ASM Branches
ASM Branches Offer:
- Local scientific meetings.
- Outstanding lectures by ASM Distinguished Lecturers and other speakers.
- Opportunities to network and collaborate with colleagues in your scientific discipline.
- Forum for students, postdocs and early career scientists to present their research.
- Branch Councilors serve on the ASM Council on Microbial Sciences.
Get Involved With Your Local ASM Branch
Interested in supporting ASM’s mission to promote and advance the microbial sciences in your local community? Consider joining a Branch in your area! Branches serve students, postdocs, early-career and established scientists by providing professional development, leadership and mentoring opportunities.
ASM Branch dues support local Branch activities. Questions? Contact: branchactivities@asmusa.org
Join an ASM Branch and get involved locally.
Branches
Region 1
Regional Planning Coordinator, Region 1: Steven Fiester, Ph.D.
Connecticut Valley
- Connecticut.
- Massachusetts (zip codes 01000-01699).
- New Hampshire (zip codes 03400-03499 and 03600-03799).
- Rhode Island.
Branch Vice President: Steven Fiester
Eastern New York
- New York (zip codes 12000-12499, 12700-12999 and 13300-13399).
- Note: New York Zip Codes 13000-13299 and 13400-13999 are currently unassigned; since these areas are somewhat equidistant from either the Eastern New York (Region 1) or Western New York (Region 3) Branches, individuals in those zip code areas are welcome to participate in/join either or both Branch(es).
Branch President: Nicole Shakerley
New York City
- New York (zip codes 00500-11999 and 12500-12699).
Branch President: Caitlin Otto
Northeast
- Maine.
- Massachusetts (zip codes 01700-02799 and 05500-05599).
- New Hampshire (zip codes 03000-03399, 03500-03599, and 03800-03899).
- Vermont.
Branch President: Ramy Arnaout
Region 2
Regional Planning Coordinator, Region 2: Wade Bell, Ph.D.
Eastern Pennsylvania
- Delaware.
- New Jersey (zip codes 08000-08499).
- Pennsylvania (zip codes 17000-17199, 17300-17699, and 17800-19699).
Maryland
- Maryland (All zip codes except 20700-20999).
Theobald Smith Society, New Jersey
- New Jersey (All zip codes except 08000-08499).
Virginia
- Virginia (All zip codes except 22000-22399).
Washington, D.C.
- District of Columbia.
- Maryland (zip codes 20700-20999).
- Virginia (zip codes 22000-22399).
Region 3
Regional Planning Coordinator, Region 3: Merrilee Anderson, Ph.D.
Allegheny
- Pennsylvania (zip codes 15000-16999, 17200-17299, and 17700-17799).
- West Virginia.
Branch President: Jonathan Busada
Indiana
- Indiana.
Kentucky-Tennessee
- Kentucky.
- Tennessee.
Michigan
- Michigan.
Ohio
- Ohio.
Western New York
- New York (zip codes 14000-14999).
- Note: New York Zip Codes 13000-13299 and 13400-13999 are currently unassigned; since these areas are somewhat equidistant from either the Eastern New York (Region 1) or Western New York (Region 3) Branches, individuals in those zip code areas are welcome to participate in/join either or both Branch(es).
Region 4
Regional Planning Coordinator, Region 4: Julie Torruellas Garcia, Ph.D.
Florida
- Florida (zip codes 33000-33499, 33900-34199, and 34900-34999).
North Carolina
- North Carolina.
Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico Society of Microbiologists)
- Puerto Rico.
South Carolina
- South Carolina.
South Central
- Arkansas.
- Louisiana.
- Mississippi.
Southeastern
- Alabama.
- Florida (zip codes 32000-32999, 33500-33899, 34200-34299, 34400-34499 and 34600-34799).
- Georgia.
Region 5
Regional Planning Coordinator, Region 5: Bonnie Jo Bratina, Ph.D.
Alaska
- Alaska.
Illinois (Illinois Society for Microbiology, Inc.)
- Illinois.
Missouri
- Missouri.
North Central
- Iowa.
- Minnesota.
- North Dakota.
- South Dakota.
- Wisconsin.
Northwest
- Idaho (zip codes 83500-83599 and 83800-83899).
- Montana.
- Oregon.
- Washington.
- British Columbia, Canada.
Region 6
Regional Planning Coordinator, Region 6: Jennifer Hennigan, Ph.D.
Missouri Valley
- Kansas.
- Nebraska.
- Oklahoma.
Rio Grande
- New Mexico.
- Texas (zip codes 79800-79999 and 88500-88599).
Rocky Mountain
- Colorado.
- Wyoming.
Texas
- Texas (All zip codes except 79800-79999 and 88500-88599).
Region 7
Regional Planning Coordinator, Region 7: Boo Shan Tseng, Ph.D.
Arizona/Southern Nevada
- Arizona.
- Nevada (zip codes 88900-89199).
Branch co-President: Koenraad M. Van Doorslaer
Hawaii
- Hawaii.
Intermountain
- Idaho (zip codes 83200-83499 and 83600-83799).
- Nevada (zip codes 89300-89399).
- Utah.
Northern California
- California (zip codes 93600-96599).
- Nevada (89400-89899).
Southern California
- California (zip codes 90000-93599).