QBI Committees

Standing Committees

Ad hoc Committees

Conference Committee

Chair - David Arnosti (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology)

The Conference Committee consists of two or more QBI faculty members selected by the co-directors in consultation with the EC. Their function is to plan QBI-hosted conferences. Conference topics will generally relate to the QBI focus areas, but opportunities will also be considered for growing into new areas.

Graduate Curriculum Committee

Chair - Bill Wedemeyer (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology/Physics and Astronomy)

The Curriculum Committee oversees the development of new QB related courses and facilitates coordination with existing courses/programs on campus.

Graduate Fellowship Committee

Chair - Claire Vieille (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology)
Charles Ofria (Computer Science and Engineering)
Yair Shachar-Hill (Plant Biology)
Wenjiang Fu (Epidemiology)

The Fellowship Committee consists of three QBI voting members. Their function is to advertise and administer support for fellowships to support QBI students, and select students to receive available fellowships on a yearly basis.

Graduate Recruiting Committee

Chair - Wenjiang Fu, (Epidemiology)
Keyur Desai, (Student Representative)
Michael Feig, (Biochemistry & Molecular Biology/Chemistry)
Claire Vieille, (Biochemistry & Molecular Biology)
Guowei Wei, (Mathematics)

This committee consists of four voting QBI members. Their function is to recruit the best-qualified candidates and procure recruiting fellowships for them. They are responsible for increasing the size and the quality of our applicant pool and will emphasize the recruitment of underrepresented groups into the program.

Evaluate applications for admission to the QB Graduate Program and make recommendations to the Graduate Program Co-Director as to whether or not the applicants should be admitted.

Seminar Committee

Chair - David Weliky (Chemistry)
David Arnosti (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology)
Michael Feig (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology/Chemistry)
Marianne Huebner (Statistics and Probability)

The Seminar Committee consists of three QBI faculty members.

This committee is responsible for choosing a seminar format for the year, and for selecting appropriate topics and presenters. They also plan QBI hosted seminars, including those in the Science at the Edge series.

Development Committee

Chair - Christina Chan (Chemical Engineering and Materials Science)

This committee will coordinate development of new funding for the QBI, including identifying major external and intramural grant opportunities and selecting faculty who could potentially lead (or otherwise participate in) the pursuit of funding.

Infrastructure Committee

Chair - Bob Cukier (Chemistry)

This committee will participate in developing computing and other major shared equipment or facilities relating to QBI.

Public Relations Committee

Chair - Maria Zavodszky (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology)
Shin-Han Shiu (Plant Biology)

This committee will develop and design updates to the QBI website, develop advertising literature, and plan open-house and outreach activities for our research and graduate programs, in coordination with the co-directors and QBI staff.