Awards Committee

To identify award opportunities, identify relevant faculty for award nominations, draft nomination letters, assemble nomination packages. Coordinates with Communications committee.

Chair

Vinayak Agarwal

Members

Christy O’Mahony, Yomi Oyelere, John Reynolds, David Sherrill, Ronghu Wu, Jessica Bowman (Research Scientist)

Ex Officio

Ty Thacker

Communications Committee

Find or create content for web site and Institute audiences; social media engagement. Coordinates with Awards committee.

Chair

Mike Evans

Members

Stefan France, Will Gutekunst, Raquel Lieberman, Andrew McShan, Jesse McDaniel, Thom Orlando, Amanda Stockton, Loren Williams, Ty Thacker, Daniel Vallejo (postdoc)
Undergrad communications group Sarah Alabbad, Cassandra Betz, Emily Glass, Kristin Jones, Gianne Lee, Zhujun Wu

Development Committee

Work with College and Institute Development resources; focus on developing better outreach to our alumni and interacting with External Advisory Council.

Chair

M.G. Finn

Members

Facundo Fernandez, Nick Hud, Charles Liotta, Thom Orlando, Pamela Peralta-Yahya, John Reynolds, Angus Wilkinson, Hui Zhu

Executive Committee (elected)

To advise the Chair, develop new initiatives, liaise with division memberships.

Chair

M. G. Finn

Members

Ronghu Wu, Christoph Fahrni, Kenyetta Johnson Taylor, Mike Evans, Jesse McDaniel, Pamela Peralta-Yahya, Stefan France. Marc Cicerone, Jessica Bowman (Research Scientist)

Ex Officio

Facundo Fernandez, Charles Liotta, Gary Schuster, Jake Soper, Angus Wilkinson

Faculty Search Committee

To draft faculty search ads, evaluate applications, issue interview invitations, collate evaluations from faculty, make hiring recommendations to School. Empowered to solicit participation from all faculty.

Chair

Marc Cicerone, Yomi Oyelere

Members

Will Gutekunst, Thom Orlando, Pamela Peralta-Yahya, Joseph Sadighi

Graduate Admissions Committee

Evaluate graduate program applications, make admissions decisions.

Chair

Will Gutekunst, Kenyetta Johnson Taylor

Members

Vinayak Agarwal, David Collard, Aditi Das, M.G. Finn, Josh Kretchmer, Thom Orlando, Joseph Sadighi, Carlos Silva, Loren Williams

Graduate Recruiting Committee

Advertise and promote the graduate program; coordinate faculty recruiting outreach and other initiatives.

Chair

Marc Cicerone, Kenyetta Johnson Taylor

Members

Jason Azoulay, Aditi Das, Neha Garg, Will Gutekunst, Lynn Kamerlin, Pete La Pierre, Andrew McShan, Jesse McDaniel, Amit Reddi, Ronghu Wu

Reappointment, Promotion, and Tenure (elected)

Evaluate and provide letters for promotion and critical review cases. Terms start July 1 of each year.

Chair

Angus Wilkinson

Members

Facundo Fernandez, David Collard, Loren Williams, David Sherrill

Ex Officio

Ty Thacker

Safety and Risk Management

Promote and sustain a culture of safety; formal management of risks, administer safety program.

Chair

Joseph Sadighi

Members

Anthony Arduengo, Christoph Fahrni, Will Howitz, Johannes Leisen, Yomi Oyelere, Deborah Santos, Jake Soper, Angus Wilkinson, Hui Zhu
Postdocs and graduate students Dr. Naresh Eedugurala (Azoulay), Nathan Blackburn (Fahrni), Neil Dodd (Sadighi), Jacob Jeskey (Xia), McKinley Paul (Gutekunst), Chad Pozarycki (Stockton), Dr. Sina Sabury (Reynolds), Yi-Chien Tang (Das)

Seminar

Organize and administer the seminar program, including Colloquia, Divisional, Frontiers, and Student-Run series.

Chair

Amit Reddi

Members

Vinny Agarwal, Jason Azoulay, Marc Cicerone, Aditi Das, Rob Dickson, Neha Garg, Will Gutekunst, Lynn Kamerlin, Josh Kretchmer, Pete La Pierre, Mary Peek, Joseph Sadighi, Ronghu Wu, John Zhang, Suneesh Karunakaran (Research Scientist), Nasrin Hooshmand (Research Scientist) Dustin Huard (Research Scientist), Valentino Perez (Graduate Student)

Ex Officio

Sandra Lawrence

Teaching Effectiveness

Evaluate the teaching effectiveness of faculty coming up for periodic peer review and promotion. When possible, evaluate teaching by temporary instructors and other faculty.

Chair

Pamela Pollet

Members

Marc Cicerone, Rob Dickson, Neha Garg, Anh Le, Amit Reddi, Joseph Sadighi, Amanda Stockton

Undergraduate and Graduate Academic Programs (UGAP) Committee

Administer the undergraduate and graduate programs, propose and evaluate initiatives for improvement.

Chair

Angus Wilkinson

Members

Rob Dickson, Christoph Fahrni, Facundo Fernandez, Will Howitz, Nick Hud, Mioy Huynh, Kenyetta Johnson Taylor, Yomi Oyelere, Pamela Pollet, Carrie Shepler, David Sherrill, Deborah Santos, Amanda Stockton, John Zhang, Hui Zhu, Alvaro Calderon-Diaz (Graduate Student), Cassie Betz (CHEM undergraduate major) and Marielle Frooman (BCHM undergraduate major)