Management

 

Director

Dr. Fikret Isik
Professor and University Faculty Scholar

• Quantitative geneticist
• Extensive experience in plant molecular breeding
• Experience in developing genotyping platforms for tree species
• Expert in genetic/genomic data analysis for plant and animal breeding,
• Expert in molecular tree breeding strategies/experimental designs

 

Associate Directors

Dr. Jack Wang
Molecular Geneticist, Forest Biotechnology Program

• Lead PI of Forest Biotech Group
• Expert in forest molecular genetics and biotechnology to improve forest health and forest productivity
• Experienced in developing forest biotechnology tools, and the strategic engineering of trees using CRISPR, RNAi, and amiRNA

Dr. Rodolphe Barrangou
Distinguished Professor and CRISPR Lab Lead,

• CRISPR geneticist, member of US National Academy of Sciences, Engineering and Inventors
• Co-founder of Intellia Therapeutics and Locus Biosciences, former Chairman of Caribou Biosciences, Editor-in-Chief of The CRISPR Journal
• Expert in CRISPR-Cas systems and their industrial applications
• Received 2016 Warren Alpert Prize, 2016 Canada Gairdner Award, 2017 NAS Award, and 2018 NAS Prize in Food and Agriculture Sciences