SIMB Past Presidents

SIMB Officers


President
2022-2023
Nigel Mouncey, DOE Joint Genome Institute

President-Elect
2022-2023
Michael Resch, NREL

Past President
2022-2023
Noel Fong, Nucelis

Treasurer
2020-2023
Laura Jarboe, Iowa State University

Secretary
2021-2024
Elisabeth Elder, Georgia Southwestern State University

Director
Term ends 2023
Rob Donofrio, Neogen

Director
Term ends 2024
Ben Shen, The Scripps Research Institute

Director
Term ends 2025
Adam Guss, Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Director
Term ends 2025
Brian Pfleger, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Executive Director
Haley Cox, SIMB

Standing Committees

2023 Annual Meeting Program

Program Chair
Aindrila Mukhopadhyay, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Biocatalysis
Sara Blumer-Schuette (Chair), Oakland University
Joe Rollin
Aditya Kunjapur, University of Delaware

Environmental:
Kevin Finneran (Chair), Clemson University
Kevin Solomon, University of Delaware
Fiona Crocker, Univ. of New Hampshire

Fermentation/Cell Culture:
Dongming Xie (Chair), University of Massachusetts-Lowell
Yoram Barak, Applied Materials
Katy Kao, San Jose State University

Metabolic Engineering:
Chris Johnson (Chair), NREL
Sudeep Agarwala, Ginkgo Bioworks
Nik Nair, Tufts University

Natural Products:
Jie Hu (Chair), Corteva Agriscience
Wenjun Zhang, UC Berkeley
Jason Crawford, Yale University

Students and Posters:
Jennifer Headman, POET
Yousong Ding, University of Florida
Raj Boopathy, Nicholls State University
Ashish Sharma
Giovanna Aita, Louisiana State University
Donovan Layton, Zymergen

Archives
Term Ends
Currently Vacant, interested? Email the SIMB Office

Audit Committee
Term Ends 2027
Debbie Yaver, Nature’s Fynd

Members:
Tim Davies

Awards & Honors
Term ends 2023
Raj Boopathy

Members:
Cathy Asleson Dundon
Tom Jeffries
Dale Monceaux
Susan Bagley
Sara Shields-Menard
Mahendra Jain
Thomas Klasson
Stephanie Gleason

Corporate Affairs
Term Ends 2023
Steve Van Dien , Persephone Biome

Exhibits:
Yoram Barak
Andreas Schirmer
Jonathan Sheridan
Priti Pharkya
Lisa Lee
Melisa Carpio
Kevin McHugh
George Barringer

Diversity Committee
Term Ends 2023
Chair: Sheena Becker, Corteva

Members:
Noel Fong, Nucelis, Inc.
Laura Jarboe, Iowa State University
Vanessa Nepomuceno, University of Illinois
Felipe Sarmiento

Education and Outreach
Term ends 2024
Noel Fong, Nucelis, Inc.

Members:
Katy Kao
Mark Blenner
Benjamin Philmus
Laura Jarboe
Mark Eiteman
Linnea Fletcher
Torben Bruck
Elizabeth Orchard
Ian Wheeldon
Neal Connors

Elections
Term Ends 2023
Kristien Mortelmans, SRI International

Members:
Badal Saha, USDA

Ethics Committee:
Term Ends 2023
Thomas Klasson, USDA

Members:

Finance
Term Ends 2023
Laura Jarboe, Iowa State University

Members:
Noel Fong, Nucelis
Steve Decker, NREL
Elisabeth Elder, Georgia Southwest University
ex officio: Nigel Mouncey, Haley Cox, Jeff Schwartz, Debbie Yaver, Dick Baltz

Investment Advisory
Richard Baltz, CognoGen Biotechnology Consulting

Members:
George Garrity, Michigan State University

Meeting Sites
Haley Cox, SIMB

Membership – Individual
Term Ends 2025
Allen Lee, University of Southern Florida

Members:
Laura Jarboe, Iowa State University
Thomas Klasson, USDA
Steve van Dien, Persephone Biome

Nominations
Term Ends 2023
Steve Decker, NREL

Members:
Richard Baltz
Susan Bagley
Adam Guss

Placement
Term Ends 2023
Elisabeth Elder, Georgia Southwestern State University

Members:

Planning
Term Ends 2023
Michael Resch, NREL

Members:

Publications
Term Ends 2025
Hal Alper, University of Texas at Austin

Members:
George Garrity, Michigan State University
Melanie Mormile, Missouri University of Science and Technology

JIMB Editor-in-Chief
Term Ends 2025
Ramon Gonzalez, Univeristy of Southern Florida

SIMB News
Editor-in-Chief

Term Ends 2023
Melanie Mormile, Missouri University of Science and Technology

Members:
Elisabeth Elder, Georgia Southwestern State University
Kristien Mortelmans, SRI International
Vanessa Nepomuceno, Univ of Illinois

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

Presidential Ad Hoc Committees

Online Engagement Task Force
Term Ends 2023
Noel Fong, Nucelis

Members:
Efrain Rodriguez-Ocasio
Scott Baker
Sheena Becker
Yoram Barak
John Trawick
Taiwo Akinyemi

Student/Postdoc/Early-Career
Term Ends 2023
Nigel Mouncey, DOE Joint Genome Institute

Members:
Noel Fong
Haley Cox
Michael Resch
Md. Azizul Haque
Sora Yu
Jay Huenemann
Allen Lee
Blake Rasor
Eric Eke
Aditya Kunjapur
Guangde Jiang
Bhargava Nemmaru
Lydia Rachbauer

SIMB Policy and Advocacy Working Group
Term Ends 2023
Nigel Mouncey, DOE Joint Genome Institute

Members:
Tae Seok Moon
Thomas Alexander
Charles Isaac

Special Conferences

Recent Advances in Fermentation Technology (RAFT™) 2022
Chair: Mark Berge, Astra Zeneca
Co-chair: Kat Allikian, Nourish Ingredients

International Conference on Natural Product Discovery and Development in the Genomic Era 2023
Chair: Ben Shen, The Scripps Research Institute
Co-chair: Allison Narayan, University of Michigan
Co-chair: Kaity Ryan, University of British Columbia
Co-chair: Yi Tang, University of California, Los Angeles

Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals (SBFC) 2023
Chair: Carrie Eckert, NREL
Co-chair: Kevin Solomon, University of Delaware
Past Chair: Davinia Salvachua, NREL