University and other Service

Program Chair, CNS*20XX meeting. (2006-)

See the Organization for Computational Neuroscience web site for more information about the annual meeting.

Some photos from the Edinburgh meeting are here

Director, Quantitative Biology Institute (since 2004)

"Mathematics is biology's next microscope, only better; biology is mathematics' next physics, only better" (Cohen 2004).

Visit the QBI web site for more information.

Chair, Biological Sciences Graduate Committee (1997 through August 2001)

We have a Graduate Program in the department leading to the M.S. or Ph.D. degree. Major research focus areas are:

Comparative and Metabolic Physiology

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Exercise Physiology and Muscle Biology

Microbiology

Neuroscience

Check out the Graduate Program Web page!

Faculty Senate. My 3-year term runs through June, 2000.

Chair, Faculty Senate Finance and Facilities Committee (1998-2000)

After a year on this committee, they made me chair for the next 2 years!

Some recent reports:

January 10, 2000

1) Faculty raise distributions by college

2) Faculty raise distributions--part 2

February 14, 2000

1) Trends in expenditures, Group I salaries, and Enrollment

2) Data for Trends in Expenditures

3) Effect of health contribution rate increases on raises

Member, UPAC (University Planning Advisory Committee) (1998-2000)

This committee assignment comes with being Finance Committee Chair

Secretary/Treasurer, Neuroscience Program (1992?-present; semi-permanent position!)

The Neuroscience`Program has a budget within the College of Arts and Sciences independent of the Department of Biological Sciences. I make sure we don't go over budget, among other things.