College of Biological Sciences dean search committee
Provost’s Search Committee for Dean, College of Biological Sciences:
- Brian Buhr, Professor and Dean, College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences—search committee chair
- Beatriz Baselga Cervera, Postdoctoral Fellow, Microbiology and Biotechnology (Ecology, Evolution & Behavior); Member, CBS Leadership Council; Steering committee, UMN Postdoctoral Association
- Sara Eliason, CBS Graduate Program College Liaison; Graduate Program Coordinator, Plant and Microbial Biology; Member, CBS Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Justice Community of Practice
- Peter Kennedy, Professor: Plant & Microbial Biology; CBS Interim Associate Dean of Research; Member: CBS Faculty Consultative Committee, CBS Leadership Council, and CBS Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Justice Community of Practice
- Nikki Letawsky Shultz, Assistant Dean for Student Affairs and International Programs; Member, CBS Leadership Council; Member (ex officio), CBS Educational Policy Committee; Member, CBS Anti-Racism Work Group
- Chino Nwakama, Undergraduate Student, Neuroscience
- Claudia Schmidt-Dannert, Distinguished McKnight University Professor and Kirkwood Chair of Biochemistry; Associate Head of Research, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, & Biophysics; Director, BioTechnology Institute; Member, CBS Leadership Council
- Sivaraj (Shiv) Sivaramakrishnan, Professor, Genetics, Cell Biology, & Development; Member, Medical School Graduate Programs Council
- Emilie Snell-Rood, Associate Professor and Associate Department Head, Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior; Member, CBS Faculty Consultative Committee; CBS Representative, UMN Faculty Senate
- Margaret (Meg) Titus, Distinguished University Teaching Professor, Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development; Associate Dean for Graduate Students & Postdocs; Member, CBS Leadership Council
- Kipling Thacker, Chief Scientific Officer and Vice President, Lifecore Biomedical, Chaska, MN; Member, CBS Industry Advisory Group UMN B.S. and Ph.D., microbiology.
- Deena Wassenberg, Teaching Associate Professor and Associate Department Head, Biology Teaching & Learning (BTL); Member, BTL Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee and UMN Council on Liberal Education