Research Coordination Network
Steering Committee

​Seung Yon Rhee,
PhD

Michigan State University

Julia Bailey-Serres,
PhD

University of California, Riverside

Ken Birnbaum,
​PhD

New York University​

Siobhan Brady,
​PhD

University of California, Davis

Marc Libault,
PhD

University of Missouri
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Marisa Otegui,
PhD

University of Wisconsin
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Nicholas Provart,
​PhD

University of Toronto
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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​

• Sharon Greenblum (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA)
• Dae Kwan Ko (Michigan State University, USA)
• Mao Li (Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, USA)
• Song Li (Virginia Tech, USA)

Comparative Biology & Evolution Committee

Committee Lead

Luke Nikolov, PhD

Indiana University

Committee Members

• Jeffrey Doyle (Cornell University, USA)
• Andrew Farmer (National Center for Genome Resources, USA)
• Gergo Palfalvi (Max Planck Institute, Germany)
• Ivan Radin (University of Minnesota, USA)
• Shao-shan Carol Huang (New York University, USA)
• Jeremy Coate (Reed College, USA)
• Sunil Kenchanmane (University of California Riverside, USA)
• Qiuming Yao (University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA)
• Pallavi Singh (University of Essex, UK)
• Kaisa Kajala (Utrecht University, Netherlands)

Data Management & Infrastructure Committee

Committee Leads

Benjamin Cole,
​PhD

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Felix Shaw,
​PhD

Earlham Institute

Committee Members

• Alex Borowsky (Stanford University, USA)
• Janeen Brayen (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, USA)
• Luigi Di Costanzo (University of Naples Federico II, Italy)
• Noah Fahlgren (Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, USA)
• Andrew Farmer (National Center for Genome Resources, USA)
• Fabio Gomez Cano (University of Michigan, USA)
• Sharon Greenblum (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA)
• Sunita Kumari (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, USA)
• Dae Kwan Ko (Michigan State University, USA)
• Michael Passalacqua (Cold Spring Harbor Lab, USA)
• Elsa Quezada-Rodríguez (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México)
• Rachel Shahan (University of California, Los Angeles, USA)
• Qiuming Yao (University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA)

Imaging Committee

Committee Leads

Kirk Czymmek,
​PhD

Donald Danforth Plant Science Center

Heather McFarlane,
​PhD

University of Toronto

Committee Members

• Christopher Anderton (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA)
• Yoselin Benitez-Alfonso (University of Leeds, UK)
• Tessa Burch-Smith (Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, USA)
• Georgia Drakakaki (University of California, Davis, USA)
• ​Michelle Facette (University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA)
• Daniel Kierzkowski (University of Montreal, Canada)
• Charlotte Kirchhelle (ENS Lyon, France)
• Marc Libault (University of Missouri-Columbia, USA)
• Ivan Radin (University of Minnesota, USA)

Metabolomics Committee

Committee Lead

Christopher Anderton, PhD

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Committee Members

• Amir Ahkami (Pacific Northwest National Lab, USA)
• Nanna Bjarnholt (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
• Jazz Dickinson (University of California, San Diego, USA)
• Alisdair Fernie (Max Plank Institute of Molecular Plant Pathology, Germany)
• Sibongile Mafu (University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA)
• Gaurav Moghe (Cornell University, USA)
• Toshihiro Obata (University of Nebraska, Lincoln, USA)
• Aleksandra Skirycz (Michigan State University, USA)

Outreach Committee

Committee Lead

Luigi Di Costanzo, PhD

University of Naples Federico II

Committee Members

• ​Kevin Cox, Jr (Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, USA)
• Alejandro Fonseca Cárdenas (Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden)
• Sam Leiboff (Oregon State University, USA)
• Tie Liu (University of Florida, USA)
• Heather McFarlane (University of Toronto, Canada)

Phenomics Committee

Committee Lead

Margaret Frank,
​PhD

Cornell University

Committee Members​

• Noah Fahlgren (Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, USA)
• Mao Li (Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, USA)
• R. Glen Uhrig (University of Alberta, Canada)

Plant Cell Identity Committee

Committee Leads

Natanella Illouz-Eliaz, ​PhD

Salk Institute

Trevor Nolan,
​PhD

Caltech

Committee Members

• Sahand Amini (University of Missouri, USA)
• Julia Bailey-Serres (University of California, Riverside, USA)
• Ken Birnbaum (New York University, USA)
• Benjamin Cole (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA)
• Stefania Giacomello (SciLifeLab, Sweden)
• Kaisa Kajala (Utrecht University, Netherlands)
• Luke Nikolov (Indiana University Bloomington, USA)
• Tatsuya Nobori (The Sainsbury Laboratory, UK)
• Gergo Palfalvi (Max Planck Institute, Germany)
• Noé Perron (University of Florida, 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)
• Devang Mehta (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium)
• Ben Neely (National Institute of Standards and Technology, USA)
• 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 Plant Science Center

Rachel Shahan,
​PhD

University of California, Los Angeles, USA ​

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)
• Ronan O'Malley (University of Chicago, USA)
• Gergo Palfalvi (Max Planck Institute, Germany)
• Bob Schmitz (University of Georgia, USA)
• Batthula Vijaya Lakshmi Vadde (Cornell University, USA)
• Jianping Wang (University of Florida, USA)
• Olivia Wilkins (University of Manitoba, Canada)
• 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)
• Jazz Dickinson (University of California, San Diego, USA)
• Rüdiger Simon (Heinrich Heine University, Germany)

Synthetic Biology Committee

Committee Leads

Jenn Brophy,
​PhD

Stanford University

Nicola Patron,
​PhD

University of Cambridge, UK ​

Committee Members

• Alex Borowsky (Stanford University, USA)
• Godze Demirer (Caltech, USA)
• Quentin Dudley (University of Wisconsin Madison, USA)
• Chris Dundas (University of Georgia, USA)
• Jennifer Mortimer (University of Adelaide, Australia)
• Noé Perron (University of Florida, USA)
• Clay Wright (Virginia Polytechnic University, USA)

Training & Networking Committee

Committee Lead

Purva Karia

Carnegie Institution for Science

Committee Members​

• Sam Leiboff (Oregon State University, USA)