Responsibilities of the committee
The Climate committee is responsible for developing practices, policies, assessing and improving the research environment in the chemistry department. The committee solicits input from department members and examines practices adopted by other departments within the University of Illinois and beyond, using this information to formulate recommendations to the department's leadership. The committee draws members from multiple groups for diverse representation, including faculty, postdocs, graduate students and staff.
Current committee members
Greg Girolami, Chair, faculty
Elise McCarren, Vice chair, instructional faculty
Jeffrey Moore, faculty
Nancy Makri, faculty
Raylene Gomez Hernandez, staff
Ben Suslick, postdoc
Joenisse Rosado-Rosa, graduate student
Luke Westawker, graduate student