Committees

Purpose:

The primary mission of this committee is to improve the postdoctoral experience at Yale through the development and promotion of sound postdoctoral mentoring practices. The committee also serves as a valuable resource to advise my office on postdoctoral training, career development, and other factors that have the potential to enhance postdoctoral life at the University.  I am encouraged by the progress the committee has made since it was first convened, and look forward to it continuing this important work during the upcoming year.

Chair: Elias Lolis 

Committee Members:

  • John Alvaro, ex officio member
  • Karen Anderson
  • Michael Caplan
  • Lisa D’Angelo, ex officio member
  • Eduardo Groisman 
  • Anthony Koleske
  • Diane Krause
  • Carrie Lucas
  • Stefania Nicoli
  • Paul Turner
Purpose:

The Advisory Committee is an important sounding board for Steve Pitti in his role as the Center’s director and will develop recommendations to inform strategic planning and policy setting.

Chair: Stephen Pitti

Committee Members:

  • Emily Bakemeier
  • Daniel Colin-Ramos
  • Michael Denning
  • Roderick Ferguson
  • Grace Kao
  • Courney Martin
  • Ahmed Mobarak
  • Tavia Nyong’o
  • Pamela Schirmeister
  • Alicia Schmidt Camacho
  • Gerald Torres
Purpose:
The purpose of the Advisory Committee is to provide strategic guidance and advise on the goals and operation of YCGS to the Executive Director (TBD) and Faculty Co-Directors, Karen Seto, Professor of Geography and Urbanization Science, and Costas Arkolakis, Professor of Economics, and Executive Director, TBS. 
 
The overall mission of YCGS is to create geospatial knowledge that solves humanity’s most pressing challenges.  
We will achieve our mission by: 
    - Enabling transformative research
    - Convening uncommon connections among individuals, organizations, and networks
    - Empowering action to create positive outcomes for people and the Planet.  
 
Given the intrinsically interdisciplinary nature of the center’s mission, its success depends upon the contributions and support of a diverse Advisory Committee.  I anticipate that the Advisory Committee will meet once or twice each semester.  
 

Co-Chairs:

  • Costas Arkolakis
  • Karen Seto

Members: 

  • Phillip Bernstein
  • Kai Chen
  • Michael Crair, ex officio 
  • Xuhui Lee
  • Maureen Long
  • Sparkle Malone 
  • Ahmed Mobarak
  • William Rankin 
  • Carla Staver 
Purpose:

The Advanced Instrumentation Development Center (AIDC) Planning and Transition Group of the Physical Science and Engineering Building Phase I Planning Committee will help ensure the success of the project by assisting Yale Facilities, Administration, and the chosen Architect through planning and construction of the lab and common spaces for PSEB I (Physical Sciences and Engineering Building, Phase I), helping to align the spaces with the programmatic needs of the building. Completion of PSEB Phase 1 is slated for 2023. This committee will serve through the duration of the project including the planning, construction, and commissioning phases.

Committee Members:  

  • Joerg Bewersdorf
  • Stephen Brown, e.o.  
  • Robert Constable
  • Lisa D’Angelo, e.o.
  • Christie Day, e.o.
  • Dev Hawley
  • Karsten Heeger
  • Christopher Incarvito, e.o.
  • Cathy Jackson
  • Mark Johnson
  • Meg Kirkpatrick, e.o. 
  • Rajit Manohar
  • Ben Myers
  • James Nikkel
  • Samuel Olmstead
  • Julie Paquette
  • Peter Raymond
Purpose:

The Committee advises the president, the provost, and the director of Environmental Health and Safety on policy matters relating to the protection of faculty, students and staff from biohazardous agents that may be present in laboratory materials or in the environment; oversees the activities of the Department of Biological Safety within Environmental Health and Safety; fulfills the responsibilities of the Institutional Biohazards Committee as defined in the NIH Guildelines for Recombinant DNA Research; and ensures the University’s compliance with federal and state regulations and University policies regarding the use of biohazardous agents.

Chair: Craig Roy

Vice-Chair: Eduardo Groisman

Committee Members:

  • Shrilatha Balakrishna
  • Douglas Brackney
  • Angela Bransfield
  • Craig Brodersen
  • Kevin Charbonneau
  • Susan Compton
  • Stephen Dellaporta
  • Rick Fontana
  • Ben Fontes
  • Alyssa Greenwald
  • Troy Hallman
  • Roz Hamilton
  • Robert Heimer
  • Farren Isaacs
  • Douglas Kankel
  • Meg Kirkpatrick
  • Brett Lindenbach
  • James Macy
  • Richard Martinello
  • Jamie Maziarz
  • Leonard Munstermann
  • Thomas Murray
  • Patricia Preisig
  • Maren Schniederberend
  • Michael Schrier
  • Cynthia Smith
  • Peter Smith
  • Richard Sutton
  • Peter Tattersall
  • Paul Turner
  • Dorothyann Van Rhijn
  • Joseph Vinetz
  • Carolyn Zeiss
Purpose:

The Board of University Health reviews, and advises the Yale Health leadership regarding, proposed changes in Yale Health programs, benefits, and budgets.  Additionally, the Board of University Health may be called upon to advise the University leadership on broader issues relating the health and health care of the Yale community.

Chair: Stephanie Spangler 

Committee Members:

  • Howard Forman
  • Jack Callahan Jr.
  • Jason Fish
  • Kimberly Goff-Crews
  • Chad Lossee
  • Lisa Merola-Grimm
  • Bruce Monte
  • Stephen Murphy
  • Cynthia Smith
  • John Whelan
Purpose:

Members of the Budget Advisory Group attend all budget meetings and advise the Provost on decisions related to the budget.

Committee Members:

  • Steve Berry
  • Jack Callahan Jr.
  • Michael Caplan
  • Melvin Chen
  • Joe Crosby
  • Sarah Demers
  • Jennifer Franssen
  • Jacqueline Goldsby
  • Lisa Merola-Grimm
  • Oona Hathaway 
  • Andrew Metrick
  • Stephen C. Murphy
  • Nilakshi Parndigamage
  • Stephen Pitti
  • John Whelan
Purpose:

Sponsored by the Vice Provost for Research, the Vice President for IT & Chief Information Officer, and the University Librarian, this advisory committee is convened to identify needs and make recommendations for a strategy and a set of principles for Computation and Data support services for Yale University. The strategy will be a university-wide approach to anticipating, managing, and supporting the increasingly complex set of challenges facing researchers as their work is informed by new technologies, computational methods, interdisciplinary approaches, and new forms of scholarly output.

Co-Chairs: 

  • John Barden
  • Michael Crair
  • Barbara Rockenbach 

Committee Members:

  • Ron Borzekowski
  • Lisa D’Angelo 
  • Lauren Di Monte
  • Robert Frank
  • Michael Higley
  • Kiran Keshav
  • WIlliam Lauenroth
  • Paul Messier
  • James Noonan
  • Lucila Ohno-Machado
  • Julian Posada
  • Wies Rafi
  • Holly Rushmeier
  • Wade Schulz
  • Chuck Thompson
  • Laura Wexler
  • Bryan Kelly
  • Dan Weinberger
Purpose:

The Concussion Management Working Committee develops a concussion management protocol for Athletics and Yale Health and oversees associated issues involved in the management of concussions suffered by student-athletes.

Chair: 

Committee Members:

  • Christina Allen
  • Stephanie Arlis-Mayor
  • Mary Berdo
  • Victoria Chun
  • Jason Cordone
  • Ann-Marie Guglieri
  • Caroline Hendel
  • Burgwell Howard
  • Nancy Loucks
  • Jennifer McCarthy
  • Jason Strong
Purpose:

This Committee is convened in accordance with the Yale University Policy on Conflict of Interest (the Policy) to advise the University leadership regarding the implementation of the Policy and to review individual disclosures of external activities submitted by faculty, and by non-faculty personnel and students who are engaged in research. In reviewing disclosures, the Committee is convened in accordance with the Yale University Policy on Conflict of Interest (the Policy) to advise the University leadership regarding the implementation of the Policy and to review individual disclosures of external activities submitted by faculty, and by non-faculty personnel and students who are engaged in research. In reviewing disclosures, the committee identifies apparent and actual conflicts of interest and determines means whereby these conflicts can be eliminated or appropriately managed to ensure that the University is in compliance with the Policy and with relevant federal regulations.

Chair: Edward Snyder

Committee Members:

  • Sandra Alfano
  • Jason Cai
  • Pamela Caudill
  • Linda Coleman
  • Joshua Copel
  • Lisa D’Angelo
  • Robert Fogerty
  • Howard Forman
  • Ellery Frahm
  • Josh Geballe
  • Susannah Gobbi
  • Kenneth Greenquist
  • Alyssa Greenwald
  • Mary Jane Hogan
  • Fahmeed Hyder
  • Maricar Malinis
  • Cathleen Montano
  • Jill Pagliuca
  • John Puziss
  • Mehran Sadeghi
  • Edward Snyder
  • Andrea TenBrink
  • Tanya White
  • M. Tish Knobf
  • Alison Moriarty Daley
  • Julie Womack
  • Leah Korce

Purpose:

The Faculty Standards Review Committee plays a very important role in conducting formal reviews of allegations of violations of the Faculty Standards of Conduct, which codify Yale’s shared principles governing faculty members in relation to each other, to their students and trainees, and to the University and its staff members. Committee members are elected by each school. Panels selected from the committee meet only when complaints are forwarded by the Provost for consideration. The procedures of the committee are described in the Faculty Handbook Section III.N.

Committee Chair:

  • Lynn Tanoue

Committee Members:

Architecture

  • Emily Abruzzo
  • Mark Gage

Art

  • ​ Sophy Naess

Divinity

  • Vasileios Marinis
  • Linn Tonstadd

Drama

  • Cynthia Santos-DeCure
  • Ilona Somogyi

Envionment

  • Michelle Bell
  • Jim Saiers

FAS

  • Julia Adams
  • Lisa Lowe
  • Andrew Miranker
  • Doug Rogers
  • Rajit Manohar

Law

  • Jack Balkin
  • Bill Eskridge

Medicine

  • Nii Addy
  • Cindy Crusto
  • Ilke Nalbantoglu
  • Dinesh Pashankar
  • Lynn Tanoue

Music

  • Melvin Chen
  • Jeffrey Douma

Public Health

  • Ted Cohen
  • Donna Spiegelman

Nursing

  • Hermine Poghosyan
  • Xiaomei Cong 

SEAS

  • Jay Humphrey

School of Management

  • James Baron
  • Jonathan Feinstein
Purpose:

The Executive Committee is an important sounding board for the provost and for Alan Gerber in his role as ISPS’s director. In the model of other academic executive committees at Yale, this group will provide valuable perspectives on a range of topics to do with ISPS’s strategic direction; program development; academic partnerships; budget; and other matters. The committee serves as an advisory council that can bring very specific recommendations to our attention, but does not set policy. 

Chair:  Alan Gerber  

Committee Members:

  • Joseph Altonji
  • Steven Berry
  • Kerwin Charles
  • Ana De La O Torres
  • Heather Gerken
  • Gregory Huber
  • Grace Kao
  • Jennifer Richeson
  • Anthony Smith
  • Ebonya Washington
  • Steven Wilkinson
Purpose:

The University relies upon the IACUC to ensure that the care and use of animals involved in Yale’s research initiatives are humane, appropriate, and in compliance with relevant regulations and policies.

Committee Members:  Confidential Member list

  • Adam Wisnewski/Chair
  • Shannon Whirledge
  • James Macy
  • Steve Wilson
  • Albert Sinusas
  • Ann Haberman
  • Gregory Watkins-Colwel
  • Elena Gracheva
  • Alvaro Duque
  • Ketu Mishra
  • Tarek Fahmy
  • Jason Cai
  • Denise Graham
  • Melissa Funaro
  • Ralph Schoemann
  • Maureen McDonnell
  • David Dicks
  • Viswanathan Muthusamy
  • Troy Hallman
Purpose:

The Committee supports Yale in promoting a culture of ethical conduct and compliance with laws, regulations, policies, and contractual requirements. This is primarily done by facilitating risk-based oversight and management of Yale’s compliance activities. 

 

Chair:   Chris Hanson 

Committee Members:

  • Susan Bouregy
  • Kevin Charbonneau
  • Elizabeth Conklin
  • Alyssa Gateman
  • James Luther
  • Jeremy Rosenberg
  • Andrea TenBrink
Purpose:

The Steering Committee of the Kline Tower Institute (KTI) for the Foundations of Data Science will serve an important oversight role in KTI governance. Members will advise KTI and University leadership on Institute strategies and scientific initiatives; help steward Institute resources; receive updates on plans and progress; provide feedback and propose ideas for new areas of Institute focus. Given the intrinsically interdisciplinary nature of the Institute mission, its success depends upon the contributions and support of a diverse Steering Committee. 

Chair:  Daniel Spielman

Committee Members: 

  • Jeff Brock, e.o.
  • Michael Crair, e.o.
  • Jame Duncan
  • Alan Gerber, e.o.
  • Anna Gilbert
  • Thomas Keegan
  • Meg Kirkpatrick, e.o.
  • Smita Krishnaswamy
  • John Lafferty
  • Daniel Spielman
  • Nisheeth Vishnoi
  • Van Vu 
  • Harrison Zhou
Purpose:

This committees plays an extremely important role in promoting the mission of the University by overseeing the laboratory safety of the Yale community. More specifically, the Committee advises the President, the Provost, and the Director of Environmental Health and Safety on policy matters relating to laboratory activities not within the purview of the Institutional Biosafety and Radiation Safety Committees; serves as the University’s Chemical Hygiene Committee for the OSHA Laboratory Standard; assesses the adequacy of existing training and other protections related to laboratory activities; and ensures the University’s compliance with federal and state regulations and University policies regarding laboratory activities.

Chair:  James Saiers

Vice Chair: Jordan Peccia

Committee Members:

  • Aniko Bezur
  • Paula Castagna
  • Kevin Charbonneau
  • Lisa D’Angelo
  • Courtney Drayer
  • Nilay Hazari
  • Christopher Incarvito
  • Claudia Merson
  • Scott Miller
  • Nabeel Nabulsi
  • Candie Paulsen
  • Cynthia Smith
  • Dorothyann Van Rhijn
Purpose:

The Library Advisory Committee  is convened by the Provost to provide guidance and assistance to the University Librarian on the policy matters pertaining to Yale’s libraries.

Chair: Barbara Rockenbach 

Committee Members:

  • Ilan Dubler-Furman, Yale College ‘25
  • Hussein Fancy, Associate Professor, History
  • Josh Gendron, Associate Professor, Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology (chair)
  • Susan Gibbons, Chief of Staff to the President and Vice Provost for Collections & Scholarly Communication
  • Alfred Guy, R.W.B Lewis Director of Writing, Lecturer in English
  • Angela Lee-Smith, Senior Lecturer, East Asian Languages and Literatures
  • Stefanie Markovits, Professor, English
  • Andrew Notarianni, Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
  • Thomas Near, Professor and Chair of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
  • Nicholas Perez, Yale College ‘24
  • Scott Petersen, Lecturer, Computer Science
  • Hannah Szabo, Yale College ’25
Purpose:

The Committee provides perspective and advise about the MacMillan Center to the MacMillan Center director and the provost.

Chair: Steven Wilkinson

Committee Members:

  • Edyta Bojanowska
  • Michael Cappello
  • Emily Erikson
  • Tamar Gendler
  • Pericles Lewis
  • Daniel Markovits
  • Gerard Padro
  • David Post
  • Douglas Rogers
Purpose:

This committee advises the Provost on the budgeting and use of income from the Michele Dufault Fund for Women in Science.

Committee Members:
  • Mike Crair, ex officio
  • Meg Kirkpatrick, ex officio
  • Sandy Chang
  • Larry Gladney
  • Valerie Horsley
  • Holly Rushmeier
  • Sarah Slavoff
  • Mary-Louise Timmermans
  • Meg Urry
Purpose:

The Physical Science and Engineering Building (PSEB) Phase II Committee will help ensure the success of the project by assisting Yale Facilities, Administration, and the chosen Architect through planning and construction of the lab and common spaces for PSEB Phase II, helping to align the spaces with the programmatic needs of the building. Completion of PSEB Phase II is slated for late 2027.  The committee will serve through the duration of the project including the planning, construction, and commissioning phases. 

Co-Chairs:  Karsten Heeger and Sohrab Ismail-Beigi 

Committee Members: 

  • Eric Altman 
  • Jeff Brock 
  • Stephen Brown 
  • Gary Brudvig
  • Hui Cao 
  • Michael Crair
  • Lisa D’Angelo 
  • Christie Day
  • Steven Girvin
  • Larry Gladney 
  • Jack Harris
  • Dev Hawley 
  • Karsten Heeger 
  • Christopher Incarvito
  • Sohrab Ismail-Beigi
  • Cathy Jackson
  • Meg Kirkpatrick
  • Anthony Kosior
  • Rajit Manohar
  • Sarah Miller 
  • Samuel Olmstead
  • Vidvuds Ozolins
  • Julie Paquette
  • Shruti Puri
  • Diana Qiu
  • Robert Schoelkopf
  • Jan Schroers
  • Hongxing Tang
  • Vincent Wilczynski
Purpose:

This project is informed by the recommendations from the Lower Science Hill Planning group. The group has produced a number of recommendations, many of which will inform the planning for the renovation of OML. The members of the Planning Committee for the Osborn Memorial Laboratory renovation and  stakeholders in the building  will provide valuable input on many facets of the project as described in detail below. We anticipate that this committee will meet at least quarterly, serving through the end of the design phase (estimated to complete in Winter 2024) and into the start of construction slated to begin in Spring 2024. 1. Communications - Disseminate information to your respective schools, departments, programs, institutes regarding the project’s progress, gather feedback from your colleagues, and serve to represent your constituency’s interests. 2. Assessment - Evaluate and provide direction on program and design for the building. 3. Observation - Participate in presentations from the architects and planners during design development and monitor overall project progress. 4. Response - As needed, provide consult and/or binding decisions to the project.   

Committee Members: 

  • Indy Burke
  • Liza Comita
  • Michael Crair, ex officio
  • Danielle Dailey 
  • Erika Edwards
  • Vanessa Ezenwa
  • Larry Gladney
  • Denny Kalenzaga
  • David Kelley
  • Meg Kirkpatrick, ex officio
  • Peter Majewski
  • Thomas Near
  • Justin Pezzolesi
  • Peter Raymond
  • James Saiers
  • Eric Sargis
  • Carla Staver
  • David Vasseur
  • Jim Westgate, ex officio
Purpose:

The members of this group, charged by the Vice Provost for Academic Initiatives, will advise Poorvu Center leadership on strategic priorities and advise decision-making for teaching and learning matters.

Committee Members:

  • Jennifer Frederick 
  • Lucas Swineford 
  • Bryan Garsten
  • Julie McGurk
  • Joyce Hsiang
  • Jennifer McIntosh
  • Jill Campbell
  • Jaideep Talwalkar
  • Linda Niccolai
  • Bonnie Weir
  • Eva Chalioti
  • Shiri Goren
  • Lauren DiMonte
  • Brett Smith
  • Eli Fenichel
  • Enrique de la Cruz
  • Seth Monahan
  • Pat Vaccaro
Purpose:

Provide advice and guidance to the provost regarding the reorganizing and consolidating oversight of a variety of international activities into the Provost’s Office.

Chair: Pericles Lewis 

Committee Members:

  • Julie Braverman
  • Cynthia Carr
  • Melvin Chen
  • Weili Cheng
  • Jane Edwards
  • Donald Filer
  • Oona Hathaway
  • Jaehong Kim
  • Eddie Mandhry
  • Saad Omer
  • Catherine Panter-Brick
  • Pamela Schirmeister
  • Jing Tsu
  • Steven Wilkinson
  • Ted Wittenstein
Purpose:

This committee will advise the Provost and the Director of the Brady-Johnson Program in Grand Strategy.  

Committee Members:
  • Edyta Bojanowska
  • Alex Debs
  • John Gaddis
  • Paul Kennedy
  • Sam Moyn
  • Emma Sky
  • Jing Tsu
  • Steven Wilkinson
  • Arne Westad
Purpose:

The committee purpose is to provide guidance and advice to the QBio Institute faculty director about the combined operation of QBio, and the Integrated Graduate Program in Engineering Biology (PEB)

Chair:

  • Paul Turner 

Members:

  • Sean Barrett
  • Julien Berro 
  • Hui Cao
  • Daniel Colon-Ramos
  • Michael Crair, ex officio
  • Thierry Emonet
  • Steven Girvin
  • Farren Isaacs
  • John Lafferty
  • Kathryn Miller-Jensen
  • Michael Murrell
  • Corey O’Hern
  • Hesper Rego
  • Carla Staver
  • Nisheeth Vishnoi
  • Steven Zucker
Purpose:

The Committee advises the president, the provost, and the director of Environmental Health and Safety on policy matters relating to the protection of faculty, students, and staff from radiation; oversees the activities of the Radiation Safety Section of Environmental Health and Safety; and ensures the University’s compliance with federal and state regulations and University policies regarding the use of radioactive materials and radiation sources.

Chair: Albert Sinusas

Committee Members:

  • Jeffery Ashenfelter
  • Kevin Charbonneau
  • Ming-Kai Chen
  • Zhe Chen
  • Alyssa Greenwald
  • Yiyun Henry Huang
  • Meg Kirkpatrick
  • Steve Lamoreaux
  • Malaiyalam Mariappan
  • David Moore
  • Anna Marie Pyle
  • Albert Sinusas
  • Cynthia Smith
  • Neil Whiteside
Purpose:

This committee ensures the University’s compliance with federal and state regulations as well as University policies regarding the administration of radioactive drugs to humans for scientific objectives, prior to FDA approval and/or use under an Investigational New Drug (IND).  View a detailed list of committee members.

Purpose:

The Yale Radioactive Investigational Drug Committee (RIDC) ensures the appropriate use of all human subject research protocols involving the use of investigational radioactive drugs with an IND, amended IND or an FDA allowed IND exemption (as well as the use of FDA-approved radiopharmaceuticals.) Subject to the Yale University’s Institutional Review Board’s final approval, the RIDC has the authority to approve, disapprove or require modifications to the protocol, consent form, and other study related documents related to the use of radiopharmaceuticals in human subjects for research.   View a detailed list of committee members.                   

Purpose:
This committee plays an extremely important role in ensuring the integrity and fairness of our appointments process and other faculty policies. Panels selected from the committee meet only when complaints are forwarded for consideration. Although we have no way to anticipate how often or even if these panels will be meeting this year, we must have the committee standing ready to convene panels and decide these important matters should they arise during the course of the year. The procedures of the committee are described in the Faculty Handbook, Chapters III.L and III.M. You can read this online at http://provost.yale.edu/faculty-handbook.
 

Committee Members:

  • Julia Adams
  • Jay Ague
  • Anne Alstott
  • Carlos Eire
  • Jonathan Feinstein
  • Paul Freedman
  • John Hare
  • Marcia Inhorn
  • Joshua Knobe
  • Mark Lemmon
  • Scott Miller
  • Victoria Nolan
  • Stephanie O’Malley
  • Holly Rushmeier
  • Shawkat Toorawa
  • Ebonya Washington
  • James Whitman
Purpose:

This committee will play a vital role in selecting Scholars at Risk from around the world to come to Yale to teach and be members of our community, as they plan for the next steps in their careers and lives.

Committee Chair:

  • Jennifer Gandhi

Committee Members:

  • Molly Brunson
  • Nathan Camp
  • Don Filer
  • Keveh Khoshnood
  • Sheela Shenoi
  • Zoltan Szabo
  • James Silk
  • Steve Wilkinson (ex officio) 
Purpose:

The Committee provides perspective and advice about the Schwarzman Center to the Schwarzman Center executive director and the provost.

Chair:  Daniel Harrison

Committee Members:

  • Daphne Brooks
  • Joan Channick
  • Emily Coates
  • Lynn Cooley
  • Dana Karwas
  • Pamela Lee
  • Judith Lichtman
  • Kathryn Lofton
Purpose:

This committee reviews internal proposals from across the university for a range of competitive awards in the sciences, including junior faculty awards such as Pew and Searle.  The committee meets approximately 6 to 8 times per year.  

Committee Members:

  • Karen Francis, ex officio
  • Elena Gracheva
  • Peter Gruber
  • Michelle Hampson 
  • Michael Higley
  • Insoo Kang
  • Yelizaveta Konnikova
  • Chenxiang Lin
  • Jun Lu 
  • Kevin O’Connor
  • Matthew Simon
  • Alison Sweeney
  • Fengnian Xia
  • Jiangbing Zhou
Purpose:
The committee will develop and propose an intellectual vision for a new lab complex on the 420 Temple St site (west side of Temple St south of Trumbull). This building will be the second of several that will be reimagined on lower Hillhouse Avenue, where the broader goal is to reinvent the SEAS campus. Significantly, this part of the overall SEAS campus will visibly project the identity, establish cultural norms, and propel community aspects of the new SEAS Campus.  This structure will adjoin a green space, using the area bordered by the new building and Hillhouse Avenue as an open and inviting outdoor engagement space that connects all elements of the SEAS Campus and its community.  
 
The East Complex Temple Phase building will house faculty from multiple SEAS departments. The committee should plan for the future, considering both the potential evolution of research needs over the next thirty-years and reserving space for future needs, including incremental faculty hires.
 
Key responsibilities of each member of the committee include:
 
1.Planning: Partner closely with Yale Facilities and the architect to aid in designing spaces that will meet programmatic needs of faculty as well as offer common “SEAS Space” for the growing SEAS community.
 
2.Process: Disseminate information to each member’s respective department and other stakeholders regarding the project’s progress, gather feedback from colleagues as plans develop, and represent the collective group’s interests for the duration of the project.
 
Deliverables:
The East Complex Temple Phase Committee will be guided by a planning consultant to develop the building’s programming and identify specific uses. That programming will detail the number, types, and sizes of spaces, as well as the qualities and technical attributes of the spaces. Special attention will be devoted to detailing the “SEAS Space” (and use) within the building. Once approved by Yale, this information will be provided to the selected design team to initiate and complete the Architectural Design of the East Complex Temple Phase project.
 
During the design phase, the East Complex Temple Phase Committee will monitor the progress of the selected design team, provide additional direction as needed, and participate in periodic design reviews.  The Committee will coordinate closely with SEAS leadership during this period.
 
In conjunction with the delivery of the Architectural Design of the East Complex Temple Phase building by the contracted architect, this committee will prepare a summary document that details how the proposed building supports the 2021 SEAS Strategic Vision, achieves the goal of transcending departments, incorporates the concept of “SEAS Space,” and addresses the potential evolution of research needs.

Members:

  • Amir Haji-Akbari
  • Julie Dorsey
  • Drew Gentner
  • Jan Schroers
  • Menachem Elimelech
  • James Elmasry
  • Dev Hawley
  • Christopher Incarvito
  • Sarah Miller
  • Vidvuds Ozolins
  • Vincent Wilczynski
  • Fengnian Xia
Purpose:

The committee will play an important role in promoting the mission of the university by overseeing the safety of the Yale community using shops for both curricular and non-curricular purposes on campus.

Chair: Aaron Dollar

Committee Members:

  • Alex Adams
  • Mark Bednar
  • Vincent Bernardo
  • Richard Boardman
  • Nathan Burnell
  • John Campbell
  • Kevin Charbonneau
  • Kerry Cripe
  • Lisa D’Angelo
  • Anna Glover
  • LT Gourzong
  • Alyssa Greenwald
  • Joel Greenwood
  • Martin Kersels
  • Cathleen King
  • Anthony Kosior
  • Marjorie Lemmon
  • Neil Mulligan
  • Timothy Newton
  • Kelly O’Loughlin
  • Michael Pizzella
  • Aki Sasamoto
  • Cynthia Smith
  • Vincent Wilczynski
  • Kurt Zilm
Purpose:

For over 100 years, the Silliman Lectureship has been one of the highest honors that Yale could bestow on a visiting scientist. The Silliman Lectureship Committee nominates individuals for the lectureship and is responsible for helping to plan the event.

Chair:

Valerie Horsley

Committee Members:

  • Ruth Blake
  • Pietro de Camilli
  • Sarah Demers Konezny
  • Eduardo Fernandez-Duque
  • Valerie Horsley
  • Art Horwich
  • Joe Howard
  • Jay Humphrey 
  • Scott Miller
  • Ruth Montgomery
  • Paul Turner
Purpose:

The purpose of this committee is to develop and implement a space allocation process for the university.  The committee will be advisory to the provost.

Members:

  • Elizabeth Conklin
  • Dev Hawley
  • Valerie Horsley
  • Jeannette Ickovics
  • Cathy Jackson
  • Meg Kirkpatrick
  • Chad Losee 
  • Tina Lu
  • Fatima Naqvi
  • Thomas Near
  • Nilakshi Parndigamage
  • Benjamin Polak
  • Lloyd Suttle
  • Steven Wilkinson
Purpose:

The Provost’s Standing Advisory and Appointment Committee (SAAC) for the Yale School of Architecture, Art, Drama and Music advises the provost with respect to the School’s strategic plans and the authorization of faculty positions.

Chair: Scott Strobel

Committee Members:

  • Karen Anderson (ex-officio attendee)
  • Emily Bakemeier (ex-officio attendee)
  • Gregory Crewdson
  • Gary Desir
  • Keller Easterling
  • Roderick Ferguson (Spring)
  • Gundula Kreuzer
  • Fatima Naqvi (Fall)
  • Laura Nasrallah
  • Catherine Nicholson
  • Markus Rathey
  • Miroslav Volf (Fall)
Purpose:

The Provosts’ Standing Advisory and Appointments Committee (SAAC) for the Yale Divinity School, advises the provost with respect to the School’s strategic plans, the authorization of faculty positions, and the appointment or promotion of faculty to senior positions.

Chair: Scott Strobel

Committee Members:

  • Karen Anderson (ex-officio attendee)
  • Emily Bakemeier (ex-officio attendee)
  • Ardis Butterfield
  • Rudiger Campe
  • Gary Desir
  • Paul Franks
  • Nancy Levene (Fall)
  • Feisal Mohamed
  • Mark Peterson (Fall)
  • Robert Post
  • Gary Tomlinson
  • Gerald Torres
  • Jane Tylus
  • James Whitman (Fall)
Purpose:

The Provost’s Standing Advisory and Appointment Committee (SAAC) for the Yale School of Management and the Yale Jackson School of Global Affairs, advises the provost with respect to the school’s strategic plans, the authorization of faculty positions, and the appointment or promotion of faculty to senior positions.

Chair: Scott Strobel

Committee Members:

  • Karen Anderson (ex-officio attendee)
  • Susan Busch
  • Tyrone Cannon (Fall)
  • Gary Desir
  • Melissa Ferguson
  • Kenneth Gillingham (Fall)
  • Abby Gluck (Fall)
  • Oona Hathaway
  • Jeannette Ickovics
  • Grace Kao
  • Trace Kershaw
  • Samuel Kortum
  • Helene Landemore (Spring)
  • Gerard Padro (Spring)
  • A. David Paltiel
  • Dara Strolovitch
  • Milan Svolik
Purpose:

The Provosts’ Standing Advisory and Appointments Committee (SAAC) for the Yale School of Nursing, advises the provost with respect to the School’s strategic plans, the authorization of faculty positions, and the appointment or promotion of faculty to senior positions.

Chair: Scott Strobel

Committee Members:

  • Karen Anderson (ex-officio attendee)
  • Mark Bradford
  • Cindy Crusto
  • Gary Desir
  • Thierry Emonet
  • Jacob Hacker
  • Jason Hockenberry
  • Amy Justice
  • Albert Ko
  • Carolyn Mazure
Purpose:

The Provost’s Standing Advisory and Appointment Committee (SAAC) for the Yale School of Public Health advises the Provost with respect to the school’s strategic plans and the appointment or promotion of faculty to senior positions.

Chair: Scott Strobel

  • Karen Anderson (ex-fficio attendee)
  • Helene Benveniste
  • Gary Brudvig
  • Gary Desir
  • Thomas Gill (Fall)
  • Cary Gross
  • Vahideh Hosseinikhah Manshadi
  • Amy Justice
  • Naftali Kaminski
  • Patrick O’Connor
  • Oswald Schmitz
  • Eugene Shapiro
  • Claudia Valeggia
  • David Vlahov
Purpose:

The Provost’s Standing Advisory and Appointments Committee (SAAC) for the School of the Environment, advises the provost with respect to the School’s strategic plans, the authorization of faculty positions, and the appointment or promotion of faculty to senior positions.

Chair: Scott Strobel

Committee Members:

  • Karen Anderson (ex-officio attendee)
  • Serap Aksoy
  • Keith Baker
  • Gary Desir
  • Anna Dyson (Fall)
  • Thomas Near
  • Jordan Peccia
  • Katja Seim
  • Hongyu Zhao
Purpose:

The Transitional Board works with the Dean and the permanent faculty of the Yale Jackson School for Global Affairs to assist with the appointment of additional permanent faculty members to the School in its early years. Members attend and vote at those meetings of the Jackson School faculty at which tenured appointments are considered.

Purpose:

This committee will have combined oversight responsibility over both the West Campus and Central Campus Cleanrooms and will serve an important role in Cleanroom governance, coordination and guiding its technical direction. Members will; advise the Cleanroom Core Co-Chairs, Peter Rakich and  Andre Levchenko, regarding scientific vision of the Core; advise on instrumentation acquisition and accessioning; and provide feedback on Cleanroom administrative/technical support performance and structure.

Co - Chairs:  Peter Rakich and Andre Levchenko

Committee Members:

  • Charles Ahn 
  • Jeff Brock
  • Gary Brudvig 
  • Lisa D’Angelo, e.o. 
  • Michel Devoret
  • Rong Fan
  • Steven Girvin 
  • Jung Han 
  • Rebecca Kramer-Bottiglio
  • Andre Levchenko
  • Ben Myers, e.o. 
  • Peter Rakich
  • Michael Rooks
  • Peter Schiffer
  • Robert Schoelkopf
  • Yong Sun 
  • Hongxing Tang
  • Lei Wang 
  • Fengnian Xia
Purpose:

This committee will have combined oversight over both the West Campus and Central Campus (YINQE) Materials Characterization Cores and will serve an important role in Materials Characterization Cores’ governance, coordination and guiding its technical direction. Members will; advise the Cleanroom Core Co-Chairs, Gary Brudvig  and Charles Ahn, regarding scientific vision of the Core; advise on instrumentation acquisition and accessioning; and provide feedback on core administrative/technical support performance and structure. 

Purpose:

The University Safety Committee reviews, and provides advice to the leadership of Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) regarding EHS policies and programs. The Committee includes representatives from University offices that have expertise in and responsibility for various aspects of campus safety and is therefore also positioned to address and advise the University leadership on a broad array of safety issues that go beyond EHS’s purview.

Chair: Cynthia Smith

Committee Members:

  • Andrea Basile Terrillion
  • Robert Bienstock
  • Ronald Breaker
  • Pamela Caudill
  • Kevin Charbonneau
  • Lisa D’Angelo
  • Aaron Dollar
  • Anna Glover
  • Dev Hawley
  • Ronnell Higgins
  • George Hines
  • Daniel Killen
  • Anthony Kosior
  • Kathryn Krier
  • Marjorie Lemmon
  • Nancy Loucks
  • Duane Lovello
  • Von Narcisse
  • Carrie Redlich
  • Craig Roy
  • John Sinard
  • Albert Sinusas
  • Cynthia Smith
  • Brian Swan
  • Peter Tattersall
  • Dorothyann Van Rhijn
  • Stephen Woods
Purpose:

The Wright Lab Addition Planning Group of the Physical Science and Engineering Building Phase I Planning Committee will help ensure the success of the project by assisting Yale Facilities, Administration, and the chosen Architect through planning and construction of the lab and common spaces for PSEB I, helping to align the spaces with the programmatic needs of the building.  

Committee Members: 

  • Stephen Brown 
  • Helen Caines 
  • Kevin Charbonneau 
  • Lisa D’Angelo
  • Christie Day 
  • Bonnie Fleming
  • Jack Harris
  • Karsten Heeger
  • Christopher Incarvito
  • Meg Kirkpatrick
  • Steve Lamoreaux
  • Reina Maruyama
  • David Moore
  • Laura Newburgh
  • Samuel Olmstead
  • Julie Paquette
Purpose:

This committee provides guidance on the direction of the Institute and advises the Institute Director and Associate Directors.  

Co-Chairs:  Jutta Joormann and Stephen Strittmatter 
 
Committee Members: 
  • Amy Arnsten
  • Abhishek Bhattacharjee
  • Jeff Brock 
  • John Carlson 
  • Joseph Chang 
  • Daniel Colon-Ramos 
  • Michael Crair, ex officio
  • Jame Duncan 
  • Anna Gilbert
  • Murat Gunel 
  • David Hafler 
  • Scott Holley 
  • Jutta Joormann, Co-chair 
  • Anthony Koleske
  • John Krystal
  • John Lafferty 
  • Linda Mayes 
  • Gregory McCarthy 
  • Marina Picciotto
  • Ken Scheve
  • Zhong Shao 
  • Daniel Spielman 
  • Stephen Strittmatter, Co-chair
  • Nick Turk-Browne, e.o. 
  • Steven Wilkinson 
Purpose:
The Steering Committee will serve an important oversight role in YCNCC governance. Members will advise the YCNCC Co-Directors, David Bercovici and Liza Comita; provide guidance on Institute strategies and scientific initiatives; help steward Institute resources; interface with internal and external stakeholders; receive updates on plans and progress; provide feedback and propose ideas; and partner on faculty hiring, all consistent with the goals of the Center as articulated by the donor in their historic gift. Given the intrinsically interdisciplinary nature of the Center’s mission, its success depends upon the contributions and support of a diverse Steering Committee. In steady state, I anticipate that the Steering Committee will meet a few times each semester. More frequent meetings may initially be necessary as the Yale Center for Natural Carbon Capture ramps up and initiates its activities. 
Committee Members: 
  • Mark Ashton
  • David Bercovici
  • Jeff Brock, Co-Chair
  • Gary Brudvig 
  • Indy Burke, Co-Chair
  • Liza Comita
  • Michael Crair, ex officio 
  • Robert Dubrow
  • Erika Edwards
  • Larry Gladney
  • Maureen Long 
  • William Nordhaus
  • Jordan Peccia
  • Gerald Torres 
Purpose:

The Yale Center for Research Computing (YCRC) Steering Committee is a committee jointly chaired by the Deputy Provost for Research, the YSM Deputy Dean for Academic & Scientific Affairs, and the Chief Information Officer. This committee will steer the intellectual direction of the YCRC and advise on budgetary matters. More generally, the committee will guide strategy, direction and decision making regarding the use and support of computational research technologies, and it will help set priorities for the YCRC. 

Committee Members:

  • Alan Anticevic
  • John Barden
  • Ron Borzekowski
  • Michael Crair
  • Lisa D’Angelo
  • James Duncan
  • Dylan Gee
  • Mark Gerstein
  • Larry Gladney
  • Michael Higley
  • Allen Hsiao
  • Sohrab Ismail-Beigi
  • Kiran Keshav
  • Meg Kirkpatrick 
  • Anthony Koleske
  • Smita Krishnaswamy
  • Shrikant Mane
  • Barbara Rockenbach
  • Kenneth Scheve
  • Peter Schott
  • Wade Schulz
  • Anthony Smith
  • Serena Tucci
  • Hongyu Zhao
Purpose:

The committee provides persepective and advice about the Yale Quantum Institute to the Yale Quantum Institute director and to the provost.

Committee Members:
  • Steve Girvin
  • Jack Harris
  • Karsten Heeger
  • Vidvuds Ozolins
  • Shruti Puri
  • Nicholas Read
  • Robert Schoelkopf
  • Daniel Spielman
  • Douglas Stone
  • Hongxing Tang 
Purpose:

The Yale Task Force on Artificial Intelligence (YTAI) will hear from several dean-led faculty panels and engage with AI innovation happening at and beyond Yale. The YTAI will also meet with panels led by other university leaders who are addressing the impact of AI on education, clinical practice, collections, and operations. The process will help identify opportunities for collaboration and interaction. 

Chair: Scott Strobel  

Committee Members:

  • Jack Balkin
  • John Barden
  • Phillip Bernstein
  • Michael Crair 
  • Julie Dorsey
  • Jennifer Frederick
  • Marla Geha
  • Susan Gibbons
  • Murat Günel
  • Trace Kershaw
  • Chad Losee
  • Lucila Ohno-Machado
  • Nilakshi Parndigamage
  • Laurie Paul
  • Phil Atiba Solomon
  • John Tsang
  • Nisheeth Vishnoi
Purpose:

This group will meet to review updates on Yale Ventures activities and strategy, provide feedback and represent the “voice of the customer”. 

Committee Members: 

  • Ranjit Bindra
  • Jeff Brock 
  • Pamela Caudill 
  • Amber Childs
  • Michael Crair
  • Matthew Eisaman
  • Josh Geballe 
  • Eugenie Gentry
  • Larry Gladney 
  • Anjelica Gonzalez
  • Alexander Han
  • Seth Herzon
  • Richard Jacob
  • Kyle Jensen
  • Anthony Koleske
  • Harlan Krumholz
  • Maxwell Laurans
  • Rajit Manohar
  • Sarah Miller
  • Anna Marie Pyle
  • Megan Ranney
  • Faye Rogers 
  • Mark Saltzman
  • Kenneth Scheve
  • Brian Smith 
  • Vincent Wilczynski
  • Lauren Zucker