The goal for the Research Enterprise working group is to provide guidance as to the most promising pathways and strategies to both enhance areas of current excellence and build new areas of excellence for the university, particularly on the Danforth Campus.
Working Group Chairs

Deanna Barch
Professor of Psychological & Brain Sciences

Jenny Lodge
Vice Chancellor for Research
Working Group Members
- Gregory Bowman
Associate Professor of Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics - Leo Cabassa
Associate Professor of Social Work - Johnnie Cartright
Assistant Vice Chancellor for Research and Chief of Staff, Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research - Hong Chen
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering - Heather Corcoran
Vice Provost; Interim Dean of University College; Halsey C. Ives Professor - Bettina Drake
Professor of Surgery - Elvin Geng
Professor of Medicine, Infectious Disease - Christina Gurnett
Professor of Neurology - Patti Hageman
Associate Director of Cordell Institute - Elizabeth Haswell
Professor of Biology - Tammy Hershey
Professor of Psychiatry - Tim Holy
Alan A. and Edith L. Wolff Professor of Neuroscience - Jonathan Kipnis
Alan A. and Edith L. Wolff Distinguished Professor, Immunobiology - Andrew Knight
Professor of Organizational Behavior - James Kolker
University Architect and Associate Vice Chancellor of Capital Projects & Records - Katharina Lodders
Research Professor in Earth and Planetary Sciences - Lerone Martin
Associate Professor of Religion and Politics - Paige McGinley
Associate Professor of Performing Arts
- Jacob Montgomery
Associate Professor of Political Science - Nicole Moore
Sr. Director of Research Development, Vice Chancellor for Research - Kater Murch
Associate Professor of Physics - Dave Pagliarini
Professor of Cell Biology and Physiology - Gary Patti
Michale and Tana Powell Professor of Chemistry - E.A. Quinn
Associate Professor of Anthropology - Rachel Sachs
Associate Professor of Law - Lori Setton
Lucy and Stanley Lopata Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering - Srikanth Singamaneni
Lilyan & E. Lisle Hughes Professor, McKelvey School of Engineering - Fred Ssewamala
William E. Gordon Distinguished Professor, Brown School - Christina Stallings
Associate Professor of Molecular Microbiology - Lindsay Stark
Associate Professor of Public Health & Social Work - Bill Tolman
William Greenleaf Eliot Professor of Chemistry - Jian Wang
Professor of Energy, Environmental, and Chemical Engineering - Lan Yang
Edwin H. & Florence G. Skinner Professor, McKelvey School of Engineering - Will Yeoh
Associate Professor of Computer Science and Engineering - Hongxi Yin
I-CARES Associate Professor of Architecture
We want your input.
Have questions or want to offer your own two cents on our goals and process? Please complete our feedback form.