CMB Committees: 2026-2027

Coordinating Committee

Faculty Committee Chairs
  • CMB Program Chair: David Wassarman
  • CQCI Chair: Kevin Eliceiri
  • Admissions Committee Chair: Daniela Drummond-Barbosa
  • Advising & Orientation Committee Chair: Bill Bement
  • Awards Chair: Caroline Alexander
  • Curriculum Chair: Beth Weaver
  • Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee: Colleen McDowell
Faculty Focus Group Chairs
  • Cancer Biology: Caroline Alexander
  • Cell Adhesion & Cytoskeleton: Jeremy Nance
  • Cellular & Molecular Metabolism: Dudley Lamming
  • Developmental Biology & Regenerative Medicine: Junsu Kang
  • Immunology: Lisa Arendt
  • Membrane Biology & Protein Trafficking: Sebastian Bednarek
  • Molecular and Genome Biology of Microbes: Robert Landick
  • Physiology: Raunak Sinha
  • Plant Biology: Hiroshi Maeda
  • RNA Biology: David Brow
  • Systems Biology: Megan McClean
  • Transcriptional Mechanisms: Melissa Harrison
  • Virology: Paul Ahlquist
Student Coordinating Committee Members
  • Rachel Kirchner (MD/PhD representative)
  • Nicole Woodhead
  • Wilson Chen
  • Caterra Leavens

Admissions Committee

Committee Chair
  • Daniela Drummond- Barbosa
Faculty Committee Members
  • Andy South
  • Barak Blum
  • Bill Bement
  • Donna Neumann
  • Emma Mohr
  • Eric Yen
  • Jean- Michel Ane
  • Jeremy Nance
  • John Denu
  • John Yin
  • Justin Wolter
  • Kinjal Majumder
  • Marcelo Vargas
  • Megan Spurgeon
  • Mehmet Orman
  • Nathaniel Sharp
  • Peter Halfmann
  • Phil Newmark
  • Randy Tibbetts
  • Romeo Blanc
  • Thomas Friedrich
  • Tim Rhoads
  • Wei Guo
  • Yevgenya Grinblat
  • International Reviewers:
    • Nihal Ahmad
    • Junsu Kang
    • Mrinalini Hoon
    • Zhen Huang
Student Committee Members
  • Bailey Knopf
  • Caterra Leavens
  • Giang Vu
  • Gregory Gundberg
  • Hayley Hirsch
  • Kylie March
  • Lauren Kelly
  • Megan Jandy
  • Monnette Villarreal
  • Susmit Mhatre
  • Zhili Chen

Professional Development Committee

Student Organizers
  • Leah McKinney
  • Lila Hoachlander- Hobby
  • Siyang Cao

Student Seminar Series

Student Organizers
  • Corey Flynn

Biology Outreach Club

Student Organizers