Last Revised: November 20, 2025
Institutional Biosafety Committee Members
| Name | Affiliation | Title/Dept. |
| Dr. Steven Albelda Expert Oncology | UPenn, Perelman School of Medicine | William Maul Measey Professor of Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care Division |
| Dr. Julian Baptiste | Community Member | |
| Dr. Paul F. Bates Expert Virology | UPenn, Perelman School of Medicine | Professor, Department of Microbiology |
| Dr. Jessica Buchanan Expert Export Compliance | UPenn, Office of Research Services | Director Export Compliance |
| Dr. Sara Cherry Expert Genetic & Mechanistic Viral-host Interactions | UPenn, Perelman School of Medicine | John W. Eckman Professor of Medical Science, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine |
| Dr. Sherrill Davison Expert Avian Medicine & Pathology | UPenn, School of Veterinary Medicine | Associate Professor, Avian Medicine and Pathology |
| Dr. Joseph A. Fraietta Expert Microbiology & Solid Tumor Immunotherapy | UPenn, Perelman School of Medicine | Assistant Professor, Microbiology |
| Dorothy D. Kaplan, RN | Community Member | |
| Dr. Daniel S. Kessler CHAIRMAN | UPenn, Perelman School of Medicine | Associate Professor, Cell and Developmental Biology |
| Dr. Andrew B. Maksymowych Institutional Biosafety Officer, IBC Contact | UPenn, Provost Center | Institutional Biosafety Officer, Director Institutional Biosafety Committee, Institutional Contact Associate Director Biological Safety & Compliance Programs, |
| Dr. Maureen O'Leary Expert Environmental Health & Biosafety | UPenn, Provost Center | Associate Vice Provost for Research, Office of Environmental Health & Radiation Safety |
| Dr. David Pegues Expert Infection Control | Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania | Medical Director, Healthcare Epidemiology, Infection Prevention and Control |
| Denene M. Wambach, Esquire Expert Research Law | UPenn Office of General Counsel | Associate General Counsel, Office of General Counsel, University of Pennsylvania & Penn Medicine |
| Jessica L. Yoos, MA, M.Phil.Ed, CIP Expert Human Research Protections | UPenn, Provost Center | Director, Human Research Protections, Office of the Institutional Review Board, Human Research Protections Program |