AAEV committee

Each committee Chair serves a two-year term, followed by an additional two-year term as Immediate Past Chair to help ensure continuity and consistent leadership.

If you're interested in serving as Chair, joining a specific committee, or proposing a new one, we’d love to hear from you! We’re currently in the early stages of forming committee memberships and would greatly value your leadership, expertise, and ideas.

Please don’t hesitate to reach out with your interest or suggestions.

Check out our AAEV 2025 committees below.

Mei He, Ph.D. (Chair)

University of Florida

Scientific Program Committee

Members:

Darryl Davis, University of Ottawa Heart Institute

Yue Lu, The University of Utah

Kathleen M. McAndrews, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Brian Eliceiri, University of California San Diego

Susmita Sahoo, Icahn School of Medicine

Eduardo Reategui, Ohio State University

Hailing Jin, University of California, Riverside

Junjie Xiao, Shanghai University

Takahiro Ochiya, Tokyo Medical University

Developing the scientific agenda for AAEV conferences
Identifying and securing keynote and invited speakers
Overseeing abstract submission, review, and selection processes to ensure a rigorous and transparent evaluation of scientific contributions.
Exploring innovative session formats and emerging topics to enhance attendee engagement and scientific impact.

Valerie Sandra Kalluri, MBA MD PhD (Chair)

University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

AAEV Communication & Vesicle Vibe Committee

The Vesicle Vibe: This Free AAEV Online Seminar Series is an educational platform for junior faculty, postdoctoral fellows, and students involved in EV research.
The series will feature features monthly presentations by Junior Faculty/postdoctoral fellows as well as fireside chat with Senior Faculty in the field of EVs -led research presentations. Special sessions will include Short Talk series highlighting hot topics in the field.

Check out the upcoming seminar here.
If you're interested in presenting or serving as a moderator, please email vesiclevibe@aaev.org.

Members:

Valerie Sandra Kalluri, MD MBA PhD, Hematology/Oncology Fellow, The University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX

Karolina Dorosz, Undergraduate Student, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Paul A. Spezza, PhD Candidate, Rice University, Houston, TX

Lucia Languino, PhD, Professor, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA

Shiqi Hu, PhD, ARS, Columbia University, New York, NY

Kaiyue Zhang, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, Columbia University, New York, NY

Yuan Li, PhD candidate, Columbia University, New York, NY

Ana Salazar Puerta, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

Subhadib Ghatak, PhD, Associate Professor, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

Yi Hong, PhD (Chair)

University of Texas at Arlington

03 Award Committee

Developing and refining award categories for AAEV conferences
Establishing selection criteria and evaluation processes to ensure fairness, transparency, and recognition of outstanding contributions in extracellular vesicle research.
Leading the nomination and review process, coordinating with committee members to assess nominees and select award recipients.
Check out our awards here.

Members:

Quan Lu, Harvard University

Daniel Gattego-Perez, Ohio State University

Jae-Won Shin, University of Illinois

Xin Zhang, Duke University

Devika Soundara Manickam, PhD (Chair)

UTHealth Houston

Membership Committee

Promote the continuation of current members and accelerate the recruitment of new members to the society.
Promote AAEV at other professional conferences and organizations.
Pursue a grassroots approach to directly reach out/email the registered attendees, lab personnel of the invited speakers.

Members:

Juliane Nguyen, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Eun Ji Chung, University of Southern California

Natalia Higuita-Castro, Ohio State University