UCSD Physics Undergraduate Megan Grace Li 2021 Universities Space Research Association Distinguished Undergraduate

UCSD Physics Undergraduate Megan Grace Li 2021 Universities Space Research Association Distinguished Undergraduate

Megan Grace Li is a 2021 Universities Space Research Association Distinguished Undergraduate. She will graduate UCSD this Winter with a B.S. in Physics with a Specialization in Astrophysics. At UCSD, she researches the morphology of nearby galaxies under Dr. Karin Sandstrom.

Megan also does exoplanet research with Breakthrough Listen at the Berkeley SETI Research Center. In May of 2020, Megan founded Big Sister STEM (www.bigsisterstem.org), a nonprofit organization that provides cost-free virtual STEM mentorship to girls in middle school and high school.

She also serves as the President of UCSD's Astronomy Club, Outreach Chair of the Society of Physics Students at UCSD, and Vice President of the UCSD Tea Club.