Committees

Steering Committee

Lucy VulchanovaDirector of Graduate Studies
Course Director, Systems Neuroscience
Rocio Gomez-PastorAssociate Director of Graduate Studies
David RedishPI, NINDS and NIMH Training Grant
Timothy EbnerChairperson, Department of Neuroscience
Bob MeiselFormer DGS (Ex Officio)
Eric NewmanCourse Director, Cell and Molecular Neuroscience
Yasushi NakagawaCourse Director, Developmental Neuroscience
Chair, Curriculum and Exam Committee
Thomas NaselarisCourse Director, Behavioral Neuroscience 
Patrick RothwellCourse Director, Quantitative Neuroscience
DEI Committee
Paulo KofujiChair, Admissions Committee
Ben SaundersChair, Recruitment Committee
Marija CvetanovicChair, Community Engagement and Outreach Committee
Karen MesceElected Representative
Michael GeorgieffElected Representative
Paul MermelsteinPI, NIDA Training Grant
Martha StrengDEI Committee
Rachel DickStudent Representative
Lauren GlassburnStudent Representative
Nate PowellPostdoctoral Representative ('22-'23)

Admissions Committee

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

Ex Officio
Lucy Vulchanova, 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
Laura Buczek, Student Representative

Seminar and Colloquium Committee


Chloe Cable, Student Representative
Carrie Sheeler, Student Representative


Awards and Recognition Committee

Rocio Gómez-Pastor, Chair
Allison Chang, Student Representative

Community Engagement and Outreach Committee

Marija Cvetanovic, Chair
Luke Johnson, MNDrive Coordinator for Brain Bee
Rocio Gomez-Pastor
Robert Meisel
Maria Linn-Evans
Manny Esguerra
Emily Lecy, Student Representative
Carli Poisson, Student Representative

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee

You can view our GPN DEI Strategic Plan here

Patrick Rothwell (Co-Chair)
Martha Streng (Co-Chair)
Nicola Grissom
Sarah Heilbronner
Sid Kuo
Mark Thomas
Johnathan Borland, postdoctoral representative
Geoffrey Diehl, postdoctoral representative
Katie Tregillus, postdoctoral representative
Jenn Brown, student representative 
Rachel Dick, student representative
Katie Hamel, student representative 
Shayne Hastings, student representative
Anne Huntemer-Silveira, student representative  
Adrina Kocharian, student representative
Sam Montoya, student representative
Ross Pelzel, student representative
Nick Rozema, student representative
Amelia Schneider, student representative
Carrie Sheeler, student representative
Alyssa Soles, student representative
Bethany Stieve, student representative
Brian Trieu, student representative

 

Career Facilitation Committee

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Patrick Rothwell, ex officio
Gunner Drossel, Student Representative
Julianna Goenaga, Student Representative
Luna Kettlewell, Student Representative
Dakota Palmer, Student Representative
Sarah West, Student Representative


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

Ross Pelzel, Student Representative


GPN Representative for Biomedical Research Discovery Day

Sam Brunson, Student Representative


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

Emily Lecy, First Year Student Rep 
Elizabeth Souter, Second Year Student Rep 
Katherine Hamel, Third Year Student Rep
Carrie Sheeler, Fourth Year Student Rep 
Megan Monko, Fifth Year and Beyond Student Rep

Mentorship Committee

Jessica Froula
Rachel Dick