CMM Executive Committee
Cindy Miranti, PhD, Interim Department Head
Haley O’Brien, PhD, Associate Head, Education
Greg Rogers, PhD, Associate Head, Faculty Development
Yana Zavros, PhD, Associate Head, Research
Aaron Hodges, MBA, Department Administrator
CMM Program Directors
Graduate Studies – Doctoral: Curtis Thorne, PhD
MS Graduate & Certificate: Lonnie Lybarger, PhD
Willed Body Program: Jean Wilson, PhD
Genetic Counselling: Chris Stallman, MLS, MS, LCGC
Anatomy: James Proffitt, PhD
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion: Gus Mouneimne, PhD
ABBS Executive Committee
CMM Representative: Casey Romanoski, PhD
CMM-Affiliated Core Directors
Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell: Jared Churko, PhD
Phenotyping: Henk Granzier, PhD
Gene Editing/CRISPR: Nathan Ellis, PhD
Viral Production: Henk Granzier, PhD
BioDRoid Core: Yana Zavros, PhD
TACMASR: Yana Zavros, PhD
EMSS Core: Noel Warfel, PhD
Department Seminar Committee
Darren Cusanovich, PhD (co-Chair)
Curtis Thorne, PhD (co-Chair)
Website Development Committee
Noel Warfel, PhD (Chair)
Gus Mouneimne, PhD
Becca Van Sickler, MEd
CMM Masters’ & Certificate Committee
Lonnie Lybarger, PhD (Director)
Yana Zavros, PhD
David Bear, PhD
Ritu Pandy, PhD
James Proffitt, PhD
Chris Pappas, PhD
Committee Support: Kathy Ben
GPMM Graduate Studies Committee
Curtis Thorne, PhD (Associate Chair)
Lonnie Lybarger, PhD (Leader, Cell Biology Track)
Brett Colson, PhD (Leader, Medical Biophysics Track)
Sam Campos, PhD (Leader, Immunobiology Track; IMB Dept.)
Deepta Bhattacharya, PhD (Chair; IMB Dept.)
Committee Support: Becca Van Sickler, MEd
Graduate Recruiting Committee
Curtis Thorne, PhD (Chair)
Lonnie Lybarger, PhD
Noel Warfel, PhD
Becca Van Sickler, MEd
Research Committee
Yana Zavros, PhD (Co-Chair)
Henk Granzier, PhD (Co-Chair)
Jared Churko, PhD
Gus Mouneimne, PhD
Casey Romanoski, PhD
Genetics Counseling Program Committee
Chris Stallman, MLS, MS, LCGC (Chair)
Valerie Schaibley, PhD
Nathan Ellis, PhD
Kathy Ben (ex-officio)
Promotion & Tenure Committee
Henk Granzier, PhD (Chair)
Greg Rogers, PhD
Yana Zavros, PhD
David Bear, PhD
Julie Ledford, PhD
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee
Gus Mouneimne, PhD (Director)
Noel Warfel, PhD
Lonnie Lybarger, PhD
Ritu Pandy, PhD
Valerie Schaibley, PhD
Anastasia Amoiroglou
Faculty Annual Evaluation Committee
Greg Rogers, PhD (Chair)
Casey Romanoski, PhD
David Bear, PhD
Brett Colson, PhD
Julie Ledford, PhD
Curriculum Committee
Haley O’Brien, PhD
Valerie Schaibley, PhD
Lonnie Lybarger, PhD
James Proffitt, PhD
Becca Van Sickler, MEd
Joint Biology Research Retreat Committee
Brett Colson, PhD (Chair)
Committee Support: Becca Van Sickler, MEd