Faculty
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May Berenbaum
Professor and Head of Entomology
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Joy Bergelson
Professor of Genomics
New York University
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Jessica Brinkworth
Associate Professor of Anthropology
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Christopher Brooke
Associate Professor of Microbiology
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Carla Cáceres
Co-PI & Executive Committee Member; Professor of Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Adam Dolezal
Associate Professor of Entomology
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Clay Fuqua
Professor of Biology
Indiana University
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Alexandra Harmon-Threatt
Associate Professor of Entomology
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Katy Heath
she/her/hersPI & Executive Committee Member; Professor of Plant Biology
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Barbara Hug
Teaching Professor
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Angela Kent
Professor of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Jen Lau
Professor of Biology
Indiana University
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Jay Lennon
Professor of Biology
Indiana University
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Amy Marshall-Colon
Associate Professor of Plant Biology
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Jake McKinlay
he/him/hisProfessor of Biology
Indiana University
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William Metcalf
Professor of Microbiology
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Irene Newton
Co-PI & Executive Committee Member; Professor of Biology
Indiana University
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Mercedes Pascual
Co-PI & Executive Committee Member; Professor of Biology and Environmental Studies
New York University
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Zoi Rapti
Professor of Mathematics
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Rebecca Smith
Associate Professor of Pathobiology
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Julia van Kessel
Associate Professor of Biology
Indiana University
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Cari Vanderpool
Professor of Microbiology
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Xindan Wang
Associate Professor of Biology
Indiana University
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Tandy Warnow
Professor and Associate Head of Computer Science
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Rachel Whitaker
Co-PI; Professor of Microbiology
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Anthony Yannarell
Executive Committee Member; Associate Professor of Natural Resources & Environmental Sciences
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Staff
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Edward Andrews
Research Technician
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Michael McKelvey
Website Developer
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Hannah Murray
Lab Technician
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Julia Poel
Professional Learning Facilitator
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Susan Thomas
Program Manager
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Trainees
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Annika Bagazinski
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Tristan Barley
Graduate Student
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Sierra Bedwell
she/herGraduate Student, GEMS Nuggets Chief Editor
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Natalie Belloso
Graduate Student
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Meghan Blaszynski
Graduate Student
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Emma Boehm
Graduate Student
Indiana University
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Andy Buechler
Postdoctoral Researcher
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Emma Bueren
Postdoctoral Researcher
Indiana University
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Lílian Caesar
Postdoctoral Researcher
Indiana University
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Mackenzie Caple
they/sheGraduate Student
Indiana University
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Becky Cloud
Graduate Student
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Hunter Cobbley
Graduate Student
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Karlen Correa Velez
Postdoctoral Researcher
Indiana University
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Jeannette Cullum
Graduate Student
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Choghag Demirjian
Postdoctoral Researcher
New York University
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Danyang Duan
Graduate Student
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Patrick Foy
Graduate Student
Indiana University
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Carrie Ganote
Graduate Student
Indiana University
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Isaiah Goertz
Graduate Student
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Amanda Griffin
Graduate Student
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Anna Grimes
Graduate Student
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Ed Hsieh
Graduate Student
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Ram Sanath Kumar
Graduate Student
Indiana University
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Eric Laderman
Graduate Student
New York University
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Isabelle Lakis
Graduate Student
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Alyssa Lara
Graduate Student
Indiana University
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Logan Hillary Lauren
they/themGraduate Student
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Nicholas Leonardi
Graduate Student
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Shuanger Li
Graduate Student
New York University
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Armun Liaghat
Graduate Student
New York University
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Sergio López-Madrigral
Postdoctoral Researcher
Indiana University
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Hanna Maerkle
Postdoctoral Researcher
New York University
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Allison Megow
Undergraduate Student
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Joselyn Molinar
Graduate Student
Indiana University
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Sam Mowery
Graduate Student
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Megan Myles
Undergraduate Researcher
Indiana University
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Caroline Oldstone-Jackson
Postdoctoral Researcher
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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El Park
Graduate Student
Indiana University
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Sierra Raglin
Postdoctoral Researcher
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Ian Reynolds
Graduate Student
Indiana University
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Chris Robinson
Graduate Student
Indiana University
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Chase Schwarz
Undergraduate Student
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Nina Shearrill
Undergraduate Student
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Olivia Sheff
Graduate Student
Indiana University
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Ivan Sosa Márquez
Graduate Student
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Maddy Spencer
Graduate Student
Indiana University
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Laura Suttenfield
Graduate Student
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Emily Terrill
Curriculum Developer
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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David Vereau Gorbitz
Graduate Student
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Michelle Villalobos
Graduate Student
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Emma Wiesler
Graduate Student
Indiana University
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Patrick Wilson
Graduate Student
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Chloe Yates
she/herGraduate Student
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Thomas Zambiasi
Indiana University
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Ilana Zeitzer
Graduate Student
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Jason Zheng
Graduate Student
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Advisory Board
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Colleen Cavanaugh
Edward C. Jeffrey Professor of Biology, Department of Organismic & Evolutionary Biology
Harvard University
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John McCutcheon
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Professor, School of Life Sciences
Arizona State University
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Margaret McFall-Ngai
Inaugural Director, Division of Biosphere Sciences and Engineering
Carnegie Institution for Science
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Paul Turner
Rachel Carson Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, and Microbiology Faculty
Yale University
Evaluation Team
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Onyinyechukwu Onwuka du Bruyn
Evaluator
University of North Carolina Greensboro
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Gabriel Keney
Graduate Student
University of North Carolina Greensboro
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Aileen Reid
Assistant Professor
University of North Carolina Greensboro
Teachers
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Darienne Ciuro Sanchez
K-12 Teacher
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Laura Hlinka
K-12 Teacher
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Joan Jach
K-12 Teacher
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Kevin Knapik
K-12 Teacher
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Alexandra Murarus
K-12 Teacher
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Alex Riley
K-12 Teacher
Alumni
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Nur Al-Kodmany
Former Undergraduate Student
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Lana Bolin
Former Graduate Student
Indiana University
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Noah Brown
Former Graduate Student
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Mario Cerón Romero
Former Postdoctoral Researcher
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Jayadevi Chandrashekhar
Former Research Scientist
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Alan Collins
Former Postdoctoral Researcher
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Rebecca Doyle
Former Postdoctoral Researcher
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Kristen Farley
Former Postdoctoral Researcher
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Joseph Fernandez
Former Postdoctoral Researcher
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Abdel Halloway
Former Postdoctoral Researcher
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Caleb Hill
Undergraduate Student
Indiana University
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Mia Howard
Former Postdoctoral Researcher
Indiana University
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Canan Karakoç
Former Postdoctoral Researcher
Indiana University
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James Kosmopoulos
Former Undergraduate Student
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Jillian Lewis
Former Undergraduate Student
Indiana University
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Jon Massey
Former Postdoctoral Researcher
Indiana University
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John McMullen
Former Postdoctoral Researcher
Indiana University
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Delaney Miller
Former Graduate Student
Indiana University
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Audrey Parish
Former Graduate Student
Indiana University
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Alex Payne
Former Postdoctoral Researcher
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Kevin Ricks
Former Graduate Student
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Ken Ringwald
Former Postdoctoral Researcher
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Pooja Roy
Former Graduate Student
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Annaliese Wargin
Former Graduate Student
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Joseph Waterton
Former Postdoctoral Researcher
Indiana University
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Paul Zaharias
Former Postdoctoral Researcher
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign