Conference Committees

Organizing Committee:

  • HaiYing Wang, Co-Chair, University of Connecticut, contact
  • Yao Zheng, Co-Chair, University of Connecticut, contact
  • Kun Chen, University of Connecticut
  • Ming-Hui Chen, University of Connecticut

Advisory Committee:

  • Kun Chen, University of Connecticut
  • Ming-Hui Chen, University of Connecticut

Program Committee

  • Haim Bar, University of Connecticut
  • Zhen Chen, National Institutes of Health (NIH)
  • Haitao Chu, Pfizer
  • Dipak Dey, University of Connecticut
  • Shanshan Ding, University of Delaware
  • Ran Duan, Vertex Pharmaceuticals
  • Pei Geng, UNH
  • Maryclare Griffin, University of Massachusetts Amherst
  • Yeongjin Gwon, University of Nebraska Medical Center
  • Larry Han, Northeastern University
  • Guanyu Hu, Michigan State University
  • Zoe Hua, Servier
  • Nianqiao "Phyllis" Ju, Dartmouth College
  • Priya Kohli, Connecticut College
  • Jackson Lautier, Bentley University
  • JooChul Lee, Auburn University
  • Jungwun Lee, Boston University
  • Wenrui Li, University of Connecticut
  • Yang Liu, Upstart Network, Inc
  • Jeffrey Miller, Harvard University
  • Shariq Mohammed, Boston University
  • Yang Ning, Cornell University
  • Satrajit Roychoudhury, Pfizer
  • Chenlu Shi, NJIT
  • Guangyu Tong, Yale
  • Elizabeth Upton, Williams College
  • Spencer Wadsworth, University of Connecticut
  • HaiYing Wang, Co-Chair, University of Connecticut, contact
  • Colin Wu, National Institutes of Health (NHLBI/NIH)
  • Donghui Yan, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
  • Hyemin Yeon, Kent State University
  • Haihan (Mark) Yu, University of Rhode Island
  • Panpan Zhang, Vanderbilt University
  • Qi Zhang, UNH
  • Qiang Zhang; Wills Eye Hospital
  • Vickie Zhang, Servier
  • Yao Zheng, Co-Chair, University of Connecticut, contact
  • Wen Zhou, New York University

Student Awards Committee

Committee Members for the NESS Student Paper Competition

  • Haim Bar, University of Connecticut
  • Yuan Bian, Columbia University
  • Biao Cai, City University of Hong Kong
  • Yuan Chen, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
  • Fan Dai, Michigan Technological University
  • Rui Duan, Harvard University
  • Somak Dutta, Iowa State University
  • Xingche Guo (Chair), University of Connecticut
  • Yinqiu He, University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • Boyi Hu, Columbia University
  • Yifan Hu, Rutgers University
  • Wei Jin, Boston University
  • Victor Hugo Lachos, University of Connecticut
  • Fan Li, Yale University
  • Haolin Li, Boston University
  • Jeffrey Miller, Harvard University
  • Anarina Murillo, Brown University
  • Xiyu Peng, Texas A&M University
  • Jiaming Qiu, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
  • Mary Lai Salvana, University of Connecticut
  • Dongyuan Song, UConn Health
  • Dingke Tang, University of Ottawa
  • Qinglong Tian, University of Waterloo
  • Guanyang Wang, Rutgers University
  • Shanghong Xie, University of South Carolina
  • Zheng Xu, Wright State University
  • Cheng Yu, University of Chicago
  • Haihan Yu, University of Rhode Island
  • Bo Zhang, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
  • Yichi Zhang, Indiana University
  • Qian Zhao, UMass Amherst
  • Yi Zhao, Indiana University
  • Yize Zhao, Yale University
  • Yidong Zhou, UC Davis
  • Ying Zhou, University of Connecticut
  • Alessandro Zito, Harvard University

Committee Members for the NESS Student Poster Competition

  • Ming-Hui Chen, University of Connecticut
  • Priyam Das, Virginia Commonwealth University
  • Zhou Lan, Sanofi
  • Jackson Lautier, Bentley University
  • Jungwun Lee, Boston University
  • Inkoo Lee, University of Georgia
  • Wenrui Li, Chair, University of Connecticut, contact
  • Qiao Liu, Yale University
  • Benjamin Seiler, Williams College
  • Han Xiao, Rutgers University
  • Liangliang Zhang, Case Western Reserve University
  • Qi Zhang, University of New Hampshire
  • Qian Zhao, University of Massachusetts Amherst

Financial Committee

Ying Zhou, NESS treasurer, University of Connecticut

Statathon

  • Kesley Briggs, Travelers 
  • Anna Forrest, Co-Chair, Travelers
  • Shane J Sacco, Chair, University of Connecticut Health Center
  • Max Sun, University of Connecticut

Technical Support and Student Leads

  • Mingye Chen, University of Connecticut
  • Qingkai Dong, University of Connecticut
  • Jiangchen Zhao, University of Connecticut