GSA is pleased to announce the election of six new members to our Board of Directors. The new Board members will begin their term on January 1, 2016, and will serve for three years. GSA has also issued a press release providing more information about each of the new Board members.
Vice-President (and President-Elect)
Lynn Cooley, PhD
C.N.H. Long Professor of Genetics;
Professor of Cell Biology and Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology; and
Dean, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Yale University
Member, GSA Board of Directors, 2013–2015
Associate Editor, GENETICS, 2011–present
Editor-in-Chief, FlyBook, GENETICS, 2014–present
Organizer, 2009 Drosophila Research Conference
President, North American Drosophila Board, 2004–2005
GENETICS Author, 2015, 2015, 2015, 2007, 2002, 1997, 1996
Secretary
David Greenstein, PhD
Professor of Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development
University of Minnesota
Associate Editor, GENETICS, 2006–present
Organizer, 2009 International C. elegans Meeting
GENETICS Author, 2014, 2014, 2014, 2012, 2012
Directors
JoAnne Engebrecht, PhD
Professor, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology
University of California, Davis
Associate Editor, GENETICS, 2007–2013
GENETICS Author, 2014, 2010, 2007, 2005, 2002, 2001, 2001, 1998, 1998, 1995, 1992, 1989
Erika Matunis, PhD
Professor, Department of Cell Biology; and
Institute for Cellular Engineering
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Organizer, 2012 Drosophila Research Conference
GENETICS Author, 2007
Eric Selker, PhD
Professor of Biology
University of Oregon
Associate Editor, GENETICS, 2010–present
Fungal Genetics Policy Committee, 2009–2015
GENETICS Author, 2010, 2009, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2007, 2005, 2002, 1999, 1998, 1997, 1997, 1996, 1995, 1994, 1994, 1991, 1991, 1986
Huntington Willard, PhD
President and Director
The Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA; and
Professor of Human Genetics
University of Chicago
President, American Society of Human Genetics, 2001
GENETICS Author, 2012, 2012, 2006, 2003
We also offer thanks to the members of the Board who will be completing their current service at the end of 2015:
- Vicki Chandler, PhD, Immediate Past President
- Anne Villeneuve, PhD, Secretary
- Lynn Cooley, PhD, Director
- Sarah C.R. Elgin, PhD, Director
- Anna Di Rienzo, PhD, Director
- Deborah A. Siegele, PhD, Director
- Andrew Adrian, Trainee Representative
Additional Information:
- “Genetics Society of America announces results of election for new Board members,” October 14, 2015.
- Paddy Gavin, “Cooley elected Genetics Society leader,” Yale Daily News, October 19, 2015.
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