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  • NIH Prokaryotic Cell and Molecular Biology Study Section (PCMB) Regular member 7/2019-6/2023
  • NIH, NIGMS, MIRA Review Panel – 11/2015, 3/2019
  • NIH Prokaryotic Cell and Molecular Biology Study Section (PCMB) – 6/2017, 6/2018, 3/2019
  • NASA Research and Education Support Services (NRESS), TRI Radiation Resistance Panel Review Meeting – 7/2017
  • NIH Prokaryotic Cell and Molecular Biology Study Section (PCMB) (ad hoc) – 2/2017
  • NIH Cancer Etiology Study Section – 2015
  • NIH Fellowships: Genes, Genomes and Genetics Study Section – 06/2014
  • NSF Transforming Undergraduate Education in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Panel – 07/2012
  • Editorial Board, Journal of Bacteriology – 01/2011-12/2013
  • Subsection Editor, Encyclopedia of Molecular Life Sciences – 2011
  • Visiting Professor, University of Paris Sud, Orsay, France – 03/2009
  • AAAS Council Delegate, Section on Biological Sciences – 2007-2010
  • Meeting Chair, FASEB Summer Research Conference – 2009
  • Meeting Co-chair, FASEB Summer Research Conference – 2007
  • Advisor, FASEB “Educating About Evolution” Subcommittee – 2006-Present
  • Meeting Co-chair, Nucleic Acids Keystone Symposium – 2006
  • Editorial Board, BioMed Central Microbiology – 2005-Present
  • Vice chair, U.S. National Committee for the International Union for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (USNC/IUBMB) – 2004-2006
  • Member, U.S. National Committee for the International Union for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology – 2002-2005
  • Editor-in-chief, Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology – 2002-Present
  • Meeting co-chair, Nucleic Acids Gordon Conference – 2002
  • Organizing Committee, National Academy of Sciences Symposium on Relationships between Replication and Recombination, Irvine, CA, – 11/2001
  • Assistant Editor, Journal of Biological Chemistry – 1999-2004
  • Chief Advisor in Development of the Encyclopedia of Life Sciences/Online Encyclopedia, Nature Publishing Group, UK  (launched 2001) – 1997-2009
  • Council Member, American Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology – 1998-2001
  • NIH Microbial Physiology and Genetics Study Section – 01/1993-06/1995
  • NIH Special Review Committee Site Visit Review – 07/1992
  • Assistant Editor, Journal of Biological Chemistry – 07/1991-01/1997
  • NIH Microbial Genetics Study Section (Ad hoc) – 02/1988, 06/1990, 02/2002, 06/2003, 10/2005, 02/2006, 10/2007