EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Past Chair
Professor of Chemistry
Vanderbilt University
Email: michael.p.stone@vanderbilt.edu
Phone: (615) 322-2589
Thomas Spratt, Ph.D.
Chair
Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine
Phone: (717) 531-4623
Spratt Lab Website
E-mail: tes13@psu.edu
Michael Trakselis, Ph.D.
Chair-Elect
Baylor University
Phone: (254) 710-2581
Email: Michael_Trakselis@baylor.edu
Clementina Mesaros, Ph.D.
BMSC Director
Perlman School od Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
Email: mesaros@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Office: 215-459-2116
Secretary
Jan 1, 2024 – Dec 31, 2025
Deyu Li, Ph.D.
Biomedical & Pharmaceutical Sciences, Avedisian Hall, Pharmacy Building, 7 Greenhouse Road, Kingston, RI 02881
Email: deyuli@uri.edu
Treasurer-elect
Jan 1, 2024 – Dec 31, 2025
Grover P Miller, Ph.D.
Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Email: MillerGroverP@uams.edu
Office: 501-526-6486 – Biomedical Research Center B421A
Treasurer
2024-2025
James Galligan, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
University of Arizona
Email: jjgalligan@arizona.edu
Phone: 520-621-6015
Member-at-large
Jan 1, 2024 – Dec 31, 2025
Kun Yang, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Chemical Biology & Medicinal Chemistry
Email: kun.yang@austin.utexas.edu
Phone: (512) 471-4843
Website: Yang Lab
Member-at-large
Jan 1, 2023 – Dec 31, 2025
Christie M. Sayes, Ph.D.
Professor
Environmental Science
Baylor University
Email: christie_sayes@baylor.edu
Phone: (254) 710-3469
Member-at-large
Jan 1, 2025 – Dec 31, 2027
Penny Beuning, Ph.D.Northeastern University
Councilor
Jan 1, 2024 – Dec 31, 2026
Sarah Shuck, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
City of Hope
Arthur Riggs Diabetes & Metabolism Institute
Councilor
Jan 1, 2023 – Dec 31, 2025
Ujjal Sarkar, Ph.D.
Cerevel Therapeutics
Alternate Councilor
Jan 1, 2023 – Dec 31, 2025
Aaron Fleming, Ph.D.
The University of Utah
Alternate Councilor
Jan. 1, 2024 – Dec 31, 2026
NOMINATIONS COMMITTEE
McKnight Distinguished University Professor of Medicinal Chemistry
University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy
Jan. 1, 2024 – Dec 31, 2026
Professor of Chemistry
Vanderbilt University
Email: michael.p.stone@vanderbilt.edu
Phone: (615) 322-2589
Jan. 1, 2025 – Dec 31, 2027
Yinsheng Wang, Ph.D.
Chair
Distinguished Professor of Chemistry
UC Riverside
Email: yinsheng.wang@ucr.edu
Phone: (951) 827-2700
Jan. 1, 2024 – Dec 31, 2026
PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Sara Shuck, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
City of Hope
Arthur Riggs Diabetes & Metabolism Institute
Program Chair
Jan. 1, 2024 – Dec 31, 2025
Grover P Miller, Ph.D.Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Program Chair-Elect
Jan. 1, 2024 – Dec 31, 2026
Thomas Spratt, Ph.D.
Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine
Phone: (717) 531-4623
E-mail: tes13@psu.eduJan 1st Jan. 1, 2025 – Dec 31, 2027
F. Peter Guengerich Ph.D.
Professor of Biochemistry
Tadashi Inagami Chair in Biochemistry
Vanderbilt University
Email: f.guengerich@vanderbilt.edu
Phone: 615-322-2261
Jan. 1, 2024 – Dec 31, 2025
Abdur Rahim, Ph.D.
Post-Doctoral Scholar
Tretyakova Lab
University Minnesota
Jan. 1, 2025 – Dec 31, 2027
Anal Jana, Ph.D.
Post-doctoral scholar
Zhao Lab
UC, RiversideJan. 1, 2025 – Dec 31, 2027
NEWSLETTER EDITOR
Gunnar Boysen, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
UAMS Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health
Email: gboysen@uams.edu
Phone: 501-526-4956
Website: TRI Faculty Profile
Jan. 1, 2025 – Dec 31, 2027
COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE
Linlin Zhao, Ph.D. University of California, Riverside Chair January 2025 – January 2027
Gunnar Boysen, Ph.D. UAMS Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health January 2025 – January 2027
TOXI AWARDS COMMITTEE
Amanda Bryant-Friedrich, Ph.D. Wayne State University Chair January 2025 – January 2027
Linlin Zhao, Ph.D. University of California, Riverside January 2025 – January 2026
Penny Beuning, Ph.D. Northeastern University January 2025 – January 2026
James Galligan, Ph.D. University of Arizona January 2025 – January 2026
MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE
Michael Trakselis, Ph.D. Baylor University Chair January 2025 – January 2027
Sara Shuck, Ph.D. City of Hope January 2025 – January 2027
Clementina Mesaros, Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania January 2025 – January 2027
FINANCE COMMITTEE
Yinsheng Wang, PhD University of California, Riverside Chair January 2025 – January 2027
Clementina Mesaros, Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania January 2025 – January 2027
Peter Villalta, Ph.D. University of Minnesota January 2025 – January 2027
Nate Snyder, Ph.D. Temple University January 2025 – January 2027