WORCESTER, MA–Snehalata Kadam, Ph. D. is an Assistant Professor of Physics at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) and the founder and chair of Women Empowering Women at the India Society of Worcester.
She is also the past-president and one of the founding members of the Association of Women in Science (AWIS), national non-profit organization’s Central Massachusetts chapter. She organized multiple panel discussions during her three-year term to help, inspire and network women graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, and women in early career to grow and transition into the workforce.
To watch the full video interview with Ms. Kadam, please click here, or on the image below:
On April 26, 2024, she will be honored as the Outstanding Woman of the 2024 at the INDIA New England News Annual Woman of the Year Awards gala at Burlington Marriott, Busrlington, MA.
Currently she is the brand ambassador of AWIS since the past 3 years. She participated in Girls Inc; Geek is Glam workshops organized at WPI. At WPI, Ms. Kadam is chair of Physics Department Undergrad Curriculum Committee., and an insight advisor to the incoming freshman students. She is also a Pre-Med committee member.
Ms. Kadam earned a B.S and M.S from India and a Ph.D. from Tubingen University in Germany. She continued her graduate work as a post-doctoral researcher at California Institute of Technology (CALTECH) where she studied “Mechanics of Cell Migration”. She collaboratively published her work in the peer reviewed journals like Physics Education, Development, Cell Adhesion and Migration, and Nucleic Acids Research.
Ms. Kadam joined WPI as a Physics faculty with the goal of bridging diverse disciplines such as Physical and Biological Sciences. Her primary responsibility is not only to create a Physics loving atmosphere especially in female and gender minor students wherein they can develop their knowledge but also help themselves adapt innovative learning strategies. She is an active volunteer at ISW and enjoys learning/performing classical dance Kathak as well as Bollywood and folk-dance forms.
