Administration

The Graduate Group in Biochemistry Biophysics and Chemical Biology is governed by The Executive Committee, which is composed of the Chair and Vice-Chair of the Graduate Group, Chairs of the Academic Review, Advising, Admissions, Curriculum, Recruitment and Student Affairs committees, the Director of Lab Rotation, the Director of the Candidacy Exam, and the Principal Investigators of the Structural Biology and Chemistry Biology Interface Training Grants, which are a source of funding for many students in the BBCB Graduate Group.

More details on the policies and procedures can be found in the BBCB Graduate Group Handbook

Graduate Group Chair
Kim Sharp: sharpk@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Graduate Group Vice-Chair
George Burslem: George.Burslem@Pennmedicine.upenn.edu

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Academic Review Committee
Kristen Lynch, Chair: klync@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Admissions Committee (Ph.D.)
Yi-Wei Chang: ywc@pennmedicine.upenn.edu 

Admissions Committee (M.D./Ph.D.)
Mark Sellmyer, Chair: mark.sellmyer@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Candidacy Exam Committee
Ronen Marmorstein, Chair: marmor@mail.med.upenn.edu

Lab Rotation
Lijun Zhou: Lijun.Zhou@Pennmedicine.upenn.edu 

Curriculum Committee
George Burslem: George.Burslem@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics Training Grant
Ben Black, Co-Director: blackb@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Liz Rhoades, Co-Director: rhoadese@sas.upenn.edu

Chemistry Biology Interface Training Grant
Ronen Marmorstein, Co-Director: marmor@mail.med.upenn.edu
James Petersson, Co-Director: ejamesp@sas.upenn.edu