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 Julie Badger

Julie Badger
Postdoctoral Researcher

 


 
  
 

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
Postdoctoral Researcher

 


 
  
 

Service Managers

Aaron Becker headshot

Aaron Becker
CoLab Manager

Email: [email protected]




 

Abigail Middleton

Abigail Middleton
Quality Control Service Manager (CCRB)

Email: [email protected]




 

Andrew Cross headshot

Andrew Cross
NGS Instrument Service Manager

Email: [email protected]




 

Anthony Mazza

Anthony Mazza
NGS Service Manager I

Email: [email protected]




 

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Corbin Dirkx
Genotyping-by-sequencing Service Manager

Email: [email protected]




 

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Dan Bade
NGS Service Manager II

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)

 


 
  
 

Nick Jones

Nick Jones
Array Service Manager

Email: [email protected]




 

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

 


 
  
 

Anindita Chatterjee

Anindita Chatterjee
Research Professional 3

 


 
  
 

Bram Rasmussen

Bram Rasmussen
Research Professional 1

 


 
  
 

Carter Murry

Carter Murry
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

 


 
  
 

Samantha Fredrickson

Samantha Fredrickson
Research Professional 1

 


 
  
 

Yuhong Li

Yuhong Li
Research Professional 3