Research Staff
Research staff are critical to the scientific mission and leadership of WID. Excellent scientists, engineers, and specialists help create the infrastructure that enables WID’s successful research ventures.
Chuan Chen
My current research focuses on college student entrepreneurship status and initiatives.
Adam Christensen
Assistant Scientist
Building optimization models that help untangle issues of environmental sustainability.
Micah Dombroe
Lab Manager
Genomic DNA sequencing and viral production. Facilitate various administrative functions.
Nikolai Fedorchak
Associate Research Specialist
Research concerning Human Neural Organoids, Tissue Engineering, and CNS Development. Facilitate various administrative duties.
Josh Pultorak
Instructor, Tiny Earth
Interdisciplinary undergraduate science education with an emphasis on experimental biology.
Bryce Sprecher
Acquire, process, interpret, and display spatial data for education, insight, and experience.
Sarah Stevens
Data Science Hub Facilitator
Facilitating connections and training researchers in data science.
Sailendharan Sudakaran
Madison Microbiome Hub Manager / Multi Omics Hub Coordinator
Campus resource to support researchers interested in tackling a broad spectrum of microbiome research
Ross Tredinnick
Systems Programmer
Immersive visualization, 3D environment scanning, virtual reality research and development
Elaine (Yuer) Wang
Phylogenetics and feedback inhibition patterns of the DAHPs enzyme by AAAs in C. reinhardtii