Education Committee

The mission of this committee is to

  • Promote, design, support, and implement educational programs, projects, and services that contribute to the continuing education and training of core staff,
  • Enhance the scientific and professional development of scientists
  • Facilitate the education and training of students and postdoctoral fellows who wish to pursue careers in core operations and management

Questions or interest in joining an ABRF committee? Contact us! 

Current Membership

Isabelle Girard  (Chair) – University of California - Davis
Marie Adams - Van Andel Institute
Sridar Chittur –  SUNY Albany
Kim Dahlman - Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Joe Dragavon – University of Colorado, Boulder
William Hendrickson –  University of Illinois at Chicago (Emeritus)
Kevin Knudtson (EB liaison) - University of Iowa
Roy Martin – Waters Corporation
Sheenah Mische – NYU Langone Health
Jeffrey Smith - Kimmel Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins University
Frances Weis-Garcia – Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Nicole White – Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center

Membership History

Member NameOrganizationDetails
Pamela Scott Adams Trudeau Institute  Member, EB Liaison: 03/06 - 04/07
Keith Ashman MDS Sciex  Chair: 04/02 - 11/02
Dr. Allis Chien Stanford University Member: 03/13 - 07/18
EB Liason: 03/15 - 04/17
Dr. Sridar Chittur SUNY, Albany Co-chair: 03/15-03/16
Chair: 03/16-03/17
Joseph Fernandez Rockefeller Univ  Member: 02/03 - 02/06
Dr. Nancy Fisher University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill EB Liason: 04/17 -
Dr Susan H Hardin University of Houston  Member, EB Liaison: 04/02 - 02/06
William Hendrickson University of Illinois at Chicago (Emeritus) Member: 04/18 -
Tim C Hunter Vermont Cancer Ctr  EB Liason: 05/12 - 03/14
Cvic Innocent Boston Children's Hospital
 Chair: 04/18 -
Dr Karen R Jonscher University of Colorado Denver  Chair: 01/08 - 03/09
Member: 02/06 - 01/08
EB Liason: 04/09 - 04/12
Dr. Kevin L. Knudtson Univ of Iowa  Chair: 03/13 - 03/14
Member: 05/10 - 03/12
Dr. Elke Küster-Schöck McGill University, CIAN  Member: 04/09 - 03/13
Dr. David Landsman NIH/NLM/NCBI  Chair: 11/02 - 01/08
Dr. Ken I Mitchelhill Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute  Member: 01/02 - 12/03
Dr. Janet M Murray University of Vermont  Chair: 03/12 - 03/13
Co-Chair: 03/11 - 03/12
Dr. David S. Needleman USDA/ARS Eastern Regional Research Center  Member: 01/08 - 03/13
John M Neveu Harvard University  Member: 05/06 - 04/10
Dr Natalia G. Reyero Vinas MIssissippi State University  Member: 04/13 - 03/14
Chair: 03/15 - 03/16
Margaret Robertson   Member: 01/04 - 12/07
Caprice Rosato Oregon State Univ  Member: 03/08 - 03/11
Dr. Paul A Rudnick NIST  Member: 04/13 - 11/14
Brian C. Searle Proteome Software Inc.  Member: 07/10 - 03/14
Dr Katia Sol-Church AI duPont Hospital for Children  Chair: 03/10 - 03/12
Ad hoc: 05/12 - 03/13
Laurey Steinke University of Nebraska Medical Center  Member: 01/02 - 12/03
Chris W Turck Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry  EB liaison: 04/07 - 04/09
James Van Ee Cornell University  Member: 01/11 - 03/16
Co-chair: 03/13 - 03/14
Chair: 03/14 - 03/15
Frances Weis-Garcia Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
 Member: 04/18 -
Nicole White Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center Chair: 04/17 - 04/18
Michael Zianni Plant-Microbe Genomics Facility/Ohio State University  Member: 03/10 - 03/14
Member volunteered admin: 04/08 - 03/09