Leadership
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 Associate Provost for the Division of Computing, Data Science, and Society (CDSS).
CCB Directors (in reverse chronological order):
- Elizabeth Purdom, Ph.D. (2022-present)
- Haiyan Huang, Ph.D. (2019-2022)
- Lisa Barcellos, Ph.D. (2016-2019)
- Rasmus Nielsen, Ph.D. (2013-2016)
- Lior S. Pachter, Ph.D. (2009-2013)
- Jasper D. Rine, Ph.D. (2006-2009)
- Nicholas Jewell, Ph.D. (2005-2006)
- Gene Meyers, Ph.D. (2004-2005)
2022-2023 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
Elizabeth Purdom, Director, Center for Computational Biology
Faculty Representatives
Lisa Barcellos, Professor, Epidemiology
Steven Brenner, Professor, Plant and Microbial Biology
Sandrine Dudoit, Professor, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, and Statistics
Michael Jordan, Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, and Statistics
Rasmus Nielsen, Professor, Integrative Biology
Elizabeth Purdom, Assistant Professor, Statistics
Yun Song, Professor, Computer Science and Statistics
Ex-officio
Michael Botchan, Dean of Biological Sciences
Jennifer Chayes, Associate Provost, Computing, Data Science & Society
Staff
Xuan Quach, Executive Director, Center for Computational Biology
