Alex Baten is a 3rd-year PhD student in the Chemical and Biological Engineering program. He utilizes computational methods to conduct research on DNA nanotechnology. He becoming involved with Local 1466 after being elected as his department’s steward. Shortly thereafter, he ran for and was elected as Area Steward for the School of Engineering for 2023-2024. He made valuable contributions to the Spring 2024 compensation re-opener. Alex hopes to strengthen the union representation and build union power in the School of Engineering.

Email: abaten@unm.edu

Speaks: English