External Advisory Board of M–NIMBS

Advisory Board Members

• Roger Brent, Ph.D.

  • Director and President
  • The Molecular Sciences Institute
  • Berkeley, CA

• Michael J. Sailor, Ph.D.

  • Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry
  • Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
  • University of California, San Diego
  • La Jolla, CA

• Judith Stein, Ph.D.

  • Polymer and Specialty Chemicals Technologies
  • GE Global Research
  • Niskayuna, NY

• Barbara Baird, Ph.D.

  • Professor, Cornell University
  • Director, Nanobiotechnology Center
  • Department of Chemistry & Biology
  • Ithaca, NY

• Youseph Yazdi, Ph.D.

  • Corporate Director, Science and Technology
  • Johnson & Johnson
  • Corporate Office of Science and Technology
  • New Brunswick, NJ

• Vicky Colvin, Ph.D.

  • Professor of Chemistry
  • Director of CBEN
  • Physical Chemistry and Nanotechnology
  • Rice University
  • Houston, TX

• Mostafa A. El–Sayed, Ph.D.

  • Julius Brown Chair and Regents Professor
  • Director, Laser Dynamics Laboratory
  • Chemistry & Biochemistry
  • Georgia Institute of Technology
  • Atlanta, GA

• Samuel I. Stupp, Ph.D.

  • Board of Trustees
  • Professor of Materials Science, Chemistry, and Medicine
  • Director, Institute for BioNanotechnology in Medicine
  • Northwestern University
  • Evanston, IL

• Donald Ingber, M.D., Ph.D.

  • Judah Folkman Professor in Vascular Biology
  • Vascular Biology Program, Children's Hospital
  • Boston, MA

• Gregory Lanza, MD, Ph.D.

  • Associate Professor of Medicine and Bioengineering
  • Division of Cardiology
  • Washington University Medical School
  • Division of Cardiovascular Disease
  • St. Louis, MO

• Michael Roukes, Ph.D.

  • Director, Kavli Nanosciences Institute
  • Professor of Physics, Applied Physics, and Bioengineering
  • Caltech
  • Pasadena, CA

External Advisory Board Charge

The External Advisory Board is an important enhancement to MNIMBS by bringing an outside perspective to the MNIMBS evaluation process that capitalizes on the extensive research and entrepreneurial backgrounds of the External Advisory Board members.

This Board is non-governing, but provides insights and support on how to improve the MNIMBS. This Board meets once per 1-1.5 years and its responsibilities include:

• Annual review of programs and overall progress towards goals;
• Advise the MNIMBS Director of program strengths and perceived weaknesses;
• Assist in identifying new directions of research and translational opportunities;
• Evaluate the success of project development programs;
• Assess the overall effectiveness of the MNIMBS administration and organization.