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Executive Team
Name Title Institution Email Phone
Stephen Goff PI and Project Director, iPlant Collaborative University of Arizona sgoff@iplantcollaborative.org (520) 626-4224
Dan Stanzione Co-PI, iPlant Collaborative University of Texas, Austin dan@tacc.utexas.edu (602) 663-1700

Staff
Name Title Institution Email Phone
Greg Abram Research Scientist University of Texas, Austin gda@tacc.utexas.edu (512) 471-8196
Barb Banbury Postdoc University of Tennessee at Knoxville bbanbury@utk.edu (865) 974-2815
Roger Barthelson Bioinformatics Analyst University of Arizona rogerab@email.arizona.edu (520) 977-5249
Brad Boyle Research Associate University of Arizona bboyle@email.arizona.edu (520) 626-3336
John Cazes CWO Applications Specialist University of Texas, Austin cazes@tacc.utexas.edu (512) 232-5777
Mike Conway Research Associate University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill michael_conway@unc.edu (919) 962-1632
Karen Cranston Project Manager Duke University karen.cranston@nescent.org (919) 613 2275
Rion Dooley Research Engineer University of Texas, Austin dooley@tacc.utexas.edu (512) 475-7886
Andy Edmonds Senior Systems Administrator University of Arizona aedmonds@iplantcollaborative.org (520) 626-4279
Jamie Estill Postdoc University of Georgia at Athens jestill@uga.edu (706) 542-9729
Dmitry Fedorov Researcher University of California, Santa Barbara fedorov@ece.ucsb.edu  
Michael Gatto Systems Programmer, Senior University of Arizona mgatto@iplantcollaborative.org (520) 626-9104
Utkarsh Gaur Associate Specialist University of California, Santa Barbara utkarsh.gaur@yahoo.com  
Damian Gessler Semantic Web Architect University of Arizona dgessler@iplantcollaborative.org (505) 507-6922
Cornel Ghiban Senior Software Developer Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory ghiban@cshl.edu (516) 367-5196
Steven Gregory Systems Administrator University of Arizona esteve@iplantcollaborative.org (520) 626-1468
Matthew Hanlon Research Engineer University of Texas, Austin mrhanlon@tacc.utexas.edu (512) 232-5165
Matthew Helmke Senior Technical Documentation Specialist University of Arizona mhelmke@iplantcollaborative.org (520) 626-1489
Natalie Henriques Assistant Project Manager University of Texas, Austin natalie@tacc.utexas.edu (512) 232-8105
Uwe Hilgert EOT Coordinator University of Arizona hilgert@iplantcollaborative.org (520) 626-1367
Nicole Hopkins Requirements and Quality Analyst University of Arizona nicole@iplantcollaborative.org (520) 626-7390
Eun-Sook Jeong DNALC Multimedia Designer Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory jeong@cshl.edu  
Logan Johnson Scientific Programmer University of Wisconsin, Madison loganjohnson@botany.wisc.edu  
Chris Jordan Senior Operating Systems Specialist University of Texas, Austin ctjordan@tacc.utexas.edu  
Bindu Joseph Postdoc University of California at Davis bjoseph@ucdavis.edu (530) 754-7775
Kathleen Kennedy Quality and Testing Analyst University of Arizona kkennedy@iplantcollaborative.org (520) 626-1481
Mohammed Khalfan Bioinformatics Programmer Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory mkhalfan@cshl.edu (516) 367-5162
Lars Koesterke Research Associate University of Texas, Austin lars@tacc.utexas.edu (512) 232-5190
Sangeeta Kuchimanchi Infrastructure Services Integrator University of Arizona sangeeta@email.arizona.edu (520) 626-0576
Kristian Kvilekval Researcher University of California, Santa Barbara kris@cs.ucsb.edu (805)636-1599
Sue Lauter DNALC Creative Director Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory lauter@cshl.edu  
Tina Lee Special Assistant University of Arizona tinal@iplantcollaborative.org (520) 626-0957
Andrew Lenards Software Engineer University of Arizona lenards@iplantcollaborative.org (520) 626-8848
Jerry Lu iPToL Engagement Team Analyst Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory luj@cshl.edu (636) 288-4160
Eric Lyons Researcher and Sr. Scientific Developer University of Arizona elyons@iplantcollaborative.org (520) 626-5070
Naim Matasci iPToL Engagement Team Scientific Lead University of Arizona nmatasci@iplantcollaborative.org (520) 626-3756
Sheldon McKay Education, Outreach, Training Manager DNA Learning Center sheldon@iplantcollaborative.org (203) 701-9204
Dave Micklos Education, Outreach & Training (EOT) Lead Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory micklos@cshl.edu (516) 367-5172
Martha Narro Senior Projects Coordinator University of Arizona narro@email.arizona.edu (520) 626-6814
Christos Noutsos Postdoc Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory cnoutsos@cshl.edu (516) 367-6977
Shannon Oliver Technical Documentation Specialist University of Arizona soliver@iplantcollaborative.org (520) 626-7697
J. Matt Peterson Software Engineer, Infrastructure University of Arizona jmatt@iplantcollaborative.org (520) 626-9057
Solon Pissis Postdoc Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies (HITS) solon.pissis@h-its.org  
Juan Antonio Raygoza Garay Software Engineer University of Arizona raygoza@iplantcollaborative.org (520) 626-1475
Dennis Roberts Senior Software Engineer University of Arizona dennis@iplantcollaborative.org (520) 626-9006
Brad Ruhfel Postdoc University of Florida ruhfel@ufl.edu (352) 392-3704
Jerry Schneider QA Manager University of Arizona jerry@iplantcollaborative.org (520) 626-7909
Bruce Schumaker Accountant, Senior University of Arizona bschumak@iplantcollaborative.org (520) 626-4221
Edwin Skidmore Assistant Director, Infrastructure University of Arizona edwin@iplantcollaborative.org (520) 621-0011
Sriram Srinivasan Software Engineer University of Arizona sriram@iplantcollaborative.org (520) 626-8995
Mary Margaret Sprinkle Special Assistant University of Arizona marys@iplantcollaborative.org (520) 626-4219
Chunlao Tang Postdoc Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory ctang@cshl.edu  
Matthew Vaughn iPG2P Engagement Team Scientific Lead University of Texas, Austin vaughn@tacc.utexas.edu (512) 475-9411
Lin Wang Postdoc Cornell University lw374@cornell.edu (607) 254-6747
Liya Wang Scientific Informantics Analyst Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory wangli@cshl.edu (516) 367-8404
Fusheng Wei iPG2P Engagement Team Analyst University of Arizona fushengw@iplantcollaborative.org (520) 626-8492
Jason Williams DNALC iPlant Partnership Coordinator Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory williams@cshl.edu (516) 367-5186
John Wregglesworth Software Engineer University of Arizona wregglesj@iplantcollaborative.org (520) 626-1496
Weijia Xu Research Associate University of Texas, Austin xwj@tacc.utexas.edu (512) 232-7158

Faculty
Name Title Department Institution Email Phone
Ali Akoglu Faculty Collaborator Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Arizona akoglu@ece.arizona.edu (520) 626-5149
Greg Andrews Faculty Advisor Computer Science University of Arizona greg@cs.arizona.edu (520) 621-4239
Kobus Barnard Faculty Collaborator Computer Science University of Arizona kobus@cs.arizona.edu (520) 621-4237
Susan Brown Faculty Advisor Management & Information Systems University of Arizona suebrown@eller.arizona.edu (520) 626-8330
Thomas Brutnell Faculty Collaborator Plant Sciences Donald Danforth Plant Science Center Email Here (314) 587-1485
Gordon Burleigh Assistant Professor University of Florida ghurleigh@ufl.edu (352) 392-2776
Michael Donoghue Faculty Collaborator Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Yale University michael.donoghue@yale.edu (203) 432-2074
Casey Dunn Faculty Collaborator Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Brown University Casey_Dunn@Brown.edu (401)863-2100
Brian Enquist Faculty Collaborator Ecology and Evolutionary Biology University of Arizona benquist@email.arizona.edu (520) 626-3329
Ruth Grene Faculty Collaborator Plant Pathology, Physiology, and Weed Science Virginia Tech grene@vt.edu (540) 231-6761
John Hartman Faculty Collaborator Computer Science University of Arizona jhh@cs.arizona.edu (520) 621-2733
Matthew Hudson Faculty Collaborator Crop Sciences University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaine mhudson@illinois.edu (217) 244-8096
Dan Kliebenstein Faculty Collaborator Plant Sciences University of California at Davis kliebenstein@ucdavis.edu (530) 754-7775
Jim Leebens-Mack Faculty Collaborator Plant Biology University of Georgia at Athens jleebensmack@plantbio.uga.edu (706) 583-5573
David Lowenthal Faculty Collaborator Computer Sceince University of Arizona dkl@cs.arizona.edu (520) 626 8282
B.S. Manjunath Faculty Collaborator Electrical and Computer Engineering University of California at Santa Barbara manj@ece.ucsb.edu (805) 893 7112
Robert Martienssen Faculty Collaborator Plant Genetics Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory martiens@cshl.edu (516) 367-8322
Nirav Merchant Faculty Advisor iPlant Collaborative University of Arizona nirav@email.arizona.edu (520) 621-8379
David Neale Faculty Collaborator Plant Sciences University of California at Davis dbneale@ucdavis.edu (530) 754-8431
Brian O'Meara Faculty Collaborator ecology and Evolutionary Biology University of Tennessee at Knoxville bomeara@utk.edu (865) 974-2804
Sudha Ram Faculty Advisor Management Information Systems University of Arizona ram@eller.arizona.edu (520) 621-2748
David Salt Faculty Collaborator Horticulture and Landscape Architecture Purdue University, University of Aberdeen dsalt@purdue.edu (765) 494-0391
Mark Schildhauer Faculty Collaborator Director of Computing National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis schild@nceas.ucsb.edu (805) 892-2509
Stephen A. Smith Faculty Collaborator Ecology and Evolutionary Biology University of Michigan, Ann Arbor stephen_a_smith@brown.edu  
Doug Soltis Faculty Collaborator Biology University of Florida dsoltis@ufl.edu (352) 273-1963
Pam Soltis Faculty Collaborator Biology University of Florida psoltis@ufl.edu (352) 273-1964
Edgar Spalding Faculty Collaborator Botany University of Wisconsin, Madison spalding@wisc.edu (608) 265-5294
Alexandros Stamatakis Faculty Collaborator Research and Technology Institute for Computer Science, Heraklion, Greece stamatak@ics.forth.gr +30 2810 391672
Ann Stapleton Faculty Advisor Marine Biology University of North Carolina, Wilmington stapletona@uncw.edu (910) 962-7267
Lincoln Stein Faculty Advisor Bioinformatics Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory lstein@cshl.edu (416) 673-8514
Val Tannen Faculty Collaborator Computer and Information Science University of Pennsylvania val@cis.upenn.edu (215) 898-2665
Todd Vision Faculty Collaborator Biology University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill tjv@bio.unc.edu (919) 843-4507
Doreen Ware Faculty Advisor Genomics and Bioinformatics CSHL/USDA ARS ware@cshl.edu (516) 367-6979
Steve Welch Faculty Collaborator Agronomy Kansas State University welchsm@ksu.edu (785) 532-7236
Mark Westneat Faculty Collaborator Curator and Chair of Zoology Field Museum of Natural History mwestneat@fieldmuseum.org (312) 665-7734

Students
Name Title Institution Email Phone
Peter Bailey Graduate Student, CS University of Arizona pbailey@email.arizona.edu  
Jeremy Beaulieu Graduate Student, EEB Yale University jeremy.beaulieu@yale.edu  
Devi Bhattacharya Graduate Student, MIS University of Arizona dbhattac@email.arizona.edu  
Storme Briscoe Student Software Developer University of Arizona stormeb@email.arizona.edu (520) 626-1483
Yi-Da Chen Graduate Student, MIS University of Arizona ydchenb@email.arizona.edu  
John Donoghue Research Intern, Botanical Informatics and Geospatial Analysis University of Arizona donoghue@email.arizona.edu (520) 621-1588
Sneha Jahdav Student Test Engineer University of Arizona snehajahdav@iplantcollaborative.org (520) 626-1483
Yekatarina Kharitanova Graduate Student, CS University of Arizona ykk@email.arizona.edu  
Chris La Rose Student Systems Engineer University of Arizona  cjlarose@iplantcollaborative.org  
Monica Lent Student Webmaster/Designer University of Arizona mlent@iplantcollaborative.org (520) 626-1468
Amgad Madkour Plant Adaptation Programer Purdue University amgad@purdue.edu  
Aniruddha Marathe Graduate Student, CS University of Arizona anaratge@email.arizona.edu  
Kurt Michels Student Statistical Analyst, iPToL University of Arizona kamichels@math.arizona.edu (520) 621-7154
Andrew Predoehl Graduate Student, CS University of Arizona predoehl@email.arizona.edu  
Gregory Striemer Graduate Student, ECE University of Arizona gstrie@email.arizona.edu  
Jason Vandeventer Graduate Student, CS University of North Carolina, Wilmington jmv8649@uncw.edu  
Kuan Yang Graduate Student, CS Virginia Tech yangkuan81@gmail.edu