CMB Committees: 2018-2019

Coordinating Committee 

Faculty Committee Chairs

  • CMB Program Chair: David Wassarman
  • LCMB Chair: Bill Bement
  • Admissions Committee Chair: Barak Blum
  • Advising & Orientation Committee Chair: Curtis Brandt
  • Curriculum Chair: Donna Peters
  • Awards Chair: Caroline Alexander

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
  • Physiology: Raunak Sinha
  • Plant Biology: Jean-Michel Ané
  • RNA Biology: David Brow
  • Systems Biology: Megan McClean
  • Transcriptional Mechanisms: Melissa Harrison
  • Virology: Paul Ahlquist

Student Coordinating Committee Members

  • Netta Golenberg
  • Anna Heffron (MD/PhD representative)
  • Zach Morrow (Spring 2019)
  • Katie Mueller
  • Will Olson (Fall 2018)

Admissions Committee

Committee Chair

  • Barak Blum

Faculty Committee Members

  • Lisa Arendt
  • Alan Attie
  • Michael Cahill
  • Rob Kalejta
  • Laura Knoll
  • Andy Mehle
  • Rupa Sridharen
  • Yongna Xing
  • International Reviewers:
    • Nihal Ahmad
    • Junsu Kang
    • Vijay Setaluri

Student Committee Members

  • Jenn Borchardt
  • Debayan De Bakshi
  • Leland Hyman
  • Sarah Rempel

Recruiting Committee 

Student Recruiting Weekend Managers

  • Meareg Amare
  • Janna Bashar
  • Christi Binkley
  • Morgan Giese
  • Zena Jensvold
  • Steve John
  • Aicha Quamine
  • Zhouyuan Shen
  • Ellen Wagner
  • Megan Young

Advising & Orientation Committee

Committee Chair

  • Curtis Brandt

Faculty A&O Advisors

  • Reid Alisch
  • Linda Schuler
  • John Svaren

A&O Student Planning Committee Members

  • Tyler Gibson
  • Justin Mabin
  • Becky Reese
  • Zac Swider
  • Ellen Wagner

Exceptional Thesis Award Review Committee

Chair

  • Caroline Alexander

Faculty Committee Members

  • Andrew Bent
  • John Svaren
  • Jill Wildonger

Professional Development Committee

Student Members

  • Janna Bashar
  • Ian Begeman
  • Shane Bernard
  • Christi Binkley
  • Morgan Giese
  • Lauren Hillers
  • Zena Jensvold
  • Keer Jiang
  • Gul Kaur
  • Will Olson
  • Becky Reese
  • Ellen Wagner
  • Sarah Wilson

Student Fall Retreat

Student Organizers

  • Marissa Gaskill
  • Taylor Scott
  • Dan Tremmel

Student Seminar Series

Student Organizers

  • Sarah Rempel
  • Zac Swider

CMB Student Peer Resources

  • Zena Jensvold
  • Tyler Gibson
  • Lauren Hillers
  • Zach Morrow
  • Katie Mueller
  • Sydney Thomas
  • Dan Tremmel
  • Ellen Wagner
  • Sarah Wilson

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)