Members

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Dan Voytas

Member, National Academy of Sciences
Director, Center for Precision Plant Genomics
Professor, Dept. of Genetics, Cell Biology & Development, University of Minnesota
[email protected]
612-626-4509

 

 

 

Team Leadership

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Colby Starker
Lab Manager and Research Associate
Starker received his doctorate degree from Stanford University and completed his postdoctoral research at the University of Minnesota in the lab of Steve Gantt. Contact Colby with questions about lab research and reagents. 
[email protected]
612-624-5196

 

 

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Kit Leffler
Administrative Associate, University of Minnesota 
Contact Kit with marketing and public relations questions or to book a meeting with Dr. Voytas. Find out more about Kit on her artist website.
[email protected]
612-301-1703
 

 

 

 

Graduate Students & Staff

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Jon Cody
Researcher 5
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Sara Endejan
Graduate Student
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Avihe Kalipondoka
Researcher 1
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Nick Klejeski
Researcher 2
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Ruilin Li
Visiting Scholar
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Erik Myers
Graduate Student
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Anarosa Oscarson
Researcher 1
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Abe Steinberger
PhD Candidate
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