SIMB Officers

President
2012-2013
Thomas Jeffries, PhD, USDA/FS/FPL

President-Elect
2012-2013
Leonard Katz, PhD, SynBERC – Synthetic Biology Engineering Research Center

Past President
2012-2013
Neal Connors, PhD, Phoenix BioConsulting LLC

Secretary
2012-2015
Rob Donofrio, PhD, NSF International

Treasurer
2011-2014
Janet Westpheling, PhD, University of Georgia

Director
Term ends 2013
Scott Baker, PhD, Pacific National Laboratory

Director
Term ends 2013
E. Timothy Davies, PhD, Green Biologics Ltd.

Director
Term ends 2014
Erick Vandamme, PhD, Ghent University

Director
Term ends 2015
Jonathan Mielenz, PhD, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Executive Director
Christine Lowe
SIMB

Committee Chairpersons

Annual Meeting Program
Helia Radianingtyas, Synthetic Genomics, Inc.

2013 Program Committee:
Biocatalysis
Dr. Patrick Cirino, Univ. of Houston, Leader
Dr. Shelly Copley, CIRES
Dr. Debbie Yaver, Novozmes

Environmental:
Dr. Melanie Mormile, Missouri M&T, Leader
Dr. Enrico Marsili, Dublin City Univ.
Dr. Don Cowan, Univ. of Pretoria

Fermentation/Cell Culture
Dr. Noel Fong, Nucelis, Leader
Dr. David Hogsett, Mascoma
Dr. Goutham Vemuri, BioAmber

Metabolic Engineering
Dr. Kristala Prather, MIT, Leader
Dr. Brian Pfleger, U Wisc
Dr. Steve Van DIen, Genomatica
Dr. Hal Alper, Univ. of Texas-Austin

Natural Products
Dr. Paul Jensen, UCSD, Leader
Dr. Huimin Zhao, Univ. of Illinois,
Dr. Brian Bachman, Vanderbilt

Student Oral and Poster Chair:
Dr. Laura Jarboe, Univ. of Iowa

Archives
Term Ends 2015
Debra Chadick

Audit Committee
Term Ends 2015
Jeff Schwartz, PhD, JLS Microconsulting LLC
Herb Ward, PhD, Rice University

Awards & Honors
Term ends 2015
Paul Cino, PhD, Fermentation Consultants

Education
Term ends 2014
Michael Flickinger, PhD, North Carolina State University-BTEC

Members:
Dr. Z. Lewis Liu
Dr. Tom Burkett

Elections
Term Ends 2014
Debra Chadick

Exhibits
Term Ends 2013
Robert Berger, B/B Associates
Abbie More, Friesland Campina Domo

Finance
Term Ends 2014
Janet Westpheling, PhD, University of Georgia

Individual Membership
Term Ends 2014
Neal Connors, PhD, Phoenix BioConsulting LLC

Local Sections
Term Ends 2014
Paul Cino, PhD, Fermentation Consultants

Members:
New England: Jesus Zaldivar

Corporate Membership
Abbie J. More, Friesland Campina Domo

Nominations
Term Ends 2013
Jennie C. Hunter Cevera, PhD

Placement
Term Ends 2013
Robert Berger, B/B Associates

Planning
Term Ends 2013
Leonard Katz, PhD, SynBERC – Synthetic Biology Engineering Research Center

Members:
Dr. Susan Bagley
Dr. Dick Baltz
Dr. Tom Jeffries (see President)
Dr. Steve Van Lanen

Policy & Public Responsibility
Open

Publications
Term Ends 2013
George Pierce, PhD, Georgia State University

JIMB Editor-in-Chief
Term Ends 2015
Robert Schwartz, PhD, Consultant

SIMB News Editor-in-Chief
Term Ends 2013
Elisabeth D. Elder, PhD, Louisiana State University-Alexandria

Publicity
Open

Quarter Century Club
Christine Lowe, SIMB

Special Conference
Term Ends 2015
Xiaoming (Jerry) Yang, PhD, Amgen, Inc.

SIMB Representatives to:
American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS): open

International Union of Microbiological Societies (IUMS)
Dr. Scott Baker (see Director)