
2024
CCIB REPORT
Table of Contents
CCIB Timeline
New Positions
New Staff
New P.I.
New Postdocs
New Equipment
CCIB Graduate Student Enrollment
CCIB Annual Awarded Funding
Where Were We Publishing?
(Some of Our) Honors & Awards
Where Were We Working?
What Were We Organizing?
Summer Research Showcase
Communicating Science Workshop
Alumni In Industry Workshop
Software Carpentry: Intro to Python and R
Karen Taylor’s Graduation Party
Meeting Exeptional Diverse and Inclusive Academics
Lab Centerpieces
2024 CCIB Retreat
CCIB Timeline
Illustrated by Meredith Willmot

2007: CCIB is created as an interdisciplinary center with a PhD program
2010-2011: Dr. Andrey Grigoriev serves as Director of CCIB
2010: The inaugural graduate student class is admitted
2011-2014: Dr. Joseph Martin serves as Director and Dr. Benedetto Picolli is the first Graduate Program Director (GPD)
2014: The first PhD student graduates
2014-2015: Dr. Benedetto Picolli steps in as Director, and Nir Yakoby is the GPD
2015-2016: Dr. Desmond Lun is the Director, and Dr. Nir Yakoby continues as GPD
2016-2022: Dr. Nir Yakoby becomes the Director, and Dr. Grace Brannigan is the GPD
2019: The Joint Health Sciences Center (JHSC) becomes CCIB’s new home
2020: CCIB celebrates a 10 year anniversary!
2022: Dr. Grace Brannigan becomes the Director, and Dr. Eric Klein is the GPD
New Position

Dr. Anthony Geneva
Undergraduate Program Director
New Staff

Imani Craig
Administrative Assistant

Someone Remarkable
Assistant Director/Department Administrator
New P.I.

Dr. Santanu Malakar
Department of Chemistry
New Postdocs

Dr. Jody Taft
Rutgers–Camden Chancellor’s Fellowship for Postdoctoral Studies

Dr. Qinxue Li
New Equipment

Liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS)
Funded by Chemistry, CCIB, FASC, and the Rutgers–Camden Chancellor’s Office
CCIB Graduate Student Enrollment
