diff --git a/_data/people.yml b/_data/people.yml
index 19ef5b828..bf2d42e86 100644
--- a/_data/people.yml
+++ b/_data/people.yml
@@ -78,6 +78,21 @@
   linkedin: stephen-cahoon-885560250
   github: cahoon-stephen
 
+ name: Chayanika RoyChaudhuri
+  role: 
+  pronouns: she/her
+  startdate: 
+  enddate: 
+  image: 
+  position: Research Volunteer
+  subsequent: 
+  email: roc@pitt.edu
+  orcid: 
+  scholar: 
+  description: Chayanika received her Bachelor of Engineering from India and her MS from the University of Toledo, Ohio. She is a research volunteer in electrical and computer engineering at the University of Pittsburgh and a part-time faculty member at Robert Morris University. Her research interests focus on novel memories as domain-wall memory and sustainability. Fun Facts - She is trained in Indian classical music (vocal), she can speak five languages, and she is an aviation enthusiast.
+  linkedin: 
+  github: chayarc
+
 - name: Stephen Longofono
   role: Masters
   startdate: 2018-08-01