Program Leadership The MolE Ph.D. program is run by our Director of Education, Cole Deforest, and Graduate Program Advisor, Doug Ballard, and overseen by an interdisciplinary committee known as the Graduate School Interdisciplinary Committee (GSIC). This committee is comprised of faculty from a variety of departments across the College of Engineering and College of Arts & Sciences and is responsible for guiding the MolE Ph.D. program and making admissions decisions. Department GSIC Member Bioengineering Vacant Chemical Engineering / Bioengineering Cole DeForest Chemistry Jesse Zalatan Civil & Environmental Engineering Vacant CSE Jeff Nivala Mechanical Engineering Jenny Robinson Mechanical Engineering Vacant