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 Executive Director

James Dahlberg; Interim Executive Director
Kathi Stanek; Chief Financial Officer and Acting Chief Administration Officer
Sandra Brekke; Executive Assisant
Constance Steinkuehler; Senior Policy Analyst

Core Computational Technology

Miron Livny; Director, Core Computational Technology
Michael Blodgett; Network Engineer
Andrew Broman; Web Developer
Derek Cooper; IT Technical Manager
Brooklin Gore; Senior Researcher – Research Software Infrastructure

Development

Sara DeTienne; Director, Development
Zack Robbins; Associate Director of Development
Jean Anderson; Donor & Prospect Research Coordinator
Chelsea Rasmussen; Development Assistant

Education Research

Susan Millar; Emeritus Director, Education Research
Brian Pelletier; Art Director
Kurt Squire; Interim Director, Education Research; Creative Director
Mark Ahrens; Administrative Assistant
Kevin Alford; Web Application Developer
Aaron Bahr; Game Developer
Michael Beall; Assistant Research Specialist
John Karczewski; Game Developer
Ted Lauterbach; Assistant Research Specialist
Jake Ruesch; Assistant Research Specialist
Allison Salmon; Game Developer
Becky Torrisi; Project Manager
Greg Vaughan; Assistant Research Specialist
Adam Wiens; Assistant Research Specialist

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
Tye Gribb; Manager of Medical Device Science and Technology
Thad Heltemes; Systems Engineer
Niranjan Kale; Software Engineering Manager
Rishabh Kapoor; Medical Informatics Researcher
Jan Patrick; Administrative Asssiant
George Petry; Advanced Prototyping Project Manager
Nathan Schumacher; Assistant Engineer

Outreach Experiences

Rupa Shevde; Director, Morgridge Outreach Experiences
Travis Cordie; Research Specialist
Irene Landrum; Assistant Research Specialist
Robin Schroll; Assistant Research Specialist
Amanda Walter; Assistant Research Specialist

Pharmaceutical Informatics

Sangtae Kim; Director, Pharmaceutical Informatics
Ariel Fernández; Distinguished Investigator
Dave Feryus; Senior Research Applications Architect

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
Sara Howden; Assistant Scientist
Zhonggang Hou; Assistant Scientist
Jeff Nie; Computational Biologist
Bao Kim Nguyen; Research Specialist
Mitchell Probasco; Project Manager - Purification Technologies
Nick Propson; Assistant Research Specialist
Victor Ruotti; Computational Biologist
Srikumar Sengupta; Assistant Scientist
Scott Swanson; Computational Biologist
Shulan Tian; Computational Biologist

Sponsored Programs Administration

Laurie Taylor; Director of Sponsored Programs
Emily Diamond; Grant Accountant
Elle Grevstad; Sponsored Programs Assistant

Virology

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