This informal group of thought leaders in life sciences research at Penn State meets monthly to advise the Huck director and Executive Team on policy, opportunities, and benchmarking. Members serve voluntarily and are appointed by the Huck director. Suggestions and inquiries about membership are welcome and should be sent to the Huck’s director.
John Hayes
Professor of Food Science; Director, Sensory Evaluation Center
Justin Pritchard
Huck Early Career Entrepreneurial Professorship; Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering;
Dipanjan Pan
Huck Chair Professor in Nanomedicine; Professor of Material Science and Engineering; Professor of Nuclear Engineering
Gustavo Nader
Dorothy Foher and J. Lloyd Huck Chair in Molecular, Cellular and Integrative Physiology, Professor of Kinesiology
Vishal Singh
Associate Professor of Nutritional Physiology and Microbiome
Justin Silverman
Assistant Professor of Information Sciences and Technology
Vasant Honavar
Huck Chair in Biomedical Data Sciences and AI; Professor and Edward Frymoyer Chair of Information Sciences and Technology
Denise Solomon
Head and Liberal Arts Professor of Communication Arts and Sciences
Michael Axtell
Professor of Biology; Louis and Hedwig Sternberg Chair in Plant Biology
Amie Boal
Professor of Chemistry and of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Erika Swift
Executive Director, Center for Medical Innovation; Professor of Practice, Penn State College of Medicine and Penn State Harrisburg; Co-Lead for Workforce Development, Clinical and Translational Science Institute
Donna M. Fick
Elouise Ross Eberly Professor; Director of the Tressa Nese and Helen Diskevich Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence
Kimberly Van Haitsma
Professor; Associate Director, Tressa Nese and Helen Diskevich Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence; Director, PPCLSC
Micah Clark
Research Professor & Senior Scientist for Autonomy, AI, and Cognitive Science, Applied Research Laboratory
























