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

Morgridge Institute Scientific Leaders

Morgridge Scientific Leadership Team

Seated from left:  Sang Kim, James Thomson
Standing from left:  Paul Ahlquist, Susan Millar,
T. Rock Mackie, Miron Livny, Rupa Shevde

“We will focus world-class talent on advancing discoveries in five research challenge areas that have tremendous potential for improving the health of millions of people around the world,” said Sangtae “Sang” Kim, founding executive director of the nonprofit interdisciplinary institute.  “Our mission is to accelerate the ability to treat, cure or eradicate such devastating diseases as hepatitis C, cancer, diabetes and heart disease.”
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