Current PACE Leadership Team!
Jack Lubin
Leader Bio:At UC Irvine, I am a PhD candidate where I study exoplanets primarily through the Radial Velocity detection method. In particular, I am fascinated by the problem of stellar activity induced signals, which can mask true planetary signals causing false negatives, or worse masquerade as planetary signals causing false positives. I work on the problem of stellar activity from an analysis technique approach, building new software to help us disentangle the signals in our data sets. I love being a part of PACE because I remember being a new student (I was in the first PACE cohort!) and seeing the real impact of how the program helped me through my first year and set up for success throughout my grad career. When outside the office, I enjoy hitting golf balls on the driving range and reading (and trying to write!) sci-fi short stories.
Stephanie Urbano Stawinski
Leader Bio:leader chair 2 bio
Tyler Smith
Leader Bio:Tyler is a 3rd year PhD student working on theoretical astroparticle physics. He works on black hole formation/merger rates and extensions of the standard model of particle physics and the phenomenological implications they may have. Outside of research he loves to lift weights and spend time with his daughters either outside or watching anime.
Ryan Rice-Smith
Leader Bio:Ryan Rice-Smith is a 3rd year graduate student studying cosmic ray background for the existing Antarctic neutrino detector ARIANNA, as well as future detectors such as GRAMMAR and IceCube-Gen2. In his free time runs DnD games and hosts the KUCI radio show Elemental Exposure.
Prof. Franklin Dollar
Faculty Advisor
Prof. Steph Sallum
Faculty Advisor
Francisco Mercado
Emeritus Leadership Chair
Devontae Baxter
Emeritus Leadership Chair
Katy Rodriguez-Wimberly
Emeritus Leadership Chair and PACE program founder
Arianna Long
Emeritus Leadership Chair and PACE program founder