Meet The Team

Below you can learn more about the people behind PIPA.

Rachel Pillsworth

Rachel Pillsworth

President

Rachel (she/her/hers) is a former undergraduate and current PhD student working with Dr. Ralph Pudritz at McMaster. She researches star formation theory through multi-scale computer simulations and is particularly inter...

Lauren Foster

Lauren Foster

Secretary

Lauren Foster (she/her/hers) is a second-year master's student at McMaster studying star formation in galaxies falling into galaxy clusters with her supervisor Dr. Laura Parker. Lauren is always looking for ways to...

Dylan Lazarus

Dylan Lazarus

Treasurer

Dylan Lazarus (he/him) is a first-year PhD student studying under the supervision of Dr. Laura Parker, with a current focus on the elusive mechanisms that drive galaxy rejuvenation. He was born and raised in Montreal, also having completed...

Nicole Gromek

Nicole Gromek

Social Media Manager

Nicole Gromek (she/her) is a second year MSc student at McMaster, after having completed her undergraduate degree at U of T. She researches the chemical compositions of M-Dwarfs in binary pairings with solar type stars...

Veronika Dornan

Veronika Dornan

Events Coordinator

Veronika Dornan (she/her/hers) is an astronomy PhD student at McMaster studying the relationship between globular star clusters and dark matter in galaxies with her supervisor Dr Bill Harris. She is originally from Ottawa, Ontario but...