Scientific Advisory Board Members:

Barbara Baird, Ph.D. 

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

 Roger Brent, Ph.D.

Division of Basic Science at the FredHutchinsonCancerResearchCenter in Seattle

 Vicky Colvin, Ph.D.

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

 Donald Ingber, M.D., Ph.D.

Judah Folkman Professorship of Vascular Biology in the Department of Pathology at Harvard Medical School, Pathology, Surgery and Vascular Biology Programs at Children’s Hospital Boston, MA

 Gregory Lanza, MD, Ph.D.

Professor of Medicine, Biomedical Engineering, and Biology and Biomedical Sciences, Cardiovascular Division, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO

 Michael Roukes, Ph.D.

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

 Michael J. Sailor, Ph.D.

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

 Mostafa A. El–Sayed, Ph.D.

Julius Brown Chair and Regents Professor, Director, Laser Dynamics Laboratory

Chemistry & Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA

 Judith Stein, Ph.D.

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

 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

Youseph Yazdi, Ph.D.

Director, Center for Bioengineering Innovation and Design

Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

 

 MNIMBS External Advisory Board Charge

 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. 

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 meets once per year 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. 

 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.