Template – Committees Chairs

Training: BS Biology with Minor Psychology, University of Maine, 2013; MS, Psychological Sciences, University of Connecticut, 2019; PhD Psychological Sciences, University of Connecticut, 2021

Additional AWIS involvement: Corporate Sponsership, Scholarship and Outreach Committees; Open House Organizing Committee 2022

Academia 2 Industry Co-Chair: Eulalia Countinho

Current position: Scientist 2, Crinetics Pharmaceuticals

Training: BSc with Hons in Microbiology and Biochemistry, St. Xavier’s College, University of Mumbai, 2009; PhD in Physiology, SOKENDAI, Japan, 2015

AWIS Leadership Network (ALN) Co-Chair: Christina Niemeyer

Current position: Principal, i2 Grants Associates

Training: BS with Honors in Microbiology, Texas A&M University; PhD Cellular and Molecular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine

Additional AWIS involvement: WIST, Treasurer 2014-2016, Board Member 2017-2019

AWIS Leadership Network (ALN) Co-Chair: Lori Yang

Current position: CEO and CSO, Lectenz Bio

Training: BS Chemistry, University of Virginia; PhD Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University

Additional AWIS involvement: PR Committee; WIST 2015 Organizing Committee, WIST 2017 Co-Chair; Treasurer 2016-2017; Open House Organizing Committee 2022

Career Advancement Co-Chair: Veronica Monteiro

Current position: Postdoctoral scholar, UC San Diego

Training: BS Biology, São Paulo State University; MS and Ph.D. Functional and Molecular Biology, University of Campinas.

Career Advancement Co-Chair: Satarupa Bhaduri

Current position: Postdoctoral scholar, UC San Diego

Training: PhD Biophysics and Structural Biology, Purdue University

Additional AWIS involvement: AWIS-SD board Secretary

Corporate Sponsorship Chair: Kayal Madhivanan

Current position: Assistant Project Scientist, UC San Diego

Training:MS in Biological Science, B.Pharmacy 2009, PhD Cell Biology 2015

Events Co-Chair: Taylor Kredel

Current position: Senior Research Associate II, Crinetics Pharmaceuticals

Training: BS Neuroscience, Western Washington University 2015

Additional AWIS involvement: Public Relations Committee

Events Co-Chair: Agnes Antwan

Current position: Senior Research Associate II, Crinetics Pharmaceuticals

Training: BS Biology, University of California Riverside 2013

Newsletter Co-Chair: Jean Spence

Jean Spence earned a Ph.D. from the University of Utah in microbial genetics. Subsequently, she did several (too many) postdoctoral fellowships at M.I.T., Harvard Medical School, UCSD and the University of Rochester. She pursued her interest in systems biology by developing a novel platform and publishing 3 manuscripts and a book chapter as communicating author. She has been a reviewer for the AWIS newsletter since 2014 and became a co-chair this year. She was also a co-chair of the former Back to Work group in AWIS.

Outreach Co-Chair: Christine Stephen

Current position: Graduate Student, Lab of Dr. Tatiana Mishanina, UC San Diego

Training: B.S. Biochemistry, UC Santa Barbara, 2018

Outreach Co-Chair: Jamillah Murtadha

Current position: Staff Research Associate, Moores Cancer Center

Training: UC San Diego, Biological Sciences

Public Relations Chair: Suzana Hossain

Current position: Research Associate, Host-Microbe Systems & Therapeutics, UC San Diego

Training: B.S. Biochemistry & Cell Biology, UC San Diego, 2020; M.S. Biology, UC San Diego, 2021

Additional AWIS involvement: Outreach Committee, 2021; Communications Committee 2021-current

Scholarship Co-Chair: Bharti Garg

Current position: Project Scientist

Training: Basic and translational research in pancreatic cancer

Website Chair: Jennifer Swindlehurst Chan

Current position: Graduate Student, Biological Sciences, UC San Diego

Training: B.S. Biochemistry & Cell Biology, UC San Diego, 2020; M.S. Biology, UC San Diego, 2021

Additional AWIS involvement:

BA Biology and Neuroscience & Behavior, Wesleyan University, 2018

Additional AWIS involvement: Communications Committee