Department Chair
Associate Chair for Research
Associate Chair for Teaching
Assistant Chair for Teaching
Executive Committee
(Committee elects a chair: 5 faculty members at the rank of associate professor or above, including chairs of the Curriculum and the Promotion and Tenure committees)
- Jeff Essner (PTC Chair)
- Karri Haen Whitmer (Curriculum Committee Chair)
- Mohan Gupta
- Don Sakaguchi
- Geetu Tuteja
Promotion and Tenure Committee
(5-6 tenured members, including at least 3 full professors and the peer teaching coordinator)
Term Faculty Advancement Committee (AC)
(3-5 faculty members include associate chair/Curriculum Committee chair, 1 PTC member and 1 term faculty at associate professor or above)
Curriculum Committee
(Chair plus members of undergraduate program committees and peer teaching coordinators)
- Karri Haen Whitmer (Chair)
- Biology Program Committee: GDCB representatives
Don Sakaguchi (Biology/Genetics Director), Karri Haen Whitmer, Carly Manz and Lauren Ramos (Biology advising staff) - Genetics Major Committee: GDCB representatives
Don Sakaguchi (Biology/Genetics Director), Karri Haen Whitmer, and Alison Esser (Genetics advising staff) - Biology and Genetics Undergraduate Scholarship Committee: GDCB representatives
Carly Manz (co-chair); Jelena Kraft (member); and Lauren Ramos (biology advising staff) - BCBio Supervisory Committee: GDCB representatives
Karin Dorman, Geetu Tuteja and Alison Esser (BCBio advising staff) - Peer Teaching Coordinators: Hua Bai and Renu Srivastava
Graduate Affairs Committee
- Hua Bai (Chair)
- Xun Gu
- Danise Jones (staff)
Honors and Awards Committee
(5 faculty, 1 staff and 1 graduate student)
- Mohan Gupta (Chair)
- Hala Bastawros
- Clark Coffman
- Xun Gu
- Eric Henderson
- Erica Unger-Wallace
- Danise Jones (staff)
- Graduate student representative
Seminar Committee
(8 faculty, 1 staff and 1 graduate student)
- Jeff Essner (Chair)
- Kyaw (Joe) Aung
- Clyde Campbell
- Raquel Espin Palazon
- Hongqing (Michelle) Guo
- Ping Kang
- Dior Kelley
- Anurag Das (graduate student representative)
- Danise Jones (staff)
- Zhongpeng Li (postdoc)
Communications Team
- Eric Henderson (Chair)
- Danise Jones (Staff)
- Min Jung Kwon (graduate student representative)
College and University Committee Representatives
CALS Advisory Panel for Engaged Research (CAPER): Marna Yandeau-Nelson
CALS Faculty Professional Development Assignment committee: Marna Yandeau-Nelson
CALS Promotion and Tenure Committee: Erik Vollbrecht
CALS Technology Fee Committee: Renu Srivastava
CALS Term Faculty Peer Mentor: Karri Haen Whitmer
GDCB Representative on CALS Curriculum Committee: Karri Haen Whitmer
GDCB Representative on CALS Academic Affairs Committee: Erik Vollbrecht
GDCB Lab Safety Contact: Erica Unger-Wallace
GDCB Representative on the Bessey Core Research Facility Committee: Mohan Gupta
ISU Open & Affordable Education Committee: Carly Manz
LAS Faculty Awards Committee: Diane Bassham/Hua Bai (2024-2025)
LAS Honors Committee: Geetu Tuteja
LAS Outcome Assessment Committee: Carly Manz
LAS Representative: Mohan Gupta
Library Liaison: Erica Unger-Wallace