People and Places to Know

Alina Mak - Program Coordinator - a.mak@northeastern.edu
Great person to talk to regarding degree requirements, transfer credits, specific courses, and much more.

Nancy Wong - Program Coordinator - n.wong@northeastern.edu
Great person to talk to regarding degree requirements, transfer credits, specific courses, and much more.

José Cruz - Administrative Assistant - j.cruz@northeastern.edu
Not sure who you need to talk to for something? José can help you figure it out.

McKenzie Collins - Academic Advisor - mck.collins@northeastern.edu
For all physics related majors (some combined majors excluded), McKenzie will be your academic advisor. She can help you choose classes, figure out the path you want to take, override course pre-reqs, and more.

Steve Savitsky - Co-op Coordinator - s.savitsky@northeastern.edu
When it comes time to go on co-op, Steve will be your best friend. Anything co-op search related, whether it’s researching what kind of co-ops people have done in the past with physics degrees, getting connected with recruiters at companies, or finding a position that’ll be a perfect fit, se can help with.

Tim Sage - Faculty Advisor - t.sage@northeastern.edu
A stalwart figure in the physics department, Prof. Sage has seen everything, and knows pretty much every course in the curriculum inside out. If you ever want more information about what kinds of things are covered in a certain course, or what elective to take if you want to learn about a specific subject, Prof. Sage is your man.

Louise Skinnari - Professor, SPS Club Advisor - l.skinnari@northeastern.edu
One of our SPS club advisors. Prof. Skinnari is always a friend to talk to, and is one of the Northeastern scientists working at the CMS experiment at CERN, where she conducts research on the upgrade of the track-trigger system.

Swastik Kar - Professor, SPS Club Advisor - s.kar@northeastern.edu
Prof. Kar is our second SPS advisor. Like Prof. Skinnari, he’s always a friend to talk to, and can help you liason with other faculty. We love Prof. Kar.

Nathan Israeloff - Professor, SPS Club Advisor - n.israeloff@northeastern.edu
Prof. Israeloff is our third SPS advisor. His specialties lie in experiemental nanophysics, and he runs the Israeloff lab on campus which does research in that area.

College of Science Advising - 206 MU
To meet with your academic or co-op advisors, you’ll head here. The home of McKenzie Collins and Steve Savitsky.

Egan Conference Room - 206 EG
SPS meetings are held here! Come hang out, do fun activities, and meet your fellow physics students at Northeastern.

Undergraduate Physics Lounge - 120 DA
Great spot to read, do homework, solve problems, or just chat. This space is for you. To get it, just tap your NUID on the lock (note: you must be a declared physics major to access this room. If your card doesn’t work for some reason, head down the hall and talk to José)