Jess Ip is currently a third-year physics Ph.D. student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She began learning the carillon under Joey Brink and later Alex Johnson during her undergraduate years at the University of Chicago. During her time there, she also served as a board member and the vice president of the UChicago Guild of Carillonists. In 2023, she graduated with a double major in physics and philosophy and became a carillonist member of the Guild of Carillonneurs in North America. She has since performed in summer concert series across the East Coast, including in Philadelphia, Boston, and Vermont. In her spare time, she enjoys painting, reading, and discovering new postcards to add to her collection. Although she has absolutely no sense of direction, she still loves to go hiking and exploring museums, where she often finds herself getting lost.