Scientific Review Committee
Mohamed O. Elasri, Ph.D. (Chair)
Associate Dean for Research & Graduate Affairs
Professor, Biological Sciences
Director, Mississippi INBRE
The University of Southern Mississippi
Elizabeth Ambos, Ph.D.
Executive Officer
Council on Undergraduate Research
Stephen Cutler, Ph.D.
Chair & Professor of Medicinal Chemistry, Pharmacognosy & Pharmacology
Director, Center of Research Excellence in Natural Products Neuroscience
Editor-in-Chief, Medicinal Chemistry Research
University of Mississippi
Janet Donaldson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Biological Sciences
Mississippi State University
Alex Flynt, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences
The University of Southern Mississippi
Yvonne Fondufe-Mittendorf, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Molecular & Cellular Biochemistry
University of Kentucky
Michael Garrett, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Pharmacology & Toxicology,
Associate Professor of Medicine, Director of Institutional Molecular & Genomics Core Facility
University of Mississippi Medical Center
John Hall, Ph.D.
Arthur C. Guyton Professor & Chair
Director; Mississippi Center for Obesity Research
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Martin Hauer-Jensen, Ph.D.
Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Surgery & Pathology
Director, Division of Radiation Health
Associate Dean for Research, College of Pharmacy
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Shahid Karim, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Biological Sciences
The University of Southern Mississippi
Steve Kautz, Ph.D.
Chair of the Department of Health Sciences & Research
Associate Director of the Center for Rehabilitation Research in Neurological Conditions
Professor in the Division of Physical Therapy
Medical University of South Carolina
Michael N. Lehman, Ph.D.
Professor & Chair, Neurobiology & Anatomical Sciences
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Paul Lockman, Ph.D.
Inaugural Douglas Glover Chair of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Associate Center Director for Translational Research
Mary Babb Randolph Cancer Center
West Virginia University
Christopher R. McCurdy, Ph.D.
Professor of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacology
University of Mississippi
Bindu Nanduri, Ph.D.
Associate Professor in the Department of Basic Sciences
College Veterinary Sciences
Mississippi State University
Stephen Pruett, Ph.D.
Director, Center for Biomedical Excellence in Pathogen-Host Interactions
Mississippi State University
Richard J. Roman, Ph.D.
Billy Guyton Distinguished Professor, Chair
Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology
University of Mississippi Medical Center
James K. Rowlett, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychiatry & Human Behavior
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Glen Shearer, Ph.D.
Program Coordinator, Mississippi INBRE
The University of Southern Mississippi
Mark Smeltzer, Ph.D.
Professor of Microbiology & Immunology
Department of Orthopaedics
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Craig Stockmeier, Ph.D.
Director, Center for Psychiatric Neuroscience
University of Mississippi Medical Center