Chairperson

Jon R. Lorsch, Ph.D.
Director
National Institute of General Medical Sciences
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, MD 20892

Members

Natalie G. Ahn, Ph.D. (Extended, May 2026)
Distinguished Professor
Department of Biochemistry
​​University of Colorado at Boulder
Boulder, CO 80309-0596

Eric Alani, Ph.D. (2026)
Professor
Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853 ​ 

Terri Goss Kinzy, Ph.D. (Extended, October 2025)
Professor Emerita of Biochemistry
and Molecular Biology
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Piscataway, NJ 08854

David H. Mathews, M.D., Ph.D. (Extended, October 2025)
Lynne E. Maquat Distinguished Professor of RNA Biology 
Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics 
University of Rochester Medical Center
Rochester, New York 14642

Lesilee Rose, Ph.D. (Extended, May 2026)
Professor
Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology
College of Biological Sciences
University of California, Davis
Davis, CA 95616 

​Christopher W. Seymour, M.D., M.Sc. (2026)
Associate Professor
Department of Critical Care Medicine
Departments of Emergency Medicine & Clinical Translational Science
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Pittsburgh, PA 15261 

Jeffrey C. Sun, J.D., Ph.D. (Extended, May 2026)
Professor & Distinguished University Scholar
Gradie R. & Mary D. Rowntree Endowed Chair in Educational Administration
Director, SKILLS Collaborative
College of Education & Human Development
University of Louisville
Louisville, KY 40292 

Leyte Winfield, Ph.D. (2026)
Professor 
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
Division Chair
Division of Natural Sciences and Mathematics
Spelman College
Atlanta, GA 30314-4395

Ad Hoc Participants

Kelly L. Drew, Ph.D. 
Professor and Director
Transformative Research in Metabolism 
Institute of Arctic Biology
University of Alaska Fairbanks
Fairbanks, AK 99775-7000

​​Allison Owen, Ph.D. 
Assistant Professor
Department of Physical Therapy
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY 40536-0200

Kevin Raney, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Little Rock, AR 72205

José R. Rodríguez-Medina, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair
Department of Biochemistry
PI, Puerto Rico INBRE Program
Medical Sciences Campus
University of Puerto Rico
San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936-5067

Whitney L. Stoppel, Ph.D.
Dr. and Mrs. Frederick C. Edie Term Associate Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL 32611

Executive Secretary

Ariel Zane, Ph.D.
Acting Associate Director for Extramural Activities
National Institute of General Medical Sciences
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, MD 20892

Ex-Officio Members

Ronald M. Przygodzki, M.D. 
Director
Genomic Medicine
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Veterans Health Administration
Washington, DC 20420