{"id":26333,"date":"2023-05-18T16:30:06","date_gmt":"2023-05-18T20:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/?page_id=26333"},"modified":"2026-03-03T13:53:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T18:53:16","slug":"committees","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/about-us\/committees\/","title":{"rendered":"Committees"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Biochemistry and Biophysics Committees and Departmental Governance<\/h2>\n<p><i>\u00a0<\/i><hr class=\" rule-thin osc-rule\" \/>\n<h3>Departmental Committees<\/h3>\n\n<table id=\"tablepress-2\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-2 tablepress-responsive\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1 odd\">\n\t<th class=\"column-1\">Committee<\/th><th class=\"column-2\">Committee Chair(s)<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr class=\"row-2 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Comp Exam<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Dr. Wolfgang Bergmeier and Dr. Sharon Campbell<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">cryoEM Core<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Dr. Saskia Neher<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Community Engagement<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Dr. Qi Zhang<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Equipment<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Dr. Sharon Campbell and Jesse Arp<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-6 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Faculty Mentoring Committees (Mentoring, Promotion)*<\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-7 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Graduate Education (GECO)<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Dr. Wolfgang Bergmeier and Holly Shepherd<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-8 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Leadership<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Dr. Jean Cook<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-9 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">MacInFac Core*<\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-10 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">NMR Core<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Dr. Sharon Campbell and Dr. Qi Zhang<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-11 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Peptide Core<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Dr. Brian Strahl<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-12 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Retreat<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Dr. Robert Lee and Dr. Dale Ramsden<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-13 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Seminar<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Dr. Saskia Neher<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-14 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Space Task Force<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Dr. Sharon Campbell<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-15 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Staff**<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">TBA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-16 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Sustainability<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Dr. Wolfgang Bergmeier and Holly Shepherd<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n<p>*<em>For the current chair(s) please contact Dr. Jean Cook<\/em><\/p>\n<p>**<em>A <\/em><i>Staff committee will be forming in the future that will represent research and administrative staff. Until then, please attend staff town halls to stay informed.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Our retreat committee chairs change annually after our research retreat.<\/p>\n<hr class=\" rule-thin osc-rule\" \/>\n<h3>Student &amp; Postdoc Committees<\/h3>\n\n<table id=\"tablepress-3\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-3 tablepress-responsive\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1 odd\">\n\t<th class=\"column-1\">Committee<\/th><th class=\"column-2\">Committee Chair(s)<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr class=\"row-2 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Community Engagement<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Quentin Hahn, Nebyou Mulugeta, Maria (Camila) Arango<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Environmental Task Force<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Abigail Ballard-Kordelski<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">GECO reps<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Maria Al Haddad (BC) and Trevor Mileur (MCBP)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">GPSG Senators<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Britney Alcira<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-6 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">MCBP student leaders<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Elise Liebow, Kendall Cherry, and Trevor Mileur<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-7 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Social co-chairs<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Maria Al Haddad, <br \/>\nAspen Hawkins, <br \/>\nJacob Hughes, <br \/>\nEmily Grace Clark, <br \/>\nGiselle Prida, <br \/>\nJamie Do, and<br \/>\nElise Liebow <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-8 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Student Seminars<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Victoria Augoustides and Kaitlyn Bridges<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-9 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Postdoc<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Logan Slade PhD<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Biochemistry and Biophysics Committees and Departmental Governance \u00a0 Departmental Committees *For the current chair(s) please contact Dr. Jean Cook **A Staff committee will be forming in the future that will represent research and administrative staff. 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