NSF Graduate Research Fellow
Biology
Elena Tonc
Visiting Assistant Professor
Macalester College
Dr. Melania Strycharska
Lead Scientist, Platform Development @ Protillion Biosciences
PhD Candidate at Vanderbilt | Microbe-Host Interactions program
Clotilde Tournerie
Neuroscience PhD Candidate at Cambridge
Hoang Minh Hieu Nguyen
Cambridge Gates Scholar
Stanford Knight-Hennessy Scholar
Computer Science + Engineering
Biomedical Engineering
PhD Student at Boston University
Dr. Bingyi Wang
Biodesign Innovation Fellow | Cofounder @Skywalk | Knight-Hennessy Scholar & Physicist @Stanford
Zhihan Yang
Computer Science
PhD Student at Cornell
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