Associate Chair for Research

Maura McGrail

Associate Chair for Teaching

Karri Haen Whitmer

Assistant Chair for Teaching

Carly Manz

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)

• Jeff Essner (Chair)
• Hua Bai
• Maura McGrail
• Geetu Tuteja
• Erik Vollbrecht
• Marna Yandeau-Nelson

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) 

• Carly Manz (Chair)
• Hala Bastawros
• Karri Haen Whitmer
• Sayali Kukday

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