International/National
2017 – present Member of the ISCB Education Committee
2014 – present Member of the IEEE CIS Task Force on Optimization Methods in Bioinformatics and Bioengineering
2010 – present Faculty Member of the ‘Faculty of 1000’
Editorial Board Member
2012 – present Extremophiles
2012 – present F1000 Research
2011 – present Frontiers in Extreme Microbiology
2007 – 2015 Saline Systems/Aquatic Biology
Manuscript reviewer for: Acta Biotechnologica, Applied and Microbial Biotechnology, Aquatic Biosystems, Archaea, Biotechnology for Biofuels, Canadian Journal of Microbiology, Extremophiles, Electronic Journal of Biotechnology, Environmental Microbiology, Enzyme and Microbial Technology, FEMS Microbiology Letters, Frontiers in Extreme Microbiology, Frontiers in Marine Biology, Journal of Biosciences, Saline Systems, Scientific Reports
Membership in Honor Societies
2021 – present Phi Kappa Phi
2021 – present Pi Gamma Mu
2007 – present Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society
Conference Organization
2018 and 2019 Reviewer for IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation
2017 Co-chair of ‘Extremophiles in Biotechnology’ Session at SIMB
2017 Program Committee Member for Computational Structural Bioinformatics Workshop
2016 Reviewer for IEEE International Conference on Computational Intelligence in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
2016 Reviewer for IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence
Grant Review – Advisory Panel Member
2025 National Science Foundation, Review Panel Member
2018 Medical Research Council, UK Research and Innovation – Future Leaders
2018 Department of Energy, Office of Biological & Environmental Research - Genomic Science Program
2017 Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (UK) – Bioinformatics and Biological Resources Fund
2017 Chilean National Science and Technology Commission – National Fund for Scientific and Technological Development – Biology Study Group
2012 and 2014 Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) Advisory Panel Member: Natural and Environmental Sciences
2011 National Science Foundation, Review Panel Member
Regional/Local
2011 – 2013 Judge for the Southeast Regional round of the Intel International Science Fair
2011 – 2012 Judge for Graduate Student Research Days
2011 Mentor for a Junior at Jefferson County International Baccalaureate School Intel Science Fair Project
2012 – 2013 President-elect of the Southeastern Branch of the American Society for Microbiology
2011 – 2013 President of the UAB chapter of Sigma Xi
University-wide and Department Committees
Johns Hopkins University
2023 – present Steering group for AAP Strategic Plan
2023 Working group to increase faculty-student interactions
2023 Working group for improved hiring and onboarding
2022 Artificial Intelligence
2021 – 2024 Chair searches for Program Director, Assistant/Associate Program Director, and Program Coordinator
2021 – 2023 AAP Curriculum Committee
2021 – present AAP Policy Committee
UMUC and University of Maryland Global Campus
2021 COVID Reopening Committee
2020 – 2021 Academic Affairs Curriculum Council
2020 – 2021 Chair, School of Arts and Sciences, School Curriculum Committee
2020 – 2021 Cross School Taskforce on Assessment
2019 CREW Team – Defining Roles/responsibilities for all employees in Academic Affairs
2019 Search for Assistant Vice-President of Academic Integrity and Accountability
2018 Search for Associate Vice-Provost Faculty Affairs
2017 Search for Assistant Vice-Provost Academic Assessment
2016 – 2017 Academic Integrity Working Group
2016 Search for Biotechnology Management Program Chair
2015 – 2019 Graduate School Policies and Procedures
2015 – 2016 Chair of Search Committee for Cloud Computing Program Chair
2015 Communication
2015 – 2016 Search for Telecommunications Program Chair
2015 – 2016 Search for Database Technology Program Chair
2013 – 2019 Chair, Biotechnology Professional Science Master’s program committee
2013 – 2015 Learning Management System
2013 – 2015 Graduate School Signature Course
University of Alabama at Birmingham
2012 – 2013 Interdepartmental (Biology, Math, Computer Science) committee to create a Bioinformatics Degree Program
2012 – 2013 Computational Biology and Bioinformatics initiative
2012 – 2013 Chair of Search Committee for Genomics/Bioinformatics Faculty
2012 – 2013 UAB UTeach Committee
2011 – 2012 CIRTL Committee Member (NSF-sponsored teaching program)
2011 Search Committee for General Biology Faculty
2010 – 2013 Department of Biology, Graduate Admissions Committee