CMB Committees: 2021-2022

Coordinating Committee 

Faculty Committee Chairs

  • CMB Program Chair: David Wassarman
  • CQCI Chair: Kevin Eliceiri
  • Admissions Committee Chair: Andy Mehle
  • Advising & Orientation Committee Chair: Bill Bement
  • Awards Chair: Caroline Alexander
  • Curriculum Chair: Donna Peters
  • Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee: Colleen McDowell

Faculty Focus Group Chairs

  • Cancer Biology: Caroline Alexander
  • Cell Adhesion & Cytoskeleton: Wilmara Salgado-Pabon
  • Cellular & Molecular Metabolism: Dudley Lamming
  • Developmental Biology & Regenerative Medicine: Anne Griep
  • Immunology: Lisa Arendt
  • 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

  • Zach Morrow
  • Katie Mueller
  • Angela Olvera (MD/PhD representative)
  • Dan Tremmel

Admissions Committee

Committee Chair

  • Andy Mehle

Faculty Committee Members

  • Christian Capitini
  • Kinjal Majumder
  • Patrick Masson
  • Daniel Matson
  • Jon Odorico
  • Claire Richardson
  • Miriam Shelef
  • Andre Sousa
  • Owen Tamplin
  • Marcelo Vargas
  • Han Wang
  • Jue Wang
  • International Reviewers:
    • Nihal Ahmad
    • Junsu Kang
    • Vijay Setaluri

Student Committee Members

  • Susana Calle-Castaneda
  • Debayan De Bakshi
  • Cassie Leech
  • Jose Martinez
  • Zach Morrow
  • Lainy Von Bank

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee (DEIC)

Committee Chair (and Coordinating Committee Liaison)

  • Colleen McDowell

Additional Faculty Members

  • Owen Tamplin (Admissions Committee Liaison)
  • Bill Bement (Orientation Committee Liaison)

Student Members

  • Year 1: Jessica Pita Aquino
  • Year 2: Marie Keith
  • Year 3: Steve John
  • Year 4: Tyler Gibson
  • Year 5: Ani Michaud
  • Year 6+: Katie Mueller

CMB Administrators (ex officio members)

  • Sarah Bierke
  • Lauren Weitkamp

Recruiting Committee 

Student Recruiting Weekend Managers

  • Karla Anaya Aldrete
  • Megan Bacabac
  • Dominic Chomchai
  • Dylan Duerre
  • Alex Fister
  • Lila Hoachlander-Hobby
  • Steve John (DEIC rep)
  • Rodsy Modhurima
  • Zoe Tesone
  • Nicole West

Advising & Orientation Committee

Committee Chair

  • Bill Bement

Faculty A&O Advisors

  • Elaine Alarid
  • Barak Blum
  • Grace Boekhoff-Falk
  • Rob Kirchdoerfer
  • Laura Knoll
  • Peter Lewis
  • Matt Merrins
  • Darcie Moore
  • Phil Newmark
  • Nate Sherer
  • Rupa Sridharan
  • Owen Tamplin

A&O Student Planning Committee Members

  • Luis Haddock-Soto
  • Zach Harmer
  • Ryan Walter
  • Nicole West
  • Ziheng Zhang

Exceptional Thesis Award Review Committee

Chair

  • Caroline Alexander

Faculty Committee Members

  • John Svaren
  • Jyoti Watters

Professional Development Committee

Student Members

  • Janna Bashar
  • Christi Binkley
  • Dom Chomchai
  • Yuling Dai
  • Dylan Duerre
  • Stephanie Geller
  • Zena Jensvold
  • Keer Jiang
  • Songeun Kim
  • Jessica Pita Aquino
  • Mitchell Ramuta
  • Aicha Quamine
  • Daniel Sam
  • Ramja Sritharan
  • Ellen Wagner
  • Ziheng Zhang

Student Fall Retreat

  • Dylan Duerre
  • Keer Jiang
  • Owen Sullivan

Student Seminar Series

Student Organizers

  • Sarah Rempel
  • Zac Swider

CMB Student Peer Resources

  • Thomas Anderson
  • Megan Bacabac
  • Susana Calle-Castaneda
  • Dom Chomchai
  • Alex Fister
  • Max Frenkel
  • Tyler Gibson
  • Zena Jensvold
  • Soyoung Jung
  • Songeun Kim
  • Cassie Leech
  • Bailey Marshall
  • Jose Martinez
  • Grant Nickles
  • Dex Nimkulrat
  • Mitchell Ramuta
  • Daniel Sam
  • Owen Sullivan
  • Zac Swider
  • Dan Tremmel
  • Lainy Von Bank
  • Ryan Walter
  • Nicole West