About Us

What else do we do? A lot!

For the community: From in-school visits and demos, to creating digital content to follow up Science Cafe visits, to setting up mentorships. We are the gateway for our young students’ pathways to science.

For graduate, professional, and undergraduate students: Open Labs’s vision is to make distinctive, lasting, and substantial growth in the life of young scholars and the community. To do so, we’re on a mission to attract, excite, and develop passionate and exceptional people on our team. Our values-driven team is a resource for you and our resources and abilities are the gateway to realizing YOUR ideas on how to make distinctive, lasting, and substantial growth in the life of young scholar and the community. More information on volunteering can be found on the “Support Us” tab.

For graduate & professional students:

We are your gateway to outreach and a vehicle for implementing your ideas.

• Proven Track Record (Est. 2012)

• Volunteer Run

• Non-Profit

• Fun & Innovative

• Partnership-Based

Our Leadership Board

Director:

Lester Rodriguez - Neuroscience PhD Student (Profile)

Demos/Science Haven Co-Chairs:

Xiran Bai - Physics PhD Student (Profile)

Jerry Xu - Chemistry PhD Student (Profile)

Aiyanna Doss - Biomedical Engineering PhD Student (Profile)

Science Cafe/Exploring Science Co-Chairs:

Katie Stachowicz - Neuroscience PhD Student (Profile)

Joy Pajarla - Physics PhD Student (Profile)

Flipped Science Fair Co-Chairs:

Merrill Asp - Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Postdoctoral Associate (Profile)

Ashleigh Smirnov - Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry PhD Student (Profile)

Finance Chair: Kassandra Castaldi - Chemistry PhD Student (Profile)

Public Relations Co-Chairs:

Neha Arun - Microbiology PhD Student (Profile)

Katherine Yao - Neuroscience PhD Student (Profile)

Amanda Leonita - Pathology PhD Student (Profile)

Together With

Office of New Haven Affairs (OHNA)

• Claudia Merson, Director of Public School Partnerships

• Maria Parente, Associate Director of Public School Partnerships

• Angel Acevedo Martinez, Program Administrator for Yale Pathways to Science

Close Partner Organizations

• ARTE Inc

• Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS)

• Yale BBS Diversity and Inclusion Collective (YBDIC)

• Boys and Girls Club of New Haven

• CitySeed New Haven

• Graduate and Professional Student Senate, Yale University

• Pathways to Science, Office of New Haven and State Affairs, Yale University

• Wu Tsai Institute Student and Postdoc Committee

• INP Outreach Group