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2019 SIGMA XI ELECTIONS

Active members are eligible to vote and will receive an email on November 18, 2019, from elections@vote-now.com containing a ballot and instructions on how to vote. Your ballot will contain the president-elect candidates and the candidates in your region or constituency if they have open positions.  

Online voting of society leaders will begin at 8:00 am (ET) on Monday, November 18, 2019, following the Annual Meeting and will end at 11:59 pm (ET) on Tuesday, December 17, 2019.

Results of the elections will be announced on the Society’s website and in other membership communications.

Candidates are listed below with their chapter affiliations. 

President-Elect

The president-elect designee will serve a three-year term: Sigma Xi president-elect from July 1, 2020, to June 30, 2021; president of Sigma Xi from July 1, 2021, to June 30, 2022; and past president from July 1, 2022, to June 30, 2023.

John C. Nemeth

Radford University 

Candidate webpage


Robert T. Pennock

Michigan State University

Candidate webpage


Director: Mid-Atlantic Region

Directors serve three-year terms, starting July 1, 2020.

Francis "Frank" Dane

Radford University

Candidate webpage


Daniel I. Rubenstein

Princeton University

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Director: Northeast Region

Directors serve a three-year term, starting July 1, 2020. 


Eugene Santos, Jr. 

Dartmouth College

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Pamela K. Kerrigan 

College of Mount Saint Vincent

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Director: Membership-at-Large

Directors serve three-year terms, starting July 1, 2020.



Howard S. Matis

Membership-at-large

Candidate webpage


Mesut Yurukcu

Membership-at-large

Candidate webpage

 

Emma S. Perry 

Membership-at-large

Candidate webpage


Vasudevan (Vengu) Lakshminarayanan

Membership-at-large

Candidate webpage

 

Virbahu Jain

Membership-at-large

Candidate webpage


Director: Research & Doctoral Universities Constituency

Directors serve three-year terms, beginning July 1, 2020.


Tammy A. Maldonado

University of Colorado 

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Nicholas A. Peppas

University of Texas-Austin

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Kathy Lu

Viriginia Tech

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Associate Director: Comprehensive Colleges & Universities Constituency

Associate directors serve three-year terms, beginning July 1, 2020.


Marijo Kent-First 

Florida A & M University

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Huajun Fan

Prairie View A & M University

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He Wang

Queens College

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Frankie Wood-Black

University of Central Oklahoma

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Associate Director: Northwest Region

Associate directors serve three-year terms, beginning July 1, 2020.


Surojit Gupta

University of North Dakota

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Allen A. Thomas

University of Nebraska at Kearney

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Associate Director: Southeast Region

Associate directors serve three-year terms, beginning July 1, 2020.


Anthony Lupo

University of Missouri

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Michael C. Madden

University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill

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Associate Director: Area Groups, Industries, State & Federal Laboratories Constituency

No nominations received.


Committee on Nominations: Baccalaureate Colleges Constituency

No nominations received. 


Committee on Nominations: Canadian/International Constituency Representative

Committee on Nominations members serve three-year terms, starting November 2019, unless otherwise noted.


Robert Boily

McGill-Montreal

Candidate webpage


Committee on Nominations: North Central Region Representative

Committee on Nominations members serve three-year terms, starting November 2019, unless otherwise noted.

 

W. Berry Lyons

Ohio State University

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Committee on Nominations: Southwest Region Representative

Committee on Nominations members serve three-year terms, starting November 2019, unless otherwise noted.


Loretta C. Johnson

Kansas State University

Candidate webpage


Robert L. Horton

Rice University-Texas Medical Center

Candidate webpage


Committee on Nominations: Area Groups, Industries, State & Federal Laboratories Constituency Representative 

Committee on Nominations members serve three-year terms, starting November 2019, unless otherwise noted. The Area Groups, Industries, State & Federal Laboratories Constituency Representative will serve a one-year term, starting November 2019.


John R. Sowa, Jr. 

Argonne National Laboratory

Candidate webpage


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