BEACON Center Management
Director: Erik Goodman (goodman@egr.msu.edu)
Deputy Director: Charles Ofria (charles.ofria@gmail.com)
Managing Director: Danielle Whittaker (djwhitta@msu.edu)
Education Director: Louise Mead lsmead@msu.edu
Diversity Director: Judi Brown Clarke (jbc@msu.edu)
Industrial Affiliates Manager: Betty Cheng (chengb@cse.msu.edu)
Administrative Assistant: Connie James (jamesc at msu.edu)
Accounts Manager: Darcie Zubek (zubek at msu.edu)
Click here for BEACON organizational chart
Michigan State University
Faculty
| Chris Adami | |
| Marilyn Amey | |
| Andy Anderson | |
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Peter Bates batesp@msu.edu 517-353-4875 |
| Johannes Bauer | |
| Wolfgang Bauer | |
| Subir Biswas | |
| Jenny Boughman — genetics & adaptation, communities and speciation | |
| Adam Brown — Artist in Residence | |
| C. Titus Brown | |
| Betty HC Cheng — Industrial Affiliates Manager, Executive Committee Member, Researcher and MSU Co-PI | |
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Judi Brown Clarke — Diversity Director jbc@msu.edu 517-353-5985 |
| Jeffrey Conner | |
| Kalyanmoy Deb — Professor | |
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John (Jack) R Deller Jr deller@egr.msu.edu |
| Kurt DeMaagd | |
| Ian Dworkin | |
| Fred Dyer | |
| Diane Ebert-May | |
| Heather Eisthen | |
| Richard Enbody | |
| Walt Esselman | |
| Maren Friesen | |
| Alex Games | |
| Thomas Getty — Executive Committee Member, Chair, EHRD Steering Committee | |
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Erik David Goodman — Director, researcher goodman@egr.msu.edu 517-355-6453 |
| Katherine Gross | |
| Brendan Guenther | |
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Robert Heckendorn — Visiting Scholar |
| Kay E. Holekamp — Executive Committee Member | |
| Julius Hamilton Jackson jhjacksn@msu.edu |
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| Ning Jiang | |
| Jilda M. Keck-Anhony | |
| Drew Kim | |
| Chris Klausmeier | |
| Jennifer A. Lau | |
| Jay Lennon | |
| Richard Lenski — Executive Committee Member | |
| Elena Litchman | |
| Barbara Lundrigan | |
| Linda S. Mansfield — Professor of Microbiology | |
| Philip McKinley | |
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Louise Souther Mead lsmead@msu.edu 517-884-2560 |
| Gary Morgan | |
| Muraleedharan Nair | |
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Carlos David Navarrete cdn@msu.edu |
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Charles Ofria — Deputy Director, Executive Committee Member ofria@msu.edu 517-884-2562 |
| Scott Peacor | |
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Robert T. Pennock — Executive Committee Member |
| Percy Pierre — Chair, Diversity Steering Committee, Executive Committee Member | |
| William Punch — Executive Committee Member | |
| Thomas Schmidt | |
| Kim Scribner | |
| Alexander Shingleton | |
| Shin-Han Shiu | |
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James Smith jimsmith@msu.edu 517-432-2029 |
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Xiaobo Tan xbtan@egr.msu.edu 517-432-5671 |
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Srinivasan Arjun Tekalur tsarjun@egr.msu.edu 5178841608 |
| Stephen Thomas | |
| Eric Torng | |
| Chris Waters | |
| Ethan Watrall | |
| Tim Whitehead | |
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Danielle J. Whittaker — Research Scientist djwhitta@msu.edu 517-884-2561 |
| Barry L Williams |
Postdoc
| Frank Norman Bartlett III | |
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Zachary Blount |
| Erick Cardenas | |
| Christopher H. Chandler | |
| Idelle Cooper — Damselfly evolution and anthropogenic change | |
| Aditi Gupta | |
| Arend Hintze ahintze@mac.com |
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| Jason Keagy keagy@msu.edu |
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| Dave Knoester | |
| Liliana Lettieri | |
| Yunbao Liu | |
| James Jeffrey Morris | |
| Kanchan Amol Pavangadkar | |
| Will Pitchers | |
| Noah Ribeck | |
| Matt Rupp | |
| R. Craig Stillwell | |
| Tracy Teal | |
| Kevin R Theis | |
| Robin Tinghitella | |
| Prakarn Unachak — Research Associate | |
| Aaron Wagner | |
| Dylan Weese | |
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Bjørn Østman |
Graduate Student
| Ahmad Abdulsadda | |
| Carlos Anderson | |
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Brian D. Baer — Test baerb@msu.edu 517-884-2568 |
| Sanaz Bazaz Behbahani | |
| Andrew Booms | |
| Eric Bruger | |
| David Michael Bryson | |
| Alita Burmeister | |
| Chad Byers | |
| Katy Califf | |
| Rosangela Canino-Koning | |
| Jessica Caton | |
| Sam Chapman | |
| Amanda Charbonneau | |
| Sudarshan Chari | |
| Tithi Chattopadhyay | |
| Nicolas Chaumont — Support staff | |
| Tony Joseph Clark | |
| Jacob Clifford | |
| Brian Connelly | |
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Daniel Joel Couvertier couverti@msu.edu |
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Kari Dammerman dammerma@msu.edu |
| Ben Dantzer | |
| Michael DeNieu | |
| Austin Dreyer | |
| Nerva Espinosa | |
| Stephen Fawley — Graduate Student | |
| Blair Fleet | |
| Andrew Flies | |
| Erik Fredericks | |
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Sara C Garnett garnett3@msu.edu |
| Julia Greenberg | |
| Jiarong Guo | |
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Christopher Hamm |
| Evin Hildebrandt | |
| Rayshawn Holbrook | |
| Ken Horne | |
| Adina S. Howe | |
| Paige Howell | |
| Adam Jensen | |
| John Paul Jerome | |
| Anya Elaine Johnson — Graduate Researcher | |
| Deirdre Johnson | |
| Timothy Johnson | |
| Sarah Jones | |
| Mark Kauth — Masters Student kauthmar@msu.edu |
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| Melissa Kjelvik — Research Assistant kjelvikm@msu.edu |
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| Cory Brandon Kohn | |
| Kurtulus Kok | |
| Kendall Koning | |
| Colin Kremer | |
| James Michael Kremer | |
| Cara Krieg | |
| Raffica La Rosa | |
| Alycia Lackey | |
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Amy Lark majchrz1@msu.edu |
| Megan Larsen larsenm9@msu.edu |
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| Nora Lewin | |
| Yu Liang | |
| Jose Rafael Llera | |
| Elijah Kariem Lowe | |
| Rohan Maddamsetti | |
| Melissa McDonald | |
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Justin Meyer meyerju3@msu.edu |
| Beth Miller | |
| Masoud Mirmomeni | |
| Tracy Montgomery | |
| Jared Moore | |
| Mario Muscarella | |
| Kristen Nolting | |
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Randy Olson — Graduate Research Assistant |
| Christian Orlic | |
| Anu Pakanati | |
| Gowon Patterson | |
| Alexander Peer | |
| Jason Andrew Pell | |
| Tasneem Pierce | |
| Benjamin Pursley | |
| Andres Ramirez | |
| Diana Ramos-Gonzalez | |
| Jesus Rivera | |
| Benjamin Roller | |
| Matthew James Rose — graduate student rosemat6@msu.edu |
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| Anne Royer | |
| Matt Ryerkerk | |
| Jorden Schossau | |
| Byron Smith | |
| Yuanjie Su | |
| Suga Subramaniam | |
| Eli Swanson | |
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Nick Testa testanic@msu.edu |
| Mridul K. Thomas | |
| Keara Towery | |
| John Eric Trahan Jr. — Sloan Fellow trahanjo@msu.edu 504-621-9987 |
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| Caroline Turner | |
| Julie Turner | |
| Michelle Vogel | |
| Brian Wade | |
| Bess Walker | |
| Jianxun Wang | |
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Emily Grace Weigel — Graduate Research Assistant weigelem@msu.edu |
| Marc Anthony Wiseman | |
| Michael Wiser | |
| Luis Zaman | |
| Qingpeng Zhang |
Undergraduate Student
| Asheley Adams | |
| Alexis Ball | |
| Daniel Beck | |
| Hannah Marie Caffee | |
| Mairin Chesney | |
| Suhas Devangam | |
| Devin Dobias | |
| Malcolm Doering | |
| Jaime Dupuie | |
| Matt Durak | |
| Isaac Fine | |
| Claire Freeman | |
| Zoe Getman Pickering | |
| Robert Gross | |
| Victoreea Harris | |
| Nathan Isaac Johns — Undergraduate Researcher | |
| Mark Kauth kauthmar@msu.edu |
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| Desmond A. Kilgo | |
| Ben MacNeille | |
| Antoni Malachowski | |
| Jenna Parker | |
| Owen Pierce | |
| Gillian Fay Reily | |
| Heather Richards heather.richards47@gmail.com |
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| Jennifer Schmidt | |
| Jacob Walker | |
| Lisa Warner — Affiliate | |
| Grayson Wright — Undergrad Research Assistant |
Staff
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Brian D. Baer — Programmer Analyst baerb@msu.edu 517-884-2568 |
| David Michael Bryson — Information Technologist I | |
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Judi Brown Clarke — Diversity Director jbc@msu.edu 517-353-5985 |
| Spencer Crew | |
| Julie Fick | |
| Neerja Hajela | |
| Lora Helou | |
| Cathy Huddy | |
| Lori Hudson | |
| Connie James — Administrative Assistant | |
| Melissa Kjelvik kjelvikm@msu.edu |
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| Brian Klahn | |
| Aaron Kruch | |
| Jeannine Lee | |
| Tammy Long | |
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Louise Souther Mead — Education Director lsmead@msu.edu 517-884-2560 |
| Kaben Gabriel Nanlohy | |
| Rachel Prunier | |
| Julie Ryan | |
| Stephen Thomas | |
| Donna Ullrich | |
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Danielle J. Whittaker — Managing Director djwhitta@msu.edu 517-884-2561 |
| Darcie Zubek |
Other
| Wendy Johnson wjohnson@lansingcatholic.org |
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| Ed Kabara | |
| Chengju Liu | |
| Steven Thomas |
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
Faculty
| Matthew Armstrong | |
| Marwan Bikdash | |
| Goldie Byrd | |
| Gerry Dozier — Partner Lead, Executive Committee Member | |
| Albert Esterline | |
| Gregory Goins | |
| Joseph L Graves Jr. — Executive Committee Member | |
| Jian Han | |
| Scott H. Harrison | |
| Randall Hayes | |
| Abdollah Homaifar Dr. | |
| Gary Lebby | |
| Elimelda Moige Ongeri | |
| R Kevin Rippin | |
| Chad Rohrbacher — English Department cmrohrba@ncat.edu 336-285-4455 |
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| Paul M. Stanfield | |
| Allison Walker | |
| Catherine Dinitra White cdwhite@ncat.edu |
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| Anna Huiming Yu | |
| Justin Zhan |
Postdoc
Graduate Student
| Morlue Eesiah | |
| Wen Fang | |
| Kenneth Jones | |
| Mshobozi Kamugisha | |
| Derrick A. Leflore | |
| Shonique Miller | |
| Marya Pearson | |
| Joseph Shelton | |
| Derrick Tabron | |
| Patrick Wanko ptwanko@ncat.edu |
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| Charles Winley Jr. | |
| Abrham Workineh |
Undergraduate Student
| Joshua Adams | |
| Lauren Branch — podcast webmaster |
Staff
| Yolanda Baker — Program Manager | |
| Carter Bing | |
| Wanda Boone |
Other
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Catherine M Scott — Research Assistant |
University of Idaho
Faculty
| Alan Caplan | |
| Mark Edwards | |
| Sanford Eigenbrode | |
| Larry Forney | |
| James Arthur Foster — Partner Lead, Executive Committee Member | |
| Luke Harmon | |
| Patricia Hartzell | |
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Robert Heckendorn |
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Paul Hohenlohe hohenlohe@uidaho.edu |
| Steve Krone | |
| Craig McGowan | |
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Mark McGuire MMCGUIRE@uidaho.edu 208-885-7683 |
| Michael O’Rourke | |
| Andrzej Paszczynski | |
| Bree Rosenblum | |
| Terence Soule | |
| Jack Sullivan | |
| David C. Tank | |
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Eva Top evatop@uidaho.edu 208-885-5015 |
| Holly Wichman |
Postdoc
| Joseph W. Brown | |
| Jonathan Eastman | |
| Jonathan Eastman | |
| Martina Ederer | |
| Anne K. Gutmann | |
| Wesley Loftie-Eaton wesleyl@uidaho.edu 208-885-8858 |
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| Hirokazu Yano |
Graduate Student
| Daniel Beck | |
| Simone Des Roches | |
| Travis DeVault | |
| Sarah Fremgen | |
| Travis Hagey | |
| Tyler Hether | |
| Julie M. Marie Hughes | |
| Hannah Marx | |
| Daniel Norris | |
| Matt Pennell | |
| Matthew Pennell | |
| Thomas Poorten | |
| Pavitra Roychoudhury | |
| Joshua David Rubini | |
| Brice Andrew James Sarver bsarver1337@gmail.com |
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| Simon Uribe-Convers |
Undergraduate Student
| Brian Lohman | |
| Marissa Raish | |
| Ryan Simmons | |
| Mike Solomon |
Staff
| Mitch D Day |
Other
| Katarzyna Dziewanowsak | |
| Bruce Mobarry |
University of Texas at Austin
Faculty
| Chandrajit lal Bajaj — Research Professor | |
| Jeffrey E Barrick | |
| James Bull | |
| David Cannatella | |
| Lydia Contreras | |
| Molly Cummings | |
| Andrew D Ellington | |
| Andrew Ellington | |
| David Hillis | |
| Lauren Meyers | |
| Risto Miikkulainen — Executive Committee Member, Partner Lead | |
| Anthony J. Petrosino | |
| Peter Stone | |
| Edward C Theriot | |
| Claus Wilke | |
| Harold Zakon |
Postdoc
| Arthur W Covert III | |
| Uli Grasemann | |
| Gwendolyn M Stovall |
Graduate Student
| Matt Ashworth | |
| Erkin Bahceci | |
| Julian Bishop | |
| Damien Caillaud | |
| Craig Corcoran | |
| Laura Crothers | |
| Dakota Derryberry | |
| Adam Dziuk | |
| Peter Enyeart | |
| Eliana Feasley | |
| Eben Gering | |
| Michael Hammerling | |
| Tony Hwang | |
| Igor Valerievich Karpov | |
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Thomas Erasmus Keller thomas.e.keller@gmail.com 5126387167 |
| Daniel Lessin | |
| Ben Liebeskind | |
| Alan Lockett | |
| Jeanine Abrams McLean | |
| Emily Jane McTavish | |
| Eamon O’Dea | |
| Erik Quandt | |
| Padmini Rajagopalan | |
| Aditya Rawal | |
| Brian Renda | |
| Michael Scherrer | |
| Jacob Schrum | |
| Anand Subramoney | |
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Wesley Tansey |
| Ammon Thompson | |
| Lindsey Wolf | |
| April Wright |
Undergraduate Student
| Jared Carlson-Stevermer | |
| Michael Ledbetter |
Staff
| Laurie Alvarez | |
| Christina Cid | |
| Sarah L. Simmons — EHRD Representative |
Other
University of Washington
Faculty
| Virginia Armbrust | |
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Carl Bergstrom |
| Joe Felsenstein | |
| E. Pete Greenberg | |
| Benjamin Kerr — Executive Committee Member, Partner Lead | |
| Eric Klavins | |
| Adam Leache | |
| Vladimir Minin | |
| John Mittler | |
| Jeffrey A Riffell | |
| Herbert Sauro | |
| Georg Seelig | |
| Wenying Shou | |
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Billie J. Swalla — University of Washington Education Coordinator bjswalla@u.washington.edu |
Postdoc
| Josephine Chandler | |
| Heather Goldsby goldsby@uw.edu |
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| Charlotte Konikoff — Researcher | |
| Babak Momeni | |
| S. Brook Peterson | |
| Sean Sleight — Mutational robustness in genetic circuits |
Graduate Student
| Bryan Bartley | |
| Deepak Chandran | |
| Peter Conlin | |
| Jake Cooper | |
| Christal Eshelman | |
| Michal Galdzicki | |
| Carrie Glenney | |
| Max Maliska | |
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Joshua Richard Nahum |
| Sonia Singhal singhal@u.washington.edu |
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| Lauren Elizabeth Vandepas | |
| Adam Waite |
Undergraduate Student
| Kristin Andrykovich | |
| Brittany Harding | |
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Lena Jewelene Perry lenaper@u.washington.edu 206-616-9366 |
| Jose Mario Pineda | |
| Ceri Weber | |
| Peter Xihua Wu xpw@uw.edu |
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| Model Zerfu |
Staff
| Katie Dickinson | |
| Haley Lindsey | |
| Diane Quinn | |
| Julie K. Stein |
Other
| Aric Capel |
