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Interested in being on the exec for Physsoc? Browse these listings for a brief outline of each position's duties, and get to know the kinds of people we have in out exec team. Most of the time the exec work as a team to run Physsoc events, making sure everything goes smoothly. To become an exec, you must attend the AGM or get someone to attend in your place and run for a position.

Trisha Roberson
	President In charges of everything. Coordinates with the department In charges of everything. Coordinates with the department	Biography >>
	Hobbies Coming soon...
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	What they think is awesome Coming soon...
	What they want to contribute Coming soon...

Gabrielle Hodgson	gabrielle_hodgson@hotmail.com
	President In charge of everyone, coordinates with the department I've been hanging about the Physsoc and the physics department long enough to have assumed a certain aura of authority. It is rather pleasant. Someone will ask me where something is kept or how to contact so and so, and if I don't know the answer, I'll just make some bunk up and wink knowingly. "It's in the super secret cupboard... you plebeian."	Biography >>
	Hobbies I like to run, quite a lot. I have a whole handful of marathons under my belt now. I play competitive soccer, too, and I have my pilot's license and fly as much as I can during the summers. And rude jokes. Those will get me every time.
	School Information 4th year Honours Physics, English Literature Minor
	What they think is awesome All the matter that makes up the human race could fit in a sugar cube. By the Pauli Exclusion Principle. Atoms are 99.9999999999999 per cent empty space, and if you make a fist, and if your fist is as big as the nucleus of an atom, then the atom is as big as St Paul's. If it happens to be a hydrogen atom, then it has a single electron flitting about like a moth in an empty cathedral, now by the dome, now by the altar. If you forced together all the atoms that make up humans, removing the space between them, crushing them down so that all those empty cathedrals were compressed, you could fit them all into a sugar cube weighing five billion tons.
	What they want to contribute I'd like to skip the room temperature superconductor and go straight to discovering one that superconducts at 100 C. Really durable and malleable, too.

Thomas Prescott	thomas.prescott@hotmail.com
	VP Finance Writes the budget, in charge of money and the Physsoc bank account Management of Physsoc finances	Biography >>
	Hobbies Cycling, music, video making/editing.
	School Information 3rd year Physics
	What they think is awesome The polarization of neutrons to perform analysis on the magnetic ordering of materials.
	What they want to contribute You're going to have to get back to me on that (it changes frequently)

Claire Edgcumbe	c.edgcumbe@gmail.com
	SUS Representative Represents Physics students at SUS meetings, volunteers for SUS Physics envoy to foreign lands	Biography >>
	Hobbies Canoeing, Soccer, Singing and Reading
	School Information Physics Major
	What they think is awesome Space Time Diagrams
	What they want to contribute Discover a magnetic monopole

Eric Zhao
	Academic Coordinator assistant to the VP Academic. I work in coordination (yes, the term is in the definition) with the VP Academic to coordinate (there it is again!) academic events and services for Physics students. These include LaTeX sessions, first year physics exam package curation and sales, and end of term review sessions, which are undeniably some of the most awesome things that the physsoc does. I have also been spearheading a free tutoring service (free as in beer) in the Physsoc lounge which has been going simply remarkably. If you happen to be tired of my obtusely smug self-glorification, join the Physsoc. You won't be disappointed.	Biography >>
	Hobbies I play the piano, compose music, write plays and poetry, and generally express my feelings. If you think that's an awfully feminine way to spend my time, well...too bad, girls dig this. I do balance all this sentiment out though by being fabulously engrossed in math, physics, and programming. Other fun facts: i'm a Tae-Kwon-Do black belt, I play the double bass, I know pi to 80 places, I used to be in a theatre company and an improv team, I love the Lord of the Rings, I like to go jogging and swimming, and people like being in classes with me for the sole reason that I take detailed lecture notes on a Tablet PC then share them digitally with everyone.
	School Information 3rd year Honours Physiology (please don't judge), Physics minor. I do research in computational tools for the analysis of next-generation sequencing data.
	What they think is awesome Quantum mechanics, and Prof. Zhitnitsky's five-second problems. Complex variables and Differential Equations and Prof. Bluman's bonus points (Partial Fractions!). Biophysics students. I like biophysics students. They're cool. Oh, and of course chilling at the Physsoc with friends. It's the best place to be! i've never laughed as hard in my life as I do every week at the Physsoc.
	What they want to contribute I'd like to bring peace to this world, one passing grade in first year physics at a time. Bring it on first year, pre-med, physics-hating, life science students. I am your Rosetta stone.

Radim Barta	rdm.barta@gmail.com
	Lecture Series Acolyte Assistant to the Lecture Series Coordinator Second in Command of the Physics Lecture Series, I help the first in command with finding profs and setting the lectures up so everyone can learn about awesome physics.	Biography >>
	Hobbies I like to read, primarily sci-fi and fantasy. I play RTSs and similar computer games. And I spend way too much time watching tv shows.
	School Information 3rd Year Physics Honours at UBC
	What they think is awesome We may be able to "see" extra-dimensions by giving particles so much energy that they gain a momentum in extra dimensions and then we would be able to observe this happening by the fact that to us it would look as if the particle has gained mass rather than momentum!
	What they want to contribute I would really like to either add to fundamental physics theories that describe our universe or make an observation of a new physical phenomena that could help disprove or support new theories about our universe. I also like to share physics knowledge with others as I think physics is just too cool and everyone should learn at least some physics in their life.

Victor Barua	victor.barua@gmail.com
	Advertising Coordinator In charge of making classroom announcements and making posters for our events As Director of Propaganda my job is the get people to see the double plus good side of Physics. That involves a whole lot of posters (placed at locations that maximise the efficiency of our information distribution), cookies (really, just actual cookies) and hanging out with awesome people (and asking them for help on homework).	Biography >>
	Hobbies Biking, College Level Cooking, Sleeping, Video Gaming, Magic the Gathering
	School Information 2nd year Combined Honours Physics and Computer Science
	What they think is awesome The International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor. When it's done, it'll be like having a small sun in your backyard, if your backyard was France and contained a hell of a lot of equipment to keep a ball of plasma burning and contained.
	What they want to contribute At the moment I'm interested in the field of nuclear physics, specifically energy technologies of the fission or fusion variety.

Sydney Archer	kawaly_2004@hotmail.com
	Pop God Takes care of the pop and candy machines. (ie. refills them and fixes them when broken) The pop god position involves the management of the supply chain from warehouse to consumer for the entire product line available to customers through the two vending machines in the physics society clubroom. Roles include B2C market analysis, procurement, transportation logistics, inventory control, human resource management, managerial accounting, sales budgeting, and customer service.	Biography >>
	Hobbies Learning about the God of which I am not. Travelling the world or living my life as an adventure at home, meeting people with stories, making my own stories.
	School Information 3rd year Commerce Major (transportation and logistics specialization) Physics minor
	What they think is awesome How neutron stars are supported against further collapse only by quantum degeneracy pressure. Its quantum mechanics on a stellar scale = epic
	What they want to contribute Bridge building between disciplines to make the good ideas that physicists have applicable in a commercial setting to improve the lives of the people who are served.

Maria Piao
	Webmaster Updates website with events, checks physsoc email address, organizes physsoc account. Updates website with events, checks physsoc email address, organizes physsoc account.	Biography >>
	Hobbies Reading about stuff
	School Information Fourth year Computer Science and Physics
	What they think is awesome The cat is both alive and dead.
	What they want to contribute I'll think of something I'm sure.

Jaxsun McCarthy Huggan	jaxsunm@gmail.com
	Assistant Webmaster Assists the webmaster in managing and updating the Physsoc website The super ultra sassy sub king of all internets	Biography >>
	Hobbies Ball Hockey, Skating, Programming, Vidja Gaems, Juice, Cooking
	School Information 3rd year combined honours Computer Science and Physics at UBC
	What they think is awesome Quantum computing, Bose Einstein condensates, super fluids, really anything low temperature
	What they want to contribute I'd tell you but I'd have to explain it ten times...

Conor Omand	comand92@hotmail.com
	Captain of the Guard Head of security Helping organize and run events, and keeping Physsoc and Physsoc events safe from break-ins, thieves, and engineers.	Biography >>
	Hobbies foosball, guitar, soccer, learning, and being around my friends and fellow physicists.
	School Information 2nd year Honours Chemical Physics
	What they think is awesome Understanding the world at a level that few others do is the coolest thing about Physics.
	What they want to contribute I want to do research in particle or condensed matter physics, or another area that branches the ideas of Chemistry and Physics.

Alysa Obertas	robo.aly@gmail.com
	Cookie Monster Responsible for making sure the cookies are plentiful I use the Physsoc members as loyal test subjects for my experiments. Although people might think they're eating delicious cookies, they're actually increasing the rate of conversion to becoming one of my minions. Enjoy the chocolate chips.	Biography >>
	Hobbies I like watching TV. Some of my favourite shows are Veronica Mars, Doctor Who, Stargate, Firefly, Buffy, True Blood, and A Game of Thrones. I also enjoy reading; Richard Feynman is hilarious. Board games, video games, and pen and paper RPGs (e.g. D&D) are fun.
	School Information 3rd year, majoring in Physics and Astronomy
	What they think is awesome Space is a playground for modern physics. If you want to see special relativity, general relativity, quantum mechanics, etc. in action, just look through a telescope!
	What they want to contribute N/A

Magnus Haw	magnus@physics.ubc.ca
	Love Guru Spreads the love of physics Love Guru- akin to General Officer	Biography >>
	Hobbies Frisbee, Fooseball ladder #0, Origami
	School Information 4th year Honours Physics
	What they think is awesome Lasers are awesome
	What they want to contribute Make fusion power work