Present:
Collaborators:
Vera Evenson: Curator, Sam Mitchel Herbarium of Fungi
Ed Gilbert: ASU Biodiversity Informatician, Faculty Research Associate
Dr. Peter Kennedy: Associate Professor, UMN Plant Biology Dept.
Dr. Linda Kinkel: Professor, UMN Plant Pathology Dept.
Dr. Andrew Miller: Mycologist, UIUC, Illinois Natural History Survey
Dr. Barbara Thiers: Patricia K. Holmgren Director, William and Lynda Steere Herbarium
Erik Wardenaar: Assistant Portal Manager, Bell Museum of Natural History
Dr. Zewei Song: Postdoc Research Scholar, UMN, Plant Pathology Dept.
Students:
Samantha Jurecki (Graduate), Purdue Univ. Northwest, Dept. of Biological Sciences, Westville, IN – aquatic ecology and bioinformatics (spring 2018 - present)
Nicole Switzer (Undergraduate), Purdue Univ. Northwest, Dept. of Biological Sciences, Westville, IN – microbial ecology and molecular biology (summer 2018 - present)
Nate Tobey (Undergraduate), Purdue Univ. Northwest, Dept. of Biological Sciences, Westville, IN – fungal ecology and bioinformatics (summer 2018)
Tim Clemons (Undergraduate), Purdue Univ. Northwest, Dept. of Biological Sciences, Westville, IN – fungal taxonomy and molecular biology (fall 2017)
Chris Miller* (Graduate), Purdue Univ. Northwest, Dept. of Biological Sciences, Hammond, IN – microbial ecological and bioinformatics (fall 2017 - present)
Justin Golday* (Graduate), Purdue Univ. Northwest, Dept. of Biological Sciences, Westville, IN – mycology and molecular biology (fall 2017 - present)
John Downing (Undergraduate), Purdue Univ. Northwest, Dept. of Biological Sciences, Westville, IN – mycology and molecular biology (spring 2017)
Taylor Smith-Graber* (Graduate), Indiana Univ./Purdue Univ. Ft. Wayne, Dept. of Biology, Ft. Wayne, IN – microbial ecological analyses (fall 2016 – spring 2017)
Chris Weliczko (Undergraduate), Purdue Univ. Northwest, Dept. of Biological Sciences, Westville, IN – molecular biology (spring 2017)
Mattison Chayhitz (Undergraduate), Purdue Univ. Northwest, Dept. of Biological Sciences, Westville, IN – fungal taxonomy and molecular biology (spring 2016)
Jamie Price (Undergraduate), Indiana Univ./Purdue Univ. Ft. Wayne, Dept. of Biology, Ft. Wayne, IN – high-throughput sequencing and microbial ecological analyses (spring 2016)
Rachel Kunnen (Undergraduate), Purdue Univ. Northwest, Dept. of Biological Sciences, Westville, IN – mycology and molecular biology (spring 2016 - fall 2017)
Victoria Conn (Undergraduate), Purdue Univ. North Central, Dept. of Biology and Chemistry, Westville, IN – mycology and molecular biology (fall 2015)
Past:
Student Workers:
Neal Callinan: CFANS undergraduate student, lab personnel
Rebecca Gross: CFANS graduate student, MaCC specimen digitzer
Jenna McClay: CFANS undergraduate student, MaCC specimen digitzer
Mara Taft: CFANS graduate student, MaCC specimen digitzer
Luke Ratgen: CFANS undergraduate student, lab personnel
Mentors:
Dr. Noah Fierer: Associate Professor, CU Boulder, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Dr. Ferran Garcia-Pichel: Dean of Natural Sciences, ASU, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Dr. Thomas H. Nash III: Senior Scientist, UW, ASU Emeritus Professor
Dr. Robby Roberson: Associate Professor, ASU, School of Life Sciences