SIMB Officers
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