Genetics Leadership
Francisco Pelegri
Position title: Professor & Department Chair
Pronouns: he/him/his
Email:
fjpelegri
Phone: (608) 263-6699
Address:
Genetics and Medical Genetics
Cellular and developmental mechanisms in the vertebrate egg-to-embryo transition, early cell fate specification
Nicole Perna
Position title: Professor & Graduate Program Director
Email:
ntperna
Phone: 608-890-0171
Address:
Genetics
Systems-scale evolutionary genomics of agriculturally, biomedically and industrially significant bacteria
Chris Todd Hittinger
Position title: Professor & Director, J.F. Crow Institute for the Study of Evolution
Email:
cthittinger
Address:
Genetics
Evolutionary genomics of yeast carbon metabolism with applications in brewing and bioenergy
Grants and Financial Services
Larry Van Natta
Position title: Financial Specialist
Email:
lvannatta
Phone: (608) 261-1909
Address:
1420 Genetics Biotechnology Center
Hannah Kurer
Position title: Financial Specialist
Email:
kurer
Phone: 608-262-3345
Address:
1420 Genetics Biotechnology Center
Student Services and Advising
Carin Loewen, PhD
Position title: Instructional Faculty Associate: Teaching and Advising
Email:
cloewen
Phone: 608-265-1855
Address:
1426 Genetics Biotechnology Center
Kit Tilmann, PhD
Position title: Instructional Faculty Associate: Teaching and Advising
Email:
cetilmann
Phone: 608-263-7580
Address:
1428 Genetics Biotechnology Center
Katie Vermillion Kalmon, PhD
Position title: Director of Undergraduate Studies and Faculty Associate: Teaching and Advising
Email:
kvermillion
Phone: 608-265-2865
Address:
1424 Genetics Biotechnology Center
Nick Zumwalde, PhD
Position title: Instructional Faculty Associate: Teaching and Advising
Email:
nazumwalde
Phone: 608-265-5405
Address:
1432 Genetics Biotechnology Center
Martha Reck
Position title: Graduate Program Manager
Email:
mreck2
Address:
1434 Genetics Biotechnology Center
Claire Minor
Position title: Academic Advisor for Genetics/Genomics
Email:
cminor2
Phone: 608-265-7882
Administration
Annie Anderson
Position title: Department Administrator & Assistant to the Chair
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Email:
anne.anderson
Phone: 608-262-3112
Address:
1440 Genetics Biotechnology Center
Nils Irland
Position title: IT Manager
Pronouns: he/him/his
Email:
nirland
Phone: 608-263-9898
Address:
3428 Genetics Biotechnology Center
Leo Barolo Gargiulo
Position title: Communications Specialist
Pronouns: he/him/his
Email:
barologargiu
Address:
1436 Genetics Biotechnology
Wayne Vander Ark
Position title: Facilities Manager
Email:
wayne.vanderark
Address:
B1322 Genetics Biotechnology Center