Catalyst Fund Review Committee

All Members

Arts & Humanities

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Jad Abumrad

Distinguished Research Professor, Cinema & Media Arts,
Distinguished Research Professor, Communication of Science & Technology
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Michael Bess

Chancellor's Professor, History,
Professor, European Studies,
Professor, Communication of Science & Technology,
Associate Chair, History
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Leah Lowe

Associate Professor, Theatre, Directing & Dramaturgy,
Director, Curb Center for Art, Enterprise & Public Policy
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Ole Molvig

Assistant Professor, History,
Assistant Professor, Communication of Science & Technology, Physics
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Lynn Ramey

Professor of French and Cinema and Media Arts,
Chair of the Department of French and Italian
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Paul Stob

Professor of Communication Studies,
Director of Culture, Advocacy, and Leadership,
Director of A&S College Core

Bioscience & Healthcare

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Ryan Buckley, M.D.

Assistant Professor, Clinical Medicine
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Erin S. Calipari, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Pharmacology,
Director of Vanderbilt Center for Addiction Research,
Associate Professor, Molecular Physiology and Biophysics
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Robert Carnahan, Ph.D.

Professor, Pediatrics,
Professor, Radiology & Radiologic Sciences,
Associate Director, Vanderbilt Vaccine Center
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Edward Chaum, Ph.D.

Margy Ann and J. Donald M. Gass Professor of Ophthamology,
Professor of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences,
Professor of Pathology, Microbiology & Immunology,
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
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Daniel Fabbri, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Biomedical Informatics,
Assistant Professor of Computer Science
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Bryan Hartley, M.D.

Assistant Professor Clinical Radiology & Radiological Sciences
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Bjorn Knollmann, M.D., Ph.D.

Professor of Medicine,
William Stokes Chair in Experimental Therapeutics
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Alexander Langerman, M.D., S.M.

Associate Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery,
Director of The Surgical Analytics Lab Vanderbilt Institute for Surgery and Engineering,
Director of The Program on Surgical Ethics Center for Biomedical Ethics and Society
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John McLean, Ph.D.

Professor of Chemistry,
Stevenson Professor of Chemistry,
Co-Director, Automated Biosystems Core,
Chair of Chemistry
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Jonathan Wanderer, M.D.

Professor of Anesthesiology and Biomedical Informatics,
Multispecialty Anesthesiology, Informatics Research Division,
Associate Chief Medical Information Officer, VUMC HealthIT
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Alex G. Waterson, Ph.D.

Research Professor, Pharmacology,
Research Professor, Chemistry
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Matthew Weinger, M.D.

Professor of Anesthesiology, Biomedical Informatics, and Medical Education,
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering,
Norman Ty Smith Chair Patient Safety & Medical Simulation
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Lauren Williamson, Ph.D.

Research Assistant Professor
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Adam D. Yock, Ph.D.

Director of Technology and Innovation,
Associate Professor

Engineering & Physical Sciences

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Audrey Bowden

Professor of Biomedical Engineering,
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering,
Professor of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences
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Abhishek Dubey

Associate Professor of Computer Science,
Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
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E. Duco Jansen

Professor of Biomedical Engineering,
Professor of Neurological Surgery
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Gabor Karsai

Distinguished Professor of Computer Science,
Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering,
Co-Associate Chair for Computer Engineering,
Executive Council, Institute for Software Integrated Systems
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Yiorgos Kostoulas

Director of the Division of Engineering Science and Management,
Professor of the Practice of Engineering Management
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Dan Lin

Professor of Computer Science
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Dave Merryman

Walters Family Professor,
Professor of Biomedical Engineering,
Professor of Pharmacology,
Professor of Medicine,
Professor of Pediatrics
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Johnathan Sprinkle

Chair, Computer Science,
Professor of Computer Science,
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering,
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
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Yuankai (Kenny) Tao

Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering,
SPIE Faculty Fellow in Engineering,
Director of Graduate Studies in Biomedical Engineering
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Robert Webster

Richard A. Schroeder Professor of Mechanical Engineering,
Associate Provost for Graduate Education,
Professor of Mechanical Engineering,
Professor of Electrical Engineering,
Professor of Otolaryngology,
Professor of Neurological Surgery,
Professor of Urologic Surgery,
Professor of Medicine
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James Weimer

Assistant Professor of Computer Science,
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Social Sciences

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T. S. Harvey, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Medical and Linguistic Anthropology
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Dan Levin

Professor, Psychology & Human Development,
Co-Director, Cognition & Cognitive Neuroscience Program
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Chris Vanags

Research Assistant Professor, Earth & Environmental Sciences,
Director, Research Initiatives, Peabody College of Education
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Steven Wernke, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Anthropology,
Chair, Anthropology
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Elizabeth J. Zechmeister, Ph.D.

Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor, Political Science,
Director, LAPOP Lab,
Associate Provost, Office of Research & Innovation