Current Council Membership
International Council on Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems
Officers (2024-2026)
Chairperson: Kevin H. Gardner – CUNY Advanced Science Research Center (mail|web)
Secretary General/Treasurer: Arthur Palmer – Columbia University (mail|web)
Directors (Alternates) *:terms extended due to COVID in 2020
2024-2034 (representing XXX ICMRBS, Seoul)
Weontae Lee – Yonsei University
Bong-Jin Lee – Seoul National University
Yangmee Kim – Konkuk University
Chaejoon Cheong – Korea Basic Science Institute
2022-2032 (representing XXIX ICMRBS, Boston)
Mei Hong – Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Arthur Palmer – Columbia University
Michael Summers – HHMI/UMBC
2018-2030* (representing XXIII ICMRBS, Dublin)
Chandralal Hewage – University College Dublin
Mike Williamson – University of Sheffield
Ken Mok – Trinity College Dublin
(Dermot Brougham – University College Dublin)
(Lorraine Brennen – University College Dublin)
2016-2028* (representing XXII ICMRBS, Kyoto)
Masatsune Kainosho – Tokyo Metropolitan University
Ichio Shimada – RIKEN
Hideo Akutsu – Institute for Protein Research, Osaka University
(Koichi Kato – NINS Institute for Molecular Science)
(Chojiro Kojima – Yokohama National University)
2014 – 2026* (representing XXI ICMRBS, Dallas)
Kevin H. Gardner – CUNY Advanced Science Research Center
Mei Hong – Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Jose Rizo-Rey – University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
(Deborah Wuttke, University of Colorado Boulder)
(Dean Sherry, University of Texas at Dallas)