Cohort One Roster

  • David Asai, Ph.D.
    Senior Director, Science Education
    Howard Hughes Medical Institute
    asaid@hhmi.org
  • Roberto Frontera-Suau, Ph.D.
    Associate Professor, Department of Biology
    Elizabeth City State University in South
    rfrontera-suau@ecsu.edu
  • Larry Hedges, Ph.D.
    Department Chair and Board of Trustees
    Professor of Statistics
    Northwestern University
    l-hedges@northwestern.edu
  • John Matsui, Ph.D.
    Director, Biological Scholars Program
    Assistant Dean, Biological Sciences
    University of California, Berkeley
    matsui@berkeley.edu
  • Sandy Merino, Ph.D.
    Senior Scientist
    Novozymes, Inc.
    same@novozymes.com
  • Charisse Nartey, Ph.D.
    Research Scientist II
    UT Dallas, Department of Biological Sciences
    charisse.crenshaw@gmail.com
  • Olivier F. Noel, Ph.D.
    Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder
    DNAsimple
    M.D., Ph.D. Candidate
    Pennsylvania State University School of Medicine
    ofn100@psu.edu
  • Pablo R. Sacasa, Ph.D.
    Chair, Department of Chemistry, Physics and Earth Sciences
    Miami-Dade College
    PSacasa1@mdc.edu
  • Sederick C. Rice, Ph.D.
    Assistant Professor of Biology
    University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff
    rices@uapb.edu
  • Fatima Rivas, Ph.D.
    Assistant Professor
    St. Jude’s Children's Research Hospital
    fatima.rivas@stjude.org
  • Ahna Skop, Ph.D.
    Associate Professor
    University of Wisconsin-Madison
    skop@wisc.edu
  • Jessi L. Smith, Ph.D.
    Associate Vice Chancellor for Research
    Professor of Psychology
    University of Colorado, Colorado Springs
    jsmith20@uccs.edu
  • Augusto Tentori, Ph.D.
    Postdoctoral Associate
    Massachusetts Institute
    atentori@mit.edu
  • Ruth Washington, Ph.D.
    Executive Director
    Kent State University
    rwashin6@kent.edu

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