Institutional Biosafety Committee Members

Committee Contact: Lance M. Scott and Sheryl N. Mansour

VC-RMP Committee Contact: Marie-Pierre Murry

Committee Membership and Recruitment

IBC Members may access committee documents at this site: https://ucsd.edu/go/ibc (UC San Diego Business Systems log-in required).


Appoints Representatives RepresentativesDescriptionTerm
Committee on Committees Omar S. AkbariDepartment of Cell and Developmental Biology,
School of Biological Sciences
10.21.2024
Committee on CommitteesJeff S. Bowman

Faculty Representative, Scripps Institute of Oceanography

10.31.2025
Committee on CommitteesAaron F. CarlinCommittee Chair; Faculty Representative; Department of Pathology, School of Medicine08.31.2024
Committee on CommitteesJohn C. GuatelliFaculty Representative; Department of Medicine, School of Medicine08.31.2024
Committee on CommitteesJesse V. JokerstFaculty Representative, Department of Nanoengineering, JSOE07.01.2023-8.31.2026
Committee on CommitteesRatneshwar (Ratnesh) Lal

Faculty Representative, Department of Mechanical / Aerospace Engineering, JSOE

10.31.2025
Committee on CommitteesScott L. Letendre Faculty Representative, Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Public Health, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine10.31.2026
Committee on CommitteesTBA

Faculty Representative, General Campus; Department of Medicine, School of Medicine

TBA
Committee on CommitteesF. Akif Tezcan

Faculty Representative, General Campus; Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry 

03.30.2026
Committee on CommitteesMark YoungFaculty Representative, General Campus; Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry 08.31.2024
Staff AssociationScott T. BartonStaff Representative; Director of Anatomical Services, Department of Medical Education08.31.2025
Resource Management & PlanningZoë BlaylockCommunity Representative08.31.2024
Resource Management & PlanningChristopher PeterCommunity Representative08.31.2025
Resource Management & PlanningMichael WhiteCommunity Representative08.31.2026
Ex Officio
Committee on CommitteesTony R. ReidSubject Matter Expert in Clinical Trials Indefinite
Committee on CommitteesKent G. OsborneCampus Veterinarian Indefinite
Committee on CommitteesEric A. SchmelzSubject Matter Expert in Plant PathogensIndefinite
Committee on CommitteesFrancesca TorrianiMedical Director, Infection Prevention / Clinical Epidemiology Unit Indefinite
Resource Management & PlanningVanessa CookAssociate Biosafety Officer, Alternate Biological Safety OfficerIndefinite
Resource Management & PlanningAristea A. LubarHigh Containment Officer, Alternate Biological Safety OfficerIndefinite
Resource Management & PlanningSheryl N. Mansour

Committee ContactBiosafety Officer / Program Manager, Environment, Health & Safety 

Indefinite
Resource Management & PlanningEsther MerkiAssociate Biosafety Officer, Environment, Health & Safety; Alternate Biological Safety OfficerIndefinite
Resource Management & PlanningSeth S. MullenInst Biosafety Officer, Environment, Health & Safety; Alternate Biological Safety OfficerIndefinite

Resource Management & Planning


Lance M. ScottCommittee Contact; Associate Director, Environment Health & Safety / Research Safety ManagerIndefinite
Resource Management & PlanningCorey L. SingletonDirector, Environment Health & SafetyIndefinite
Veterans Affairs

Mahadevan Rajasekaran

VA Biosafety Committee Representative

Indefinite