Monica Plisch | Inclusive Graduate Education Network

Interim IGEN Alliance Director

American Physical Society

Monica Plisch, Interim Alliance Director for IGEN, served as Principal Investigator for the IGEN pilot and has led the APS Bridge Program. Plisch also serves as the Director of Programs at the American Physical Society (APS) in College Park, Maryland. She oversees APS initiatives in Education, Diversity, Careers and Public Engagement, and has worked for over a decade to build a portfolio of national programs that have been recognized for their positive impact in the physics community. Plisch completed her doctoral studies in physics at Cornell University and was elected a Fellow of the APS in 2016.

American Physical Society

The APS is a founding society partner of IGEN. Since 2012, its APS Bridge Program partners have helped to close the gap in participation of Black, Latinx and Indigenous participation in physics graduate studies.