This group meets weekly to steer day-to-day operations of the Huck Institutes; to develop policy, strategy and tactics; and to engage in perpetual “horizon scanning.” The team is comprised of the Huck Institutes’ director, five academics appointed by the director, and a managing director.
Christina Grozinger
Director of the Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences; Publius Vergilius Maro Professor of Entomology
Patrick Drew
Associate Director, Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences; Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics, of Neurosurgery, of Biology, and of Biomedical Engineering
Andrew Patterson
Associate Director, Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences; Professor and Director of Center for Molecular Toxicology and Carcinogenesis; Faculty Advocate, Metabolomics Core Facility
David Puts
Huck Associate Director for Graduate Education; Professor of Anthropology
2026-27 Huck Leadership Fellows
Andrew Deans
Professor of Entomology, Director of the Frost Entomological Museum
Joshua Kellogg
Emphasis Area Representative, Molecular Toxicology; Associate Professor of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences