Our Team & Experience

Executive Committee

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PI | Pam Soltis

Biological Systems – Arabidopsis; Ecosystem Scale

Distinguished Professor and Curator, University of Florida

linkedin.com/in/pam-soltis-4021a524

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/soltis-lab/

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/people/pamela-soltis/

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Doug Soltis

Biological Systems – Arabidopsis; Ecosystem Scale

Distinguished Professor, University of Florida

https://www.linkedin.com/in/douglas-soltis-2555025/

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/soltis-lab/

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Tia-Lynn Ashman

Biological Systems – duckweed

Distinguished Professor, University of Pittsburgh

https://ashmanlab2012.wixsite.com/ashmanlab

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Don Fox

Biological Systems – Drosophila

Professor, Duke University

https://www.linkedin.com/in/don-fox-66502915/

https://www.foxlabduke.com/

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Anna Selmecki

Biological Systems – yeast

Associate Professor, University of Minnesota

http://www.selmeckilab.com

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David Jennings

Project Manager

Project Manager, University of Florida

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenningsdt/

Team Members

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Brian Abramowitz

Teacher Training

SEFS K-12 Education & Outreach Coordinator, University of Florida

http://www.linkedin.com/in/becky-gonda-pitt

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Brad Barbazuk

Genomics & Bioinformatics

Professor & Chair, University of Florida

http://www.linkedin.com/in/brad-barbazuk-2765361

https://biology.ufl.edu/bbarbazuk/

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Sixue Chen

Proteomics

Professor & Chair, University of Mississippi

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Jeff Doyle

Biological Systems – Arabidopsis 

Professor, Cornell University

https://cals.cornell.edu/jeffrey-j-doyle

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Jake Ferguson

Modeling

Assistant Professor, University of Kentucky

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Pau
Formosa-Jordan

Modeling

Group Leader, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research

https://www.linkedin.com/in/pau-formosa-jordan-2124a12/

https://www.mpipz.mpg.de/formosa

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Rebecca Gonda

Teacher Training

Teaching Associate Professor/Director of Outreach, University of Pittsburgh

http://www.linkedin.com/in/becky-gonda-pitt

http://biology.pitt.edu/k-12-outreach

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Rob Guralnick

Data Science; Ecosystem Scale

Professor and Curator, University of Florida

https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-guralnick-82133a25/

https://www.gurlab.net/

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Stephanie Killingsworth

Teacher Training

SEFS K-12 Education & Outreach Coordinator, University of Florida

https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephanie-killingsworth-b633a3124/

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/earth-systems/scientist-in-every-florida-school/

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David Miller

Assessment

Professor, University of Florida

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Adrienne Roeder

Biological Systems – Arabidopsis

Associate Professor, Cornell University

https://www.linkedin.com/in/adrienne-roeder-2277bb75/

https://roeder.wicmb.cornell.edu/

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Martin Turcotte

Biological Systems – duckweed

Associate Professor, University of Pittsburgh

http://www.martinturcotte.net/

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Yves Van de Peer

Biological Systems – Chlamydomonas; Bioinformatics

Professor, VIB-UGent Center for Plant Systems Biology

https://www.linkedin.com/in/yves-van-de-peer-9795a52/

https://www.vandepeerlab.be/

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Rosana
Zenil-Ferguson

Modeling

Assistant Professor, University of Kentucky

https://roszenil.github.io/

Post-Docs

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Quinten Bafort

Postdoctoral Associate, VIB-UGent Center for Plant Systems Biology

https://www.linkedin.com/in/quinten-bafort-685316250/

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Jonathan P. Spoelhof

Postdoctoral Associate, University of Florida

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Eric G. Yee

Postdoctoral Associate, University of Pittsburgh

https://www.linkedin.com/in/eric-yee-a5011250/

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Archan Chakraborty

Postdoctoral Associate, Duke University 

https://scholars.duke.edu/person/archan.chakrabort

Students

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Hannah Assour

PhD Student, University of Pittsburgh

https://www.linkedin.com/in/hannah-assour/

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Maria Cuervo

PhD Student, University of Florida

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Keila Jellings

PhD Student, University of Pittsburgh

www.linkedin.com/in/keila-jellings-7a3302226

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Lilijana Oliver

PhD Student, Cornell University

https://www.linkedin.com/in/lilijana-oliver-849098178

https://roeder.wicmb.cornell.edu/members/

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Aaron Shipman

PhD Student, Cornell University

https://roeder.wicmb.cornell.edu/members/ 

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Joshua Silva 

PhD Student, Duke University

https://www.foxlabduke.com/

Our team members represent 9 different institutions.

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