Meet the Steering Committee
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Cris Argueso (2020-2025)
NAASC Treasurer. Associate Professor, Colorado State University
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Adrienne Roeder (2020-2025)
NAASC Vice President & Representative to MASC. Associate Professor, Cornell University
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Dior Kelley (2021-2026)
Assistant Professor, Iowa State University.
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Gloria Muday (2021-2026)
Professor, Wake Forest University
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Mentewab Ayalew (2022-2027)
Associate Professor, Spelman College
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Liang Song (2022-2027)
Assistant Professor, University of British Columbia
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Mary Gehring (2023-2028)
Professor, Whitehead Institute, MIT
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Sharon Kessler (2023-2028)
Associate Professor, Purdue University
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Zachary Nimchuk (2023-2028)
Associate Professor , University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Joanna Friesner (2006- current)
NAASC Executive Director and Representative to MASC (ex oficio)
NAASC is comprised of 10 members, nominated and elected by the North American Arabidopsis community, that serve 5 year terms.
Each fall, two new members are elected and two members rotate off.
These members comprise the Board of Directors of the NAASC non-profit organization (incorporated: 2006 under US 501(c)3 status).
NAASC is supported by a part-time Executive Director who is responsible for coordinating and implementing all NAASC activities.
How we fulfill our mission…
Past Elected NAASC Members
Elliot Meyerowitz 1992 - 1994
Chris Somerville 1992 - 1994
Fred Ausubel 1992 - 1995
Joe Ecker 1992 - 1995
Joanne Chory 1992 - 1996
David Meinke 1992 - 1996
Gloria Coruzzi 1994 - 1997
Mark Estelle 1994 - 1997
Pam Green 1995 - 1998
Rob Last 1995 - 1998
Rick Amasino 1996 - 1999
Daphne Preuss 1996 - 1999
Jeff Dangl 1997 - 2000
Detlef Weigel 1997 - 2000
Chuck Gasser 1998 - 2001
Steve Kay 1998 - 2001
Kathy Barton 1999 - 2002
Mary Lou Guerinot 1999 - 2002
Peter McCourt 2000 - 2003
Mike Sussman 2000 - 2003
Bonnie Bartel 2001 - 2005
Eric Richards 2001 - 2005
Greg Copenhaver 2002 - 2006
Brenda Winkel 2002 - 2006
Philip Benfey 2003 - 2007, past President
Rob McClung 2003 - 2007
Judith Bender 2004 - 2008
Xing-Wang Deng 2004 - 2008, past President
Joe Kieber 2005 - 2009, past President
Xuemei Chen 2005 - 2009
Caren Chang 2006 - 2010
Julian Schroeder 2006 - 2010, past President
Scott Poethig 2007 - 2011, past President
George Haughn 2007 - 2011
Mark Estelle 2008 - 2012, past President
Jane Glazebrook 2008 - 2012
Xinnian Dong 2009 - 2013
Blake Meyers 2009 - 2013, past President
Dominique Bergmann 2010 - 2014, past President
Wolf Frommer 2010 - 2014
Nicholas Provart 2011 - 2015, past President
Jose Alonso 2011 - 2015
Siobhan Brady 2012 - 2016
Keiko Torii 2012 - 2016, past President
Sally Assmann 2013 - 2018, past President
Erich Grotewold 2013 - 2018
Doris Wagner 2014 - 2018, past President
Richard Vierstra 2014 - 2018
Jose Dinneny 2015 - 2020, past President
Elizabeth Haswell 2015 - 2020
Roger Innes 2016 - 2021, past President
Peter McCourt 2016 - 2021
Sean Cutler 2017 - 2021
Jennifer Nemhauser 2017 - 2022, past President
Siobhan Braybrook 2019 -2023
Federica Brandizzi 2018-2024 (served extra year), past President
Anna Stepanova 2018-2024 (served extra year)
R. Keith Slotkin (2019-2024), past President