Program Leadership The MolE Ph.D. program is run by our Director of Education Alshakim Nelson 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. DepartmentGSIC MemberBioengineeringYing Zheng, Associate ProfessorChemical EngineeringCole DeForest, Associate ProfessorChemical EngineeringVincent Holmberg, Assistant ProfessorChemistryAlshakim (Al) Nelson, Associate Professor (Chair of GSIC)ChemistryDianne Xiao, Assistant ProfessorCivil & Environmental EngineeringJessica Ray, Assistant ProfessorElectrical Engineering / CSGeorg Seelig, Associate ProfessorMechanical EngineeringAyokunle Olanrewaju, Assistant Professor Mechanical EngineeringIgor Novosselov, Associate Research Professor