Committees

Steering Committee

Harry OrrDirector of Graduate Studies
Rocio Gomez-PastorAssociate Director of Graduate Studies
David RedishPI, NINDS and NIMH Training Grant
Bob MeiselFormer DGS (Ex Officio)
Eric NewmanCourse Director, Cell and Molecular Neuroscience
Lucy VulchanovaCourse Director, Systems Neuroscience
Yasushi NakagawaCourse Director, Developmental Neuroscience
Chair, Curriculum and Exam Committee
Thomas NaselarisCourse Director, Behavioral Neuroscience 
Patrick RothwellCourse Director, Quantitative Neuroscience
Community Cultivation Committee
Paulo KofujiChair, Admissions Committee
Ben SaundersChair, Recruitment Committee
Marija CvetanovicChair, Community Engagement Committee
Karen MesceElected Representative
Michael GeorgieffElected Representative
Paul MermelsteinPI, NIDA Training Grant
Chairperson, Department of Neuroscience
Megan BricknerCommunity Cultivation Committee Student Rep
Fleur UittenbogaardStudent Representative
Ciarra WhindletonStudent Representative
Jessica SwansonPostdoctoral Representative ('23-'24)

Admissions Committee

Lorene Lanier, Chair
Martina Bazzaro
Dongming Cai
Prakash Kara
Aaron Kerlin
Wensheng Lin
Glen Lobo
Christina Pacak
Laura Stone
Brianna Dailey-Krempel, Student Representative
Nicole Quintus, Student Representative

Ex Officio
Harry Orr, DGS
 


Recruitment Committee

(Numbers in Parentheses are the dates of appointment)

 

Curriculum and Exam Committee

Eric Newman, Course Director
Stephanie Groman, Course Director
Yasushi Nakagawa, Chair and Course Director
Lucy Vulchanova, Course Director
Paulo Kofuji, Course Director
Lorene Lanier
Geoff Ghose
Disa Sullivan, Student Representative
Keenan Walker, Student Representative


Seminar and Colloquium Committee


Anoo Maskeri, Student Representative
Seth Weir, Student Representative


Awards and Recognition Committee

Rocio Gómez-Pastor, Chair
Angel Robert, Student Representative

Community Engagement Committee

Marija Cvetanovic, Chair
Manny Esguerra
Vanessa Morgan, Student Representative
Julie Bailard, Student Representative
Elizabeth Kiffmeyer, Student Representative
Micaela Porod, Student Representative


Community Cultivation Committee

Patrick Rothwell (Faculty Co-Chair)
Megan Brickner (Student Co-Chair)
Tommy Bastian, faculty representative
Sid Kuo, faculty representative
Martha Streng, faculty representative 
Mark Thomas, faculty representative
Johnathan Borland, postdoctoral representative
Ankit Sood, postdoctoral representative
Christine Chau, student representative
Rachel Dick, student representative
Julianna Goenaga, student representative
Frankie Iacobucci, student representative
Sam Montoya, student representative
Vanessa Morgan, student representative
Ross Pelzel, student representative
Keenan Walker, student representative
 

 

Career Facilitation Committee

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Patrick Rothwell, ex officio
Gunner Drossel, Student Representative
Lizzie Eckenwiler (Souter), Student Representative
Kristina Fredriksen, Student Representative
Lauren Glassburn, Student Representative
Micaela Porod, Student Representative
Seth Weir, Student Representative
Keenan Walker, Student Representative


C.O.G.S. Representative
(Numbers in Parentheses are the dates of appointment)

Christine Chau, Student Representative


GPN Representative for Biomedical Research Discovery Day

Amy Gottschalk, Student Representative


Student Board
(Numbers in Parentheses are the dates of appointment)

Angel Robert, First Year Student Rep 
Nic Glewwe, Second Year Student Rep 
Brianna Daily-Krempel, Third Year Student Rep
Ellie Sachse, Fourth Year Student Rep 
Kristina Fredriksen, Fifth Year and Beyond Student Rep

Mentorship Committee

Kennedy Person
Chloe Puglisi