Board of Directors

Sigma Xi’s elected leaders are expected to meet the commonly held standards of professional ethics and scientific integrity and will be asked to sign our Code of Ethical Conduct to this effect. Sigma Xi seeks diverse and inclusive participation in all its elected and appointed positions. All of Sigma Xi’s elected positions are voluntary.

The Board of Directors is principally responsible for managing the activities, property, and affairs of the Society in accordance with the policies established by the Assembly of Delegates. The Board of the Society simultaneously serves as the Board of the Corporation.

Officers | Constituency Directors | Regional Directors

FY2022 Board of Directors (July 1, 2021 - June 30, 2022)

 

Robert T. Pennock
President
University Distinguished Professor
Michigan State University

Nicholas A. Peppas
President-Elect
Cockrell Family Regents Chair in Engineering
Department of Chemical Engineering
Biomedical Engineering and Pediatrics
University of Texas at Austin

Sonya T. Smith
Immediate Past President
Professor Department of Mechanical Engineering
Howard University

David W. Baker
Treasurer
Senior Vice-President of Operations, Retired
Sunrun

Jamie L. Vernon
Executive Director and CEO
Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society

Cristina C. Gouin
Area Groups, Industries, State and Federal Labs Constituency Director
Biological Scientist
USDA Animal Plant Health Inspection Service

Pamela K. Kerrigan

Baccalaureate Colleges Constituency Director
Director for the Division of Natural Sciences,
Professor of Biochemistry
College of Mount Saint Vincent

Jennifer Patterson
Canadian/International Constituency Director
Researcher and Group Leader,
IMDEA Materials Institute (Spain)

Steve W. Martin
Comprehensive Colleges & Universities Constituency Director
Distinguished Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Iowa State University

Emma S. Perry
Membership-at-Large Constituency Group Director
Electron Microscope Laboratory Manager
University of Maine

Daniel I. Rubenstein
Mid-Atlantic Regional Director
Class of 1877 Professor of Zoology
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Director, Program in Environmental Studies
Princeton University

Carlo U. Segre
North Central Regional Director
Duchossois Leadership Professor of Physics
Illinois Institute of Technology

Eugene Santos, Jr.
Northeast Regional Director
Professor, Thayer School of Engineering
Dartmouth College

HollyAnn Harris
Northwest Regional Director
Professor, Associate Dean, College of Arts & Sciences
Associate Dean for the Natural Sciences
Creighton University

Peizhen Kathy Lu
Research & Doctoral Constituency Director
Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Virginia Tech

Dana Ann Baum
Southeast Regional Director
Associate Professor of Chemistry
Saint Louis University

Vilupanur A. Ravi
Southwest Regional Director
Professor and Chair, Chemical and Materials Engineering Department
California State Polytechnic University