The SLAS Fellow Member Program

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The SLAS Fellow Member Program launched in 2016 to recognize the exceptional contributions of SLAS’s most valued contributors. SLAS Fellow Members represent the epitome of SLAS as a mission-driven organization that focuses on serving life sciences professionals via practitioner-driven knowledge, education and peer-to-peer connections.

Join or renew your SLAS Premier Membership to begin your journey to becoming an SLAS Fellow Member.

SLAS 2027 Fellow Members

David Brierley, Merck & Co
Olivier Casamitjana, Evotec France
Sarine Markossian, PhD, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), NIH
Madhu Lal-Nag, MBS, PhD, InSphero
Transon Nguyen, Eigen Therapeutic
Ken Patel, Sandia National Laboratories
James Pilling, AstraZeneca
Jennifer Smith, PhD, Harvard Medical School

SLAS Fellow Member Prerequisites

To earn an invitation to become an SLAS Fellow Member, candidates must meet several prerequisites:

  • Candidate must possess five (5) years professional experience after terminal degree/post-graduate training

  • Candidate must have at least three (3) consecutive years as a dues-paying SLAS member (or membership by contribution)

  • Candidates must have accrued at least five (5) points in technical content and volunteer service contribution to the Society, with at least one point from Technical Content Contribution and one point from Volunteer Service Contribution.

See the table below for engagement point values associated with content and service contributions.

SLAS Fellow Members – Content and Service Contribution Requirements

5 total points, with at least one from content contribution and one from volunteer service activities, are required to earn an invitation to become an SLAS Fellow Member. 

Content – Technical Presentations (1 point per) Content – Journal Manuscripts or Issue Guest Editor (2 points per) Service – Volunteer Leadership (2 points per role)
  • Conference Podium Presentation
  • Technical Webinar
  • Topical Interest Group Chair
  • Short Course Instructor
  • Corresponding author of an accepted manuscript in SLAS Discovery or SLAS Technology
  • Guest editor of entire issue of SLAS Discovery or SLAS Technology

Served in a volunteer leadership position in a significant SLAS committee/ oversight entity:

  • Board of Directors
  • SLAS Council
  • Nominating Committee
  • Scientific Planning Advisory Committee
  • Journal Editorial Board
  • Conference Program Planning Committee
    • Chair/Co-Chair
    • Track Chair & Assistant Track Chair/Co-Chair

Ongoing Requirements of SLAS Fellow Members

SLAS Fellow Members are required to pay SLAS membership dues annually.

Questions?

Please contact Gina Anzalone, SLAS Membership Manager, with any questions or to check your current eligibility toward becoming an SLAS Fellow Member.