The goal of SAC is to bring all attendees of the American Peptide Symposium together by encouraging active participation in symposium events and working as a community to ensure a successful meeting that benefits all who attend.

SAC is generally comprised of 2-3 professional-level co-chairs and 7-8 students and postdocs, and is responsible for organizing the following events at the APS:

The students that serve on SAC assist in all of these events providing support by way of:

For their participation, students get recognition on the website and at the awards ceremony. One of the biggest benefits of serving on SAC is the ample opportunity to network which has long-lasting benefits.

Do You Want to Participate?

Students and professionals that are interested in participating in SAC should contact the SAC co-chairs, below.

SAC Co Chairs

Emel
Adaligil

Councilor, SAC Co Chair
Senior Scientific Manager
Genentech

Michael
Bertucci

Councilor, SAC Co Chair
Assistant Professor
Lafayette College

James
Checco

SAC Co Chair
Assistant Professor
University of Nebraska - Lincoln

2023 APS Student Activities Committee

Carly Schissel, Postdoc, Yale
Othman Al Musaimi, Postdoc, Imperial College, London
Prabhat Bhat, Grad, OSU
Olamilekan Joseph Ibukun, Grad, Indian Institute of Sci Ed & Res
Sagar Bhattacharya, Grad, Syracuse
Mona Mehrani, Grad, UNR
Marie Shimogawa, Grad, UPenn