BOARD OF SCIENTIFIC ADVISORS
Carole Bewley, Ph.D.
Senior Investigator, Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) of the National Institutes of Health
Derek Cummings, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Epidemiology
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Whiting School of Engineering
Johns Hopkins University
Past Members of the Board of Scientific Advisors
Andy Baxevanis, Ph.D.
Director of Computational Biology, Acting Scientific Director, Senior Scientist
National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) of the National Institutes of Health
2020-2024
Phil Newmark, Ph.D.
Burnell R. Roberts Chair in Regenerative Biology
Morgridge Institute for Research
2020-2024
Michael Dickinson, Ph.D.
Esther M. and Abe M. Zarem Professor of Bioengineering
The California Institute of Technology
2018-2022
Hans Paerl, Ph.D.
Kenan Professor of Marine and Environmental Sciences, Institute of Marine Sciences
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2017-2021
Baldomero Olivera, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor of Biology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator
University of Utah
2016-2020
Virginia Weis, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair, Department of Integrative Biology
Oregon State University
2015-2020
Alejandro Sanchez Alvarado, Ph.D.
Investigator, Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Kansas City, Missouri
2014-2018
Andrew Biewener, Ph.D.
Charles P. Lyman Professor of Biology, Director Concord Field Station
Harvard University, Massachusetts
2014-2017
Lee Niswander, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Developmental Biology and Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator
University of Colorado, Denver
2013-2016
Gail Mandel, Ph.D.
Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Senior Scientist, Vollum Institute
Oregon Health Sciences University
Member, National Academy of Sciences
2012-2016
Nipam H. Patel, Ph.D.
William V. Power Endowed Chair in Biology Professor of Genetics, Genomics and Development
University of California, Berkeley
2011-2015
Gene Robinson, Ph.D.
Swanlund Professor and Chair, Department of Entomology
Director, University of Illinois Bee Research Facility
Member, National Academy of Sciences
2010-2014
William B. Kristan, Jr., Ph.D.
Professor and Chair, Section of Neurobiology
University of California, San Diego
2009-2013
John G. Hildebrand, Ph.D.
Regents Professor of Neuroscience
University of Arizona
Member, National Academy of Sciences
2008-2012
Martin Chalfie, Ph.D.
Professor of Biological Sciences
Columbia University
Member, National Academy of Sciences
2008 Nobel Laureate
2007-2011
Eve E. Marder, Ph.D.
Professor of Neurosciences and Chair, Department of Biology
Brandeis Unversity
Member, National Academy of Sciences
2006-2010
William J. Lennarz, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor and Chairman of Biochemistry and Cell Biology
Stony Brook University
Director, Institute for Cell and Developmental Biology
State University of New York, Stony Book
Member, National Academy of Sciences
2005-2009
Thomas J. Carew, Ph.D.
Bren Professor and Chair of Department of Neurobiology and Behavior
University of California, Irvine
2004-2008
George M. Langford, Ph.D.
Ernest Everett Just Professor of Natural Sciences and Professor of Biology
Dartmouth College
Adjunct Professor of Physiology
Dartmouth Medical School
2003-2007
Stephen F. Heinemann, Ph.D.
Salk Institute Council Professor in Genetics, Molecular Neurobiology Laboratory
The Salk Institute
Member, National Academy of Sciences and the National Institute of Medicine
2002-2006
George N. Somero, Ph.D.
David & Lucile Packard Professor in Marine Sciences
Stanford University and Acting Director, Hopkins Marine Station
2001-2005
Lynn M. Riddiford, Ph.D.
Professor of Zoology
University of Washington
2000-2004
Leonard K. Kaczmarek, Ph.D.
Professor and Chairman of Pharmacology and Professor of Cellular Physiology
Yale University School of Medicine
1999-2003
Peter R. MacLeish, Ph.D.
Professor of Anatomy and Director of the Neuroscience Institute
Morehouse School of Medicine
1998-2002
William R. Jeffery, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair of Biology
University of Maryland
1997-2001
Gene D. Block, Ph.D.
Alumni Council Thomas Jefferson
Professor of Biology; Director, NSF Center for Biological Timing
Vice President for Research and Public Service
University of Virginia
1996-2000
Scott E. Fraser, Ph.D.
Anna L. Rosen Professor of Biology and Director, Biological Imaging Center
Beckman Institute, California Institute of Technology
1995-1999
Alan Gelperin, Ph.D.
Member of Technical Staff, Biological Computation Research Department
Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies
1994-1998
Mary Beth Burnside, Ph.D.
Vice Chancellor for Research and Professor of Molecular and Cell Biology
University of California, Berkeley
1993-1997
Timothy H. Goldsmith, Ph.D.
Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Biology
Yale University
1992-1996
John G. Hildebrand, Ph.D.
Regents’ Professor and Director, Division of Neurobiology
University of Arizona
1991-1995
David R. McClay, Jr., Ph.D.
Professor of Biology, Immunology, and Neurobiology
Duke University
1990-1994
Irwin B. Levitan, Ph.D.
David J. Mahoney Professor and Chair, Department of Neuroscience
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
1989-1993
Joram P. Piatigorsky, Ph.D.
Chief, Laboratory of Molecular and Developmental Biology
National Eye Institute, NIH
1988-1992
John E. Dowling, Ph.D.
Maria Moors Cabot Professor of Natural Sciences and Harvard College Professor,
Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology
Harvard University
1987-1991
John H. Law, Ph.D.
Regents Professor of Biochemistry and Entomology
University of Arizona
1986-1990
A. O. Dennis Willows, Ph.D.
Director of Friday Harbor Laboratories, Professor of Zoology
University of Washington
1985-1989
Lloyd M. Beidler, Ph.D.
Professor of Biological Science
Florida State University
1984-1988
Elizabeth D. Hay, M.D.
Louise Foote Pfeiffer Professor of Embryology
Harvard Medical School
1983-1987
Edward A. Kravitz, Ph.D.
George Packer Berry Professor of Neurobiology
Harvard Medical School
1982-1986
James D. Ebert, Ph.D.
Honorary Trustee, Marine Biological Laboratory and Professor of Biology
Johns Hopkins University
1977-1985
Frederic M. Richards, Ph.D.
Sterling Professor Emeritus of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry
Yale University
1978-1984
Maclyn McCarty, M.D.
Professor Emeritus
Rockefeller University
1977-1983
Harold P. Hanson, Ph.D.
Executive Vice President Emeritus for Academic Affairs and Adjunct Professor of Physics
University of Florida
1977-1978