Administration
Below is a list of key personnel and committees responsible for oversight and management of day-to-day operations for the Curriculum:
Director of Graduate Studies (DGS) – Will Valdar, PhD
5044 Genetic Medicine Building; CB 7264; 919-843-2833
Associate Director of Graduate Studies – Michael Love, PhD
5009 Genetic Medicine Building; CB 7264; 919-966-7266
Past Director of Graduate Studies – Tim Elston, PhD
411-010B Mary Ellen Jones Building, CB 7365; 919-843-7670
Program Administrator/Student Services Manager (SSM) – John Cornett
5012 Genetic Medicine Building; CB 7264; 919-962-4728
Program Administrator/Student Services Manager – Cara Marlow
5011 Genetic Medicine Building; CB 7264; 919-966-5002
Steering Committee
The Steering Committee establishes program policies and evaluates new faculty applicants. It consists of the Director of Graduate Studies, the Deputy Director, the Student Services Administrator, three faculty, and four student representatives:
- Boyce Griffith, PhD, Professor of Mathematics
- Yun Li, PhD, Professor of Genetics and Biostatistics
- Jeremy Purvis, PhD, Professor of Genetics
- Natalie Stanley, PhD, Assistant Professor of Computer Science
- Jason Stein, PhD, Associate Professor of Genetics and Neurobiology
- Di Wu, PhD, Associate Professor of Biostatistics and Dentistry
Matters that involve specific students or personnel, including students for training grant appointments and ruling on request for exemptions for BCB policies, are handled by the Executive Committee, which is the Steering Committee without the student representatives.
Other task-specific committees and positions
Former Steering Committee Members
AY 2024: John Patrick Flores, Kushal Koirala, Tooba Rashid, Ellen Risemberg
AY 2023: John Patrick Flores, Haeun (Hannah) Hwangbo, Ellen Risemberg, Logan Whitehouse
BCB/GMB/Genetics Friday Seminar Series committee
AY 2025: Natalie Stanley, PhD; Quinn Eberhard, Seyoun (Jess) Byun
AY 2024: Natalie Stanley, PhD; Quinn Eberhard, Abdalla Alkhawaja
AY 2023: Natalie Stanley, PhD; Quinn Eberhard, Brook Felsheim
AY 2022: Natalie Stanley, PhD; Abdalla Alkhawaja, Gilbert Giri
AY 2021: Nina Nishiyama.
Student Invited Speaker Committee
AY 2025: John Patrick Flores, Katelyn McInerney, Harris Davis
AY 2024: Kushal Koirala, John Patrick Flores, Keya Joshi, Tooba Rashid
AY 2023: Sherry Chao, Hannah Hwangbo
Social Secretaries
AY 2024: Austin Daigle, Emma Klein, Alec Lobonov
AY 2023: Teresa McGee, Alec Plotkin.
Graduate and Professional Student Government (GPSG) senators representing BCB
AY 2023, 2024: Alice Woolard, Ellen Risemberg.
