SIMB Officers

President-Elect
2021-2022
Nigel Mouncey, DOE Joint Genome Institute

Director
Term ends 2024
Ben Shen, The Scripps Research Institute
Standing Committees
2022 Annual Meeting Program
Program Chair
Mark Blenner, University of Deleware
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 2022
Debra Chadick
Members:
Paul Cino
Ann Kulback
Audit Committee
Term Ends 2022
Jeff Schwartz, PhD, JLS Microconsulting LLC
Members:
Debbie Yaver, Yaver Biotech Consulting LLC
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 Outreach/Exhibits
Term Ends 2023
Steve Van Dien , Persephone Biome
Exhibits:
Robert Berger, B/B Associates
Corporate Sponsorship:
Term Ends 2023
Yoram Barak, Applied Materials
Andreas Schirmer, Genomatica
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 2022
Katy Kao
Members:
Mark Berge, MedImmune
Steve van Dien, Persephone Biome
Noel Fong, Nucelis, Inc.
Laura Jarboe, Iowa State University
Elections
Term Ends 2022
Kristien Mortelmans, SRI International
Members:
Badal Saha, USDA
Ethics Committee:
Term Ends 2022
Susan Bagley, Michigan Technological University (Emerita)
Members:
Scott Baker
Neal Connors
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
International Outreach
Term Ends 2023
Susanne Kleff, Michigan State University
Members:
Scott Baker
Tim Davies
George Garrity
Peter Punt
Thomas Klasson
Erick Vandamme
Michael Resch
Investment Advisory
Richard Baltz, CognoGen Biotechnology Consulting
George Garrity, Michigan State University
Members:
Meeting Sites
Chris Lowe, SIMB
Membership – Individual
Term Ends 2022
Michael Resch, NREL
Members:
Laura Jarboe, Iowa State University
Thomas Klasson, USDA
Steve van Dien, Persephone Biome
Nominations
Term Ends 2022
Jan Westpheling , University of Georgia
Members:
Susan Bagley
Richard Baltz
Adam Guss
Placement
Term Ends 2023
Elisabeth Elder, Georgia Southwestern State University
Members:
Planning
Term Ends 2022
Nigel Mouncey, DOE Joint Genome Institute
Members:
Publications
Term Ends 2022
Nigel Mouncey, DOE Joint Genome Institute
Members:
George Garrity, Michigan State University
JIMB Editor-in-Chief
Term Ends 2025
Ramon Gonzalez, PhD
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
Membership Benefits/Career Outreach
Term Ends 2022
Noel Fong, Nucelis
Members:
Hal Alper
John Trawick
Jennifer Headman
Sheena Becker
Katy Kao
Mark Berge
Laura Jarboe
Special Conferences
Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals (SBFC)
Chair: Davinia Salvachua, NREL
Co-chair: Carrie Eckert, NREL
Past Chair: Scott Baker, Pacific National Lab
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, Scripps Research Institute
Co-chair: Allison Narayan, University of Michigan
Co-chair: Kaity Ryan, University of British Columbia
Co-chair: Yi Tang, UCLA