2024-2026 LSO Review Committee Members

Current Committee Members

Past Committee Members

2022-2024 Committee Members

Robert Bodenheimer
Professor of Computer Science
Amy E. Booth
Professor of Psychology & Human Development
Kenneth C. Catania
Stevenson Chair in Biological Sciences
Walter J. Chazin
Chancellor's Chair in Medicine; Professor of Biochemistry and Chemistry
Kate Clouse
Associate Professor of Nursing (Epidemiology)
Katherine L. Friedman
Associate Professor and Vice Chair of Biological Sciences
Scott Guelcher
Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Irina N. Kaverina
Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology
Matthew Lang
Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Noam Lupu
Associate Professor of Political Science
Janet Macdonald
Associate Professor of Chemistry
Richard McGregor
Professor of Religious Studies
Hassane Mchaourab
Louis B. McGavock Chair in Molecular Physiology and Biophysics
W. David Merryman
Walters Family Chair in Biomedical Engineering, Associate Chair of Biomedical Engineering
Lisa Monteggia
Professor of Pharmacology, Barlow Family Director of the Vanderbilt Brain Institute
Terunaga Nakagawa
Associate Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics
Robert Scherrer
Professor Physics and Astronomy
Kevin Schey
Professor of Biochemistry
Mark Schoenfield
Professor of English
Mark Wallace
Louise B. McGavock Chair of Psychology; Professor of Psychology
Richard Willis
Anne Marie and Thomas B. Walker, Jr., Professor of Accounting; Senior Associate Dean for the Faculty
2020-2022 Committee Members

Robert Bodenheimer
Professor of Computer Science
Amy E. Booth
Professor of Psychology & Human Development
Kenneth C. Catania
Stevenson Chair in Biological Sciences
Walter J. Chazin
Chancellor's Chair in Medicine; Professor of Biochemistry and Chemistry
Peter Cummings
John R. Hall, Professor of Chemical Engineering, Emeritus
Larisa R. G. DeSantis
Associate Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Katherine L. Friedman
Associate Professor and Vice Chair of Biological Sciences
Irina N. Kaverina
Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology
Ethan Lee
Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology
Noam Lupu
Associate Professor of Political Science
Janet Macdonald
Associate Professor of Chemistry
Hassane Mchaourab
Louis B. McGavock Chair in Molecular Physiology and Biophysics
W. David Merryman
Walters Family Chair in Biomedical Engineering, Associate Chair of Biomedical Engineering
Lisa Monteggia
Professor of Pharmacology, Barlow Family Director of the Vanderbilt Brain Institute
Shelagh A. Mulvaney
Associate Professor of Nursing (Clinical Psychology)
Richard O'Brien
Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics
Cynthia Reinhart-King
Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Robert Scherrer
Professor of Physics
Mark Schoenfield
Professor of English
Richard Willis
Anne Marie and Thomas B. Walker, Jr., Professor of Accounting; Senior Associate Dean for the Faculty
2018-2020 Committee Members

Amy E. Booth
Professor of Psychology & Human Development
Kenneth C. Catania
Stevenson Chair in Biological Sciences
William Collins
Terence E. Adderley Jr. Chair in Economics
David K. Cortez
Professor of Biochemistry
Peter Cummings
John R. Hall Professor of Chemical Engineering; Associate Dean for Research
Larisa R. G. DeSantis
Assistant Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Katherine L. Friedman
Associate Professor and Vice Chair of Biological Sciences
Todd R. Graham
Stevenson Chair in Biological Sciences
Irina N. Kaverina
Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology
John A. McLean
Stevenson Professor of Chemistry; Chair of Chemistry
W. David Merryman
Walters Family Chair in Biomedical Engineering, Associate Chair of Biomedical Engineering
Bonnie Miller-McLemore
E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Professor of Religion, Psychology, and Culture
Shelagh A. Mulvaney
Associate Professor of Nursing (Clinical Psychology)
Ann Richmond
Professor of Pharmacology
Robert Scherrer
Professor of Physics
Mark Schoenfield
Professor of English
Richard B. Simerly
Louise B. McGavock Chair in Molecular Physiology and Biophysics
Robert J. Webster III
Richard A. Schroeder Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Christopher V. Wright
Louise B. McGavock Chair in Cell and Developmental Biology
John D. York
Natalie Overall Warren Chair in Biochemistry; Chair of Biochemistry
2017-2018 Committee Members

Doug Adams
Chair, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering; Daniel F. Flowers Professor; Distinguished Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering; Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Peter Cummings
John R. Hall Professor of Chemical Engineering; Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering; Associate Dean for Research
Laurie Cutting
Patricia and Rodes Hart Professor of Special Education Psychology, Radiology, and Pediatrics
David Dickinson
Margaret Cowan Chair in the Department of Teaching and Learning; Associate Dean for Research and Strategic Initiatives of Peabody College
Ian Macara
Chair of the Department of Cell and Developmental Biology; Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology; Louise B. McGavock Chair; Co-Leader, Signal Transduction and Chemical Biology/VICC
Velma Mcbride Murry
Lois Autrey Betts Chair in Education and Human Development; Professor of Human and Organizational Development Joe B. Wyatt Distinguished University Professor
Dana Nelson
Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor of English
Keivan Stassun
Stevenson Professor of Physics and Astronomy; Professor of Physics and Astronomy; Professor of Computer Science; Director of the Frist Center for Autism and Innovation
Richard H. Willis
Anne Marie and Thomas B. Walker, Jr. Professor of Accounting; Associate Dean for the Faculty Danny Winder Professor of Molecular Physiology, Biophysics, and Psychiatry
Danny Winder
Bixler-Johnson- Mayes Professor, Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Pharmacology, and Psychiatry; Director, Vanderbilt Center for Addiction Research