Meet the Team

Catalytic Triad of Founders

Founded in 2025

Much like an acid, base, and nucleophile in a reaction, our Catalytic Triad helps bring ideas into action.

  • Misty Aldrin

    CO-FOUNDER

    3rd year Psychobiology major from Irvine, California

  • Calia Godtland

    CO-FOUNDER

    3rd year Neuroscience major from San Francisco, California

  • Shimi Golderger

    CO-FOUNDER

    3rd year Biology major from Los Angeles, California

Executive Board

  • Tobias Burgett

    DIRECTOR OF OUTREACH

    3rd year Economics major from Napa, California

  • Kyle Kim

    DIRECTOR OF RECRUITMENT

    3rd year Psychobiology major from Fullerton, California

  • Avamehr Vaghaiwalla

    DIRECTOR OF PARTNERSHIPS

    3rd year Environmental Science major from Los Angeles, California

  • Dr. Martin-Louis Riu

    FACULTY SIGNATORY

    Professor for Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Catalyst Contributor Cohorts

  • Writers

    Elizabeth Cotillo, Elena Ponichtera, Annette Byun, Anya Yang, Lorenzo Grats, Cheuk Tsz Ching, Salma Kidwai, Tejasree Kancharla, Celeste Baroudel, Maria Kesisoglou, Mila Ashlee Rubin, Micaela White, John Mason, Renee Modina, Kavya Kadakia, Arianna Zhou

    Editors

    Grace Jiang, Jennifer Vuong, Sophia Shamoun, Yashveer Sekhon, Cheska Dizon, Ali Alfarsi, Leena Gupta, Sina Raunaqe, Cassandra Rogstad, Ethan Hwang, Jacklyn Mendez, Rebecca BeDell

    Website Developers

    Clay Cui, Uzair Hammad, Alma Amaya Sandoval, Mabel Neyyan, Alyiah Hufana

    Outreach

    Jocelyn Gu, Jubilee Yu, Addison Lola, Nicole Clarin, Juliana Lemus, Hasini Menta, Elena Kong, Iman Tahir

    Board of Directors

    Tobias Burgett, Kyle Kim, Avamehr Vaghaiwalla

    Founders

    Misty Aldrin, Calia Godtland, Shimi Goldberger