Last Revised: January 24, 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