Contact

Yangjin Kim
Department of Mathematics & Statistics
2078 CASL Building
University of Michigan - Dearborn
4901 Evergreen Road
Dearborn, Michigan 48128
PHONE: 313-593-5178
Email: yangjink at umd.umich.edu
Web: http://www-personal.umd.umich.edu/~yangjink/

EDUCATION

Ph.D (2006), M.S. (2003), Mathematics, University of Minnesota [Advisor: Hans G. Othmer]

RESEARCH INTEREST

Mathematical Biology:
(1) A multi-scale modeling for interactions of a tumor with its microenvironment in an early development of breast cancer (with Hans Othmer at U of Minnesota)
(2) Glioma invasion and proliferation (with Sean Lawler at U of Leeds, UK, E. Antonio Chiocca,M.D., dept of Neurosurgery, Ohio State University, Avner Friedman at MBI, Ohio State University)
(3) Th1/Th2 regulation in response to LPS in asthma development (with prof. Hwang in math dept and prof. Yong Song Gho and prof. Yoon-Keun Kim in biol dept at Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, Korea)
(4) Effects of myoferlin on tumor cell invasion (with Kniss group, Biomedical Engineering & Medicine, Ohio State University, Marisa Eisenberg at MBI, Avner Friedman at MBI)
(5) MicroRNA regulation of cancer networks (with Baltz Aguda, Neuro-oncology branch, NIH, Avner Friedman at MBI)
(6) Cell mechanics in cell motility using a hybrid method including a immersed boundary method (with Sookkyung Lim at University of Cincinnati)

EMPLOYMENT

Assistant professor [ Sep 2009 - ] University of Michigan, Department of Mathematics & Statistics, Dearborn, MI
Postdoctoral Researcher [ Nov 2006 - Aug 2009 ] Ohio State University, Mathematical Biosciences Institute, Columbus, OH
Lecturer [ Sep 2008 to Dec 2008 ] Ohio State University, Department of Mathematics, Columbus, OH
Teaching & Research Assistant [ Sep 1999 - May 2006 ] University of Minnesota, TC, School of Mathematics
Teaching Assistant [ Sep 1997 to Jun 1998 ] Korea University, Department of Mathematics, Seoul, KOREA

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Math 455/555 (Functions of a Complex Variable with Applications) & Math 116 (Calculus II) [ Jan 2012 - May 2012 ]
Math 462/562 (Mathematical Modeling) & Math 216 (Introduction to Differential Equations) & Math 217 (Introduction to Matrix Algebra [ Sep 2011 to Dec 2011 ]
Math 216 (Introduction to Differential Equations) & Math 116 (Calculus II) [ Jan 2011 - May 2011 ]
Math 113 (Calculus (Mtg, life and soc sci)) [ Sep 2010 to Dec 2010 ]
Math 504/404 (Dynamical systems) & Math 115 (Calculus I) [ Jan 2010 - May 2010]
Math 113 (Calculus (Mtg, life and soc sci)) [ Sep 2009 to Dec 2009]
University of Michigan, Department of mathematics & Statistics, Dearborn, MI

Lecturer for Math 151L (Calculus & Analytic Geometry I (Life Sciences)) [ Sep 2008 to Dec 2008 ]
Ohio State University, Department of Mathematics, Columbus, OH

Project leader : A ODE/PDE model of tumor growth, 2008 Summer Program in Mathematical Bioengineering [ July 7 - 25, 2008 ]
Ohio State University, MBI, Columbus, OH

Project co-organizer/mentor, Math 151L (Calculus and Analytic Geometry I (Life Sciences)) [ Sep 2007 to Dec 2007]
Ohio State University, Department of Mathematics, Columbus, OH

Instructor, Precalculus II [ Jan 2005 to May 2005 ]
Tutor for Multi variable Calculus [ May 2005 to Aug 2005 ]
Tutor for Independent Study, Linear Algebra and Differential Equations [ May 2005 to Aug 2005 ]
Instructor, Linear Algebra and Differential Equations [ Sep 2004 to Dec 2004 ]
Instructor, Linear Algebra and Differential Equations [ Sep 2003 to Dec 2003 ]
Tutor for Independent Study, Fourier Series and Partial Differential Equations [ Sep 2003 to May 2004 ]
Instructor, Multi variable Calculus [ Jan 2003 to May 2003 ]
Instructor, Applied Linear Algebra [ Jan 2002 to May 2002 ]
Instructor, Linear Algebra and Differential Equations [ Sep 2000 to Dec 2000 ]
Instructor, Calculus II [ Jan 2000 to May 2000 ]
Instructor, Calculus II [ Sep 1999 to Dec 1999 ]
University of Minnesota, TC, School of Mathematics

Instructor, Real Analysis [ Mar 1998 to Jun 1998 ]
Instructor, Complex Analysis [ Mar 1998 to Jun 1998 ]
Instructor, Real Analysis [ Sep 1997 to Dec 1997 ]
Instructor, Calculus of multi-Variables [ Sep 1997 to Dec 1997 ]
Korea University, Department of Mathematics, Seoul, KOREA

Student Teacher, Algebra [ Apr 1996 : 4 weeks ]
Junghwa Middle School, Seoul, KOREA

PUBLICATIONS

In preparatioin :

Submitted :
Yangjin Kim and Soyeon Roh, A hybrid model of cell proliferation and migration in glioblastoma, submitted, 2012.
Yangjin Kim and Hans Othmer, A hybrid model of tumor-stromal interactions in breast cancer, submitted, 2012.
Yangjin Kim and Khalid Boushaba, A mathematical model of tumor dormancy and secondary metastasis, submitted, 2011.
Yangjin Kim, Seongwon Lee, You-Sun Kim, Yoon-Keun Kim, Yong Song Gho, and Hyung Ju Hwang, Regulation of Th1/Th2 cells in asthma development: A mathematical model, submitted, 2011.

Published/accepted :
Yangjin Kim, Soyeon Roh, Sean Lawler, and Avner Friedman, miR451 and AMPK mutual antagonism in glioma cells migration and proliferation, PLoS One, 6(12), e28293 (Dec 20, 2011). [doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0028293].
Marisa Eisenberg, Yangjin Kim, Ruth Li, William E. Ackerman, Douglas A. Kniss, and Avner Friedman, Modeling the effects of myoferlin on tumor cell invasion, Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 108(50), 20078-83 (Dec 13, 2011) [doi: 10.1073/pnas.1116327108].
Yangjin Kim and Khalid Boushaba, An enzyme kinetics model of tumor dormancy, regulation of secondary metastases, Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems-S, 4(6), 1465-1498 (Dec, 2011).
Baltazar D. Aguda, Yangjin Kim, Hong Sug Kim, Avner Friedman, and Howard A. Fine, Qualitative network modeling of the MYC-p53 control system of cell proliferation and differentiation, Biophysical Journal, 101(9), 2082-2091 (Nov, 2011).
Yangjin Kim, Magdalena Stolarska, and Hans G. Othmer, The Role of The Microenvironment in Tumor Growth and Invasion, Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology, 106, 353-379 (Aug, 2011).
Avner Friedman and Yangjin Kim, Tumor cells proliferation and migration under the influence of their microenvironment, Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering, 8(2), 373-385, (Apr, 2011).
Yangjin Kim and Sookkyung Lim, The role of the microenvironment in tumor invasion, 2009 Proceedings of the Fourth SIAM Conference on Mathematics for Industry (MI09), 84-92 (2010).
Yangjin Kim and Avner Friedman, Interaction of tumor with its microenvironment : A Mathematical Model, Bull. Math. Biol., 72(5), 1029-1068 (2010) [DOI 10.1007/s11538-009-9481-z].
Yangjin Kim, Julie Wallace, Fu Li, Michael Ostrowski and Avner Friedman, Transformed epithelial cells and fibroblasts/myofibroblasts interaction in breast tumor: a mathematical model and experiments, J Math Biol, 61(3), 401-421 (2010) [DOI 10.1007/s00285-009-0307-2]
Yangjin Kim, Sean Lawler, Michal O. Nowicki, E. Antonio Chiocca, and Avner Friedman, A mathematical model for pattern formation of glioma cells outside the tumor spheroid core, J. Theo. Biol., 260, 359-371 (2009) [doi:10.1016/j.jtbi.2009.06.025]
Magdalena Stolarska, Yangjin Kim, and Hans G. Othmer, Multiscale models of cell and tissue dynamics, Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. A, 367, 3525-3553 (2009).
Baltazar D. Aguda, Yangjin Kim, Melissa G. Piper-Hunter, Avner Friedman, and Clay B. Marsh, MicroRNA Regulation of a Cancer Network: Consequences of the Feedback Loops Involving miR-17-92, E2F, and Myc, Proc Natl Acad Sci, 105(50), 19678-19683 (2008)
Yangjin Kim, Magdalena Stolarska, and Hans G. Othmer, A hybrid model for tumor spheroid growth in vitro I: Theoretical development and early results, Math. Models Methods in Appl Scis, 17, 1773-1798 (2007).
Ph.D thesis (advisor : Hans G. Othmer ) : Mathematical modeling of cell movement and tumor spheroid growth in vitro, Oct., (2006).

TALKS

Conferences/Workshops:

[coming] (Invited) , SIAM Conference on the Life Sciences, Westin San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA [ August 7-10, 2012 ]
[coming] (Invited) How does miR451 (microRNA) regulate the proliferation and migration of glioblastoma cells: A mathematical model, 2012 SIAM annual meeting, Hyatt Regency Minneapolis, Minneapolis, MN, USA [ July 9-13, 2012 ]
[coming] (Invited) Role of mechanics in tumor growth, special session contributed to 80-th birthday of Avner Friedman, The 9th AIMS Conference on Dynamical Systems, Differential Equations and Applications, Orlando, Florida, USA [ July 1 - 5, 2012 ]
(Invited) Free boundary problems in the early development of breast cancer, MBI workshop on Free Boundary Problems in Biology, Mathematical Biosciences Institute, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH [ Nov 14-18, 2011 ]
(Invited) A mathematical model of glioma invasion, SIAM conference on Analysis of Partial Differential Equations, San Diego, CA [ Nov 14-17, 2011 ]
(Invited) The role of mechanics in glioma cell invasion, 7th International Congress on Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Vancouver, BC, Canada [July 18-22, 2011]
(Invited) The role of the microenvironment in an early development of breast cancer: a hybrid (multiscale) model, ESMTB-SMB conferenc, Krakow, Poland [ June 28 - July 2, 2011 ]
(Invited) The role of the microenvironment in tumor invasion: a mathematical model, ESMTB-SMB conferenc, Krakow, Poland [ June 28 - July 2, 2011 ]
(Invited) Mathematical model of glioma (brain tumor) invasion, Workshop on PDE Models of Biological Process, National Tsing-Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, [ December 13-17, 2010 ]
(Invited) A multi-scale mathematical model of tumor-microenvironment interactions, 2010 AMS Fall Central Section Meeting, Notre Dame, IN [ November 5-7, 2010 ]
(Invited) Glioma invasion in vitro, 2010 US-Korea Conference on Science, Technology and Entrepreneurship, Hyatt Regency Bellevue, Bellevue, WA [ August 11-15, 2010 ]
(Invited) What is Mathematical Biology? Is it useful in Biology?, 2010 Students Mathematics Workshop, Hyatt Regency Bellevue, Bellevue, WA [ August 13, 2010 ]
A hybrid model of interaction between tumor cells and microenviroment, SMB annual conference, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro State, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil [ July 26 - July 29, 2010 ]
(Invited) The role of cancer's microenvironment in drug resistance, SMB annual conference, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro State, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil [ July 26 - July 29, 2010 ]
(Invited) Role of microenvironment in cancer progression, SIAM Conference on the Life Sciences (LS10), The David L. Lawrence Convention Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania [ July 12-15, 2010]
(Invited) A hybrid model of interaction between tumor cells and microenviroment, 10th International Conference on Computational and Mathematical Methods in Science and Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI [ May 24-26, 2010 ]
Glioma invasion and microenvironment: a mathematical model, Annual meeting of the MAA and MichMATYC, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI, May 7-8, 2010.
(Invited) Pattern formation in glioma invasion, 2010 AMS Spring Central Section Meeting, Macalester College, St. Paul, MN [ April 10, 2010 ]
(Invited) Role of microenvironment in cancer progression : A mathematical model, 2010 AMS Spring Central Section Meeting, Macalester College, St. Paul, MN [ April 11, 2010 ]
(Invited) Glioma invasion and microenvironment: A multiscale approach, Mathematical Methods in Systems Biology, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel [ Jan 7, 2010]
(Invited) Role of microenvironment in cancer progression : A multiscale approach, Math Biol Workshop, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, Korea [Dec 21, 2009]
(Invited) The role of microenvironment in glioma invasion: a mathematical model, Joint Meeting of the KMS and AMS, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea [ Dec 19, 2009]
A Hybrid Model of Interaction Between Tumor Cells and Microenvironment, Topics in Biological Modeling, SIAM Conference Mathematics for Industry: Challenges and Frontiers (MI09), San Francisco, CA [ October 9, 2009 ]
(Invited) A hybrid model of interaction between tumor cells and microenvironment, International Conference on Mathematical Biology and 2009 Annual Meeting of The Society of Mathematical Biology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada [ Jul 30, 2009 ]
Interaction of Tumor with Its Microenvironment : A Mathematical Model, CP16 Biological Applications, SIAM Conference on Computational Science and Engineering (CSE09), Miami Hilton Hotel, Miami, Florida [ Mar 5, 2009]
(Invited) Glioma invasion and microenvironment : a multiscale approach, MS52 State of the Art in Computational Modelling of Cancer - Part II of III, SIAM Conference on Computational Science and Engineering (CSE09), Miami Hilton Hotel, Miami, Florida [ Mar 3, 2009]
Interaction of tumor with its microenvironment : A mathematical model, 2009 Joint mathematics meeting, Washington DC [ Jan 8, 2009 ]
(Invited) Glioma invasion: how one can use a multi-scale model?, 2008 annual meeting of Korean Society for Mathematical Biology(KSMB), Korea University, Seoul, Korea [Oct 10, 2008]
(Invited) A mathematical model of Brain tumor : pattern formation of glioma cells outside the tumor spheroid core, 2008 Workshop for Young Researchers in Mathematical Biology (WYRMB), MBI, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH [ Sep 2, 2008 ]
(Invited) Transformed Epithelial Cells and Fibroblasts/Myofibroblasts Interaction in Breast Tumor: A Mathematical Model and Experiments, 2008 SMB conference, Fields Institute, Toronto, Canada, [ Jul 30, 2008 ]
(Invited) Interaction of tumor with its microenvironment: A mathematical model, 2008 World Congress of Nonlinear Analysis, Orlando, Florida, [ Jul 2, 2008 ]
[Poster] : Glioma invasion : a PDE and cell-based model, 2008 Gordon Conference, THEORETICAL BIOLOGY & BIOMATHEMATICS, Il Ciocco, Lucca (Barga), Italy [ Jun 22-27, 2008 ]
(Invited) A multi-scale model for avascular tumor growth, AMS Central 2008 spring sectional meeting, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN [ Apr 5, 2008 ]
(Invited) Transformed Epithelial cells and fibroblasts/myofibroblasts interaction in Breast Tumor: A Mathematical Model and Experiments, AMS SE 2008 spring sectional meeting,Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA [ Mar 30, 2008 ]
(Invited) A hybrid model of tumor spheroid growth, SIAM Conference on Mathematics for Industry: Challenges and Frontiers, Hyatt Regency, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [ Oct 9-11, 2007 ]

Colloquium/Seminars: (Detailed list)

Korea University (South Korea, Mar 2012), U of Michigan-Dearborn (Nov 2011), Wayne State University (Oct 2011), UNIST (Korea; Dec 2010), U of Michigan-Ann Arbor (Oct 2010), U of Michigan-Dearborn (Sep 2010), Cleveland State University (Mar 2010), University of Windsor (Canada, Mar 2010), University of Michigan-Dearborn (Jan 2010), Oakland University (Jan 2010), Kunkook University (South Korea, Dec 2009), Korea University (South Korea, Dec 2009), UNIST (South Korea; Dec 2009), POSTECH (South Korea; Dec 2009), University of Cincinnati (Nov 2009), University of Michigan-Dearborn (Nov 2009), University of California-San Diego (Feb 2009), Case Western Reserve University (Feb 2009), University of Michigan-Dearborn (Feb 2009), University of Delaware (Jan 2009), Ohio State University (Nov 2008), Ohio State University (Nov 2008), Worcester Polytechnic Institute (Nov 2008), Ohio State University (Oct 2008), Korea University (South Korea; Oct 2008), Fields Institute (Aug 2008), MBI, Ohio State University (Jul 2008), Konkuk University (South Korea; Apr 2008), POSTECH (South Korea; Apr 2008), Ohio State University (Nov 2007), MBI (Oct 2007), MBI (Nov 2006), University of Minnesota (Jul 2006), University of British Columbia (Canada; Jan 2006), University of Minnesota (Jan 2006), Winona State University (Oct 2004), University of Minnesota (Jul 2004; Apr 2004; Jun 2003; Oct 2002)

FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS

NSF postdoc fellowship, Oct 2006-Aug 2009, Mathematical Biosciences Institute, Ohio State University, OH
Faculty Research Initiation and Seed Grant, U of Michigan, Dearborn [ Mar, 2011 ]
Research Special Grant, U of Michigan, Dearborn [ Jan, 2011 ]
Faculty Professional Development Grant, U of Michigan, Dearborn [ Nov, 2010 ]
SIAM conference grant award for 2010 SIAM Great Lake Conference (Mathematical Biology, numerical PDEs)
SMB grant award for 2010 SIAM Great Lake Conference (Mathematical Biology, numerical PDEs)
Rackham Faculty Research Grants Award, U of Michigan-Ann Arbor [ Mar, 2010 ]
Travel grant (Conferences/workshop): Landahl SMB Travel Grants (2006,2007,2008,2009,2010), SIAM Postdoc/Early Career Attendees Travel grant (MI09,CSE09,LS10), UKC (2010), Workshop on PDE Models of Biological Process (Taiwan, 2010), 10th International Conference on Computational and Mathematical Methods in Science and Engineering (2010), SMB travel award for SIAM-LS (2010), CMM Workshop on Mathematical Oncology III (Canada,2010), Mathematical Methods in Systems Biology (Israel,2010), Mathematical biology Workshop (Korea,2009), 2008 annual meeting of Korean Society for Mathematical Biology (2008), 2008 ViCBC Summer School on Integrative Cancer Biology (Canada,2008), 2008 Gordon Conference, THEORETICAL BIOLOGY & BIOMATHEMATICS (Italy,2008),
Travel support (Seminars & scientific visit): Case Western Reserve University (Feb, 2009), Cleveland State University (Mar, 2010), Korea University, Korea (Dec, 2009), Kunkook University, Korea (Dec 2009; Apr 2008), Mathematical Biosciences Institute (Sep 2009;Oct 2009;Dec 2009;May 2010), Pohang University of Science and Technology, Korea (Apr 2008; Oct 2008; Dec 2009), UC, San Diego (Feb, 2009), U of British Columbia, Canada (Jan, 2006), U of Cincinnati (Nov 2009; Jan 2010), U of Delaware (Jan, 2009), U of Michigan-Dearborn (Feb, 2009), U of Minnesota (Aug 2008; Apr 2010), U of Windsor (Mar, 2010), Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, Korea (Dec, 2009), Winona State University (Oct, 2004) Worcester Polytechnic Institute (Nov, 2008),

GRANTS

Rackham Faculty Research Grants award, U of Michigan-Ann Arbor, (funded: Feb, 2010).
SMB grant award for 2010 SIAM Great Lake Conference (Mathematical Biology, numerical PDEs), (funded: Mar, 2010).
SIAM conference grant award for 2010 SIAM Great Lake Conference (Mathematical Biology, numerical PDEs, April 17, 2010), (funded: Feb, 2010).
Faculty Professional Development Grant, U of Michigan, Dearborn (funded: Nov, 2010).
Special Grant for Research, U of Michigan, Dearborn (funded: Jan, 2011).
NSF grant in mathematical biology (Jan 2011, submitted).
Faculty Research Initiation and Seed Grant, U of Michigan, Dearborn (funded: Mar, 2011)

OTHER ACTIVITIES

Organizer for Conferences
2010 SIAM conference, Great Lake Section, University of Michigan-Dearborn, Dearborn, MI [ Apr 17, 2010 ] (Co-organizer)

Organizer for a mini-symposium at conferences
(coming; multiple session) Mathematical models of cancer and cancer therapy, special session contributed to 80-th birthday of Avner Friedman, The 9th AIMS Conference on Dynamical Systems, Differential Equations and Applications, Orlando, Florida, USA [ July 1 - 5, 2012 ]
Tumor microenvironment: Influence on cancer progression, SIAM Conference on the Life Sciences (LS10), The David L. Lawrence Convention Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania [ July 12-15, 2010]; (Speakers : Yang Kuang (Arizona State University), Eamonn A. Gaffney (University of Oxford, UK), Kasia A. Rejniak (Moffitt Cancer Center, USA), Yangjin Kim (University of Michigan-Dearborn) )
Multiscale modeling of Cancer progression, International Conference on Mathematical Biology and 2009 Annual Meeting of The Society of Mathematical Biology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada [ July 27-30, 2009 ] (organizer) (Speakers : Philip Maini (U of Oxford, UK), Kristin Swanson (U of Washington, USA), Kasia A. Rejniak (Moffitt Cancer Center, USA), Yangjin Kim (MBI, USA) )
Tumor microenvironment: Influence on cancer progression, 2008 SMB conference, Fields Institute, Toronto, Canada [ July 30 - Aug 2, 2008 ] (organizer) (Speakers : Vito Quaranta (Vanderbilt Univ, USA), Philip Maini (U of Oxford, UK), Alissa Weaver (Vanderbilt Univ, USA), Yangjin Kim (MBI, USA) )

Organizer for workshops
2008 Workshop for Young Researchers in Mathematical Biology (WYRMB), MBI, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH [ Sep 2 - 4, 2008 ] (Co-organizer)
2007 Workshop for Young Researchers in Mathematical Biology (WYRMB), MBI, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH [ Sep 11-14, 2007 ] (Co-organizer)
2007 Workshop for Young Researchers in Mathematical Biology (WYRMB), MBI, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH [ Mar 12-15, 2007 ] (Co-organizer)

Postdoc seminar organizer
Mathematical Biosciences Institute, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH [ Fall 2008 - Spring 2009 ]

Scientific Visit
U of Minnesota (Aug 2008; Apr, 2010), Pohang University of Science and Technology, Korea (Oct, 2008; Dec 2008; Dec, 2009; Dec 2010), NSF Center for Theoretical Biological Physics & Division of Biomedical Informatics & Center for AIDS Research Division of Medical Informatics, UC-San Diego (Feb, 2009), Mathematical Biosciences Institute (Sep 2009; Oct 2009; Nov 2009; Dec 2009; May 2010; Oct 2010), The Center for Translational Cancer Research (CTCR), U of Delaware (Jan, 2009), U of Cincinnati (Oct, 2007)

Membership in Professional Organizations:
American Mathematical Society (AMS),
Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM),
SIAM, Great Lakes Section (GLSIAM),
Society for Mathematical Biology (SMB),
Korean Society for Mathematical Biology (KSMB)

COMPUTER SKILLS

Unix, XPP, Berkeley Madonna, Fortran 77/90/95, C, C++, Mathematica, Matlab, Maple, html

REFERENCES (full list)
Avner Friedman, Ph.D(The Ohio State University)
Hans G. Othmer, Ph.D (University of Minnesota)
Michael Ostrowki, Ph.D (Ohio State University)
Yuan Lou, Ph.D (teaching, Ohio State University)
E. Antonio Chiocca, M.D., Ph.D. (Ohio State University)
Sean Lawler, Ph.D (Leeds Institute of Molecular Medicine, UK)
Duane Q. Nykamp, Ph.D (University of Minnesota)
Peter Rejto, Ph.D (University of Minnesota)
Ellen K. Longmire, Ph.D (University of Minnesota)
Daniel Spirn, Ph.D (teaching) (University of Minnesota)