The ULPA Executive Team has two vacancies. If you are interested in volunteering on an interim basis for one of these positions, please reach out to the ULPA Exec. Formal elections for all positions will be held annually.
Current ULPA Executive
Dr. Paula Olivares Guzmán (she/her)
- President (April 2026 – present)
- Former VP Finance (October 2025 – April 2026)
- Department: Canadian Centre for Behavioural Neuroscience
Dr. Esmaeel Ghasemi Gojani (he/him)
- VP Operations (April 2026 – present)
- Department: Canadian Centre for Behavioural Neuroscience
Dr. Shaylyn Kress (she/her)
- VP Communications (October 2025 – Present)
- Department: Canadian Centre for Behavioural Neuroscience
Dr. Amirhossein Moshrefi (he/him)
- VP Internal Affairs (April 2026 – Present)
- Department: Canadian Centre for Behavioural Neuroscience
Former Executive Council Members
- Dr. Haben Gabir (she/her); Former VP Internal (December 2025 – April 2026); Chemistry and Biochemistry
- Dr. Melissa Chelak (she/her); Former President (March 2025 – March 2026); Biological Sciences
- Dr. Andreas N.M. Eriksson; Former VP Internal Affairs (Mar – May 2022, June 2024 – Dec 2025), Former President (May 2022 – Jan 2024), Former VP External Affairs (Jan – June 2024), Biological Sciences
- Dr. Michael Kyweriga; Former President (2016 – 2017); Canadian Centre for Behavioural Neuroscience
- Dr. Senthilkumar Kailasam; Former VP Academic (2016 – 2017); ARRTI, Chemistry & Biochemistry
- Dr.Samsoon Inayat; Former VP Operations (2016 – 2017); Chemistry & Biochemistry
- Dr. Alia Hamieh; Former VP Social (2016 – 2017); Mathematics & Computer Science
- Dr. Rajasekar Kamalampeta; Former VP Finance (2016 – 2017); Mathematics & Computer Science
- Dr. Ayanda Ngwenya; Canadian Centre for Behavioural Neuroscience (2015 – 2016)
- Dr. Laura Albrecht; Chemistry & Biochemistry (2015 – 2016)
- Dr. Binod Pageni; Chemistry & Biochemistry (2015 – 2016)
- Dr. Andy Hudson; Chemistry & Biochemistry (2015 – 2016)