The Science Undergraduate Society 2022/2023 Executive Team
Here you can find the contact information of each executive to be able to contact them. As well, office hours are held for each executive, and you can attend them at Abdul Ladha.
President Harjot Uppal
Hello UBC Science! My name is Harjot Uppal (she/her), and I am a fifth-year honours Integrated Sciences student specializing in Physiology and Infectious Diseases. I am honoured to serve as your 2022-2023 Science Undergraduate Society (SUS) President. As SUS President, I extensively support the executive team with their specific portfolios, chair the SUS Executive Committee, and oversee the EDI and HR Working Groups. I also have the privilege of representing science students at several Faculty of Science meetings. If you are interested in learning more about SUS or would like to set up a coffee chat, please do not hesitate to reach out via email (president@sus.ubc.ca).
VP Administration Brandon Wong
Hello UBC Science! My name is Brandon (he/him) and I’m a 3rd year majoring in Microbiology and Immunology! As your VP Administration for the 2022/23 school year, my portfolio and I will directly communicate with and provide Science Clubs support, promote sustainability, oversee building management for the Abdul Ladha Science Student Centre, organize SUS documents and meeting minutes, and maintain the SUS code and policy.
If you have questions about becoming a UBC Science Club and the resources that brings, the SUS Governance Documents or working group meeting minutes, feedback for the Abdul Ladha building, or anything about my portfolio, please feel free to contact me via email at vpadministration@sus.ubc.ca
VP Academic Henry Li
@Everyone in UBC Science! My name is Henry (he/him) and I’m a 3rd year majoring in Pharmacology and Therapeutics! As your VP Academic for 2022 2023, my role is to support your academic experience, physical and mental wellbeing, and offer mentorship opportunities. I also work directly with the Faculty of Science to advocate for undergraduate academic issues, support accessibility, adjudicate how our student fees are spent, develop science curriculum, and recognize excellent teaching in our faculty!
If you or your club/organization has any concerns with how the Faculty of Sciences is affecting our academic experience, any suggestions as to how we can keep our academic institutions accountable, or any feedback on what SUS can do to support student academic wellbeing, please contact me via email at vpacademic@sus.ubc.ca.
VP Communications Gahan Diwan
Hello UBC Science! My name is Gahan Diwan (He/him), and I am in my 3rd year of Combined Major in Science (Biology, Chemistry,and Earth science) here at UBC. I am honored to be serving as your 2022/23 Vice-President, Communications. As VP Communications, I oversee all of the SUS communications platforms like our website, and our social media accounts. The Communications Portfolio includes First Week, Marketing, Visual Media, Productions, Sales, and Webmasters.
If you or your club/organization need any support from SUS with the promotion of your events, please feel free to contact me via email! Also, do not hesitate to get in touch for anything regarding the Communications portfolio or even just to chat!
VP External Chris Mok
Hello, UBC Science! My name is Chris Mok (he/him), and I am honoured to be serving as your Vice-President External for the 2022/2023 academic year. To introduce myself, I am a fourth-year Behavioural Neuroscience student, but currently on co-op!
The External portfolio oversees all things relating to Community Engagement, Careers and Professional Development, Corporate Relations, and Student Benefits. Our team broadly aims to collaborate with external organizations and campus partners, provide networking, volunteering and career development opportunities, advocate for humanitarian causes, maintain the Blue Card science student discount program, and represent the full diversity of our student groups.
If you are interested in providing feedback/suggestions, want to collaborate or just want to chat, please do not hesitate to contact me via email (vpexternal@sus.ubc.ca)!
VP Finance Kaye Chan
Hi all! I am very excited to work with you this year as SUS’ VP Finance. Some of my goals this year would be to increase financial literacy within the Science community by hosting more workshops, bring more awareness to SUS grants and also increasing the payout rate and finally, to be more transparent with our financial processes with some podcasts. If I am not studying, I love finding new places to eat and being by or in the water (either paddle boarding or swimming!) If you have any questions or concerns, feel free to contact me at the VP Finance email and visit during our office hours!
VP Internal Andrew Feng
Hi UBC Science! My name is Andrew Feng (he/him) and I am currently in my 4th year studying Integrated Sciences. I am honoured to be serving as your Vice President Internal for this academic year. The Internal Portfolio relates to anything and everything that concerns the inner workings of SUS and here are the following committees within the portfolio: Internal Committee, Elections, First Year Committee and Science Student Recognition Awards.
With the help of my team, I hope to improve community engagement, expand the impact of the Science Student Recognition Awards Night and improve inter and intra-portfolio relations. I hope that student’s feel welcomed and appreciated when they join the team or get involved with SUS. If you want to learn more about how to run in Elections or just have general questions about SUS, feel free to contact me via email (vpinternal@sus.ubc.ca) or Facebook.
VP Student Life Samantha Wong
Hello UBC Science! I am Samantha Wong (she/her) and I am currently a third-year Honours Microbiology and Immunology student. I am excited to be your VP Student Life for the 2022/2023 school year!
The Student Life Portfolio is responsible for flagship events such as Science RXN, Science Week, and Science Graduation, as well as the Social and Sports Working Group events throughout the school year. The Student Life Portfolio strives to plan and execute events that are inclusive and exciting for all Science students here at UBC.
Feel free to reach out to me at vpstudentlife@sus.ubc.ca to share event ideas, to learn more about SUS and Student Life, or to just chat!