IBNS Committees

IBNS is committed to furthering all fields of research related to Behavioral Neuroscience.  With the help of our members, we are impacting scientific endeavors all over the world!  However, we could not be successful without the efforts of our committee members who help to carry out the work of the society.  Are you interested in committee membership opportunities?  Would you like to serve as a leader in IBNS?  Visit IBNS Committee Member Opportunities to let us know more about your interests.

Education & Training Committee 

Fiona Hollis, Chair, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, SC, USA 2028
Lisa Maeng, Co-Chair, UMass Boston, Boston, MA, USA 2028
Arturo Zavala, California State University, Long Beach, CA, USA 2027
Silvia Papalini, University of Virginia School of Medicine, USA 2028
Samia Afzal, University of Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany 2028
Yael Grossman, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA 2028
Kelsea Gildawie,Simmons University, Boston, MA, USA 2028
Elise Cope, University of Virginia School of Medicine, USA 2028
Cyprien Guerrin, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands 2028
Chad Smies, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA 2028
Sonata Yau, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong 2028
Amelia Cuarenta, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

Ethics and Diversity Committee  

Sydney Trask, Chair, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA 2027
Talia Lerner, Co-Chair, The Center for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Canada 2027
Robyn Brown, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia 2027
Elizabeth Byrnes, Tufts University, North Grafton, MA, USA 2027
Cheryl Conrad, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA 2027
Claire Foldi, Monash University, Clayton, Australia 2027
Francisco Gonzalez-Lima, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA 2027
Janine Kwapis, Penn State University, University Park, PA, USA 2027
Deryn LeDuke, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA 2027
Elizabeth Manning, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia 2027
Nawshaba Nawreen, University of Cincinnati, Indianapolis, IN, USA 2027
Joel Raymond, Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA 2027
Millie Rincón-Cortés, University of Texas at Dallas, TX, USA 2027
Sade Spencer, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA 2027
Karen Szumlinski, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, USA 2027
Leigh Walker, Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, Melbourne, Australia 2027
Liubov Kalinichenko, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany 2028
Patrese Robinson, Haverford College, Haverford, PA, USA 2029
Ashleigh Brink, University of Toronto, Canada 2029

Finance & Fundraising Committee

Gregory Carr, Chair, Lieber Institute for Brain Development, Baltimore, Maryland, USA 2027
Inga Neumann, Co-Chair, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany 2029
Susanne Schmid, Treasurer/Council Liaison, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada 2028
Rachel Navarra, Rowan University, Stratford, New Jersey, USA 2029
Michelle Hook, Texas A&M Health Science Center, Bryan, Texas, USA 2027
Jess Nithianantharajah, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia 2027
Ashleigh Brink, University of Toronto, Canada 2029
Johann Faustus du Hoffmann, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, Germany 2029

Membership Committee 

Christian Müller, Chair, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Germany 2027
Indra Bishnoi, Co-Chair, Massachusetts General Hospital & Harvard Medical School, Everett, MA 2028
Dani Dumitriu, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA 2028
Lauri Elsilä, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland 2028

Communications Committee

Molly Kent, Chair, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, VA, USA 2029
Adam Brockett, Co-Chair, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, USA 2028
Jill McGaughy, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, USA 2028
Annie Yotova, MIND Institute/UC Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, CA, USA 2028
Lauri Elsilä, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland 2028
Joel Raymond, Rutgers University, Highland Park, NJ, USA 2028 
Tanya Gupta, Santa Clara University, Oakland, CA, USA 2029
Valeria González Diaz, Reed College, Portland, OR, USA 2029

Nominations & Awards Committee  

Markus Fendt, Chair, President, University of Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany 2028
Gina Quirarte, Co-Chair, President-Elect, Instituto de Neurobiología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 2029
Elena Choleris, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada 2028
Farida Sohrabji, Texas A&M University, TX, USA 2028
Anthony Kline, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA 2028
Scott Hall, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, USA 2028
Markus Wöhr, KU Leuven, Belgium & Philipps-University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany 2027
Robert Gerlai, University of Toronto Mississauga, Canada 2028
Mikhail Pletnikov, Univ. at Buffalo Sch. of Medicine and Bio. Sciences, Buffalo, NY, USA 2028
Kelly Lambert, University of Richmond, Richmond, VA, USA 2028
Nicole Ferrara, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, Chicago, IL, USA 2029
Jill McGaughy, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, USA 2029

Program Committee
 
Claudio da Cunha, Chair, Universidade Federal do Parana (UFPR), Curitiba, Brazil 2027 
Sylvie Granon, Co-Chair, Institut des Neurosciences Paris-Saclay, Saclay, France 2028
Alexa Veenema, Michigan State University, USA 2027
Francisco Guimaraes, University of São Paulo, Brazil 2027 
Alexies Dagnino-Subiabre, Universidad de Valparaíso, Chile 2027 
Millie Rincón-Cortés, The University of Texas at Dallas, USA 2027 
Sydney Trask, E&D liaison, Purdue University, USA 2027 
Giulia Chiacchierini, Sapienza Università di Roma, Italy 2027 
Susanne Schmid, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada 2027 
Michael Lazarus, University of Tsukuba, Japan 2028 
Yasushi Kiyokawa, University of Tokyo, Japan 2028
Tod Kippin, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA 2029
Jason Radley, University of Iowa, USA 2029
Sevval Demirci, Freie Universitat Berlin, Germany 2029