IBNS Committees

IBNS is committed to furthering all fields of research related to Behavioral Neuroscience.  With the help of our members, we are impacting scientific endeavors all over the world!  However, we could not be successful without the efforts of our committee members who help to carry out the work of the society.  Are you interested in committee membership opportunities?  Would you like to serve as a leader in IBNS?  Visit IBNS Committee Member Opportunities to let us know more about your interests.

Education & Training Committee 

Philip Jean-Richard-dit-Bressel, Chair, UNSW Sydney, Haymarket, Australia 2026
Fiona Hollis, Co-Chair, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, SC, USA 2028
Silvia Papalini, University of Virginia School of Medicine, USA 2028
Samia Afzal, University of Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany 2028
Lisa Maeng, UMass Boston, Boston, MA, USA 2028
Yael Grossman, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA 2028
Kelsea Gildawie,Simmons University, Boston, MA, USA 2028
Stefano Sandrone, Imperial College London, London, UK 2026
Arturo Zavala, California State University, Long Beach, CA, USA 2027
Haven Predale, Rowen University, Woodbury, NJ, USA 2027
Elise Cope, University of Virginia School of Medicine, USA 2028
Cyprien Guerrin, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands 2028
Chad Smies, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 2028
Sonata Yau, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong 2028

Ethics and Diversity Committee  

Karly Turner, Chair, University of New South Wales, Kensington, Australia 2026
Sydney Trask, Co-Chair, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA 2027
Robyn Brown, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia 2027
Elizabeth Byrnes, Tufts University, North Grafton, MA, USA 2027
Cheryl Conrad, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA 2027
Claire Foldi, Monash University, Clayton, Australia 2027
Francisco Gonzalez-Lima, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA 2027
Janine Kwapis, Penn State University, University Park, PA, USA 2027
Deryn LeDuke, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA 2027
Talia Lerner, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA 2027
Elizabeth Manning, (E&T Liaison), University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia 2027
Nawshaba Nawreen,  (E&T Liaison), University of Cincinnati, Indianapolis, IN, USA 2027
Joel Raymond, Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA 2027
Millie Rincón-Cortés, University of Texas at Dallas, TX, USA 2027
Sade Spencer, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA 2027
Karen Szumlinski, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, USA 2027
Leigh Walker, Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, Melbourne, Australia 2027

Finance & Fundraising Committee

Stan Floresco, Chair, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada 2027
Gregory Carr, Co-Chair, Lieber Institute for Brain Development, Baltimore, Maryland, USA 2026
Susanne Schmid, Treasurer/Council Liaison, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada 2028
Jared Young, University of California at San Diego, San Diego, California, USA 2026
Rachel Navarra, Rowan University, Stratford, New Jersey, USA 2026
Stacey Sukoff Rizzo, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA 2026
Molly Kent, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, VA, USA 2026
Michelle Hook, Texas A&M Health Science Center, Bryan, Texas, USA 2027
Jess Nithianantharajah, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, , Australia 2027

Local Organizing Committee, Cape Town, South Africa 2026

To be announced

Membership & Communications Committee 

Joseph McQuail, Chair, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA 2027
Indra Bishnoi, Massachusetts General Hospital & Harvard Medical School, Everett, MA 2028
Dani Dumitriu, Columbia University, New York, New York 2028
Lauri Elsilä, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland 2028

Communications Committee

Lori Newman, Chair, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY USA 2027
Adam Brockett, Co-Chair, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 2028
Jill McGaughy, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 2028
Annie Yotova, MIND Institute/UC Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, CA 2028
Lauri Elsilä, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland 2028
Joel Raymond, Rutgers University, Highland Park, New Jersey 2028 

Nominations & Awards Committee  

Markus Fendt, Chair, President, University of Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany 2028
Jill Silverman, Past-President, MIND Institute, UC Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, CA, USA 2026
Jill McGaughy, Past-President, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, USA 2026
Elena Choleris, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada 2028
Farida Sohrabji, Texas A&M University, TX, USA 2028
Anthony Kline, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA 2028
Scott Hall, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, USA 2028
Markus Wöhr, KU Leuven, Belgium & Philipps-University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany 2027
Robert Gerlai, University of Toronto Mississauga, Canada 2028
Mikhail Pletnikov, Univ. at Buffalo Sch. of Medicine and Bio. Sciences, Buffalo, NY, USA 2028
Kelly Lambert, University of Richmond, Richmond, VA, USA 2028

Program Committee
 
Alexa Veenema, Chair, Michigan State University, USA 2027
Claudio da Cunha, Co-Chair, Universidade Federal do Parana (UFPR), Curitiba, Brazil 2027 
Eelke Snoeren, Chair, University of Tromsø, Norway 2026 
Farida Sohrabji, Texas A&M University, TX, USA 2026 
Jess Nithianantharajah, University of Melbourne, VIC, Australia 2026 
Tara Moore, Boston University, MA, USA 2026 
Anna Yotova, University of Frankfurt, Germany 2026 
Francisco Guimaraes, University of São Paulo, Brazil 2027 
Alexies Dagnino-Subiabre, Universidad de Valparaíso, Chile 2027 
Millie Rincón-Cortés, The University of Texas at Dallas, USA 2027 
Sydney Trask, E&D liaison, Purdue University, USA 2027 
Giulia Chiacchierini, Sapienza Università di Roma, Italy 2027 
Susanne Schmid, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada 2027 
Michael Lazarus, University of Tsukuba, Japan, 2028 
Yasushi Kiyokawa, University of Tokyo, Japan, 2028