Committees
Inter-Institutional Core Advisory Committee
This Committee serves as an advisory board for the Open Access Initiative between Northwestern, the University of Chicago and the University of Illinois-Chicago. The members below are representatives from Northwestern and include senior faculty and senior administrators in the Office for Research.
Current Members:
Andrew Ott – Research Associate Professor and Director of Core Facilities
Amy Paller – Professor and Faculty Director of SDRC
John Disterhoft – Professor and Faculty Director of BPC
Karl Scheidt – Professor and Faculty Director of ChemCore
Vinayak P. Dravid – Professor and Faculty Director of NUANCE
University Core Facility Advisory Board
This Committee meets quarterly to coordinate policies and procedures regarding core facilities across the University. Topics include strategic planning, marketing, professional development and tactical business decisions that promote and enhance the operations and management of core facilities.
Co-Chair: Andy Ott – Director of Core Facilities (OR)
Co-Chair: Jeff Weiss – Director of Research Core Planning (FSM)
Current Members:
Jian Cao – Associate Vice President for Research
Rex Chisholm – Associate Vice President for Research and Associate Dean for Research (FSM)
Erik Luijten – Associate Dean for Research (McC)
Michael Schmitt – Associate Dean for Research (WCAS)
Marcus Peter – Associate Director of the Cancer Center
Andrew Ott - Director of Core Facilities Administration
Jeff Weiss - Director of Research Core Planning (FSM)
Constadina Arvanitis – Operations Director of the Center for Advanced Microscopy (CAM)
Vinayak P. Dravid – Faculty Director of NUANCE
Michael Markl - Faculty Director of the Center for Translational Imaging (CTI)
Ben Owen – Operations Director of IMSERC