Leadership

Academic Council

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Academic Council


The Academic Council, as the representative of the faculty, formulates academic policies of the Salk Institute. The Council deliberates in consultation with the president, and its recommendations are subject to periodic review by the voting faculty. Matters of academic policy include academic programs, academic appointments and promotions and use of the Institute’s research space.

Presently, the Academic Council consists of six members from the ranks of professor and four members from the ranks of the associate and assistant professors, all of whom are elected by the voting faculty. The past chair, current chair and chair-elect also serve on the Board of Trustees of the Salk Institute.

The Academic Council establishes the academic Appointments Committee and establishes as many other faculty committees as it deems necessary for formulating and implementing academic policy. The membership of the faculty committees is approved by the president.

Faculty


Chair

Janelle Ayres, PhD

Professor and Laboratory Head
Gene Expression Laboratory
Molecular and Systems Physiology Laboratory
NOMIS Center for Immunobiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator
Salk Institute Legacy Chair

Chair Elect

Christian Metallo, PhD

Professor
Molecular and Cell Biology Laboratory
Daniel and Martina Lewis Chair

Past Chair

Wolfgang Busch, PhD

Professor and Director
Integrative Biology Laboratory
Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology Laboratory
Hess Chair in Plant Science

Members

Eiman Azim, PhD

Associate Professor
Molecular Neurobiology Laboratory
William Scandling Developmental Chair

Sreekanth Chalasani, PhD

Professor
Molecular Neurobiology Laboratory
Jesse and Caryl Philips Foundation Chair

Dannielle Engle, PhD

Assistant Professor
Regulatory Biology Laboratory
Helen McLoraine Developmental Chair

Susan Kaech, PhD

Professor and Director
NOMIS Center for Immunobiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
NOMIS Chair

Pallav Kosuri, PhD

Assistant Professor
Integrative Biology Laboratory
Hearst Foundation Developmental Chair

Julie Law, PhD

Associate Professor
Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology Laboratory

Axel Nimmerjahn, PhD

Professor
Waitt Advanced Biophotonics Center
Françoise Gilot-Salk Chair

Satchidananda Panda, PhD

Professor
Regulatory Biology Laboratory
Rita and Richard Atkinson Chair