FINS (Fisheries Interdisciplinary Network of Students) is the graduate student organization within the School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences. In addition to serving as an umbrella organization for several graduate student committees, FINS also raises funds to support student travel to conferences and organizes academic and social events throughout the year.

If you have any questions, please feel free to email Kelly at kaneal@uw.edu and Markus at mmin@uw.edu.

Graduate Student Symposium

Student Awards

Read about recent students using their FINS awards

The 2024-2025 year’s officers are:

FINS Co-Coordinators – Nicole Doran (Internal Coordinator, ncdoran@uw.edu) and Kelly Neal (External Coordinator, kaneal@uw.edu)

GPSS Senator – Terrance Wang (twangs@uw.edu)

Union Representative – Katharine Leigh (kleigh11@uw.edu)

Curriculum Committee – Will Patrone (will0926@uw.edu)

Faculty Meeting Representatives – Kelly Neal (kaneal@uw.edu) and Zach Bengtsson (zbengt@uw.edu)

Graduate Student Symposium (GSS) Coordinators – Tessa Code (tcode@uw.edu), Bryan Briones (babo94@uw.edu), Grace Crandall (graceac9@uw.edu), Kristina Randrup (krandrup@uw.edu), and Anna Simeon (asimeon@uw.edu)

TGIT Coordinators – Connor Whalen (cjwhalen@uw.edu) and Kristina Randrup (krandrup@uw.edu)

Grad Retreat Planners – Connor Whalen (cjwhalen@uw.edu), Amirah Casey (acasey2@uw.edu), Taylor Triviñ0 (tay16@uw.edu), Claire Vaage (cvaage@uw.edu), and Olivia Bible (obible@uw.edu)

Merchandise – Brenna Rothman (brenroth@uw.edu)

Treasurers – Emily Bishop (ebish@uw.edu), Julia Indivero (jindiv@uw.edu)

Graduate Student Invited Speaker Coordinator – Gabby Commisso (gcom@uw.edu), Emma Christman (echristm@uw.edu)

Social Chair – Claire Vaage (cvaage@uw.edu)

FINS Merchandise

If you would like to purchase merchandise to support FINS—including t-shirts, sweatshirts and hats—please email Brenna Rothman or Matheus de Barros.