SMBE Council

Council 2023


Kateryna D Makova, President
Department of Biology and Center for Medical Genomics
Penn State University, State College, PA, USA


James McInerney, Past President
Chair in Evolutionary Biology, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences
University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom



Stephen Wright, President-Elect
University of Toronto, Canada


Emmanuelle Lerat, Secretary
Lyon 1 University, France


John McCutcheon, Treasurer
Associate Director, Biodesign Center for Mechanisms of Evolution
Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA


Josefa González, Councillor (2021-2023)
Institut de Biologia Evolutiva (CSIC-UPF)
Barcelona, Spain 

Katerina Guschanski, Councillor (2021-2023)
Evolutionary Biology Centre
Department of Ecology and Genetics/Animal Ecology
Uppsala University, Sweden


María C. Ávila Arcos, Councillor (2022-2024)
International Laboratory for Human Genome Research;
Laboratorio Internacional de Investigación sobre el Genoma Humano (LIIGH);
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)
Querétaro, Mexico


Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra, Councillor (2022-2024)
Dept. of Evolution and Ecology
University of California
Davis, CA, USA


Rebecca Zufall,
Councillor (2023-2025)
University of Houston, TX, USA


Christian Landry, Councillor 
(2023-2025)
Université Laval, Quebec, Canada 


Adam Eyre-Walker, Editor-in-chief, Genome Biology and Evolution

School of Life Sciences
University of Sussex, Brighton, United Kingdom



Laura A. Katz, Editor-in-chief, 
Genome Biology and Evolution
Department of Biological Sciences
Smith College, Northampton, MA, USA


Brandon Stuart Gaut, Editor-in-chief, Molecular Biology and Evolution

School of Biological Sciences, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA



Claudia A. M. Russo, Editor-in-chief, Molecular Biology and Evolution

Genetics/Biology Department, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Kateryna D Makova, President-Elect
Department of Biology and Center for Medical Genomics
Penn State University, State College, PA, USA
Kateryna D Makova, President-Elect
Department of Biology and Center for Medical Genomics
Penn State University, State College, PA, USA

Kateryna D Makova, President-Elect
Department of Biology and Center for Medical Genomics
Penn State University, State College, PA, USA


SMBE Past Councils

Year President President-Elect Past-President Secretary Treasurer Councillors Ex Officio Councillors 
2022 James McInerney Kateryna D Makova
Harmit Malik
Nadia Singh
John McCutcheon
Stephen Isaac Wright
Sarah Schaack
Josefa González
Katerina Guschanski
María C. Ávila Arcos
Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra
  • Stephen Isaac Wright
  • Sarah Schaack
  • Josefa González
  • Katerina Guschanski
  • María C. Ávila Arcos
  • Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra


  • Sudhir Kumar
  • Adam Eyre-Walker
  • Laura A. Katz
  • Brandon Gaut
  • Claudia A. M. Russo
2021 Harmit Malik
James McInerney Marta Wayne Nadia Singh
John McCutcheon
  • Mary O’Connell
  • Beth Shapiro
  • Stephen Isaac Wright
  • Sarah Schaack
  • Josefa González

  • Katerina Guschanski

  • Sudhir Kumar
  • Adam Eyre-Walker
  • Laura A. Katz
2020 Marta Wayne Harmit Malik Aoife McLysaght Nadia Singh  Jeffrey Thorne 
  • Belinda Chang
  • Nicholas Galtier
  • Mary O’Connell
  • Beth Shapiro
  • Stephen Isaac Wright
  • Sarah Schaack
  • Sudhir Kumar
  • Adam Eyre-Walker
  • Laura A. Katz

2019 Aoife McLysaght
Marta Wayne 
David Pollock Jeffrey Thorne
  • Joanna Masel
  • Jay Storz
  • Belinda Chang
  • Nicholas Galtier
  • Mary O’Connell
  • Beth Shapiro
  • Sudhir Kumar
  • Adam Eyre-Walker
  • Laura A. Katz

 2018 Bill Martin  Aoife McLysaght Laura
Landweber
David Pollock  Jeffrey Thorne
  • Maud Tenaillon
  • Adam Eyre-Walker
  • Joanna Masel
  • Jay Storz
  • Belinda Chang
  • Nicholas Galtier
  •  Sudhir Kumar
 2017 Laura Landweber  Bill Martin George Zhang David Pollock Juliette de Meaux
  • Emma Teeling
  • Kateryna Makova
  • Maud Tenaillon
  • Adam Eyre-Walker
  • Joanna Masel
  • Jay Storz
  •  Sudhir Kumar
 2016 George Zhang Laura Landweber Joe Felsenstein
James McInerney
Juliette de Meaux
  • Sandra Baldauf
  • David Liberles
  • Emma Teeling
  • Kateryna Makova
  • Maud Tenaillon
  • Adam Eyre-Walker

  • Sudhir Kumar
  • Bill Martin

2015 Joe Felsenstein George Zhang Brandon Gaut James McInerney  Juliette de Meaux  

  • Marta Wayne
  • Harmit Malik
  • Sandra Baldauf
  • David Liberles
  • Emma Teeling
  • Kateryna Makova
Marta Wayne
Harmit Malik
Sandra Baldauf
David Liberles
Emma Teeling 
Katerina Makova
Marta Wayne
Harmit Malik
Sandra Baldauf
David Liberles
Emma Teeling 
Katerina Makova

  • Sudhir Kumar
  • Bill Martin


2014 Brandon Gaut Joe Felsenstein Sudhir Kumar James McInerney Aoife McLysaght
  • Laurent Duret
  • Yoko Satta
  • Marta Wayne
  • Harmit Malik
  • Sandra Baldauf
  • David Liberles
 
2013 Sudhir Kumar Brandon Gaut Charles Aquadro James McInerney Aoife McLysaght
  • Soojin Yi
  • Laurent Duret
  • Yoko Satta
  • Marta Wayne
  • Harmit Malik
 
2012 Charles Aquadro Sudhir Kumar Ken Wolfe Manyuan Long Aoife McLysaght
  • Robin Bush
  • Soojin Yi
  • Laurent Duret
  • Yoko Satta
 
2011 Ken Wolfe Charles Aquadro Jody Hey Manyuan Long John Archibald
  • Dan Graur
  • Robin Bush
  • Soojin Yi
 
2010 Jody Hey Ken Wolfe Michael Lynch Manyuan Long John Archibald
  • Ziheng Yang
  • Dan Graur
  • Robin Bush
 
2009 Michael Lynch Jody Hey Paul Sharp George Zhang John Archibald
  • Laura Landweber
  • Ziheng Yang
  • Dan Graur
 
2008 Paul Sharp Michael Lynch Deborah Charlesworth George Zhang Marta L. Wayne
  • Charles Aquadro
  • Laura Landweber
  • Ziheng Yang
 
2007 Deborah Charlesworth Paul Sharp Montserrat Aguade George Zhang Marta L. Wayne
  • Michael Lynch
  • Charles Aquadro
  • Laura Landweber
 
2006 Montserrat Aguade Deborah Charlesworth Jeffrey R. Powell Sudhir Kumar Marta L. Wayne
  • Laura Katz
  • Michael Lynch
  • Charles Aquadro
 
2005 Jeffrey R. Powell Montserrat Aguade John C. Avise Sudhir Kumar Marta L. Wayne
  • Jody Hey
  • Laura Katz
  • Michael Lynch
 
2004 John C. Avise Jeffrey R. Powell Naoyuki Takahata Sudhir Kumar Marta L. Wayne
  • Brian Golding
  • Jody Hey
  • Laura Katz
 
2003 Naoyuki Takahata John C. Avise Michael T. Clegg Marcy K. Uyenoyama Marta L. Wayne
  • Howard Ochman
  • Brian Golding
  • Jody Hey
 
2002 Michael T. Clegg Naoyuki Takahata Daniel L. Hartl Marcy K. Uyenoyama Richard C. Hudson
  • Montserrat Aguade
  • Howard Ochman
  • Brian Golding
 
2001 Daniel L. Hartl Michael T. Clegg Wen-Hsiung Li Marcy K. Uyenoyama Richard C. Hudson
  • Tomoko Ohta
  • Montserrat Aguade
  • Howard Ochman
 
2000 Wen-Hsiung Li Daniel L. Hartl Andrew G. Clark Marcy K. Uyenoyama Richard C. Hudson
  • Pekka Pamilo
  • Tomoko Ohta
  • Montserrat Aguade
 
1999 Andrew G. Clark Wen-Hsiung Li Richard C. Lewontin Marcy K. Uyenoyama Richard C. Hudson
  • Wilfred W. de Jong
  • Pekka Pamilo
  • Tomoko Ohta
 
1998 Richard C. Lewontin Andrew G. Clark David Penny Linda D. Strausbaugh Richard C. Hudson
  • W. Ford Doolittle
  • Wilfred W. de Jong
  • Pekka Pamilo
 
1997 David Penny Richard C. Lewontin Margaret G. Kidwell Linda D. Strausbaugh Richard C. Hudson
  • Maryellen Ruvolo
  • W. Ford Doolittle
  • Wilfred W. de Jong
 
1996 Margaret G. Kidwell David Penny Wesley M. Brown Linda D. Strausbaugh Richard C. Hudson
  • Ross A. Crozier
  • Maryellen Ruvolo
  • W. Ford Doolittle
 
1995 Wesley M. Brown Margaret G. Kidwell Masatoshi Nei Linda Maxson Richard C. Hudson
  • Ross A. Crozier
  • Maryellen Ruvolo
 
1994 Masatoshi Nei Wesley M. Brown Walter M. Fitch Linda Maxson Linda Maxson Ross A. Crozier  
1993 Walter M. Fitch Masatoshi Nei Linda Maxson Linda Maxson Caro-Beth Stewart  

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