The SLAS Fellow Member Program

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The SLAS Fellow Member Program launched in 2016 to recognize the exceptional contributions of SLAS’s most valued contributors. SLAS Fellow Members represent the epitome of SLAS as a mission-driven organization that focuses on serving life sciences professionals via practitioner-driven knowledge, education and peer-to-peer connections.

Join or renew your SLAS Premier Membership to begin your journey to becoming an SLAS Fellow Member.

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Happy International Volunteer Day 2024

In celebration of International Volunteer Day, we at SLAS want to sincerely thank all our incredible volunteers. To all our incredible volunteers, your passion, dedication, and unwavering support drive our success and ability to make a meaningful impact within the life sciences community. Whether you've shared your expertise as a mentor, contributed to a committee, or facilitated impactful discussions, your efforts are genuinely transformative.

Your commitment inspires us every day, and we are honored to have you as part of SLAS.

From all of us at SLAS,
Happy International Volunteer Day!

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SLAS 2025 Fellow Members

Paul Anderson, M.S., Neurocrine Biosciences

Evan F. Cromwell, Ph.D., Protein Fluidics

Olivier Frey, Ph.D., InSphero

Zack Gurard-Levin, Ph.D., Charles River Laboratories

Elizabeth Sharlow, Ph.D., University of Virginia

Anastasia Velentza, Ph.D., Vilya

Vladislav Zarayskiy, Ph.D., Monte Rosa Therapeutics

Elizabeth Admirand, Frontier Medicines

Michelle Arkin, Ph.D., University of California San Francisco

Douglas S. Auld, Ph.D., Novartis Biomedical Research

Manuela Beil-Peter, SOULution

Matt Boeckeler, AstraZeneca

Roger Bosse, Ph.D., BioSignal2 Inc.

John Thomas Bradshaw, Ph.D., JTP Technical Solutions

Marybeth Burton, Merck

Robert Campbell, Ph.D., Redona Therapeutics

Anne Carpenter, Ph.D., Broad Institute

Taosheng Chen, Ph.D., St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

Edward Kai-Hua Chow, Ph.D., National University of Singapore

J. Colin Cox, Ph.D., Hexagon Bio

Sue Crimmin, Ph.D., Independent Consultant

Melissa Crisp, Ph.D., Eli Lilly and Company

Robert Damoiseaux, Ph.D., UCLA

Sammy Datwani, Ph.D., Synthego Corporation

Alain Donzel, Ph.D., Scitec Research S.A.

Richard M. Eglen, Ph.D., Arsenal Capital Partners

Amaury Ernesto Fernández-Montalván, Ph.D., Boehringer Ingelheim

Kenda Evans, Ph.D., Agilent Technologies, Inc.

Frank Fan, Ph.D., Promega Corporation

Haian Fu, Emory University School of Medicine

Ralph Garippa, Ph.D., Memorial Sloan-Kettering

Marcie Glicksman, Ph.D., EnClear Therapies

Alexander Godfrey, Ph.D., Automated Chemistry, National Center For Advancing Translational Sciences

Rose Gonzales, Ph.D., Thames Pharma Partners, LLC

Maciej Grajewski, SG Papertronics B.V.

Peter Grandsard, Amgen

Clive Green, Ph.D., AstraZeneca

Philip Gribbon, Ph.D., Fraunhofer ITMP

Steven Hamilton, Ph.D., The Hamilton Consulting Group

David Herold, Ph.D., M.D., Veterans Administration Medical Center/University of California, San Diego

Geoffrey Holdgate, AstraZeneca

Kamran Honarnejad, Ph.D., Evotec

Stephen Hughes, Ph.D., Genscript

David Jennions, Ph.D., GRAIL

Joshua D. Kangas, Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University

Katy Kettleborough, LifeArc

Deok-Ho Kim, Ph.D., University of Washington

Gary Kramer, Ph.D.

Eberhard Krausz, Ph.D., Evotec

Jörg Kutter, Ph.D., University of Copenhagen

Melanie Leveridge, GlaxoSmithKline

Jan Lichtenberg, Ph.D., InSphero

Andreas H. Luippold, Ph.D., Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG

Ricardo Macarron, Ph.D, InCyte

Julio Martin, Ph.D

Duncan J. McNicol, Merck

Georges Muller, Ph.D., SEED Biosciences Ltd.

Coleman Murray Ph.D., Ferrologix

Kristen Nailor, Genentech

Andrew Napper, Ph.D., Bristol Myers Squibb

Jonathan O'Connell, Ph.D., Dewpoint Therapeutics

Christian Parker, Ph.D., Novartis Biomedical Research

Yohann Potier, Ph.D., Tessera Therapeutics

Shalini Prasad, Ph.D., University of Texas, Dallas

Stephen Rees, Ph.D., O.B.E., AstraZeneca

Mario Richter, Abbvie

Terry Riss, Ph.D., Promega

Mark Russo, Ph.D., The College of New Jersey

Mariafrancesca Scalise, Ph.D., University of Calabria

Louis Scampavia, Ph.D., Scripps Research

Craig Schulz, Ph.D., Terray Therapeutics

Ian Shuttler, Ph.D., Ian Shuttler Consultancy Ltd.

Daniel Sipes, M.S., Plexium

Timothy Spicer, Ph.D., The Scripps Research Institute

James D. Sterling, Ph.D., Keck Graduate Institute

Kim Titus, Corning Life Sciences

Dana Vanderwall, Ph.D., Bristol-Myers Squibb

Steven P. van Helden, wega Informatic AG

Sabeth Verpoorte, Ph.D., University of Groningen

Fabien Vincent, Ph.D., Pfizer

Andrea Weston, Ph.D., Pfizer

Mary Jo Wildey, Ph.D., Merck

Jonathan Wingfield, Ph.D., AstraZeneca

Pak Kin Wong, Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University

Andy Zaayenga, SmarterLab

Zhenggrong Zhu, Ph.D., Merck

Adam Zweifach, Ph.D., University of Connecticut

SLAS Fellow Member Prerequisites

To earn an invitation to become an SLAS Fellow Member, candidates must meet several prerequisites:

  • Candidate must possess five (5) years professional experience after terminal degree/post-graduate training

  • Candidate must have at least three (3) consecutive years as a dues-paying SLAS member (or membership by contribution)

  • Candidates must have accrued at least five (5) points in technical content and volunteer service contribution to the Society, with at least one point from Technical Content Contribution and one point from Volunteer Service Contribution.

See the table below for engagement point values associated with content and service contributions.

SLAS Fellow Members – Content and Service Contribution Requirements

5 total points, with at least one from content contribution and one from volunteer service activities, are required to earn an invitation to become an SLAS Fellow Member. 

Content – Technical Presentations (1 point per) Content – Journal Manuscripts or Issue Guest Editor (2 points per) Service – Volunteer Leadership (2 points per role)
  • Conference Podium Presentation
  • Technical Webinar
  • Topical Interest Group Chair
  • Short Course Instructor
  • Corresponding author of an accepted manuscript in SLAS Discovery or SLAS Technology
  • Guest editor of entire issue of SLAS Discovery or SLAS Technology

Served in a volunteer leadership position in a significant SLAS committee/ oversight entity:

  • Board of Directors
  • SLAS Council
  • Nominating Committee
  • Scientific Planning Advisory Committee
  • Journal Editorial Board
  • Conference Program Planning Committee
    • Chair/Co-Chair
    • Track Chair & Assistant Track Chair/Co-Chair

Ongoing Requirements of SLAS Fellow Members

SLAS Fellow Members are required to pay SLAS membership dues annually.

Questions?

Please contact Gina Anzalone, SLAS Membership Manager, with any questions or to check your current eligibility toward becoming an SLAS Fellow Member.