Administration

Principal Investigators (PIs)

	Dr. Martha Gillette Director, Neuroscience Program Professor, Cellular and Developmental Biology Expertise: Neurobiology of small circuits; cell and regenerative biology Email
	Dr. Hyunjoon (Joon) Kong Professor, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and Pathology Expertise: Biomaterials and organoid engineering Email
	Dr. Rashid Bashir Head, Bioengineering Grainger Distinguished Chair of Engineering Expertise: Biofabrication Email
	Dr. Neal Cohen Founding Director, Interdisciplinary Health Sciences Institute Expertise: Cognitive neuroscience of human learning & memory Email
	Dr. Jonathan Sweedler Director, School of Chemical Sciences Professor, Chemistry Expertise: Analytical chemistry of neuromodulatory compounds Email

Executive Committee

	Dr. Martha Gillette Director, Neuroscience Program Professor, Cellular and Developmental Biology Expertise: Neurobiology of small circuits; cell and regenerative biology Email
	Dr. Hyunjoon (Joon) Kong Professor, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and Pathology Expertise: Biomaterials and organoid engineering Email
	Dr. Rashid Bashir Head, Bioengineering Grainger Distinguished Chair of Engineering Expertise: Biofabrication Email
	Dr. Neal Cohen Founding Director, Interdisciplinary Health Sciences Institute Expertise: Cognitive neuroscience of human learning & memory Email
	Dr. Jonathan Sweedler Director, School of Chemical Sciences Professor, Chemistry Expertise: Analytical chemistry of neuromodulatory compounds Email
	Dr. Brad Sutton Technical Director, Biomedical Imaging Center Abel Bliss Faculty Scholar, College of Engineering Associate Professor, Bioengineering Expertise: Brain fMRI imaging Email
	Dr. Hee Jung Chung Associate Professor, Molecular and Integrative Physiology and Neuroscience Expertise: Brain plasticity/pathology Email
	Dr. Deborah Leckband Professor, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Professor, Chemistry Expertise: Biophysics Email
	Dr. Gabriel Popescu Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering Expertise: Cellular Bioimaging Email
	Dr. Daniel Llano Associate Professor, Molecular & Integrative Physiology; Physician/Surgeon Expertise: Computational Biology, Imaging, Neurobiology, Optogenetics, Sensory Processing Email
	Dr. Justin Rhodes Professor, Psychology and Neuroscience Expertise: Genetics and Voluntary Behavior Email
	Dr. Taher Saif Professor, Mechanical Science & Engineering, Neuroscience Expertise: Biomechanics & Nanomechanics Email

Program Evaluator

Dr. Lizanne DeStefano Associate Dean in the College of Sciences, Executive Director of CEISMC, and Professor at the School of Psychology Georgia Institute of Technology Email

Program Coordinator

Anne McKinney Email

Internal Advisory Board

	Dr. Tamer Basar Executive Director Illinois at Singapore Pte. Ltd.
	Dr. Wojtek Jan Chodzko-Zajko Dean Graduate College
	Dr. Susan Martinis Vice Chancellor for Research
	Dr. Jeffrey Moore Director Beckman Institute for Advanced Science & Technology
	Dr. Venetria Patton Harry E. Preble Dean College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

External Advisory Board

	Dr. Lili Deligianni Expertise: Biomedical Imaging
	Dr. Elizabeth Hillman Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering and Radiology, Columbia University Principal Investigator, Zuckerman Institute Expertise: Neuroimaging & Neurovascular Coupling
	Dr. Robert Krencik Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Institute for Academic Medicine Houston Methodist, Weill Cornell Medical College Expertise: Neural Stem Cells, Neuroscience, Neuroregeneration
	Dr. Todd McDevitt Senior Investigator, Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease Professor, Department of Bioengineering & Therapeutic Sciences, University of California, San Francisco Investigator, Roddenberry Center for Stem Cell Biology & Regenerative Medicine at Gladstone Expertise: Stem Cell Engineering, Human Tissue Models
	Dr. Inhyun Park Associate Professor of Genetics, Yale Stem Cell Center Yale School of Medicine Expertise: Genetic and Epigenetic Regulation of Reprogramming
	Dr. Peter So Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Biological Engineering Associate Director of the Whitehead-MIT Bioimaging Center MIT Expertise: Novel Microscopy Instrumentation
	Dr. Chris Xu Professor and The Mong Family Foundation Director, Cornell Neurotech – Engineering Director, Cornell NeuroNex Hub School of Applied and Engineering Physics Cornell University Expertise: Fiber Optics, Biomedical Imaging, Multiphoton Microscopy
	Dr. Xinyu Zhao Jenni and Kyle Professor, The Waisman Center Department of Neuroscience University of Wisconsin-Madison Expertise: Neural Stem Cell Regulation, Neurodevelopment

Student Leadership Council

	Sara Bell Chemistry
	Jennie Gardner Psychology
	Ryan Miller Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
	Miles Norsworthy Cell & Developmental Biology