Biological Sciences Advisory and Tenure and Appointments Committee

Biological Sciences Advisory Committee Membership

Karen Anderson | Professor of Pharmacology and Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry

Charles Greer | Professor of Neurosurgery and of Neuroscience

Mark Hochstrasser | Eugene Higgins Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry and Professor of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

Farren Isaacs | Professor of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology and Biomedical Engineering

Steven Kleinstein | Anthony N Brady Professor of Pathology and Professor of Immunobiology and Biomedical Informatics & Data Science

Ifat Levy | Elizabeth Mears and House Jameson Professor of Comparative Medicine and Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience

Thomas Near | Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

James Noonan | Albert E. Kent Professor of Genetics and Professor of Neuroscience

David Post (Fall 2025) | Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Christian Schlieker | Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Yajaira Suarez (Spring 2026) | Anthony N. Brady Professor of Comparative Medicine and Professor of Pathology; Deputy Chair, Comparative Medicine

David Watts | Alison Richard Professor of Anthropology

Additional Members of Tenure and Appointments Committee

Yajaira Suarez (Fall 2025) | Committee Chair; Anthony N. Brady Professor of Comparative Medicine and Professor of Pathology; Deputy Chair, Comparative Medicine

David Post (Spring 2026) | Committee Chair; Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Larry Gladney | FAS Dean of Science; Professor of Physics and Astronomy

Steven Wilkinson | Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences; Nilekani Professor of Political Science and Professor in the Institution for Social and Policy Studies

Nancy Brown | Jean and David W. Wallace Dean of the Yale School of Medicine; C. N. H. Long Professor of Internal Medicine

Biological Sciences Advisory Committee Membership

Amy Arnsten | Albert E. Kent Professor of Neuroscience and Professor of Psychology

Marvin Chun | Richard M. Colgate Professor of Psychology and Professor of Neuroscience

Charles Greer | Professor of Neurosurgery and of Neuroscience

Ira Hall | Professor of Genetics; Director of the Yale Center for Genomic Health

Mark Hochstrasser | Eugene Higgins Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry and Professor of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

Vivian Irish | Eaton Professor of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology and Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Steven Kleinstein | Anthony N. Brady Professor of Pathology

Christian Schlieker | Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry and of Cell Biology

Carla Staver | Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and of Environment

Paul Turner | Rachel Carson Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

David Zenisek | Professor of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, of Ophthalmology and Visual Science and of Neuroscience

Additional Members of Tenure and Appointments Committee

Yajaira Suarez | Committee Chair; Anthony N. Brady Professor of Comparative Medicine and of Pathology; Deputy Chair, Comparative Medicine

Larry Gladney | FAS Dean of Science; Phyllis Wallace Dean for Diversity and Faculty Development; Professor of Physics

Tamar Szabó Gendler (Fall 2024) | Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences; Vincent J. Scully Professor of Philosophy and Professor of Psychology and Cognitive Sciences

Steven Wilkinson (Spring 2025) | Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences; Nilekani Professor of India and South Asian Studies; Professor of Political Science and International Affairs; Henry R. Luce Director of the Whitney and Betty MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies

Nancy Brown | Jean and David W. Wallace Dean of the Yale School of Medicine; C. N. H. Long Professor of Internal Medicine

Biological Sciences Advisory Committee Membership

Amy Arnsten (Spring 2024 only) | Albert E. Kent Professor of Neuroscience and Professor of Psychology

Susan Baserga | William H. Fleming, M.D. Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry and Professor of Genetics and of Therapeutic Radiology

Craig Crews (Spring 2024 only) | John C. Malone Professor of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology and Professor of Chemistry, Pharmacology, and of Management

Charles Greer | Professor of Neurosurgery and of Neuroscience

Ira Hall (Spring 2024 only) | Professor of Genetics; Director of the Yale Center for Genomic Health

Vivian Irish (Fall 2023 only) | Eaton Professor of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology and Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Jun Liu | Professor of Microbial Pathogenesis

Karla Neugebauer | Professor of Moleular Biophysics and Biochemistry and of Cell Biology

David Vasseur | Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

David Watts | Alison Richard Professor of Anthropology

David Zenisek | Professor of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, of Ophthalmology and Visual Science and of Neuroscience

Additional Members of Tenure and Appointments Committee

Yajaira Suarez | Committee Chair; Anthony N. Brady Professor of Comparative Medicine and of Pathology; Deputy Chair, Comparative Medicine

Tamar Szabó Gendler | Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences; Vincent J. Scully Professor of Philosophy and Professor of Psychology and Cognitive Sciences

Nancy Brown | Jean and David W. Wallace Dean of the Yale School of Medicine; C. N. H. Long Professor of Internal Medicine

Larry Gladney | FAS Dean of Science; Phyllis Wallace Dean for Diversity and Faculty Development; Professor of Physics

Biological Sciences Advisory Committee Membership

Joerg Bewersdorf | Harvey and Kate Cushing Professor of Cell Biology, Professor of Biomedical Engineering, and Professor of Physics

Craig Crews | John C. Malone Professor  of Molecular, Cellular, and Development Biology and Professor of Chemistry, of Pharmacology, and of Management

Charles Greer | Professor of Neurosurgery and Neuroscience

Jun Liu | Professor of Microbial Pathogenesis

Karla Neugebauer | Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry and of Cell Biology

Valerie Reinke | Professor of Genetics

Yajaira Suarez | Anthony N. Brady Professor of Comparative Medicine and Deputy Chair of Comparative Medicine

David Vasseur | Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

E. Chui-Ying Yan | Professor of Chemistry

Additional Members of Tenure and Appointments Committee

Ron Breaker | Sterling Professor of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology and Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry

Tamar Gendler (Fall 2022 only) | Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Vincent J. Scully Professor of Philosophy and Professor of Psychology and Cognitive Sciences

Kathryn Lofton (Spring 2023 only) | FAS Dean of Humanities; Acting Dean of the FAS (January 1 - June 30, 2023); Lex Hixon Professor of Religious Studies, of American Studies and of History

Nancy Brown | Jean and David W. Wallace Dean of the Yale School of Medicine and C.N.H. Long Professor of Internal Medicine

Larry Gladney | FAS Dean of Science, Phyllis Wallace Dean for Diversity and Faculty Development, and Professor of Physics and of Astronomy 

Biological Sciences Advisory Committee Membership

Anton Bennett | Dorys McConnell Duberg Professor of Pharmacology and Professor of Comparative Medicine

Joerg Bewersdorf | Professor of Cell Biology and of Biomedical Engineering

John Carlson | Eugene Higgins Professor of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

Erika Edwards | Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Don Engelman | Eugene Higgins Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry

Priya Natarajan | Professor Astronomy and Physics

Valerie Reinke | Professor of Genetics

Carla Rothlin | Dorys McConnell Duberg Professor of Immunobiology and Professor of Pharmacology

Susumu Tomita | Professor of Cellular and Molecular Physiology and Neuroscience

Additional Members of Tenure and Appointments Committee

Ron Breaker | Committee Chair, Sterling Professor of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology and Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry

Tamar Szabó Gendler | Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Vincent J. Scully Professor of Philosophy and Professor of Psychology and Cognitive Sciences

Nancy Brown | Jean and David W. Wallace Dean of the Yale School of Medicine and C.N.H. Long Professor of Internal Medicine

Jeff Brock | Dean of the School of Engineering & Applied Science, and FAS Dean of Science, Zhao and Ji Professor of Mathematics

Biological Sciences Advisory Committee Membership

Paul Turner | Committee Chair, Biological Sciences Advisory Committee; Rachel Carlson Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Jeffrey Brock | Dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Science, FAS Dean of Science, Zhao and Ji Professor of Mathematics

Anton Bennett | Dorys McConnell Duberg Professor of Pharmacology and Professor of Comparative Medicine

Joerg Bewersdorf | Professor of Cell Biology and of Biomedical Engineering

Christopher Burd | Professor of Cell Biology

John Carlson | Eugene Higgins Professor of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

Erika Edwards | Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Donald Engelman | Eugene Higgins Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry

Scott Holley | Professor of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

Carla Rothlin | Dorys McConnell Duberg Professor of Immunobiology and Professor of Pharmacology

Susumu Tomita | Professor of Cellular and Molecular Physiology and of Neuroscience

Additional Members of Tenure and Appointments Committee

Nancy Brown | Committee Co-Chair, Tenure and Appointments Committee; Jean and David W. Wallace Dean of the Yale School of Medicine; C.N.H. Long Professor of Internal Medicine

Tamar Szabó Gendler | Committee Co-Chair, Tenure and Appointments Committee; Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences; Vincent J. Scully Professor of Philosophy and Professor of Psychology and Cognitive Sciences

Nilay Hazari | Outside Member, Tenure and Appointments Committee; Professor of Chemistry

Biological Sciences Advisory Committee Membership

Ron Breaker | Committee Chair, Biological Sciences Advisory Committee; Sterling Professor of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology and Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry

Jeffrey Brock | Dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Science, FAS Dean of Science, Zhao and Ji Professor of Mathematics

Anton Bennett | Dorys McConnell Duberg Professor of Pharmacology and Professor of Comparative Medicine

Christopher Burd | Professor of Cell Biology

Vishwa Dixit | Waldemar Von Zedtwitz Professor of Comparative Medicine and of Immunobiology

Casey Dunn | Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Scott Holley | Professor of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology

Anthony Koleske | Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry and Neuroscience

Michael Nitabach | Professor of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, of Genetics and of Neuroscience

Valerie Reinke | Professor of Genetics

Additional Members of Tenure and Appointments Committee

Robert Alpern | Dean, School of Medicine; Ensign Professor of Medicine (Nephrology)

Tamar Szabó Gendler | Committee Chair, Tenure and Appointments Committee; Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences; Vincent J. Scully Professor of Philosophy and Professor of Psychology and Cognitive Sciences

Paul Sabin | Outside Member, Tenure and Appointments Committee; Professor of History and American Studies

Committee Membership

Paul Turner | Committee Chair; Acting Dean of Science; Chair, Biological Sciences Advisory Committee; Elihu Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Karen Anderson | Professor of Pharmacology and of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry

Ron Breaker | Sterling Professor of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology and Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry

Peter Cresswell | Eugene Higgins Professor of Immunobiology and Professor of Cell Biology

Enrique de la Cruz | Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry

Vishwa Dixit | Professor of Comparative Medicine and of Immunobiology

Casey Dunn | Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Christine Jacobs-Wagner (spring only) | William H. Fleming, MD Professor of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology and of Microbial Pathogenesis

Tony Koleske | Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry and Neuroscience

Michael Nitabach | Professor of Cellular and Molecular Physiology and Professor of Genetics

Rick Prum (spring only) | William Robertson Coe Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Professor of Forestry and Environmental Studies

Valerie Reinke | Professor of Genetics

Stephen Strittmatter | Vincent Coates Professor of Neurology and Professor of Neuroscience

Tenure and Appointments Committee Members Only

Robert Alpern | Dean, School of Medicine; Ensign Professor of Medicine (Nephrology)

Tamar Szabó Gendler | Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences; Vincent J. Scully Professor of Philosophy and Professor of Psychology and Cognitive Sciences

Paul Sabin | Professor of History and American Studies

Committee Membership

Paul Turner (fall only) | Committee Chair; Acting Dean of Science; Chair, Biological Sciences Advisory Committee; Henry Ford II Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Karen Anderson | Professor of Pharmacology and of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry

Ron Breaker | Henry Ford II Professor of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology

John Carlson | Eugene Higgins Professor of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology

Nancy Carrasco | Professor of Cellular and Molecular Physiology

Peter Cresswell | Eugene Higgins Professor of Immunobiology and Professor of Cell Biology

Enrique De La Cruz | Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry

Mark Lemmon | David A. Sackler Professor of Pharmacology

Rick Prum | William Robertson Coe Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Professor of Forestry and Environmental Studies

Stephan Strittmatter | Vincent Coates Professor of Neurology and Professor of Neuroscience

Tenure and Appointments Committee Members Only

Robert Alpern | Dean, School of Medicine | Ensign Professor of Medicine (Nephrology)

Tamar Szabó Gendler | Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences; Vincent J. Scully Professor of Philosophy and Professor of Psychology and Cognitive Sciences

Menachem Elimelech | Roberto C. Goizueta Professor of Chemical and Environmental Engineering and Professor of Forestry and Environmental Studies

Committee Membership

Daniel (Dan) DiMaio | Committee Chair; Chair, Biological Sciences Advisory Committee; Scientific Director, Yale Cancer Center; Deputy Director, Yale Cancer Center; Waldemar Von Zedtwitz Professor of Genetics and Professor Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry and of Therapeutic Radiology

Ron Breaker | Henry Ford II Professor of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology

Nancy Carrasco | Professor of Cellular and Molecular Physiology

John Carlson (fall only) | Eugene Higgins Professor of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

Enrique De La Cruz | Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry

Antonio Giraldez | Professor of Genetics

Jonathan (Joe) Howard | Eugene Higgins Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry and Professor of Physics

Daeyeol Lee | Professor of Neuroscience and of Psychology

Mark Lemmon | David A. Sackler Professor of Pharmacology

Craig Roy | Professor of Microbial Pathogenesis and of Immunobiology

Gunter Wagner | Alison Richard Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Tenure and Appointments Committee Members Only

Tamar Szabó Gendler | Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences; Vincent J. Scully Professor of Philosophy and Professor of Psychology and Cognitive Sciences

Robert Alpern | Dean, School of Medicine; Ensign Professor of Medicine (Nephrology)

Philip Gorski | Professor of Sociology and of Religious Studies

Committee Membership

Daniel (Dan) DiMaio​ | Committee Chair; Chair, Biological Sciences Advisory Committee; Scientific Director, Yale Cancer Center; Deputy Director, Yale Cancer Center; Waldemar Von Zedtwitz Professor of Genetics and Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry and of Therapeutic Radiology

John Carlson | Eugene Higgins Professor of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

Barbara Ehrlich | Professor of Pharmacology and of Cellular and Molecular Physiology

Antonio Giraldez | Professor of Genetics

Jonathon (Joe) Howard | Eugene Higgins Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry and Professor of Physics

Christine Jacobs-Wagner | William H. Fleming, M.D. Professor of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

Daeyeol Lee | Professor of Neuroscience and of Psychology

Craig Roy | Professor of Microbial Pathogenesis and of Immunobiology

Martin Schwartz | Robert W. Berliner Professor of Medicine (Cardiology) and Professor of Biomedical Engineering and of Cell Biology

Joan Steitz | Sterling Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry

Gunter Wagner (spring only) | Alison Richard Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Tenure Appointments Committee Members Only

Tamar Szabó Gendler | Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences; Vincent J. Scully Professor of Philosophy and Professor of Psychology and Cognitive Sciences

Robert Alpern | Dean, School of Medicine; Ensign Professor of Medicine (Nephrology)

Claudia Valeggia | Professor of Anthropology

Committee Membership

Daniel (Dan) DiMaio | Committee Chair; Chair, Biological Sciences Advisory Committee; Scientific Director, Yale Cancer Center; Deputy Director, Yale Cancer Center; Waldemar Von Zedtwitz Professor of Genetics and Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry and of Therapeutic Radiology

John Carlson | Eugene Higgins Professor of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

Enrique De La Cruz | Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry

Michael Donoghue | Sterling Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Professor of Forestry and Environmental Studies

Barbara Ehrlich | Professor of Pharmacology and of Cellular and Molecular Physiology

Donald (Don) Engelman | Eugene Higgins Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry

Mark Hochstrasser | Eugene Higgins Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry and Professor of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

Vivian Irish | Professor of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology and of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Akiko Iwasaki | Waldemar Von Zedtwitz Professor of Immunobiology and Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology

David McCormick | Dorys McConnell Duberg Professor of Neuroscience and Professor of Psychology

Martin Schwartz | Robert W. Berliner Professor of Medicine (Cardiology) and Professor of Biomedical Engineering and of Cell Biology

Joan Steitz | Sterling Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry

Tenure Appointments Committee Only

Tamar Szabó Gendler | Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences; Vincent J. Scully Professor of Philosophy and Professor of Psychology and Cognitive Sciences

Robert Alpern | Dean, School of Medicine; Ensign Professor of Medicine (Nephrology)

Nicholas Christakis | Sol Goldman Family Professor of Sociology and Professor in the Institute for Social and Policy Studies, of Biomedical Engineering, of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and of Medicine (General Medicine)