Executive Board

2024 PDA Board Members

President

Nishant Kumar
Ph.D. Physics
Department of Mechanical Engineering

Vice President

Bipin Jairaj Gaikwad
Ph.D. Electrical and Computer Engineering
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Career Development Associate

Atul Sharma
Ph.D. Biosensors and Bio-analytical Chemistry
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Postdoc Wellness Associate

Martin Klassen
Ph.D. Physics
Department of Physics

Community Building Associate

Sihan Liu
Ph.D. Cellular & Molecular Biology
School Of Medicine

Grafton Campus Postdoc Representative

Neharika Jain
Ph.D. Microbiological Sciences and Immunology
Department of Infectious Diseases and Global Health (IDGH)

IT & Information Committee Chair

Federico Pigozzi
Ph.D. Computer Engineering
Department of Biology

Please feel free to contact any of us if you have any questions! If you’re not sure who to reach out to, just email pda-president@tufts.edu