Governance of the Graduate Group
The Graduate Group is overseen by the Chair and the Executive Committee with additional Advising, Curriculum, Admissions, and Preliminary Exam Committees. Two student representatives serve on each committee.
Administrative Structure of the Graduate Group
Chairperson
The Chairperson is the individual responsible for governance of GCB. The GCB Chair oversees all committees of the GCB and selects Course Directors for all courses. The Chair convenes meetings of the Executive Committee and sets the agenda for these meetings. The Chair sets the agenda and presides over biannual Faculty Meetings.
In addition to these responsibilities, the Chair also:
The Chair serves a three-year renewable term. In the Spring semester of the third year of a term, the Executive Committee requests nominations for the Chair and then contacts the nominees to determine if they would agree to serve. Nominations must be of senior level (Associate or Full Professor) individuals from the Standing Faculty of the University. The Chair is expected to be experienced in training Ph.D. level students.
Executive committee:
The Executive committee consists of the chairs of the other committees as well as other GCB faculty that wish to serve. It is responsible for:
• Changes and exceptions to GCB policy
• Overall administration of the GCB program
• Admission of new faculty to the program
• Removal of non-contributing faculty from the program
• Advancement to Ph.D. candidacy of the students
The Executive Committee functions as an advisory committee to the Chair. It is composed of the GCB Chair and other faculty selected from senior membership of the GCB. The membership will represent the concerns of the Advising, Curriculum, and Admissions Committees. Its responsibilities are to maintain integration of the various graduate group programs and to review significant changes in policy, direction, or intent as recommended by GCB Committees or members, prior to final approval by the membership at large. Like the Advising Committee, the membership should always broadly represent each aspect of the students’ training program. The Chair of the Executive Committee is the GCB Chair, who is responsible for leading meetings and organizing the agenda.
The Executive Committee also evaluates faculty applications for membership in GCB. This committee reviews applications and votes for nomination and election to membership. This Committee also solicits nominations for GCB Chair and tabulates votes from the membership.
Curriculum committee:
The Curriculum Committee is primarily composed of course co-directors for GCB courses (GCB513, GCB531, GCB535, GCB536, GCB537, and GCB752). This committee reviews the existing curriculum and evaluates how the students’ needs are met by the available courses. Modifications to the existing curriculum are initiated by this Committee and approved by the Executive Committee and then by the membership of the GCB. Two GCB students will serve on this Committee. A summary of course evaluations for the past 6 years is given in Appendix B (note that GCB 535 and GCB 537 have fewer than 5 BGS students registered and therefore have no evaluation data).
The Chair of this committee prepares the agenda and runs committee meetings and sits on the GCB Executive Committee. Dr. Bucan, Chair of the graduate group, attends BGS Curriculum Committee meetings. The Curriculum Committee reviews the existing curriculum and evaluates how the students’ needs are met by the available courses. Modifications to the existing curriculum are initiated by this Committee and approved by the Executive Committee and then by the GCB faculty body. The Chair of this committee prepares the agenda and runs committee meetings and sits on the Executive Committee.
Admissions committee:
Responsible for:
The Chair of the Admissions Committee sits on the BGS Admissions Committee and represents GCB. He or she must also be a member of the GCB Executive Committee.
Advising committee:
This committee consists of 5 members who meet with first and second year students at the beginning of each semester to advise and approve of each student’s course and rotation choices. If some members are unable to attend the meeting, special effort is made to have representatives from different areas of the curriculum (biology, statistics, computer science, etc.). Members of the Advising committee also meet with first year students at the end of their second semester or in the summer prior to the second year to review the students’ progress, rotations, and plans for the coming year. In addition, the Advising Committee is responsible for monitoring the progress of students via their thesis committees. Student members of the advising committee will offer their advice but not be privy to their colleagues’ transcripts (with grades) and other formal evaluations. Student representation should include a 2nd and 3rd year student to provide recent feedback on courses.
Preliminary Exam Committee:
Responsible for:
The Preliminary Exam Committee consists of faculty members who remain on the committee for several years, as well as a rotating group of advisors of third year students. The committee works closely with the Curriculum and Advising Committees to ensure that the exam tests candidates’ knowledge in the areas of experimental and computational sciences, as well as statistical methods. After the exam is administered, the Committee meets to discuss individual scores and recommend whethter a student should advance to full candidacy in the PhD program.
Current GCB Committee Membership
GCB Executive Committee |
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Maja Bucan |
Graduate Group Chair |
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Frederic Bushman |
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Warren Ewens |
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Susan Davidson |
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John Hogenesch |
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Carlo Maley |
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Harold Riethman |
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David Roos |
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Chris Stoeckert |
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Lyle Ungar |
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Rumen Kostadinov |
Student Representative |
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Geetu Tuteja |
Student Representative |
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GCB Admissions Committee |
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Chris Stoeckert |
Chair, Admissions Committee |
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Maja Bucan |
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Klaus Kaestner |
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Hongzhe Li |
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Ravi Radhakrishnan |
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David Roos |
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Christian Stoeckert |
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Li-San Wang |
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Aleah Fox |
Student Representative |
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Brett Hannigan |
Student Representative |
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Nick Lahens |
Student Representative |
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GCB Curriculum Committee |
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Junhyong Kim |
Chair, Curriculum Committee |
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Warren Ewens |
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Sridhar Hannenhalli |
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John Hogenesch |
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Mingyao Li |
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Stephen Master |
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Harold Riethman |
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Li-San Wang |
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Rithun Mukherjee |
Student Representative |
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Jeremy Purvis |
Student Representative |
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GCB Advising Committee |
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Carlo Maley |
Chair, Advising Committee |
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Frederic Bushman |
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Paula Henthorn |
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Shane Jensen |
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Lyle Ungar |
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Logan Everett |
Student Representative |
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Adam Ewing |
Student Representative |
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Rithun Mukherjee |
Student Representative |
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GCB Preliminary Committee |
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John Hogenesch |
Chair, Prelim Committee |
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Frederic Bushman |
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Hongzhe Li |
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