Research Coordination Network
Steering Committee

​Seung Yon Rhee,
PhD

Michigan State University

Ken Birnbaum,
​PhD

New York University​

Julia Bailey-Serres,
PhD

University of California, Riverside

Siobhan Brady,
​PhD

University of California, Davis

​David Ehrhardt,
​PhD

Carnegie Institution for Science

Marisa Otegui,
PhD

University of Wisconsin

Nicholas Provart,
​PhD

University of Toronto

 

2023-2024
Research Coordination Network Committees

Click on the committee names below to learn more about the PCA RCN committee members.

Computation, Modeling, & AI Committee

Committee Lead

Shao-shan Carol Huang, PhD

New York University

Committee Members

• George Bassel (University of Warwick, UK)
• Stefania Giacomello (SciLifeLab, Sweden)
• Cornelia Hooper (University of Western Australia, Australia)
• Dae Kwan Ko (Michigan State University, USA)
• Mao Li (Donald Danforth Center, USA)
• Terri Long (North Carolina State University, USA)
• Kangmei Zhao (Carnegie Institution for Science, USA)
  

Comparative Biology & Evolution Committee

Committee Lead

Luke Nikolov,
PhD

Indiana University

Committee Members

• Andrew Farmer (National Center for Genome Resources, USA)
• Aman Husbands (University of Pennsylvania, USA)
• Gergo Palfalvi (Max Planck Institute, Germany)
• Clay Wright (Virginia Polytechnic University, USA)
  

Data Management & Infrastructure Committee

Committee Leads

Benjamin Cole,
​PhD

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Noah Fahlgren,
​PhD

Donald Danforth Center

Committee Members

• George Bassel (University of Warwick, UK)
• Alex Borowsky (University of California, Riverside, USA)
• Luigi Di Costanzo (University of Naples Federico II, Italy)
• Andrew Farmer (National Center for Genome Resources, USA)
• Fabio Gomez Cano (Michigan State University, USA)
• Sharon Greenblum (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA)
• Dae Kwan Ko (Michigan State University, USA)
• Michael Passalacqua (Cold Spring Harbor Lab, USA)
• Maria (Maite) Teresa Saura Sanchez (VIB-U Ghent, Belgium)
• Rachel Shahan (Duke University, USA)
• Felix Shaw (Earlham Institute, UK)
• Qiuming Yao (University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA)
  

Imaging Committee

Committee Lead

Kirk Czymmek,
​PhD

Donald Danforth Center

Committee Members

• Christopher Anderton (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA)
• Yoselin Benitez-Alfonso (University of Leeds, UK)
• Tessa Burch-Smith (Donald Danforth Center, USA)
• Georgia Drakakaki (University of California, Davis, USA)
• David Ehrhardt (Carnegie Institute for Science, USA)
  
• Michelle Facette (University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA)
  
• Suryatapa Ghosh (Claremont McKenna College, USA)
• Kun Huang (Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, USA)
• Charlotte Kirchhelle (ENS Lyon, France)
  
• Heather McFarlane (University of Toronto, Canada)
• Marc Libault (University of Missouri-Columbia, USA)
• Batthula Vijaya Lakshmi Vadde (Cornell University, USA)

Metabolomics Committee

Committee Lead

Christopher Anderton, PhD

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Committee Members

• Amir Ahkami (Pacific Northwest National Lab, USA)
• Sibongile Mafu (University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA)
• Toshihiro Obata (University of Nebraska, Lincoln, USA)
• Aleksandra Skirycz (Boyce Thompson Institute, USA)
  

Outreach Committee

Committee Lead

Luigi Di Costanzo, PhD

University of Naples Federico II

Committee Members

• Kevin Cox (Donald Danforth Center, USA)
• Alejandro Fonseca Cárdenas (Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden)
• Margaret Frank (Cornell University, USA)
• Terry Jackson (Virginia State University, USA)
• Elena Lazarus (Michigan State University, USA)
• Sam Leiboff (Oregon State University, USA)
• Tie Liu (University of Florida, USA)
• Heather McFarlane (University of Toronto, Canada)
• Selena Rice (Michigan State University, USA)
  

Phenomics Committee

Committee Lead

Margaret Frank,
​PhD

Cornell University

Committee Members

• Amir Ahkami (Pacific Northwest National Lab, USA)
• Noah Fahlgren (Donald Danforth Center, USA)
• Mao Li (Donald Danforth Center, USA)
• R. Glen Uhrig (University of Alberta, Canada)
  

Plant Cell Type & State Rubrics Committee

Committee Lead

Ken Birnbaum,
​PhD

New York University​

Committee Members

• Julia Baliey-Serres (University of California, Riverside, USA)
• Jenn Brophy (Stanford University, USA)
• Benjamin Cole (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA)
• Stefania Giacomello (SciLifeLab, Sweden)
• Natanella Illouz-Eliaz (Salk Institute for Biological Studies, USA)
• Kaisa Kajala (Utrecht University, Netherlands)
• Luke Nikolov (Indiana University, USA)
• Trevor Nolan (Duke University, USA)
• Gergo Palfalvi (Max Planck Institute, Germany)
• Noé Perron (University of Florida, USA)
• Bryan Ramirez-Corona (University of Washington, USA)
• Pallavi Singh (University of Essex, United Kingdom)
• Olivia Wilkins (University of Manitoba, Canada)
• Mingyuan Zhu (Duke University, USA)
  

Proteomics Committee

Committee Lead

R. Glen Uhrig,
​PhD

University of Alberta​

Committee Members

• Amir Ahkami (Pacific Northwest National Lab, USA)
• Maite Colinas (Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Germany)
• Dior Kelley (Iowa State University, USA)
• Devang Mehta (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium)
• Justin Walley (Iowa State University, USA)
• Zhiyong Wang (Carnegie Institution for Science, USA)
• Shouling Xu (Carnegie Institution for Science, USA)

Single-cell Sequencing Committee

Committee Leads

Kevin Cox, Jr
​PhD

Donald Danforth Center

Rachel Shahan,
​PhD

Duke University​

Committee Members

• Benjamin Cole (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA)
• Stefania Giacomello (SciLifeLab, Sweden)
• Fabio Gomez Cano (Michigan State University, USA)
• Marc Libault (University of Missouri-Columbia, USA)
• Trevor Nolan (Duke University, USA)
• Gergo Palfalvi (Max Planck Institute, Germany)
• Batthula Vijaya Lakshmi Vadde (Cornell University, USA)
• Jianping Wang (University of Florida, USA)
• Shouling Xu (Carnegie Institution for Science, USA)
  

Spatial Omics Committee

Committee Leads

David Jackson,
​PhD

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Hilde Nelissen,
​PhD

VIB-UGent Center for Plant Systems Biology

Committee Members

• Christopher Anderton (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA)
• Tie Liu (University of Florida, USA)
• Tatsuya Nobori (Salk Institute for Biological Studies, USA)
• Trevor Nolan (Duke University, USA)
• Marta Peirats-Llobet (La Trobe University, Australia)
  

Systems & Synthetic Biology Committee

Committee Leads

Jenn Brophy,
​PhD

Stanford University

Nicola Patron,
​PhD

Earlham Institute

Committee Members

• George Bassel (University of Warwick, UK)
• Alex Borowsky (University of California, Riverside, USA)
• Cesar Cuevas-Velazquez (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México)
• Cornelia Hooper (University of Western Australia, Australia)
• Marc Libault (University of Missouri-Columbia, USA)
• Shelley Lumba (University of Toronto, Canada)
• Thelma Madzima (University of Washington Bothell, USA)
• Jennifer Mortimer (University of Adelaide, Australia)
• Clay Wright (Virginia Polytechnic University, USA)
• Shouling Xu (Carnegie Institution for Science, USA)
• Kangmei Zhao (Carnegie Institution for Science, USA)
  

Training & Networking Committee

Committee Lead

Thelma Madzima,
​PhD

University of Washington Bothell

Committee Members

• Luigi Di Costanzo (University of Naples Federico II, Italy)
• Georgia Drakakaki (University of California, Davis, USA)
• Suryatapa Ghosh (Claremont McKenna College, USA)
• Purva Karia (Carnegie Institution for Science, USA)
• Jennifer Mortimer (University of Adelaide, Australia)
• Sam Leiboff (Oregon State University, USA)
• R. Glen Uhrig (University of Alberta, Canada)