Committee Chairs

AWIS Officers
	Committee Chairs
	Academia 2 Industry (A2I)	Rose Presby & Eulalia Countinho
	AWIS Leadership Network (ALN)	Christina Niemeyer & Lori Yang
	Career Advancement	Veronica Monteiro & Satarupa Bhaduri
	Corporate Sponsorship	Kayal Madhivanan
	Events	Taylor Kredel & Agnes Antwan
	Newsletter	Jean Spence
	Outreach	Christine Stephen & Jamillah Murtadha
	Public Relations	Suzana Hossain
	Scholarship	Bharti Garg
	Website	Jennifer Swindlehurst Chan



		Academia 2 Industry Co-Chair: Rose Presby
		Current position: Postdoctoral Researcher, Lab of Dr. Albert Chen, Scintillon Institute 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 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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		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 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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		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 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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		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 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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		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. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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		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 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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		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 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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		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 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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		Events Co-Chair: Agnes Antwan
		Current position: Senior Research Associate II, Crinetics Pharmaceuticals Training: BS Biology, University of California Riverside 2013 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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		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. To email Jean, click This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
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		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 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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		Outreach Co-Chair: Jamillah Murtadha
		Current position: Staff Research Associate, Moores Cancer Center Training: UC San Diego, Biological Sciences This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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		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 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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		Scholarship Co-Chair: Bharti Garg
		Current position: Project Scientist Training: Basic and translational research in pancreatic cancer This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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		Website Chair: Jennifer Swindlehurst Chan
		Current position: Graduate Student, Biological Sciences, UC San Diego Training: BA Biology and Neuroscience & Behavior, Wesleyan University, 2018 Additional AWIS involvement: Communications Committee This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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Committee Chairs

AWIS Officers

Committee Chairs