2023 WALII committee Members

​WALII is committed to including trainees in institute leadership and governance. WALII trainees will participate in decision-making and administration of the institute, including having a presence on all the institute committees, participating in policy development, serving on internal application review committees, and having leadership roles on projects.
​Executive Committee

Trainee

TBA. Elections are in progress. 

Thomas Boothby

Assistant Professor of Molecular Biology, University of Wyoming

Alex Holehouse

Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Washington University in St. Louis

​SEUNG YON (SUE) RHEE

​Director - Plant Resilience Institute, Michigan State University
Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Plant Biololgy, and Plant, Soil, and Microbes, Michigan State University

Selena Rice

Scientific Coordinator, Michigan State University

Robert (bob) Vanburen

Assistant Professor of Horticulture, Michigan State University

Christina Walters

Supervisory Plant Physiologist, USDA-National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation
Training Committee

Elena Lazarus

Assistant Scientific Coordinator, Michigan State University​

MARISA OTEGUI

Professor of Botany, University of Wisconsin-Madison​

Selena Rice

Scientific Coordinator, Michigan State University

SHAHAR SUKENIK

Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, University of California, Merced

​HUGO TAPIA

​Assistant Professor of Biology, California State University Channel Islands
Data Management Committee

MOISES EXPOSITO-ALONSO

Staff Associate, Carnegie Institution for Science
Assistant Professor of Biology (by courtesy), Stanford University

​​ALEX HOLEHOUSE 

Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Washington University in St. Louis

Elena Lazarus

​Assistant Scientific Coordinator, Michigan State University

Selena Rice

Scientific Coordinator, Michigan State University
​Outreach Committee

THOMAS BOOTHBY

​Assistant Professor of Molecular Biology, University of Wyoming

MARGARET (GRACE) FLEMING

Assistant Professor of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University

ELENA LAZARUS

Assistant Scientific Coordinator, Michigan State University

Selena Rice

Scientific Coordinator, Michigan State University

Robyn Zallen

Student in the Fleming Lab, ​Michigan State University