THE WIND RIVER HALL OF FAME

PAST AND PRESENT PLENARY SPEAKERS

2026

Dr. Wilmara Salgado-Pabon 

Dr. Clayton Caswell            

Dr. Denise Akob 

University of Wisconsin, Madison

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

U.S. Geological Survey

2025

Dr. Briana Burton                               

Dr. Katherine Lemon

Dr. Carlos Orihuela

Dr. Joseph Bondy-Denomy              

University of Wisconsin, Madison

Baylor College of Medicine

University of Alabama, Birmingham       

University of California, San Francisco

2024

Dr. Kelly Doran

Dr. Tamia Harris-Tryon

Dr. Marvin Whiteley

Dr. Matthew Wolfgang

University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus

University of Texas Southwestern, Medical Center

Georgia Institute of Technology

University of North Carolina, School of Medicine

2023

Dr. Michael Federle,

Dr. Christina Stallings,

Dr. Sophie Helaine,

Dr. Cecilia Martinez-Gomez,

University of Illinois at Chicago

Washington University, School of Med.

Harvard Medical School

University of California, Berkeley

2022

Dr. Heran Darwin,

Dr. Hazel Barton,

Dr. Angela Wilks,

Dr. Peggy Cotter,

New York University

University of Akron

The University of Maryland, Baltimore

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

2021

Dr. Beronda L. Montgomery,

Dr. Michael D. L. Johnson,

Michigan State University

University of Arizona

2020

Meeting cancelled due to Pandemic

2019

Dr. Christine Jacobs-Wagner,

Dr. Elizabeth Rucks,

Dr. Clay Fuqua,

Dr. Christopher Waters,

Yale University

University of Nebraska Medical Center

Indiana University

Michigan State University

2018

Dr. Denise Monack,

Dr. Anthony Maurelli,

Dr. Amy Vollmer,

Dr. Alfredo Torres,

Stanford University

University of Florida

Swarthmore College

University of Texas Medical Branch

2017

Dr. Melody Mills,

Dr. Catherine Drennan,

Dr. Matthew Parsek,

Dr. Forest Rohwer,

The National Institutes of Health, NIAID

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

University of Washington

University of California San Diego

2016

Dr. Graham Walker,

Dr. Evgeny Nudler,

Dr. Victor Nizet,

Dr. Peter Setlow,

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

New York University School of Medicine

University of California San Diego

University of Connecticut Health Science Center

2015

Dr. Victor Torres,

Dr. Nancy Freitag,

Dr. David Weiss,

Dr. Franz Narberhaus,

New York University

University of Illinois-Chicago
Emory University

Ruhr University

2014

Dr. Michael S. Gilmore,

Dr. Gisela Storz,

Dr. Ferran Garcia-Pichel,

Dr. Barbara Funnell,

Harvard Medical School / Mass. Eye & Ear

National Institutes of Health

Arizona State University

University of Toronto

2013

Dr. Nina Salama,

Dr. Shelley Payne,

Dr. Renee Tsolis,

Dr. Ralph Isberg,

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Institute

University of Texas at Austin

University of California Davis

Tufts University

2012

Dr. David Rudner,

Dr. Esther Angert,

Dr. Mark Gomelsky,

Dr. Dennis A. Bazylinski,

Harvard Medical School

Cornell University

University of Wyoming

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

2011

Dr. James Bardwell,

Dr. Sean Crosson,

Dr. Jo Handelsman,

Dr. R. Martin Roop, II

University of Michigan

University of Chicago

Yale University

East Carolina University

2010

Dr. Peter Christie,

Dr. Richard Gourse,

Dr. Dan Kearns,

Dr. Rolf Thauer,

University of Texas-Houston Medical School

University of Wisconsin

University of Indiana

Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Marburg

2009

Dr. Jim Imlay,

Dr. Andy Camilli,

Dr. Jade Wang,

Dr. Norman Pace,

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Tufts University, Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Baylor College of Medicine

University of Colorado at Boulder

2008

Dr. Roberto Kolter,

Dr. Graham Hatfull,

Dr. Roberto Belas,

Dr. William Jacobs,

Harvard Medical School

University of Pittsburgh

University of Maryland

Albert Einstein College of Medicine

2007

Dr. Jared Leadbetter,

Dr. Tina Henkin,

Dr. Harry Mobley,

Dr. Lynn Zechiedrich,

California Institute of Technology

Ohio State University

University of Michigan Medical School

Baylor College of Medicine

2006

Dr. David Figurski,

Dr. Karl E. Klose,

Dr. John Helmann,

Dr. Victor Dirita,

Columbia University Medical Center

University of Texas-San Antonio

Cornell University

University of Michigan School of Medicine

2005

Dr. Samuel Kaplan,

Dr. George O'Toole,

Dr. Dianne Newman,

Dr. Tom Silhavy,

University of Texas Houston Medical School

Dartmouth Medical School

California Institute of Technology

Princeton University

2004

Dr. Curtis Suttle,

Dr. Paul Gollnick,

Dr. Heidi Kaplan,

Dr. Jorge Galan,

University of British Columbia

State University of New York-Buffalo

University of Texas Houston Medical School

Yale University School of Medicine

2003

Dr. Vincent Fischetti,

Dr. Robert Landick,

Dr. Bonnie Bassler,

Dr. Neil Welker,

Rockefeller University

University of Wisconsin

Princeton University

Northwestern University

2002

Dr. Stephen Farrand,

Dr. Barry Wanner,

Dr. Sanford A. Lacks,

Dr. Janet Yother,

Dr. Malcolm Winkler,

University of Illinois-Urbana

Purdue University

Brookhaven National Laboratory

University of Alabama-Birmingham

Lilly Research Laboratories

2001

Dr. Kim Lewis,

Dr. Austin Newton,

Dr. Julie Theriot,

Dr. Dale Kaiser,

Tufts University

Princeton University

Stanford University

Stanford University

2000

Dr. Thomas A. Trautner,

Dr. Ryland F. Young,

Dr. Abigail A. Salyers,

Dr. John W. Costerton,

Dr. Tony Romeo,

Max-Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics

Texas A&M University

University of Illinois

Montana State University

University of North Texas Health Science Center

1999

Dr. Frederick Neidhardt,

Dr. Olaf Schneewind,

Dr. Roger W. Hendrix,

Dr. Eugene Nester,

University of Michigan

University of California at Los Angeles

University of Pittsburgh Bacteriophage Institute

University of Washington

1998

Dr. Scott Hultgren,

Dr. Susan M. Rosenberg,

Dr. Mary Lou Guerinot,

Dr. Peter Greenberg,

Washington University School of Medicine

Baylor College of Medicine

Dartmouth College

University of Iowa

1997

Dr. Malcolm Winkler,

Dr. John Baross,

Dr. Philip Harriman,

Dr. Susan Golden,

University of Texas Houston Medical School

University of Washington

National Science Foundation

Texas A&M University