The Society is pleased to announce the 2018 slate of candidates for President-Elect, Secretary, and Council. The two candidates for President-Elect are Samantha Harris of the University of Arizona and Catherine A. Royer of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. The President-Elect will serve a one-year term, beginning March 2019, followed by a year as President, starting February 2020, and one subsequent year term as Past-President, beginning in February 2021.
The candidate for Secretary is Erin D. Sheets of the University of Minnesota Duluth. The Secretary will serve a four-year term, beginning July 1, 2019, and ending June 30, 2023.
This year’s slate includes nine candidates for Council, shown below. The four members who are elected will each serve a three-year term beginning on March 5, 2019.
Full biographical information and candidate statements are available at www.biophysics.org/Election. All regular Society members with 2018 dues paid by June 5, 2018, are eligible to vote. Eligible members may vote electronically through August 1, 2018, by means of the secure application found here: Vote Now
The Society in indebted to the Nominating Committee, which developed the slate. The committee members were Arthur Palmer, Chair, Michael Pusch, Jonathan Rocheleau, Suzanne Scarlata, and Joanna Swain.