Mission Statement
The Committee's mission is to actively gauge the Department's climate for underrepresented groups and ensure that all members of the MolBio community feel respected, included, and supported. We serve as liaisons and leaders to promote best practices with regard to diversity and inclusion, accessibility to professional resources and department development.
Current Members

Danelle Devenport
Associate Professor of Molecular Biology

Ricardo Mallarino
Assistant Professor of Molecular Biology

Cameron A. Myhrvold
Assistant Professor of Molecular Biology

Aimee Farria
Assistant Director, Diversity and Inclusion, Molecular Biology and LSI

Els N. Paine
Department Manager

Karishma Bisht
Postdoctoral Fellow, te Velthuis Lab

Abhishek Biswas
Research Software Engineer

Jordy F Botello
Graduate Student, Brangwynne Lab

Connor Chain
Graduate Student, Gitai Lab

Anthar Darwish
Lecturer in Molecular Biology

Paola Estrada
Postdoctoral Research Associate & Presidential Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Donia Lab
Lecturer in Molecular Biology

Vanessa Gonzalez
Graduate Student, Burdine Lab

Yana Kazachkova
Visiting Research Scholar, Jonkias Lab

Wenfan Ke
Postdoctoral Fellow, Schedl Lab