Leadership

Interim Director

William Lai
Assistant Research Professor
Dept. of Molecular Biology & Genetics
Dept. of Computational Biology

Administrator

Jenna DeRario (on leave)
CVG Administrator
SUMMIT Project Associate and Administrator
 
Charlotte Williams (cw25) is serving as interim administrator through 11/1/25.

Facuty Advisor

Praveen Sethupathy
Chair and Professor of Physiological Genomics
Dept. of Biomedical Sciences

Faculty Advisor, Scholars Program

Mariana Wolfner
Distinguished Professor
Weiss Presidential Fellow
Dept. of Molecular Biology & Genetics

Seed Grant Review Committee

Adam Boyko
Associate Professor
Dept. of Biomedical Sciences

Paula Cohen
Professor of Genetics
Dept. of Biomedical Sciences
Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Education, CVM

Eirene Markenscoff-Papadimitriou
Assistant Professor
Dept. of Molecular Biology & Genetics

Scholar Award Review Committee

Andrew Grimson
Professor
Dept. of Molecular Biology & Genetics

Paul Soloway
Professor
Dept. of Biomedical Sciences

Mariana Wolfner
Distinguished Professor
Weiss Presidential Fellow
Dept. of Molecular Biology & Genetics

Trainee Executive Committee (TEC)

Brent Basso
Graduate Student
Computational Biology
Danko and Lis Labs

Olivia Lang
Graduate Student
Computational Biology
W. Lai and F. Pugh Labs

Connor Owens
Postdoctoral Fellow
Dept. of Biomedical Sciences
Cohen Lab

Journal Club Leaders

Fred Fazan
Graduate Student
Physiology, Biophysics and Systems Biology
Pugh Lab

Kathyani Parasram
Postdoctoral Associate
Dept. of Entomology
Buchon Lab