Join us as we welcome Angeliki Rigos. She will tell us about her journey from industry to academia to founding the nonprofit Epistimi in order to provide leadership training to women in STEMM globally.

What happens when women get leadership training and begin leading themselves, rather than following the traditional path they were groomed for? Angeliki Rigos tells the story of her evolution from Principal Scientist in a company to Chemistry Professor to Executive Director of a Global Center at MIT to founding leadership programs for women in STEMM. She will talk about the tipping points in her career that shifted her trajectory and the crucible moments that changed her forever.

Angeliki Rigos is a scientist, educator, and consultant interested in working across disciplines to promote sustainable solutions to global problems.  She  began her career as a Principal Scientist at Physical Sciences Inc.  She transitioned to Assistant, then Associate Professor of Chemistry at Merrimack College. In 2017, she became the Executive Director of the MIT Tata Center for Technology and Design and in 2019, Program Manager for the DOE funded Center for Enhanced Nanofluidic Transport and Associate Director for Graduate Programs at the MIT Energy Initiative. Concurrently, she co-founded the MIT LEAdership and Professional Skills and Strategies (LEAPS) Program. In 2021, she founded the nonprofit Epistimi, Inc to offer leadership training to women in STEMM globally. Dr. Rigos has been part of the leadership team of the MIT Club of Boston since 2018.

Angeliki holds a BA in Chemistry from Cornell University, a Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from MIT and an MBA from Northeastern University, and is an alumna of HERS Denver 2015. She served as President of the Massachusetts Chapter of the Association for Women in Science (AWIS) and President of the MIT Club of Boston. She has been teaching leadership to graduate students and postdocs in the MIT Physics Department for the past 6 years.

Women & Wine Wednesdays is a professional networking group for MIT alumnae & friends - women and those who identify as women. If you would like to bring a male colleague, please email Tina Kruczynski (tina@mitsloanboston.com).

   REGISTER

Wednesday, October 1, 2025

6:00 - 9:00 p.m. 

The Ritz-Carlton, Artisan Bistro

10 Avery Street, Boston, MA

MIT/Sloan Alumnae: $25/each

MIT/Sloan Students: $15/each

Non-MIT/Sloan Alumnae: $35/each

This event is hosted and sponsored by the MIT Sloan Boston Alumni Association (MITSBAA). MITSBAA is an alumni-led 501-C3 non-profit. For more information and/or to volunteer, please email tina@mitsloanboston.com