This informal group of around 30 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.
Stephen Benkovic
Evan Pugh University Professor and Eberly Chair in Chemistry
Leonid Berlyand
Co-Director of the Center for Mathematics of Living and Mimetic Matter; Professor of Mathematics
Seth Bordenstein
Director of the Microbiome Center; Huck Chair in Microbiome Sciences; Professor of Biology and Entomology
Francesca Chiaromonte
Director of the Genome Sciences Institute; Huck Chair in Statistics for the Life Sciences; Professor of Statistics
Christina Grozinger
Director of the Center for Pollinator Research; Director of the Insect Biodiversity Center; Publius Vergilius Maro Professor and Huck Scholar of Entomology
Camelia Kantor
Associate Director of Strategic Initiatives; Associate Research Professor
Teh-hui Kao
Chair, Intercollege Graduate Degree Program in Plant Biology; Distinguished Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Vivek Kapur
Associate Director, Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences; Huck Distinguished Chair in Global Health; Professor of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
Deb Kelly
Director of the Center for Structural Oncology; Huck Chair in Molecular Biophysics; Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Manuel Llinas
Distinguished Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Sally Mackenzie
Director of the Plant Institute; Huck Chair of Functional Genomics; Professor of Biology and of Plant Science
Kateryna Makova
Director of the Center for Medical Genomics; Professor of Biology
James Marden
Associate Director of Operations, Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences; Professor of Biology
Troy Ott
Interim Director, Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences; C. Lee Rumberger and Family Chair in Agricultural Sciences; Professor of Reproductive Physiology
Andrew Patterson
Professor and Huck Chair of Molecular Toxicology; Faculty Oversight, Metabolomics Core Facility
Jeffrey Peters
Distinguished Professor of Molecular Toxicology and Carcinogenesis
Andrew Read
Senior Vice President for Research; Evan Pugh Professor of Biology and Entomology; Eberly Professor of Biotechnology
Melissa Rolls
Chair, Intercollege Graduate Degree Program in Molecular, Cellular, and Integrative Biosciences; Director of the Center for Cellular Dynamics; Paul Berg Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Denise Solomon
Head and Liberal Arts Professor of Communication Arts and Sciences
Nanyin Zhang
Director of the Center for Neurotechnology in Mental Health Research; Huck Chair in Brain Imaging; Professor of Bioengineering