About the Institute

About Silverman Hall

By providing a common ground for interdisciplinary research, the Institute will stimulate discoveries in the basic sciences and facilitate advances in the areas of disease prevention, detection, and treatment.

Silverman Hall Building Committee

Thomas O'Halloran, CLP Director, Chemistry

Vadim Backman, Biomedical Engineering

Kelly Mayo, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Cell Biology

Thomas Meade, Chemistry

Phillip Messersmith, Biomedical Engineering

Richard Silverman, Chemistry

Ex Officio

• Quentin Bruhn, Senior Project Manager, Facilities Management
• David Ferster, Professor and Chair of Neurobiology & Physiology Department
• Matt Glucksberg, Professor and Chair of Biomedical Engineering (Tech E326)
• Hilary A. Godwin, Associate Professor and Chair of Chemistry Department (Tech K148)
• Elizabeth Hitchcock, Senior Facilities Planner, Facilities Management
• Bonnie Humphrey, Director of Design & Construction, Facilities Management
• Marv Lofquist, Associate Dean, Physical Environment, Weinberg College
• Wesley Burghardt, Professor and Chair of Chemical and Biological Engineering Department
• Ron Nayler, Associate Vice President, Facilities Management
• Jean E. Shedd, Associate Provost for Budget, Facilities and Analysis
• Jay Walsh, Associate Dean, Graduate Studies and Research, McCormick School, and Professor, Biomedical Engineering
• Paul Weller, Director of Planning, Facilities Management