Lily Coffin - Ricketts House
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Mechanical Engineering
Farmingdale, NY
Lily is in a band where she plays the electric guitar and the trumpet! Outside of the studio, Lily studies Mechanical Engineering, focusing more so on space exploration, astrobiology, and plentary science. Inside her dorm, she lives with Sweet Pea, who she claims is the "world's most adorable cat." In 2021, Lily SURFed with Professor Geoffrey Blake. Currently, she also works in Professor Alex Sessions' lab and in Professor Joseph Falson's lab. "Caltech is like a candy store for nerds," says Lily. "There is a ton of incredible research going on and as a Caltech undergrad, all it takes is an email to get involved."