CMB Committees: 2025-2026

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
  • Cyrus R. Sethna
  • Nicole West

Admissions Committee

Committee Chair

  • Daniela Drummond- Barbosa

Faculty Committee Members

  • Alexey Glukhov
  • Aurelie Rakotondrafara
  • Bill Bement
  • Daniel Amador-Noguez
  • Donna Neumann
  • Elizabeth Wright
  • Fran Alvarado Guillen
  • Huy Dinh
  • Jeremy Nance
  • John Denu
  • John Yin
  • Judy Simcox
  • Justin Wolter
  • Marcelo Vargas
  • Megan Spurgeon
  • Nathaniel Sharp
  • Phil Newmark
  • Rand Tibbetts
  • Romeo Blanc
  • Tim Kamp
  • Tim Rhoads
  • Wilmara Salgado- Pabon
  • Xin Gao
  • International Reviewers:
    • Nihal Ahmad
    • Junsu Kang
    • Mrinalini Hoon
    • Zhen Huang

Student Committee Members

  • Nicole West
  • Daniel Sam
  • Monnette Villarreal
  • Zhili Chen
  • Hayley Hirsch
  • Bailey Knopf
  • Caterra Leavens
  • Gregory Gundberg
  • Megan Jandy
  • Yutong Bao
  • Giang Vu

Biology Outreach Club Student Organizers

  • Songeun Kim

Professional Development Committee

Student Members

  • Leah McKinney
  • Lila Hoachlander- Hobby
  • Siyang Cao

Student Seminar Series

Student Organizers

  • Corey Flynn