Awards Committee
To identify award opportunities, identify relevant faculty for award nominations, draft nomination letters, assemble nomination packages. Coordinates with Communications committee.
Chair Will Gutekunst
Members Aditi Das, Lynn Kamerlin, Christy O’Mahony, Thom Orlando, Yomi Oyelere, David Sherrill, Amanda Stockton, Ronghu Wu, Jessica Bowman
Ex Officio Ty Thacker
Communications Captains
Find or create content for web site and Institute audiences; social media engagement. Coordinates with Awards committee.
Chair
Mike Evans
Members
Marc Cicerone (Abby Diering), Raquel Lieberman (Hailee Scelsi), Amit Reddi (Cheyenne Phillips), Lynn Kamerlin (Bruno Di Geronimo), Aditi Das (Rajatabha Das), Jesse McDaniel (John Pederson), John Reynolds (Eric Shen) Josh Kretchmer (Mikahyla Clothier), Loren Williams (Jack Walsh) Facundo Fernandez (himself), Neha Garg (Alex Doty), M.G. Finn (Zach Hodge)
Ex Officio
Ty Thacker
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
Vicki Wysocki
Members
Neha Garg (analytical), Amit Reddi (biochem), Pete La Pierre (inorganic), Anthony Rojas (Academic Professionals), Andrew McShan (junior faculty), Will Gutekunst (Organic), David Sherrill (physical), Jessica Bowman (research faculty)
Ex Officio
Facundo Fernandez, Stefan France, Charles Liotta, Pamela Peralta-Yahya, 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.
Co-chairs
Marc Cicerone, Neha Garg
Members
Will Gutekunst, Pete La Pierre, Andrew McShan
Graduate Admissions Committee
Evaluate graduate program applications, make admissions decisions.
Chair
Vinayak Agarwal, Kenyetta Johnson Taylor
Members
Jason Azoulay, David Collard, Aditi Das, M.G. Finn, Mijin Kim, Justin Kim, Josh Kretchmer, Pete La Pierre, Jesse McDaniel, Angus Wilkinson, Ronghu Wu
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, Neha Garg, Justin Kim, Lynn Kamerlin, Andrew McShan, Jesse McDaniel, Amit Reddi, Joseph Sadighi
Reappointment, Promotion, and Tenure (elected)
Evaluate and provide letters for promotion and critical review cases. Terms start July 1 of each year.
Chair
Christoph Fahrni
Members
David Collard, Yomi Oyelere, David Sherrill, Ronghu Wu, Aditi Das (Ad Hoc Member)
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, Rob Dickson, Christoph Fahrni, Johannes Leisen, Yomi Oyelere, Deborah Santos, Jake Soper, Hui Zhu,
Postdocs and graduate students: Dr. Paramasivam Mahalingam (Azoulay), Nathan Blackburn (Fahrni), Eric Towles (Sadighi), Alvaro Calderon-Diaz (Gutekunst), Chad Pozarycki (Stockton), Joshua Rinehart (Reynolds), Yi-Chien Tang (Das)
Seminar
Organize and administer the seminar program, including Colloquia, Divisional, Frontiers, and Student-Run series.
Chair
Neha Garg
Members
Marc Cicerone, Aditi Das, Mijin Kim, Will Gutekunst, Nick Hud, Josh Kretchmer, Pete La Pierre, Raquel Lieberman, Amit Reddi, Anthony Rojas, Joseph Sadighi, Ronghu Wu, Suneesh Karunakaran (Res. Sci.), Dustin Huard (Res. Sci.), Andrew Hill (grad student)
Ex Officio
Mack Curtis
DOTE Committee
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
Jessica Deutsch, Neha Garg, Mijin Kim, Joshua Kretchmer, Anh Le, Andrew McShan, Amit Reddi, Loren Williams
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, Facundo Fernandez, Stefan France, Nick Hud, Mioy Huynh, Kenyetta Johnson Taylor, Yomi Oyelere, Pamela Pollet, Anthony Rojas, Deborah Santos, Carrie Shepler, David Sherrill, Loren Williams, Hui Zhu, Marielle Fruman (BCHM major), Amelia England (CHEM major), Abigail Hagwood (grad student), Augustine Debrah (grad student)