Members

Officers, alumni, and active members of Slug Security.

Currently 12 officers and 8 listed alumni. 0 members active this quarter.

Leadership

Executive

6

Lead officers running the org.

  • Sofia Yakushi
    President
    Sofia Yakushi
    @yakushiiiii.

    3rd year Computer Science undergraduate student. Interested in web security, cryptography, and network security

  • Peter Dobbins
    Vice President
    Peter Dobbins
    @sixteen4

    Undergraduate in Computer Science: Game Design who is passionate about programming, software security, cryptography, system and network infrastructure, and game development.

  • Nancy Lau
    Graduate Advisor & Founder
    Nancy Lau
    @rose

    President emeritus (2022-24). CSE graduate student, interested in hardware security and AI.

  • Ex Taranenko
    Graduate Advisor & Founder
    Ex Taranenko
    @fbad

    President emeritus '24-26. Vice President '22-24. Focused on computer networking and security. Interested in vulnerability analysis, reverse engineering, and cybersecurity education.

  • Dominick Rangel
    External Outreach
    Dominick Rangel
    @1229.

    Applied Math & Cog Sci 4th year interested in applied cryptography and ECC

  • Alvaro A. Cardenas
    Founding Faculty Advisor
    Alvaro A. Cardenas
    @chibchachum

    Alvaro A. Cardenas is an Associate Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of California, Santa Cruz.

Officers

6

Officers handling specific functions.

  • Morris Richman
    University Relations Ambassador
    Morris Richman
    @mcrich

    Undergraduate in Computer Science and often called an Apple fanboy. Interested in network and application security. Often finds 0-days and config issues when its least convenient for everyone else.

  • Ian Phan
    Student Outreach
    Ian Phan
    @heythatsillegal

    Current Human Computer Interaction student, interested in applied cognitive psych, education and learning technologies, human factors engineering, and social engineering. Busy teaching new hackers at the moment!!

  • Sean Weber
    Operations
    Sean Weber
    @cosdet

    Comp Sci & Math student interested in security competitions, embedded security, and operating system design.

  • Nate Jarrett
    Head of Infrastructure
    Nate Jarrett
    @ndawg

    Computer engineering student interested in cyber-physical, network, and embedded computer security.

  • Korben Tompkin
    Operations
    Korben Tompkin
    @korbexmachina

    3rd year computer science & mathematics. Interested in cryptography, distributed systems, and embedded systems.

  • Alex Hu
    Operations
    Alex Hu
    @anonymousrand

    CS/math student, casual CTF enjoyer, ok at cryptography, professional hobby collector. is occasionally smart

Alumni

8

Past officers. We don’t track general-member alumni.

  • David Mlynski
    External Outreach
    David Mlynski
    @skynet2030

    Led the club's certificate program. Interested in web security and Artificial Intelligence. UCSC '26.

  • Julia Barbera
    External Outreach
    Julia Barbera
    @fish

    Electrical Engineering undergrad... Embedded development and hardware security fan. I use arch btw

  • Jaden P. Maxwell-Comfort
    Vice President & Head of Infra
    Jaden P. Maxwell-Comfort
    @maxwell

    Cybersecurity Researcher and Programmer. Main focuses include malware analysis, incident response, and Emacs. UCSC '25.

  • Dmitry Pleshkov
    Operations
    Dmitry Pleshkov
    @dankdmitron

    doing supercomputing infra at X. UCSC '24.

  • Rudy Chavez
    Outreach
    Rudy Chavez
    @rudy.chavez

    Interested in social engineering and cryptography, former officer '24.

  • Brian Mak
    Operations & Head of Infra
    Brian Mak
    @asian.eggroll

    Interested in cybersecurity and systems programming, with a proven track record in numerous cybersecurity competitions. Led the '23 & '24 UCSC eCTF team. UCSC '24.

  • Jeffrey Zhang
    Operations
    Jeffrey Zhang
    @ferns.1115

    not fish. UCSC '23.

  • Jackson Kohls
    Finance
    Jackson Kohls
    @jdkohls

    Math/Econ double major who fell into the joys of cybersecurity and CTFs. UCSC '23.

Active members

Members who met active status that quarter. Want to be on this list? Become a member.

Spring 2026

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Roster TBD

Winter 2026

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Roster TBD

Fall 2025

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Roster TBD

End of member roster, general member records only go back to Fall 2025.