VAHE BANDARIAN portrait
  • Associate Dean for Student Affairs, College Of Science-Dean
  • Professor, Chemistry
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Professional Service

  • ASBMB. Role: Chair. Meetings Committee. 06/2021 - present
  • ASBMB. co-PI of IMAGE workshop grant to NSF. 10/2020 - present
  • ASBMB. Role: Member. Minority Affairs Committee. 09/2019 - present
  • ASBMB. Role: Member. Women in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Committee. 09/2019 - 06/2022
  • Enzyme Mechanisms Conference. Treasurer. 06/2019 - present
  • Enzyme Mechanisms Conference. Role: President. Planning and execution of the 2019 EMC in New Orleans. 01/06/2019 - 01/09/2019
  • NIH SCORE Grant Review Panel. Panelist. 06/2018 - 06/2018
  • NIH. Role: Panel member. MSF-A Study Section. 06/14/2017 - 06/16/2017
  • American Chemical Society. Program chair, Biological Chemistry Division. 08/21/2016 - 08/25/2016
  • ASBMB. Program committee, Enzymology theme. 03/31/2016 - 04/07/2016
  • American Chemical Society. Division of Biological Chemistry, Program Chair. 03/13/2016 - 03/17/2016
  • NIH. MSF-A Study Section. 06/08/2015 - 06/10/2015
  • ASBMB. Role: Co-organizer of the catalysis theme for Spring 2016 meeting. Conference planning meeting. 02/20/2015 - 02/22/2015
  • NIH. MSF-A Study Section. 02/18/2015 - 02/20/2015
  • ASBMB. Role: Editorial Board. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 01/2013 - 01/2018

Internal Service

  • Faculty Search Committee. Chair, 06/2022 - present. Department service.
  • Associate Dean for Student Affairs. 06/2021 - present. College service.
  • Associate Chair for Undergraduate Education. 08/2019 - present. Department service.
  • Neuro/Chemical Biology search committee. 09/2018 - 05/2019. College service.
  • Faculty Search Committee. co-chair, 08/22/2017 - 09/2018. Department service.
  • Graduate Education Committee. Chair, 08/22/2016 - 07/2019. Department service.
  • Chemistry Search Committee. Member, 08/22/2016 - 05/2017. Department service.
  • Graduate Education Committee, chair. 08/22/2015 - 08/2016. Department service.

Honors & Awards

  • Fellow of the American Associate for Advancement of Science. 02/2023
  • Fellow of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. ASBMB, 06/2022
  • Distinguished Alumni Seminar (seminar moved to 04/2021 because of COVID). University of Michigan, 04/2020