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  • Welcome to Caltech:

Terrance "Terry" Tumey

Terry joined Caltech as director of Athletics, Recreation and Instruction (ARI) on October 28. Prior to Caltech, Terry's multifaceted career included tenures as a college football player and coach, as a college athletics administrator at NCAA Division I, II, and III level schools, and as an executive in the National Football League (NFL).

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  • Welcome to Caltech:

Michelle Markarian

Michelle joined Caltech as an administrative assistant in the Division of Engineering and Applied Science. In March 2025, she began supporting faculty and their research groups with equipment orders, travel planning, reimbursements, and event logistics. Prior to Caltech, Michelle worked for a casting director and assisted with TV shows, films, and podcasts.

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  • Welcome to Caltech:

Anna Iudintseva

Anna joined Caltech as the first full-time mechanical engineer at the new gravitational wave detector observatory called Cosmic Explorer, which observes the first events that occurred after the Big Bang. In June 2025, Anna started working with other LIGO scientists to develop the 40 km by 40 km interferometer to be built in the next decade.

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  • Celebrating a recognition:

Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz

The Zernicka-Goetz Lab at Caltech, in partnership with the Terasaki Institute, recently received a $2.8 million grant from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine. This grant will support high-throughput research using stem cell-derived models of early human development to uncover the factors that control embryo formation.

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  • Welcome to Caltech:

James Wiley

On June 30, James joined Caltech as a mechanical engineer for the Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy, where he’ll build next-generation astronomical instruments for ground-based observatories such as Palomar and Keck. He earned his PhD in physics from the University of California, San Diego.

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  • Welcome to Caltech:

Madison Quan

On September 2, Madison joined Caltech as the interim head coach of the women’s basketball team for the 2025-26 season. She previously served as assistant coach for the Pomona-Pitzer Sagehens, the same team she played on during her four years as an undergraduate at Pitzer College.