Leadership

Co-Directors, Executive Committee, and Advisory Board

  • Portrait of a man with short, dark hair and a slight smile, wearing a black polo shirt, outdoors with blurred green foliage in the background.

    Babak Shahbaba, UCI

    PI, Co-Director

  • Portrait of an Asian woman with short black hair, wearing glasses, smiling, outdoors with blurred green background.

    Annie Qu, UCSB

    MPI, Co-Director

  • A man with dark hair and a beard smiling, wearing a black jacket and collared shirt, standing in front of a beige background and a green plant.

    Norbert Fortin, UCI

    Executive Committee Member

  • A middle-aged man with gray hair and glasses, wearing a white lab coat and a striped tie, posing against a blue background.

    Bogi Andersen, UCI

    Executive Committee Member

  • Close-up portrait of a woman with long dark hair, wearing a black top, smiling at the camera

    Michelle Digman, UCI

    Executive Committee Member

  • A woman with shoulder-length gray hair wearing glasses and a black blazer, smiling against a gray background.

    Karen Messer, UCSD

    Advisory Board Member

  • A smiling man with glasses and gray hair wearing a blue button-up shirt in a room with wooden decor and blue and yellow curtains.

    Peter Song, U Michigan

    Advisory Board Member

  • A woman with dark hair wearing glasses and a light-colored blazer, standing outdoors with greenery in the background.

    Chiung-Yu Huang, UCSF

    Advisory Board Member

  • A middle-aged man with glasses, wearing a black suit and black shirt, smiling at the camera, against a plain white background.

    Sam Behseta, Kaiser Permanente

    Executive Board Member

Email

General Inquiries
babaks@uci.edu