The Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) advises the Board of Directors on scientific issues relatedto the Foundation's mission. They evaluate proposals for research grants, review and recommend finalists for the Welch and Hackerman Awards and help oversee the other Foundation programs to promote chemistry in Texas. Current members are:
Catherine J. Murphy, Chair; Larry R. Faulkner Endowed Chair in Chemistry and Head, Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Squire J. Booker, Evan Pugh Professor of Chemistry and of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Pennsylvania State University
Geoffrey W. Coates, Tisch University Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University
Glenn. H. Fredrickson, Distinguished Professor and Mitsubishi Chemical Endowed Chair in Functional Materials, University of California, Santa Barbara
Sharon Hammes-Schiffer, A. Barton Hepburn Professor of Chemistry, Princeton University
Laura L. Kiessling, Novartis Professor of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Ann E. McDermott, Ronald and Esther Breslow Professor of Biological Chemistry, Columbia University
Melanie S. Sanford, Moses Gomberg Distinguished University Professor and Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Chemistry, University of Michigan
Kevan M. Shokat, Professor, Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology and Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator, University of California, San Francisco
Xiaowei Zhuang, David B. Arnold Jr. Professor of Science and Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator, Harvard University