NCM Leadership
Elected members govern the Society for the Neural Control of Movement. These members comprise the Board of Directors who in turn elect Officers that comprise the Executive Committee. The Society’s Bylaws govern how the Board manages the Society. Officers and Board members are elected for three-year terms and may be re-elected to one additional contiguous term. The current Board comprises the following Officers and Directors.
NCM Officers
NCM’s Officers consist of a President and Conference Chair, a Vice-President and Program Chair, a Secretary/Treasurer, and an Academic Development Chair. Our current Officers are as follows.
Kathleen Cullen
President & Conference Chair
Kathleen Cullen is a Professor in the Departments of Biomedical Engineering, Neuroscience, and Otolaryngology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland. She is also the director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Hearing and Balance. She currently serves as the President of the Society for the Neural Control of Movement and is the Chair for current and upcoming meetings.
Adrian Haith
Vice-President & Program Chair
Adrian is an Associate Professor in the Department of Neurology at Johns Hopkins University, in Baltimore Maryland. Adrian currently serves as the Vice President of the Society for the Neural Control of Movement and is the Program Chair for current and upcoming meetings.
Alaa Ahmed
Secretary/Treasurer
Alaa Ahmed is a Professor of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering at the University of Colorado Boulder. She currently serves as Secretary and Treasurer for the Society for the Neural Control of Movement.
Kazuhiko Seki
Development Officer
Kazuhiko Seki is the director of the Department of Neurophysiology of the National Center of Neurology & Psychology in Japan. He currently serves as the Development Officer for the Society for the Neural Control of Movement, taking the lead on trainee development opportunities, sponsorship, sponsor support, advertising opportunities and scholarship applications.
Community Conduct Committee
Chair: Jennifer Semrau, University of Delaware
Susan Coltman, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Juan Gallego, Imperial College London
Tamar Makin, University of Cambridge
Rachael Seidler, University of Florida
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee
Chair: Amanda Therrien, Moss Rehabilitation Research Institute
Claudia Vargas, Brown University
Dan Blustein, Acadia University
Olivia Kim, Princeton University
Social Media Committee
Chair: Katja Kornysheva, University of Birmingham
Joshua Cashaback, University of Delaware
Julie Duque, Universite catholique Louvain
Juan Gallego, Imperial College London
Samuel McDougle, Yale University
Amy Orsborn, University of Washington
Andrew Pruzsynski, Western University
Nina van Mastrigt, Justus–Liebig–Universität Gießen
Aaron Wong, Moss Rehabilitation Research Institute
NCM Directors
NCM Directors participate in ongoing Society affairs such as reviewing submitted content, serving as session monitors and promoting the Society and its meetings. Below is a list of our current Directors.
Term: 2023 – 2026
Joshua Cashaback
University of Delaware, USA
Julie Duque
Université catholique Louvain, BEL
Juan Gallego
Imperial College London, GBR
Tarkeshwar Singh
Pennsylvania State University, USA
Term: 2024 – 2027
David Franklin
Technical University of Munich, GER
Neeraj Gandhi
University of Pittsburgh, USA
Katja Kornysheva
University of Birmingham, GBR
Lena Ting
Emory University & Georgia Tech, USA
Nina van Mastrigt – Trainee Board Member (2024 – 2026)
Justus–Liebig–Universität Gießen, GER
Term: 2025 – 2028
Nobuhiro Hagura
National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), JPN
Sam McDougle
Yale University, USA
Elvira Pirondini
University of Pittsburgh, USA
Hans (Hansjörg) Scherberger
German Primate Center, GER