Person Spotlight Listing
- Alum
Snigdha Saha (BS '24)
Every single person I know at Caltech is so accomplished, so smart. I’m so lucky to be able to say I went to school with these people. I can guarantee you, in a few years, some of them will be Nobel laureates. Some of them will be winning all sorts of prizes. Some of them will be spearheading companies. There’s a sense of going from imposter syndrome to reaching the end and saying, ‘You know what? I did belong here, and I did really well, and I'm really proud of that.’"
- Undergraduate
Chi Cap
The house system has been a great resource for me. The third- and fourth-year undergrads in my house provided a safe space for me to ask anything, like: ‘How do I email a professor asking to do research in their lab?’ and ‘What classes should I take?’ They helped me adjust to college, adjust to Caltech, make friends, and eventually I became the social vice president of my house! It’s really good to have people who have been through what you’re going through, know what you feel like, and can support you through everything.”
- Barista and Cashier at Red Door Marketplace
Vincent Lopez
One of the best things about Caltech is the diversity. When the World Cup soccer matches are happening, you can go into the dining hall any day and see people from that country cheering on their team. There’s such a wide variety of people from all over the world here, so you get introduced to so many different cultures. I really enjoy that.”
- Postdoctoral Scholar Research Associate in Chemistry
Melissa Ramirez
My dad came here to Caltech to work at Browne Dining Hall. Being a postdoc at Caltech brings my academic journey full circle. I get to conduct research in a laboratory space, and I’ve gotten opportunities he and many others don’t get a chance to have. My background as a first-generation Latina shapes the leader that I am today. It keeps me grounded and reminds me of the privilege that I have to serve the local and global community through science.”
- Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Yaser Abu-Mostafa (PhD '83)
I’ve spent two-thirds of my life at Caltech. This is my home. It is completely the environment where I can be productive, where I want to help, where I want the students to flourish, where I want good things to happen. It’s a place where you have lots of room to think and to research and to imagine.”
- Professor of Planetary Science; Allen V. C. Davis and Lenabelle Davis Leadership Chair and Director, Keck Institute for Space Studies
Bethany Ehlmann
Space exploration, in many ways, brings out the best in us, as a society, where we band together to do something that's hard, that's challenging, and that's really done for the purposes of knowledge."