2025 Planning Committees

Co-Directors (committee oversight)

Tessa Bierbaum - IGG (AV/IT, Food, Marketing/Social Committee)

Jodi Callwood - BCB (Abstract)

Ashmita Mainali - MCDB (Judges/Award Process/Presentation Awards, Registration, Speaker)

Senior Advisors - Anurag Das - Neuro and Mehak Kapoor - BCB


Abstract Committee - Muskan Kapoor - BCB (Chair), An Phan - BCB, Divyanshu Shukla - BCB, Mehak Kapoor - BCB, Pradeep B K - BCB, David Hall - IGG, Fazhir Kayondo - IGG, Iman  Saha - IGG, Kofi Antwi Appiagyei - IGG, Lakpa Sherpa - IGG, Sristi Dey  - IGG, Astha Tuladhar - MCDB, and Shruvra Dutta - MCDB

AV/IT - Michael Murphy - IGG (chair), Thao Nguyen - BCB, and Usamah Kabuye - IGG

Food Committee - Thao Nguyen - BCB (Chair), McKayla Kling - Neuro, Swathi Nadendla - BCB, Alexander Else-Keller - IGG, An Phan - BCB, and Astha Tuladhar - MCDB

Judges, Award Process and Presentation Awards - Matthew Wendt - IGG, Sage Becker - Imbio, Gelare Shabak - IGG, Sabrena Rutledge - BCB, and Hia Kalita - MCDB

Registration - Swathi Nadendla - BCB (Chair), Bimala Acharya - BCB,  Onyinyechi Amaechi - IGG, Damilare Dabiri - IGG, Fazhir Kayondo -IGG, Gelare Shabak - IGG, Manuela Chaves - IGG, Otibhor Pamela Odia - IGG, Usamah Kabuye - IGG, Hia Kalita - MCDB, and Shuvra Dutta - MCDB

Social Committee/Marketing - Faizo Kasule - IGG (Chair), Aditya Roshan - MCDB, Onyinyechi J Amaechi - IGG, Bimala Acharya - BCB, Dabiri Damilare - IGG, Lakpa Sherpa - IGG, Otibhor Pamela Odia - IGG, Pradeep B K - BCB, and Sristi Dey - IGG

Speaker - Sabrena Rutledge - BCB (Chair), Mehak Kapoor - BCB, Muskan Kapoor - BCB, David Hall - IGG, Faizo Kasule - IGG, Iman Saha - IGG, Kofi Antwi Appiagyei - IGG, Manuela Chaves - IGG, Sage Becker - ImBio, Aditya Roshan - MCDB, and Thomas Young - Plant Biology