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.
Lee Miller, PhD
President & Conference Chair
Lee Miller is the Distinguished Professor of Neuroscience in the Departments of Physiology, Physical Medicine and Rehab, and Biomedical Engineering at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Evanston, Illinois. He currently serves as the President of the Society for the Neural Control of Movement and is the Chair for current and upcoming meetings.
Kathleen Cullen
Kathleen Cullen is a Professor of Biomedical Engineering, with appointments in Otolaryngology and Neuroscience at Johns Hopkins University, in Baltimore Maryland. She 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.
Rachael Seidler
Rachael Seidler is a Professor of Applied Physiology & Kinesiology at the University of Florida. Rachael currently serves as the Treasurer/Secretary for the Society for the Neural Control of Movement and handles NCM membership matters.
Brian Corneil, PhD
Brian Corneil is a Professor in the Departments of Physiology & Pharmacology and Psychology at The University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario, and a scientist at the Robarts Research Institute in London, Ontario. He currently serves as the Development Officer for the Society for the Neural Control of Movement, taking the lead on sponsorship, sponsor support, advertising opportunities and scholarship applications.
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: 2016 – 2019
Pieter Medendorp
Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Netherlands
Lena Ting
Emory University & Georgia Tech, USA
Rob Turner
University of Pittsburgh, USA
John van Opstal
Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Netherlands
Term: 2017 – 2020
Max Berniker
University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
Florian Kagerer
Michigan State University, USA
Jean-Jacques Orban de Xivry
KU Leuven, Belgium
Gelsy Torres
University of Pittsburgh, USA
Term: 2018 – 2021
Alaa Ahmed
University of Colorado, USA
Dagmar Sternad
Northeastern University, USA
Scott Grafton
University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
Adrian Haith
Johns Hopkins University, USA