McDonnell Genome Institute Leadership Council

Jeffrey Milbrandt, MD, PhD
MGI Executive Director
James S. McDonnell Professor and Head, Department of Genetics
Professor of Pathology & Immunology, Medicine, and Neurology

Rich Head, MS
Director, Genome Technology Access Center at McDonnell Genome Institute (GTAC@MGI)
Professor, Departments of Genetics and Pathology & Immunology

Carlos Cruchaga, PhD
Barbara Burton & Reuben M. Morriss III Professor of Psychiatry
Director NeuroGenomics and Informatics
Knight-ADRC and DIAN Genetics Core leader

Rob Mitra, PhD
Alvin Goldfarb Distinguished Professor of Computational Biology
Professor of Genetics

Ting Wang, PhD
Sanford C. and Karen P. Loewentheil Distinguished Professor of Medicine

Dave Pagliarini, Ph.D.
Hugo F. and Ina C. Urbauer Professor and BJC Investigator
Departments of Cell Biology and Physiology; Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics; and Genetics
Genome Technology Access Center (GTAC)

Rich Head, MS
Director, Genome Technology Access Center at McDonnell Genome Institute (GTAC@MGI)
Professor, Departments of Genetics and Pathology & Immunology

Michael Heinz
Director of Research Operations, Genome Technology Access Center at McDonnell Genome Institute (GTAC@MGI)

Shelly O’Laughlin
Director of Clinical Operations, Genome Technology Access Center at McDonnell Genome Institute (GTAC@MGI)

Paul Cliften
Director of Computational Biology
Associate Professor of Genetics
Genome Engineering & Stem Cell Center (GESC)

Xiaoxia Cui, Ph.D
Director Genome Engineering & Stem Cell Center
Associate Professor of Genetics

Jane Kouranova, MS
Research Lab Manager
Molecular Biology Services

Yong Miao
Senior Scientist
Cell Line Engineering Services

Monica Sentmanat
Senior Scientist
R&D Lead
Mass Spectrometry Technology Access Center (MTAC)

Young Ah Goo, PhD
Director, Mass Spectrometry Technology Access Center (MTAC)
Professor, Departments of Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics and Genetics
Technology Development

Robert Fulton, MS
MGI Director of Technology Development
Assistant Professor of Genetics
Technology Development

Catrina Fronick
Assistant Director of Technology Development

Rob Mitra, PhD
Alvin Goldfarb Distinguished Professor of Computational Biology
Professor of Genetics
Lisa Cook
Research Lab Manager
Business Development & New Initiatives

Lucinda Fulton, MS
Director of Project Development & New Initiatives
Assistant Professor of Genetics

Seth Crosby, MD
Assistant Professor of Genetics
Director of Research Collaborations
Expression Genomics
Microbiome
Outreach

Lauren Johnson
Program Coordinator
James Skeath, Ph.D
Professor of Genetics
Brett Maricque, Ph.D
Assistant Professor of Genetics
MGI Informatics

Ting Wang, PhD
Sanford C. and Karen P. Loewentheil Distinguished Professor of Medicine
Functional Genomics And Mutagenesis

William Buchser, Ph.D
Associate Professor of Genetics

Rob Mitra, PhD
Alvin Goldfarb Distinguished Professor of Computational Biology
Professor of Genetics

Paul Hime, PhD
Instructor of Genetics
Administration

Jessie Cooper, MACC
Pre-Clinical Business Director

Jennifer Maher
Assistant Business Manager

Matthew Brown
Research Administrator

Kim Etter
Manager of Financial Operations