Governance

CCB is directed by a faculty Director appointed by the Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost of the University of California, Berkeley. The Director reports to the Office of the Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost and the Office of the Vice Provost for Teaching, Learning, Academic Planning and Facilities.

CCB Directors (in reverse chronological order):

• Lior S. Pachter, Ph.D. (2009-present)
• Jasper D. Rine, Ph.D. (2006-2009)
• Nicholas Jewell, Ph.D. (2005-2006)
• Gene Meyers, Ph.D. (2004-2005)

2011-12 Executive Committee

The Executive Committee is the decision-making body of CCB and oversees all areas pertinent to the achievement of the Computational Biology Initiative’s objectives. The committee is composed of representatives from faculty and senior administration.

Chair
Lior Pachter, Director, Center for Computational Biology (Chair)

Faculty Representatives
Jasper Rine, Former CCB Director; Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology
John Huelsenbeck, Chair and Head Graduate Advisor, DE Computational and Genomic Biology Graduate Group; Professor, Integrative Biology
James Berger, Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology
Steven Brenner, Professor, Plant and Microbial Biology
Michael Jordan, Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, and Statistics
Yun Song, Associate Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, and Statistics
Rasmus Nielsen, Professor, Integrative Biology and Statistics

Ex-officio
Susan Marqusee, Director, QB3-Berkeley
Mark Richards, College of Letters and Science
G. Steve Martin, Dean, L&S Division of Biological Sciences