Morgridge Institute for Research Staff

The Morgridge Institute for Research is a private, not-for-profit medical research organization, affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Madison, led by a private board of directors.

Office of the Chief Executive Officer

Brad Schwartz; Chief Executive Officer
Kathi Stanek; Chief Financial Officer and Acting Chief Administration Officer
Barbara Bates; Research Specialist
Sandra Brekke; Executive Assistant

Core Computational Technology

Miron Livny; Director, Core Computational Technology
Rosemary Berger; Optimizational Support Specialist
Michael Blodgett; Network Engineer
Dave Boulineau; Build and Test Workflow Developer (SWAMP)
Andrew Broman; Web Developer
Derek Cooper; IT Technical Manager
Dan Creed; Infrastructure Manager (SWAMP)
Darrell Dwelley; Software Assurance Analyst (SWAMP)
Brooklin Gore; Senior Researcher – Research Software Infrastructure
Jeffrey Gardner; Systems Administrator (SWAMP)
John Hurd; Software Engineering Manager (SWAMP)
Joseph Johnson; Build and Test Workflow Developer (SWAMP)
Abe Megahed; Web Developer (SWAMP)
Jeff Peterson; Systems Administrator (SWAMP)
Peter Schell; Database Developer (SWAMP)
Jim Thomas; Systems Security Specialist (SWAMP)
Sheila Thomas; Administrative Assistant

Development

Sara DeTienne; Director, Development
Zack Robbins; Associate Director of Development
Jean Anderson; Senior Research Analyst
Chelsea Rasmussen; Development Assistant

Medical Devices

Thomas "Rock" Mackie; Director, Medical Devices
Patrick Beyer; Project Manager
Benjamin Cox; Assistant Engineer
Timothy Deschaines; Chemical Engineer
Cheryl Gain; Manager of Consortiums
Thad Heltemes; Systems Engineer
Niranjan Kale; Software Engineering Manager
Rishabh Kapoor; Medical Informatics Researcher
Joe Li; Software Engineer
Rick Noble; Quality Assurance Engineer
Jan Patrick; Administrative Assistant
George Petry; Advanced Prototyping Project Manager
Robert Swader; Mechanical Engineer

Outreach Experiences

Valerie Blair; Education and Outreach Manager
Irene Landrum; Assistant Outreach Coordinator
Dan Murphy; Outreach Coordinator
Amanda Walter; Assistant Outreach Coordinator

Regenerative Biology

James Thomson; Director, Regenerative Biology
Jessica Antosiewicz-Bourget; Associate Director - Regenerative Biology, Lab Operations
Ron Stewart; Associate Director - Regenerative Biology, Bioinformatics
Jennifer Bolin; Project Manager - DNA Sequencing
Michael Collins; Systems Administrator
Bret Duffin; Assistant Research Specialist
Angela Elwell; Research Specialist
Zhonggang Hou; Assistant Scientist
Sara Howden; Assistant Scientist
Peng Jiang; Computational Biologist
Brian McIntosh; Assistant Scientist
Bao Kim Nguyen; Research Specialist
Mitchell Probasco; Project Manager - Purification Technologies
Nick Propson; Research Specialist
Srikumar Sengupta; Assistant Scientist
Christina Shafer; Bioformatics Trainer/Analyst
Kim Smuga-Otto; Assistant Researcher
Scott Swanson; Computational Biologist
Jiuchun (Jill) Zhang; Assistant Scientist

Sponsored Programs Administration

Laurie Taylor; Director of Sponsored Programs
Jennifer Booth; Sponsored Programs Administrator

Virology

Paul Ahlquist; Lead Scientist
James Bruce; Associate Scientist
Johan den Boon; Associate Scientist
Mark Horswill; Senior Research Specialist
Ming Yuan; Senior Investigator