Faculty

Natalie Ahn
Distinguished Professor • Associate Director, BioFrontiers Institute • Alumni (Investigator, 1994-2014), Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Biochemistry

Mary Ann Allen
Research Associate Professor • Faculty Director, Responsible Conduct of Research Education Programs, CU Boulder • Associate Director of the Crnic Institute Boulder Branch
BioFrontiers Institute

Kristi Anseth
Distinguished Professor • Tisone Professor • Associate Director, Head Academic Leadership, BioFrontiers Institute • Alumni (Investigator, 2000-2017), Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Chemical and Biological Engineering

Stephanie Bryant
Professor • Associate Director, Materials Science & Engineering Program
Chemical and Biological Engineering • Craniofacial Biology - CU Denver Health Sciences Center

Jason Burdick
Bowman Endowed Professor (January 2022)
Chemical and Biological Engineering

Tom Cech
Distinguished Professor • Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Biochemistry

Edward Chuong
Assistant Professor
Molecular Cellular and Developmental Biology

Aaron Clauset
Professor • External Faculty, Santa Fe Institute
Computer Science

Robin Dowell
Professor
Molecular Cellular and Developmental Biology

Robert Garcea
Professor
Molecular Cellular and Developmental Biology

Loren Hough
Associate Professor
Physics

Daniel Larremore
Associate Professor
Computer Science

Ryan Layer
Assistant Professor
Computer Science

Leslie Leinwand
Chief Scientific Officer, BioFrontiers Institute • Distinguished Professor • Professor, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Molecular Cellular and Developmental Biology • CU Denver School of Medicine

Amy Palmer
Professor
Biochemistry

Roy Parker
Director, BioFrontiers Institute • Distinguished Professor • Cech-Leinwand Endowed Chair of Biochemistry
Biochemistry

Orit Peleg
Assistant Professor • External Faculty, Santa Fe Institute
Computer Science

Samuel Ramsey
Assistant Professor • Marvin H. Caruthers Endowed Chair for Early-Career Faculty
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

John Rinn
Professor • Leslie Orgel Professor of RNA Science • Marvin H. Caruthers Endowed Chair for Early-Career Faculty
Biochemistry

Sara Sawyer
Professor
Molecular Cellular and Developmental Biology
Staff

Bela Amade
HPC/Storage Admin
IT

Kristen Bjorkman
Director of Interdisciplinary Research

Patricia Cavanaugh
Senior Development Assistant
Advancement

Stefanie Coltrain
Procurement and Property Manager
Administration

Joe Dragavon
Director, BioFrontiers Advanced Light Microscopy Core
Advanced Light Microscopy Core

Danielle Groover
General and Grant Accountant
Administration

Stephanie Hoyt
Education Programs Manager
Administration

Mae Hsu
Director of Operations and Finance
Administration

Matt Hynes-Grace
Director of IT
IT

Laura Konyha
Administrative Assistant to Dr. Thomas Cech
Administration

Shannon Krentsa
Administrative and Events Coordinator
Administration

Alex Mandrila
Communications Assistant
Administration

Alex Noel
Linux/Unix Systems Administrator
IT

Kristin Powell
Director of Interdisciplinary Education
Administration

Evolene Premillieu
Light Sheet Specialist at the Beckman Center for Advanced Light-Sheet Microscopy and Data Science
Advanced Light Microscopy Core

Esteban Rozen
Program Manager
Crnic Institute Boulder Branch

Kristen Smith
Human Resources Coordinator
Administration

Jian Wei Tay
Image Analysis Specialist
Advanced Light Microscopy Core

Aycel (Ice) Villalobos
Desktop Support & AV Program Manager
IT
Council Members

Meredith Betterton
Associate Professor
Physics

Elizabeth Bradley
Professor
Computer Science

Sarah Calve
Associate Professor • Biomedical, Materials, Mechanics of Materials
Mechanical Engineering

Bob Camley
Director, UCCS - Biofrontiers Institute • Distinguished Professor
Physics

Xiaoyun "Sean" Ding
Assistant Professor • Biomedical, Micro/Nanoscale, Thermo Fluid Sciences
Mechanical Engineering

Zoe Donaldson
Assistant Professor
PSYCHOLOGY AND NEUROSCIENCE • MOLECULAR CELLULAR AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY • CENTER FOR NEUROSCIENCE

Luke Evans
Assistant Professor
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Virginia Ferguson
Associate Professor
Mechanical Engineering

Nuris Figueroa Morales
Assistant Professor
Physics

Kaushik Jayaram
Assistant Professor • Robotics and Systems Design, Materials, Micro/Nanoscale
Mechanical Engineering

Kenneth Krauter
Professor
Molecular Cellular and Developmental Biology

Chris Link
Associate Professor
Integrative Physiology

Manuel Lladser
Associate Professor
Applied Mathematics

Maureen Lynch
Assistant Professor
Mechanical Engineering

Debanjan Mukherjee
Assistant Professor • Biomedical, Thermo Fluid Sciences
Mechanical Engineering

Chris Myers
Department Chair • Professor • Palmer Leadership Chair in Electrical, Computer & Energy Engineering
COMPUTER ENGINEERING

Corey Neu
Donnelly Family Endowed Associate Professor
Mechanical Engineering

Brad Olwin
Professor
Molecular Cellular and Developmental Biology

Tom Perkins
Associate Professor • JILA Fellow • Physicist, Quantum Physics Division, NIST
Molecular Cellular and Developmental Biology

Sabrina Spencer
Associate Professor
Biochemistry

Kayla G. Sprenger
Assistant Professor
CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING • BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING PROGRAM
Advisory Board

Jane Butcher
Co-founder of the Butcher Symposia and Seed Grants • Former Chair of the Conference on World Affairs • Board Member, Foundation for National Progress

Ralph E. (Chris) Christoffersen
Partner, Morgenthaler Ventures, Boulder CO

James Collins
Virginia M. Ullman Professor of Natural History and the Environment, Arizona State University

Sean R. Eddy Ph.D.
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute • Professor, Harvard University

Donald (Don) M. Elliman Jr.
Chancellor, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

J. William Freytag
Former Chairman and CEO, Myogen, Boulder CO

David Goeddel
Managing Partner, The Column Group, San Francisco CA

Larry Gold
Chairman of the Board and Founder, SomaLogic, Boulder CO

Ginger L. Graham
Former President and CEO, Amylin Pharmaceuticals, San Diego CA

John Hickenlooper
Former Governor of Colorado

Ken Hitchner
Partner & Global Head of Healthcare Investment Banking Goldman Sachs, New York NY

Evan Jones
Managing Member, jVen Capital, LLC Washington DC

James C.T. Linfield
Partner, Cooley Godward Kronish Boulder CO

Tom Maniatis
Professor and Chair, Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics • Director of Precision Medicine • Columbia University

Carla Shatz
Director, Bio-X, Stanford University Stanford CA

John J. Sie
Founder and Former Chairman, Starz Entertainment Group LLC Denver CO

Jean L. Thompson
Former Consultant, Lee Hecht Harrison • Past Chair of the Board, University of Colorado Foundation Boulder, CO