ASCB's mission is to lead a diverse, global and multidisciplinary scientific community focused on the cell, the basic unit of all life.

Executive Committee

Rong Li

President
National University of Singapore

Elizabeth Chen

President-Elect
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Mary Munson

Past President
UMass Chan Medical School

Andrew Ewald

Secretary
Johns Hopkins University Sch Med

Timothy Lane

Treasurer
Northwestern University

Matt Loeb

CEO

Council Members

Fred Chang

University of California, San Francisco

Iain Cheeseman

Whitehead Institute

Enrique De La Cruz

Yale University

Christian Gonzalez-Billault

Universidad de Chile

Aron Jaffe

Chroma Medicine

Binyam Mogessie

Yale University

Tiffany Oliver

Spelman College

Sabine Petry

Princeton University

Joan Pulupa

Columbia University

Ahna Skop

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Kandice Tanner

NCI/NIH

Christina Termini

Fred Hutch Cancer Center

Committee Chairs

Quyen Aoh

Science Communication, Outreach, and Public Engagement (SCOPE) Co-Chair

Ralf-Peter Czekay

Education Co-Chair

Maitreyi Das

Women in Cell Biology Co-Chair

Maria Espana

COMPASS Co-Chair

Andrew Ewald

Membership Chair
Kristen Johnson

Kristen Johnson

Education Co-Chair

Florent Ginhoux

Program Co-Chair

Joseph Glavy

Science Communication, Outreach, and Public Engagement (SCOPE) Co-Chair

Soni Lacefield

Public Policy Chair

Timothy Lane

Finance & Audit Chair

Emily Mace

Women in Cell Biology Co-Chair

Julio Fierro Morales

COMPASS Co-Chair

Snezhana Oliferenko

2026 Program Co-Chair

Imge Ozogergin

LGBTQ+ Co-Chair

Jordan Raff

International Affairs Chair

Blake Riggs

MAC Co-Chair

Eduardo Rosa-Molinar

MAC Co-Chair

Claire Thomas

LGBTQ+ Co-Chair

Matthew Welch

2026 Program Co-Chair

Editors In Chief

John Aitchison

Editor-in-Chief
Molecular Biology of the Cell

Miriam Segura

Editor-in-Chief
CBE--Life Sciences Education