CMB Committees: 2017-2018

Coordinating Committee 

Faculty Committee Chairs

  • CMB Program Chair: David Wassarman
  • LCMB Chair: Bill Bement
  • Admissions Committee Chair: Kate O’Connor-Giles
  • Recruiting Committee Chair: Reid Alisch
  • Advising & Orientation Committee Chair: Curtis Brandt
  • Curriculum Chair: Donna Peters
  • Awards Chair: Caroline Alexander
  • Training Grant Liaison: Tim Gomez

Faculty Focus Group Chairs

  • Cancer Biology: Caroline Alexander
  • Cell Adhesion & Cytoskeleton: Jill Wildonger
  • Cellular & Molecular Metabolism: David Pagliarini
  • Developmental Biology & Regenerative Medicine: Anne Griep
  • Immunology: Jyoti Watters
  • Membrane Biology & Protein Trafficking: Guy Groblewski
  • Molecular and Genome Biology of Microbes: Robert Landick
  • Plant Biology: Sebastian Bednarek
  • RNA Biology: David Brow
  • Systems Biology: Pam Kreeger
  • Transcriptional Mechanisms: Melissa Harrison
  • Virology: Paul Ahlquist

Student Coordinating Committee Members

  • Kevin Cope
  • Netta Golenberg
  • Will Olson

Admissions Committee

Committee Chair

  • Kate O’Connor-Giles

Faculty Committee Members

  • Lisa Arendt
  • Alan Attie
  • Barak Blum
  • Michael Cahill
  • Heidi Dvinge
  • Megan McClean
  • Lixin Rui
  • Yongna Xing
  • International Reviewers:
    • Nihal Ahmad
    • Ying Ge
    • Vijay Setaluri

Student Committee Members

  • Drew Doering
  • Ryan Kessens
  • Nadia Khan
  • Becky Reese

Recruiting Committee 

Committee Chair

  • Reid Alisch

Student Recruiting Weekend Managers

  • Christi Binkley
  • Marissa Gaskill
  • Stephanie Geller
  • Morgan Giese
  • Zena Jensvold
  • Justin Mabin
  • Rosa Mejia-Sanchez
  • Katie Mueller
  • Taylor Scott

Advising & Orientation Committee

Committee Chair

  • Curtis Brandt

Faculty A&O Advisors

  • Bill Bement
  • Grace Boekhoff-Falk
  • David Brow
  • Audrey Gasch
  • Linda Schuler
  • Karen Wassarman
  • Beth Weaver

A&O Student Planning Committee Members

  • Patrick Cervantes
  • Lauren Hillers
  • Will Olson
  • Becky Reese
  • Ani Varjabedian

Exceptional Thesis Award Review Committee

Chair

  • Caroline Alexander

Faculty Committee Members

  • Anjon Audhya
  • Bill Bement

Professional Development Committee

Student Members

  • Shane Bernard
  • Christi Binkley
  • Lauren Hillers
  • Gul Kaur
  • Will Olson
  • Becky Reese
  • Ani Varjabedian
  • Sarah Wilson

Student Fall Retreat

Student Organizers

  • Michelle Keller-Pearson
  • Taylor Scott
  • Dan Tremmel

Student Seminar Series

Student Organizers

  • Indro Ghosh
  • Sarah Rempel
  • Zac Swider

CMB Student Peer Resources

  • Tim Catlett
  • Patrick Cervantes
  • Debayan De Bakshi
  • Drew Doering
  • Lauren Hillers
  • Katie Mueller
  • Will Olson
  • Becky Reese
  • Sarah Rempel
  • Taylor Scott
  • Sydney Thomas
  • Dan Tremmel
  • Ani Varjabedian
  • Sarah Wilson
  • Sihui Yang

Biology Outreach Club Student Organizers

  • Francisco Barros (CMB)
  • Harisha Rajanala (CMB)
  • Tricia Windgassen (CMB)
  • Kirstan Gimse (CMP)
  • Caity Herndon (CMP)
  • Eileen Lynch (CMP)
  • Courtney McDougal (MDTP)