Officers
Past Officers 2022-2023
Adriana L. Romero-Olivares, Section chair, alro(at)nmsu.edu
Lily Khadempour, Section vice chair, lily.khadempour(at)rutgers.edu
Fabiola Pulido-Chavez, Student representative, mpuli011(at)ucr.edu
Priscilla San Juan, DEI representative
Pacifica Sommers, Industry representative
Past Officers 2021-2022
Chair – Naupaka Zimmerman, Ph.D, University of San Francisco, nzimmerman(at)usfca.edu
Vice Chair – Adriana L. Romero-Olivares, New Mexico State University, alro(at)nmsu.edu
Secretary – Lily Khadempour, Rutgers University, lily.khadempour(at)rutgers.edu
DEI Rep – Priscilla San Juan, Stanford University, priscillaashleysj(at)gmail.com Student Rep – Fabiola Pulido-Chavez, University of California Riverside, mpuli011(at)ucr.edu Industry Rep – Nathan Kude, Novozymes, wnc(at)novozymes.com
Past Officers 2020-2021
Chair – Mario Muscarella, Ph.D, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, mmuscar(at)illinois.edu
Vice Chair – Naupaka Zimmerman, Ph.D, University of San Francisco, nzimmerman(at)usfca.edu
Secretary – Adriana L. Romero-Olivares, University of New Hampshire, adriana.romeroolivares(at)unh.edu
DEI Rep – Justin Stewart, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, justin618s(at)gmail.com Student Rep – Steve Kutos, Fordham University, steve.kutos(at)gmail.com Industry Rep – Nathan Kude, Novozymes, wnc(at)novozymes.com
Past Officers 2019-2020
Chair – Jennifer Bhatnagar, Ph.D, jmbhat(at)bu.edu
Vice Chair – Mario Muscarella, Ph.D, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, mmuscar(at)illinois.edu
Secretary – Naupaka Zimmerman, Ph.D, University of San Francisco, nzimmerman(at)usfca.edu
DEI Rep – Adriana L. Romero-Olivares, University of New Hampshire, adriana.romeroolivares(at)unh.edu Student Rep – Alonso Favela, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, favela3(at)illinois.edu
Past Officers 2018-2019
Chair – Ariane Peralta, Ph.D., East Carolina University, peraltaa(at)ecu.edu
Vice Chair – Jennifer Bhatnagar, Ph.D, jmbhat(at)bu.edu
Secretary – Mario Muscarella, Ph.D, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, mmuscar(at)illinois.edu
Student Rep – Alonso Favela, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, favela3(at)illinois.edu
Past Officers 2017-2018
Chair – Kirsten Hofmockel, Ph.D., Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, kirsten.hofmockel(at)pnnl.gov
Vice Chair – Ariane Peralta, Ph.D., East Carolina University, peraltaa(at)ecu.edu
Secretary – Jennifer Bhatnagar, Ph.D, jmbhat(at)bu.edu
Student Rep – Grace Pold, University of Massachusetts Amherst, apold(at)umass.edu
Past Officers 2016-2017
Chair – Ed Hall, Ph.D., Colorado State University, ed.hall(at)colostate.edu
Vice Chair -Kirsten Hofmockel, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, kirsten.hofmockel(at)pnnl.gov
Secretary – Ariane Peralta, Ph.D., East Carolina University, peraltaa(at)ecu.edu
Student Rep – Grace Pold, University of Massachusetts Amherst, apold(at)umass.edu
Past Officers 2015-2016
Chair – Kristen DeAngelis, Ph.D., University of Massachusetts Amherst, kristend(at)umass.edu
Vice Chair -Ed Hall, Ph.D., Colorado State University, ed.hall(at)colostate.edu
Secretary – Kirsten Hofmockel, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, kirsten.hofmockel(at)pnnl.gov
Student Rep – Jessica Moore, University of Tennessee
Past Officers 2014-2015
Chair – Michael Strickland, Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, strick77(at)vt.edu
Vice Chair – Kristen DeAngelis, Ph.D., University of Massachusetts Amherst, kristend(at)umass.edu
Secretary – Ed Hall, Ph.D., Colorado State University, ed.hall(at)colostate.edu
Student Rep – Mario Muscarella, Indiana University, mmuscare(at)indiana.edu
Past Officers 2013-2014
Chair – Jessica Gutknecht, Ph.D., University of Minnesota, jgut(at)umn.edu
Vice Chair – Michael Strickland, Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, strick77(at)vt.edu
Secretary – Kristen DeAngelis, Ph.D., University of Massachusetts Amherst, kristend(at)umass.edu
Student Rep – Mario Muscarella, Indiana University, mmuscare(at)indiana.edu
Past Officers 2012-2013
Chair – Kathryn Docherty, Ph.D., Western Michigan University, kathryn.docherty(at)wmich.edu
Vice Chair – Jessica Gutknecht, Ph.D., Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Secretary – Michael Strickland, Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, strick77(at)vt.edu
Student Rep – Maddie Stone, University of Pennsylvania
Past Officers 2011-2012
Chair – Anthony Yannarell, Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign – acyann@nullillinois.edu
Vice Chair – Kathryn Docherty, Ph.D., Western Michigan University, kathryn.docherty(at)wmich.edu
Secretary – Jessica Gutknecht, Ph.D., Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Student Rep -Naupaka Zimmerman
Past Officers 2010-2011
Chair – Jay T. Lennon, Ph.D., Michigan State University – lennonja(at)msu.edu
Vice Chair – Anthony Yannarell, Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign – acyann(at)illinois.edu
Secretary – Kathryn Docherty, Ph.D., National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON, Inc.) – kdocherty(at)neoninc.org
Past Officers 2009-2010
Chair – Angela D. Kent, Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign – akent@nullillinois.edu
Vice Chair – Jay T. Lennon, Ph.D., Michigan State University – lennonja(at)msu.edu
Secretary – Anthony Yannarell, Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign – acyann(at)illinois.edu
Past Officers 2008-2009
Chair – D. Liane Cochran-Stafira, Ph.D., Saint Xavier University, Chicago
Vice Chair – Katherine (Trina) McMahon, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison
Secretary – Jay T. Lennon, Ph.D., Michigan State University
Past Officers 2007-2008
Chair – Val Smith Ph.D., University of Kansas
Secretary – Emma L. Aronson, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
Past Officers 2006-2007
Acting Chair – Brendan Bohannan, Ph.D., University of Oregon