UMGC Staff

Directors

Headshot of Kenny Beckman

Kenneth Beckman, Ph.D.
Executive Director

Email: [email protected]



 

Dinesha Walek Operations Manager

Dinesha Walek
Managing Director

Email: [email protected]

 

 

Headshot Daryl Gohl

Daryl Gohl, Ph.D.
Innovation Lab Director

Email: [email protected]

 

 

John Garbe

John Garbe, Ph.D.
Informatics Director

Email: [email protected] 

 

 

Staff


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Administration

Corbin Dirkx headshot

Corbin Dirkx
Operations Manager

Email: [email protected]




 

Denise Thorne Finance Manager

Denise Thorson
Finance Lead

Email: [email protected]




 

Elyse Froehling Operations Manager

Elyse Froehling
Operations Manager

Email: [email protected]




 

Jerry Daniel

Jerry Daniel
Operations Manager

Email: [email protected] 




 

Jitu George

Jitu George, Ph.D.
Operations Manager

Email: [email protected]




 

Shea Anderson Headshot

Shea Anderson
Communications Lead 

Email: [email protected]

Informatics

John Garbe

John Garbe, Ph.D.
Informatics Director

Email: [email protected]




 

Getiria Onsongo

Getiria Onsongo, Ph.D.
Bioinformatic Analyst

 


 
  
 

Noah Strom

Noah Strom, Ph.D.
Bioinformatic Analyst

 


 
  
 

Trina Kuriger-Laber Bioinformatics

Trina Kuriger-Laber
Bioinformatic Analyst

 


 
  
 

Innovation Lab

Headshot Daryl Gohl

Daryl Gohl, Ph.D.
Innovation Lab Director

Email: [email protected], lab website

 


 

Headshot Lindsey Gengelbach O'Brien<

Lindsey Gengelbach O'Brien
Researcher, UMGC Innovation Lab

 


 
  
 

Headshot Margaret Donovan

Margaret Donovan
Researcher, UMGC Innovation Lab

 


 
  
 

Headshot Victor Hugo Hernandez Elizarraga

Victor Hugo Hernandez Elizarraga, Ph.D
Post-Doctoral Associate

 


 
  
 

Service Managers

Aaron Becker headshot

Aaron Becker
CoLab Manager

Email: [email protected]




 

Andrew Cross headshot

Andrew Cross
NGS Instrument Service Manager

Email: [email protected]




 

Anthony Mazza

Anthony Mazza
Array Service Manager

Email: [email protected]




 

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Corbin Dirkx
Genotyping-by-sequencing Service Manager

Email: [email protected]




 

Dan Bade Headshot

Dan Bade
NGS Service Manager

Email: [email protected]




 

Darrell Johnson Headshot

Darrell Johnson
Gene Expression Service Manager

Email: [email protected]




 

Jitu George

Jitu George, Ph.D.
Single Cell and Spatial Service Manager

Email: [email protected], [email protected]




 

Mark Murphy

Mark Murphy
Custom Service Manager

Email: [email protected]




 

Mary Nieuwenhuis

Mary Nieuwenhuis
Quality Control Service Manager (4Front)

 


 
  
 

Tim Heisel

Tim Heisel
Microbiome Service Manager

Email: [email protected]




 

Veronica Tonnell

Veronica Tonnell
Extraction Service Manager

Email: [email protected]

Technical Staff

Abby Schmitt

Abby Schmitt
Research Professional 2

 


 
  
 

Abigail Middleton

Abigail Middleton
Research Professional 1

 


 
  
 

Anindita Chatterjee

Anindita Chatterjee
Research Professional 3

 


 
  
 

Bram Rasmussen

Bram Rasmussen
Research Professional 1

 


 
  
 

Carter Murry

Carter Murry
Research Professional 2

 


 
  
 

Devon Mares

Devon Mares
Research Professional 2

 


 
  
 

Diana Erickson

Diana Erickson
Research Professional 2

 


 
  
 

Dylan Dittrich

Dylan Dittrich
Research Professional 1

 


 
  
 

Ethan Tulip

Ethan Tulip
Research Professional 1

 


 
  
 

Jiangming Deng

Jiangming Deng
Research Professional 2

 


 
  
 

Kira Poxon

Kira Poxon
Research Professional 1

 


 
  
 

Laura Kemp

Laura Kemp
Research Professional 3

 


 
  
 

Maria Vine

Maria Vine
Research Professional 2

 


 
  
 

Michael Laidlaw

Michael Laidlaw
Research Professional 1

 


 
  
 

Nasia Mead

Nasia Mead
Research Professional 3

 


 
  
 

Nick Jones

Nick Jones
Research Professional 3

 


 
  
 

Samantha Fredrickson

Samantha Fredrickson
Research Professional 1

 


 
  
 

Yuhong Li

Yuhong Li
Research Professional 3