CT-TACF Nominating Committee Members: Jane Harris, Bill Adamsen and John Baker (chair) are recommending the following candidates for the Board of Directors and Chapter Officers:
Nominees for the Board of Directors: Eight current Board members have expiring terms and five of those have agreed to serve for another two-year term with the term ending in 2021: Jane Harris, Jack Ostroff, Jack Swatt, Woods Sinclair, Christian Allyn.
One additional candidate has been identified and has agreed that his name can be added to the nominations slate: Florian Carle of the Yale Quantum Institute.
Nominees for Officers: The Nominating Committee presents the following slate of Officers, each to serve a one-year term ending in 2020:
President – Jack Swatt
Vice President – Jack Ostroff
Treasurer – Jim Gage
Secretary – Florian Carle
Biodata for Florian Carle:
Florian Carle – New Haven
After spending his childhood in southern France harvesting and eating chestnuts at every occasion, Florian moved to New Haven for work in 2014 and realized American chestnuts are not as ubiquitous than their European counterpart. He is delighted to join the CT Chapter to help restore this amazing tree.
Florian earned a M.Eng and a PhD from Aix Marseille University in France for his experimental work on droplets evaporation under microgravity for space applications. He is currently the manager of the Yale Quantum Institute where he creates programing to promote research and teaching of quantum science on the Yale campus, curates several series of talks and workshops, and facilitates scientific collaboration by hosting leading scientists from around the world. Outside of science, Florian likes to row and scull on the Quinnipiac River and on the Long Island Sound and he enjoys theater, the WWE, and spending time with his cat Raccoon. He is also amused to live on Chestnut Street!
Instagram: @FlofloFlr
Respectfully submitted,
John C. Baker, Chair
On behalf of the CT-TACF Nominating Committee
