Councilor I (2024-2026)

Heidi Klem

NIST

Heidi.Klem_AT_nist.gov

Councilor II (2024-2025), Alternate Councilor 2026

Hrant Hratchian

UC Merced

Hhratchian_AT_ucmerced.edu

Councilor III (2025-2027), Past Chair (2022)

Jana Shen, Ph.D.

University of Maryland

Baltimore, MD

Jana.Shen_AT_rx.umaryland.edu

Alternate Councilor I (2023-2025)

Guillaume Lamoureux, Ph.D.

Rutgers University, Camden

Camden, NJ

guillaume.lamoureux_AT_rutgers.edu

Alternate Councilor II (2025-2027)

Ed Brothers, Ph.D.

Gaussian, Inc.

Wallingford, CT

ed_AT_gaussian.com

Alternate Councilor III (2025-2027)

Lyna Luo, Ph.D.

West University of Health Sciences

Pomona, CA

luoy_AT_westernu.edu

Program Co-Chair (2023-)

Alex Dickson, Ph.D.

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI

alexrdAT_msu.edu

Program Co-Chair (2023-)

Kira Armacost, Ph.D.

GlaxoSmithKline

Philadelphia, PA

kira.x.armacost _AT_gsk.com

Journal of Molecular Graphics & Modelling Editor (COMP Liaison)

Emilio Xavier Esposito, Ph.D.

exeResearch LLC

East Lansing, MI

emilio.esposito_AT_gmail.com

COMP Awards Assoc Coordinator (2024-)

Karl. N. Kirschner, Ph.D.

University of Applied Sciences Bonn-Rhein-Sieg

k.n.kirschner_AT_gmail.com

COMP Awards Coordinator (2023-), Sticker Designer

Robert Paton, Ph.D.

Colorado State University

Fort Collins, CO

robert.paton _AT_colostate.edu

COMP Awards Coordinator (2023-)

Zoe Cournia, Ph.D.

 Biomedical Research Foundation

Academia of Athens

Athens, Greece

Bylaws Chair (2024-)

Edward Sherer, Ph.D.

Merck

Rahway, NJ

edward_sherer_AT_merck.com

Newsletter (2024-), Past Chair (2020)

Seonah Kim, Ph.D.

Colorado State University

Fort Collins, CO

Seonah.Kim_AT_colostate.edu

Social Chair (2024-)

Mia Rosenfeld

Iambic Therapeutics

San Diego, CA

mia.rosenfeld_AT_gmail.com

Social Media Coordinator (2022-)

Lauren Raguette

Stony Brook University

Stony Brook, NY

Lauren.Raguette_AT_
stonybrook.edu

Councilor I (2022-2024)

ACS Fellow (2024-)

Christine M. Aikens, Ph.D. 

Kansas State University 

Manhattan, KS

cmaikens_AT_ksu.edu

ACS Fellow (2010-)

Wendy Cornell, Ph.D.

IBM

Yorktown Heights, NY

cornell_AT_us.ibm.com

Alternate Councilor I (2022-2024)

Colin Lam, Ph.D.

Merck

Kenilworth, NJ

yu.hong.lam_AT_merck.com

Councilor III (2021-2023)

Emilio Gallicchio, Ph.D.

Brooklyn College

Brooklyn, NY

egallicchio_AT_brooklyn.cuny.edu

Past Chair (2024), Undergraduate Programming Chair (2022-2025)

Ashley Ringer McDonald, Ph.D.

Cal Poly

San Luis Obispo, CA

armcdona_AT_calpoly.edu

Program Co-Chair (2024)

Maria Nagan, Ph.D.

Stony Brook University

Stony Brook, NY

maria.nagan_AT_stonybrook.edu

COMP Awards Coordinator (2023)

ACS Fellow (2014-)

Adrian Roitberg, Ph.D.

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

roitberg_AT_qtp.ufl.edu

Past Secretary

Veerabahu Shanmugasundaram, Ph.D.

Celgene

Cambridge, MA

veerabahu.shanmugasundaram_AT_gmail.com

COMP Awards Coordinator (2023)

ACS Fellow (2016-)

Carlos Simmerling, Ph.D.

Stony Brook University

Stony Brook, NY

carlos.simmerling_AT_stonybrook.edu

Media & Member Relations (2023)

Y. Jane Tseng, Ph.D.

National Taiwan University

Taipei, Taiwan

yjtseng_AT_csie.ntu.edu.tw

Daniel Ortwine

Ortwine Counsulting LLC

Traverse City, MI

dan.ortwine_AT_gmail.com

Treasurer (2022-2024)

Lewis Whitehead, Ph.D.

1910 Genetics

Cambridge, MA

lewisthejust_AT_gmail.com

Our by-laws were voted upon by our COMP membership in August 2022 and ratified by ACS in Octoer 2022.