FIG Assistant: Alex Taloyo
Hello, incoming freshmen! My name is Alex and I will be the FIG Assistant for Fall 2021's Rock 'n' Physics FIG. I was a member of the FIG Humans: An Origin Story in Fall 2019 and the FIG Assistant for Game of Evolution in Fall 2020. Regardless of your major, I look forward to assisting you in this wonderful opportunity for interdisciplinary education.
I grew up in Salem, Oregon and chose to study at the University of Oregon for academic interest and personal compatibility. The various opportunities available in the Physics department are attractive, and I also get to experience a familiar Oregon atmosphere while remaining at a distance suitable for starting a new life.
Coming to UO is a fresh start, but just talking to people and asking around yields countless opportunities to explore various communities. As a freshman, I first joined the Society of Physics Students (SPS) and made close friends with a community of people that attended a program known as North Star, and I also became a core member of the Table Tennis Club. At this time, I am the Vice President of the Table Tennis Club, as well as the Vice President of a newly established quantum physics club that I co-founded named Quantastic Physics. I also work in a lab at CAMCOR under Huestis, where I mainly do TEM lamella prep with the plasma FIB. In my free time, I enjoy playing chess and table tennis, transcribing music for my flute and piano, and reading manga.
I am excited and honored to be a part of your new life here at the UO! If you registered for Rock ‘n’ Physics, I’d like to get to know you a little better before we begin the fall term. You can share your name and a bit about yourself or your interests via email; perhaps why you chose this FIG and what you’re looking forward to in the class and at the UO as well. I will almost always be available for questions or guidance, especially content-wise, so please use me as a learning resource! Have an enjoyable, healthy, and safe summer; I look forward to meeting all of you!
Email: ataloyo@uoregon.edu