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 

Sharon Furtak, Chair, California State University Sacramento, Sacramento, CA, USA 2025 
Philip Jean-Richard-dit-Bressel, Co-Chair, UNSW Sydney, Haymarket, Australia, 2026
Matthew McMurray, (Past Chair),  Miami University, Oxford, OH, USA 2025
Kyle Ploense, Cayuga Biotech Inc., Mount Vernon, NY, USA 2025
Fiona Hollis, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, SC, USA 2025
Stacey Rizzo, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA 2025
Jeremy McIntyre, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA 2025
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

Ethics and Diversity Committee 

Nicole Ferrara (Chair), Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, N Chicago, IL, USA 2025
Karly Turner (Co-Chair), University of New South Wales, Kensington, Australia 2025
Robyn Brown, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia
Elizabeth Byrnes, Tufts University, North Grafton, MA, USA
Cheryl Conrad, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA
Claire Foldi, Monash University, Clayton, Australia
Francisco Gonzalez-Lima, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
Janine Kwapis, Penn State University, University Park, PA, USA
Deryn LeDuke, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA
Talia Lerner, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Elizabeth Manning, (E&T Liaison), University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia
Jill McGaughy,  (Membership & Communication Liaison), University of New Hampshire, USA
Guillermo  Aquino-Miranda, McGovern Medical School, UTHSC Houston, TX, USA
Nawshaba Nawreen,  (E&T Liaison), University of Cincinnati, Indianapolis, IN, USA
Joel Raymond, Rutgers University, Sydney, South Carolina, Australia
Millie Rincón-Cortés, University of Texas at Dallas, TX, USA
Cristina  María Ríos, University of Puerto Rico, School of Medicine, San Juan, PR, USA
Sade Spencer, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Karen Szumlinski, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
Sydney Trask, (Program Liaison), Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
Leigh Walker, Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, Melbourne, Australia

Finance & Fundraising Committee

Jared Young, Chair, University of California at San Diego, San Diego, California, USA 2026
Stan Floresco, Co-Chair, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada 2027
Carlos Bolanos, Treasurer/Council Liaison, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA 2025
Gregory Carr, Lieber Institute for Brain Development, Baltimore, Maryland, USA 2026
Jess Nithianantharajah, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, , Australia 2027
Michelle Hook, Texas A&M Health Science Center, Bryan, Texas, USA 2027
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

Local Organizing Committee, Tromsø, Norway 2025

Eelke Snoeren, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
Shona Wood, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
John Oyem, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway

Samuel Geisler, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
Ole Christian Sylte, University of Freiburg, Germany 

Membership & Communications Committee 

Jill McGaughy, ChairPast-President, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, USA 2026
Joseph McQuail, Co-Chair, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA, 2027
Communications/Social Media Team:
Jill McGaughy, ChairPast-President, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, USA 2026
Lori Newman, Co-Chair, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY USA, 2027
Susanne Schmid, University of Western Ontario, Canada 2025
Levi Flom, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA, 2027
Mudi Zhao, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, 2027
                                                                                     

Nominations & Awards Committee 

Jill Silverman, Chair, MIND Institute, UC Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, CA, USA 2025
Scott Hall, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, USA 2024
Jared Young, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA 2024
Robert Gerlai, University of Toronto Mississauga, Canada 2025
Mikhail Pletnikov, Univ. at Buffalo Sch. of Medicine and Bio. Sciences, Buffalo, NY, USA 2025
Anthony Kline, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA 2025
Kelly Lambert, University of Richmond, Richmond, VA, USA 2025
Jill McGaughy, Past-President, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, USA 2026
Byron Jones, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA 2025
Elena Choleris, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada 2025

Program Committee 

Eelke Snoeren, Chair, University of Tromsø, Norway 2026
Alexa Veenema, Co-Chair, Michigan State University, USA 2027

Kumar Narayanan, Iowa City, IA, USA 2025
Randy Bruno, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK 2025
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
Mao Kobayashi-Sakashita, University of Tokyo, Japan 2027
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
Claudio da Cunha, Universidade Federal do Parana (UFPR), Curitiba, Brazil 2027
Giulia Chiacchierini, Sapienza Università di Roma, Italy 2027
Susanne Schmid, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada 2027