OFER ROG portrait
  • Associate Professor, School Of Biological Sciences
801-581-3977
https://theroglab.org/

Professional Service

  • Molecular Biology of the Cell. Role: Member. Journal Referee. 04/2021 - present
  • Genes (MDPI). Role: Member. Journal Referee. 03/2021 - present
  • Cells (MDPI). Role: Member. Journal Referee. 02/2021 - present
  • Science Advances. Role: Member. Journal Referee. 01/2021 - present
  • PLoS Genetics. Role: Member. Journal Referee. 06/2020 - present
  • American Cancer Society. Institutional Research Grant review committee. 01/2019 - present
  • European Research Council (ERC). Grant Referee. 01/2018 - present
  • Journal of Cell Biology. Journal Referee. 01/2018 - present
  • JoVE. Journal Referee. 01/2018 - present

Internal Service

  • Conference-NSF funded, Co-organizer, Re-imagining a cellular space occupied by condensates. Co-organizer, 10/2022 - 10/2022. University service.
  • Academic Senate Executive Committee. Member, 07/2022 - 06/2023. University service.
  • Benefits Advisory Committee (Academic Senate Representative). Member, 07/2022 - 06/2023. University service.
  • Facilitating session in Undergraduate Research Education Series. Member, 01/2021 - 12/2021. College service.
  • MCEB Advising. Member, 07/2020 - present. Department service.
  • Molecular Biology Faculty Search Committee. Member, 06/2020 - 06/2021. Department service.
  • Graduate Program Committee. 07/2019 - present. Department service.
  • Benefits Advisory Committee (Academic Senate Representative). Member, 07/2019 - present. University service.
  • Academic Senate. Member, 07/2019 - present. University service.
  • Organizer, LGBTQ+STEM Interest Group, University of Utah. Organizer, 07/2019 - present. College service.
  • ASB 220 Renovation Committee. Member, 07/2019 - 06/2020. Department service.
  • MCEB RIP (Research In Progress) co-organizer. 07/2018 - 06/2019. Department service.
  • MCEB Admissions/Recruitment Committee. Member, 07/2017 - 06/2018. Department service.
  • Molecular Biology Admissions Committee. Member, 07/01/2017 - 06/30/2018. College service.
  • Biology Seminar Series 2017-18. Member, 07/01/2017 - 06/30/2018. Department service.
  • Molecular Biology faculty recruiting committee. 01/01/2017 - 06/30/2018. Department service.

Community Partnership

  • Utah Pathways to STEM (UPSTEM) Faculty Learning Community. 07/2020 - 05/2021

Outreach

  • UPSTEM fellowship, 2020. 01/2020 - present
  • Inclusivity reading & discussion group, organizer. 04/2019 - 05/2020
  • LGBTQ+STEM Interest Group, organizer. 03/2019 - present
  • Our DNA (SoBS Alumni publication). 10/2018 - 10/2018
  • Bioscience Career Day: June 2018. 06/2018 - 06/2018
  • SACNAS, Fall 2017, Attended roundtable. 06/2017 - present

Honors & Awards

  • Outstanding Undergraduate Research Mentor Award. University of Utah, 07/2023
  • Taft-Nicholson Summer Fellow Residency. University of Utah, 07/2023
  • Mario R. Capecchi, PhD, Endowed Chair in Genetics & Biology. University of Utah, 07/2022
  • Taft-Nicholson Summer Fellow Residency. University of Utah, 06/2021