Science Council

The Science Council is a group of community, business and professional leaders and concerned friends with an interest in science education, career access for young people and opportunities for families and adults to engage with the science and technology issues of our day. The Council presents an annual lecture series that focuses on these topics, as well as on the influence of science on the arts and the role of science throughout history.

Members of the Science Council also serve as ambassadors for NYSCI, introducing the institution to new friends, donors and advocates and promoting the public understanding of science in various other ways.

To learn more about upcoming meetings, please contact Ramona Roque, Coordinator of Individual Giving and Membership, at 718-699-0005 ext. 338 or rroque@nysci.org.

Science Council Executive Committee

Regan Healey Asnes - Chair
Rose Benas
Evelyn Benjamin
William F. Blitzer
Yvonne Elliman
Kate Hartnick Elliott
Sidney Frigand
Bernice Grafstein
Ross Lewis
Cecily Cannan Selby

Distinguished Science Sponsors

The Distinguished Science Sponsors are leading scientists with an active interest in science education and the public understanding of science. Lending their professional expertise and their networks of colleagues, Distinguished Science Sponsors help NYSCI advance programmatic initiatives and communicate its mission to a wider audience.

Jack D. Barchas
Chair & Psychiatrist-in-Chief
Weill Cornell Medical College
New York-Presbyterian Hospital Cornell

Günter Blobel
John D. Rockefeller Jr. Professor
Laboratory of Cell Biology
The Rockefeller University
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Red Burns
Chair & Arts Professor
Interactive Telecommunications Program
Tisch School of the Arts
New York University

Stephen J. Ceci
H. L. Carr Professor of
Developmental Psychology
Cornell University

S. James Gates, Jr.
John S. Toll Professor of Physics
Center for String and Particle Theory Director
University of Maryland

David P. Hajjar
Dean
Graduate School of Medical Sciences
Cornell University

Georges M. Halpern, MD, PhD
Distinguished Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Sven R. Hartmann
Professor Emeritus
Department of Physics
Columbia University

Joy Hirsch
Professor & Director
FMRI Research Center, Departments of Radiology & Psychology
Center for Neurobiology & Behavior
Columbia University

Roald Hoffmann, PhD
Frank H. T. Rhodes Professor of
Humane Letters
Department of Chemistry and
Chemical Biology
Cornell University

Eric R. Kandel
University Professor
Center for Neurobiology and Behavior
Columbia University
Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Terry Ann Krulwich
Sharon and Frederick A. Klingenstein –
Nathan G. Kase M.D. Professor of
Pharmacology and Biological Chemistry
Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Paul A. Lacouture
President, Network Services
Verizon Communications

Leon Max Lederman
Resident Scholar
Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy

Benoit Mandelbrot
Sterling Professor Emeritus
Mathematical Sciences
Yale University

Marion Nestle
Paulette Goddard Professor of Nutrition,
Food Studies and Public Health
New York University

Lloyd J. Old
CEO & President
Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research

Robert E. Pollack
Professor of Biological Sciences,
Director, Center for the
Study of Science and Religion
Columbia University

Lisa Randall
Professor of Theoretical Physics
Harvard University

Dennis E. Shasha
Professor of Computer Science
Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences
New York University

Harold Varmus
President
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Rosalyn S. Yalow
Sr. Medical Investigator Emeritus
Research & Development Program/
Solomon Berson Research
Bronx Veterans Administration Medical Center

Emeritus

Christian de Duve
Robert Dennard
Vincent Dole
Lincoln Hawkins
Joshua Lederberg
Wassily Leontief
Cyrus Levinthal
Sidney Udenfriend