Faculty
![Natalie Ahn](https://www.colorado.edu/biofrontiers/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/natalieahn.jpg?itok=M0DuD8Gn)
Natalie Ahn
Distinguished Professor • Associate Director, BioFrontiers Institute • Alumni (Investigator, 1994-2014), Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Biochemistry
![Mary Allen](https://www.colorado.edu/biofrontiers/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/biofrontiers_portraits29ga.jpg?itok=-Hpy4Ppw)
Mary Ann Allen
Research Associate Professor • Faculty Director, Responsible Conduct of Research Education Programs, CU Boulder • Associate Director of the Crnic Institute Boulder Branch
BioFrontiers Institute
![Kristi Anseth](https://www.colorado.edu/biofrontiers/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/kristi-anseth.jpg?itok=IF9q-Cpw)
Kristi Anseth
Distinguished Professor • Tisone Professor • Associate Director, Head Academic Leadership, BioFrontiers Institute • Alumni (Investigator, 2000-2017), Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Chemical and Biological Engineering
![Stephanie Bryant](https://www.colorado.edu/biofrontiers/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/stephaniebryant.jpeg?itok=2xt9K3Zd)
Stephanie Bryant
Professor • Associate Director, Materials Science & Engineering Program
Chemical and Biological Engineering • Craniofacial Biology - CU Denver Health Sciences Center
![Jason Burdick](https://www.colorado.edu/biofrontiers/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/jason_burdick_2.jpg?itok=iDSwF334)
Jason Burdick
Bowman Endowed Professor
Chemical and Biological Engineering
![Tom Cech](https://www.colorado.edu/biofrontiers/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/thomas_cech6lgacroppedhi-reslarge.jpg?itok=Qo4Ep4kv)
Tom Cech
Distinguished Professor • Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Biochemistry
![Ed Chuong](https://www.colorado.edu/biofrontiers/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/chuong.jpg?itok=mqqL5xCa)
Edward Chuong
Assistant Professor
Molecular Cellular and Developmental Biology
![Aaron Clauset](https://www.colorado.edu/biofrontiers/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/screen_shot_2018-06-25_at_8.55.49_am.png?itok=i1eCnzWg)
Aaron Clauset
Professor • External Faculty, Santa Fe Institute
Computer Science
![Robin Dowell](https://www.colorado.edu/biofrontiers/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/biofrontiers_portraits75pc1.jpg?itok=dxe4ig1Y)
Robin Dowell
Professor
Molecular Cellular and Developmental Biology
![Robert Garcea](https://www.colorado.edu/biofrontiers/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/garcea.jpeg?itok=X09XBElJ)
Robert Garcea
Professor
Molecular Cellular and Developmental Biology
![Jennifer Hill](https://www.colorado.edu/biofrontiers/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/jennifer-hill.png?itok=s2a6_Gu3)
Jennifer Hill
Assistant Professor
Molecular Cellular and Developmental Biology
![Loren Hough](https://www.colorado.edu/biofrontiers/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/lorenhough.jpg?itok=1-fWp02r)
Loren Hough
Associate Professor
Physics
![Daniel Larremore](https://www.colorado.edu/biofrontiers/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/daniel_b_larremore_crop_2017.jpg?itok=3A4ClndE)
Daniel Larremore
Associate Professor
Computer Science
![Ryan Layer](https://www.colorado.edu/biofrontiers/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/ryan_layer01_1.png?itok=t_0axmHE)
Ryan Layer
Assistant Professor
Computer Science
![Leslie Leinwand](https://www.colorado.edu/biofrontiers/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/leslie_photo.jpg?itok=2C_lvGlp)
Leslie Leinwand
Chief Scientific Officer, BioFrontiers Institute • Distinguished Professor • Professor, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Molecular Cellular and Developmental Biology • CU Denver School of Medicine
![Amy Palmer](https://www.colorado.edu/biofrontiers/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/palmer_0.jpg?itok=epMb-EeN)
Amy Palmer
Professor
Biochemistry
![Roy Parker](https://www.colorado.edu/biofrontiers/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/royparker.jpg?itok=HxHlab-b)
Roy Parker
Director, BioFrontiers Institute • Distinguished Professor • Cech-Leinwand Endowed Chair of Biochemistry
Biochemistry
![Orit Peleg headshot](https://www.colorado.edu/biofrontiers/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/peleg_2022.jpg?itok=11BvbDyh)
Orit Peleg
Associate Professor • External Faculty, Santa Fe Institute
Computer Science
![Sammy Ramsey headshot](https://www.colorado.edu/biofrontiers/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/sammyramsey-13_-fav_cropped.jpg?itok=iRoZ2Cab)
Samuel Ramsey
Assistant Professor • Marvin H. Caruthers Endowed Chair for Early-Career Faculty
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
![John Rinn headshot](https://www.colorado.edu/biofrontiers/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/rinn_john.jpeg?itok=PZCw-toK)
John Rinn
Professor • Leslie Orgel Professor of RNA Science • Marvin H. Caruthers Endowed Chair for Early-Career Faculty
Biochemistry
![Sara Sawyer](https://www.colorado.edu/biofrontiers/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/front-page-shot-scaled.jpg?itok=jKJNdWr3)
Sara Sawyer
Professor
Molecular Cellular and Developmental Biology
Staff
![Bela Amade superimposed over server PCB](https://www.colorado.edu/biofrontiers/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/bela-amade-server-profile-photo.png?itok=fDmwdruH)
Bela Amade
HPC/Storage Admin
IT
![Portrait of Kristen Bjorkman](https://www.colorado.edu/biofrontiers/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/kristen-bjorkman_copy.jpg?itok=nRl2ANLQ)
Kristen Bjorkman
Director of Interdisciplinary Research
![Patricia Cavanaugh](https://www.colorado.edu/biofrontiers/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/headshot1_feb_2024cropped.jpg?itok=lD6h9x8N)
Patricia Cavanaugh
Senior Development Assistant
Advancement
![Joe Dragavon](https://www.colorado.edu/biofrontiers/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/dragavon_profile69.jpg?itok=9oagJWCP)
Joe Dragavon
Director, BioFrontiers Advanced Light Microscopy Core
Advanced Light Microscopy Core
![Danielle Groover portrait](https://www.colorado.edu/biofrontiers/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/danielle_groover_headshot_2021.jpg?itok=eCAiZ-82)
Danielle Groover
General and Grant Accountant
Administration
![Mae Hsu](https://www.colorado.edu/biofrontiers/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/231105_-_hsu_-_48_edit40.jpg?itok=JmwSqzEf)
Mae Hsu
Director of Operations and Finance
Administration
![Matt Hynes-Grace](https://www.colorado.edu/biofrontiers/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/matthynesgrace.jpeg?itok=_aDkxEOP)
Matt Hynes-Grace
Director of IT
IT
![Laura Konyha - flower](https://www.colorado.edu/biofrontiers/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/hi_res_flower.jpg?itok=CzHS1D_8)
Laura Konyha
Administrative Assistant to Dr. Thomas Cech
Administration
![Shannon Krentsa](https://www.colorado.edu/biofrontiers/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/close-up-of-pink-flowering-plants-royalty-free-image-1709587708.jpg?itok=rR86KFAK)
Shannon Krentsa
Administrative and Events Coordinator
Administration
![Briana Little portrait against a gray background](https://www.colorado.edu/biofrontiers/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/dsc_6065.jpg?itok=VSp3xq9G)
Briana Little
Operations Administrator
Administration
![Alex Noel](https://www.colorado.edu/biofrontiers/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/microsoftteams-image_2.png?itok=mdz7NvYS)
Alex Noel
Linux/Unix Systems Administrator
IT
![Jes Persinger](https://www.colorado.edu/biofrontiers/profiles/express/modules/features/people_content_type/images/avatar320.jpg)
Jes Persinger
HPC Software Administrator
IT
![Kate Pfeiffer](https://www.colorado.edu/biofrontiers/profiles/express/modules/features/people_content_type/images/avatar320.jpg)
Kate Pfeiffer
Procurement and Property Manager
Administration
![Portrait of Kristin Powell](https://www.colorado.edu/biofrontiers/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/dsc_0207-edit.jpeg?itok=eeWE3S-4)
Kristin Powell
Director of Interdisciplinary Education
Administration
![Evolene Premillieu](https://www.colorado.edu/biofrontiers/profiles/express/modules/features/people_content_type/images/avatar320.jpg)
Evolene Premillieu
Light Sheet Specialist at the Beckman Center for Advanced Light-Sheet Microscopy and Data Science
Advanced Light Microscopy Core
![Stephanie Rauscher](https://www.colorado.edu/biofrontiers/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/stephanie_hoyt_picture_crop.jpg?itok=VbGCnPC6)
Stephanie Rauscher
Education Programs Manager
Administration
![Esteban Rozen portrait](https://www.colorado.edu/biofrontiers/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/dsc_1625.jpg?itok=ok4TvKa7)
Esteban Rozen
Program Manager
Crnic Institute Boulder Branch
![Kristen Smith portrait](https://www.colorado.edu/biofrontiers/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/dsc_4876.jpg?itok=q6_OA487)
Kristen Smith
Human Resources Coordinator
Administration
![Jian Wei Tay](https://www.colorado.edu/biofrontiers/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/dsc_0039_00001_1.jpg?itok=qB3Rp7Yh)
Jian Wei Tay
Image Analysis Group Leader
Advanced Light Microscopy Core
![Aycel Villalobos](https://www.colorado.edu/biofrontiers/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/dsc_1048.jpg?itok=birR23UR)
Aycel (Ice) Villalobos
Desktop Support & AV Program Manager
IT
![Sabrina Vu headshot](https://www.colorado.edu/biofrontiers/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/sabrinavu-headshot-bit.jpeg?itok=nen87KEN)
Sabrina Vu
BioFrontiers Desktop and A/V Support Student Assistant
IT
Council Members
![photo](https://www.colorado.edu/biofrontiers/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/meredith_betterton.png?itok=nMXuwvPX)
Meredith Betterton
Professor
Physics
![photo](https://www.colorado.edu/biofrontiers/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/bradley.jpg?itok=gd37HNCJ)
Elizabeth Bradley
Professor
Computer Science
![Portrait of Sarah Calve](https://www.colorado.edu/biofrontiers/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/sarah_calve.jpg?itok=b0vYkSbq)
Sarah Calve
Associate Professor • Biomedical, Materials, Mechanics of Materials
Mechanical Engineering
![photo](https://www.colorado.edu/biofrontiers/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/camley.jpg?itok=2jlIv7A-)
Bob Camley
Director, UCCS - Biofrontiers Institute • Distinguished Professor
Physics
![Xiaoyun Ding Headshot 2022](https://www.colorado.edu/biofrontiers/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/xd_portriat_2022_4.jpg?itok=o4zuWuxJ)
Xiaoyun "Sean" Ding
Assistant Professor • Biomedical, Micro/Nanoscale, Thermo Fluid Sciences
Mechanical Engineering
![Zoe Donaldson Photo](https://www.colorado.edu/biofrontiers/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/donaldson360x270.jpg?itok=dds6LQop)
Zoe Donaldson
Associate Professor
PSYCHOLOGY AND NEUROSCIENCE • MOLECULAR CELLULAR AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY • CENTER FOR NEUROSCIENCE
![Luke Evans](https://www.colorado.edu/biofrontiers/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/img_88232.jpg?itok=1AEQSfGi)
Luke Evans
Assistant Professor
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
![photo](https://www.colorado.edu/biofrontiers/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/ferguson.png?itok=XJ-2fw7u)
Virginia Ferguson
Professor • Hudson Moore Professor • Biomedical, Mechanics of Materials, Materials
Mechanical Engineering
![Portrait of Nuris Figueroa Morales](https://www.colorado.edu/biofrontiers/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/nuris_figueroa_4x3.jpg?itok=WKLqjHt3)
Nuris Figueroa Morales
Assistant Professor
Physics
![Kaushik Jayaram](https://www.colorado.edu/biofrontiers/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/kaushik_0.jpeg?itok=o4gZs9Wt)
Kaushik Jayaram
Assistant Professor • Robotics and Systems Design, Materials, Micro/Nanoscale
Mechanical Engineering
![Ken Krauter](https://www.colorado.edu/biofrontiers/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/krauter_img_6929_800x1000.jpg?itok=6vRSQesg)
Kenneth Krauter
Professor
Molecular Cellular and Developmental Biology
![Chris Link](https://www.colorado.edu/biofrontiers/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/chrislink.png?itok=CpLPjZmU)
Chris Link
Associate Professor
Integrative Physiology
![Maureen Lynch](https://www.colorado.edu/biofrontiers/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/maureenlynch.jpg?itok=xf8emrUe)
Maureen Lynch
Assistant Professor
Mechanical Engineering
![Debanjan Mukherjee](https://www.colorado.edu/biofrontiers/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/debanjan_mukherjee_cropped.png?itok=zZFeZcye)
Debanjan Mukherjee
Assistant Professor • Biomedical, Thermo Fluid Sciences
Mechanical Engineering
![Chris Myers Headshot](https://www.colorado.edu/biofrontiers/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/engineering_portaits_and_candids_2020_pc0469-crop.jpg?itok=jgDiQnhB)
Chris Myers
Department Chair • Professor • Palmer Leadership Chair in Electrical, Computer & Energy Engineering
COMPUTER ENGINEERING
![photo](https://www.colorado.edu/biofrontiers/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/corey_neu.jpg?itok=LjZTBOLE)
Corey Neu
Donnelly Family Endowed Professor
Mechanical Engineering
![Brad Olwin](https://www.colorado.edu/biofrontiers/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/bradolwin.jpg?itok=LxlYi0Zw)
Brad Olwin
Professor
Molecular Cellular and Developmental Biology
![Thomas Perkins Headshot](https://www.colorado.edu/biofrontiers/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/tom_perkins_2016_web.jpg?itok=xT0s9ZVT)
Tom Perkins
Professor • JILA Fellow • Physicist, Quantum Physics Division, NIST
Molecular Cellular and Developmental Biology
![Sabrina Spencer](https://www.colorado.edu/biofrontiers/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/sabrinaspencer.jpg?itok=6_Fg0A-H)
Sabrina Spencer
Associate Professor
Biochemistry
![Kayla Sprenger headshot](https://www.colorado.edu/biofrontiers/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/kayla_sprenger-1.jpeg?itok=6w3H74-A)
Kayla G. Sprenger
Assistant Professor
CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING • BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING PROGRAM
![Cara Gonzalez Welker](https://www.colorado.edu/biofrontiers/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/cara_headshot_1.jpeg?itok=Qxv4oWon)
Cara Gonzalez Welker
Assistant Professor • Biomedical and Robotics and Systems Design
Mechanical Engineering
Advisory Board
![Jane Butcher](https://www.colorado.edu/biofrontiers/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/jane_butcher_2.jpg?itok=-ulEb1m3)
Jane Butcher
Co-founder of the Butcher Symposia and Seed Grants • Board member of the Local Theater Company • Trustee of the Boulder Community Health Foundation • Former chair of the Conference on World Affairs • Foundation for National Progress Board Member
![chris christoffersen](https://www.colorado.edu/biofrontiers/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/chrischristoffersen_0.jpeg?itok=k9pE9qe0)
Ralph E. (Chris) Christoffersen
Partner, Morgenthaler Ventures, Boulder CO
![james collins](https://www.colorado.edu/biofrontiers/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/jamescollins.jpeg?itok=iLzICtLo)
James Collins
Virginia M. Ullman Professor of Natural History and the Environment, Arizona State University
![sean eddy](https://www.colorado.edu/biofrontiers/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/sean_eddy.jpg?itok=sLShZ9nh)
Sean R. Eddy Ph.D.
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute • Professor, Harvard University
![don elliman](https://www.colorado.edu/biofrontiers/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/donelliman.jpeg?itok=vh64WMUy)
Donald (Don) M. Elliman Jr.
Chancellor, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
![William Freytag](https://www.colorado.edu/biofrontiers/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/billfreytag.jpeg?itok=8UAaMbcA)
J. William Freytag
Former Chairman and CEO, Myogen, Boulder CO
![David Goeddel](https://www.colorado.edu/biofrontiers/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/davidgoeddel2.jpg?itok=yEwrSMTU)
David Goeddel
Managing Partner, The Column Group, San Francisco CA
![Larry Gold](https://www.colorado.edu/biofrontiers/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/larry_gold_headshot_4.16.2015.jpg?itok=GKSL_VDx)
Larry Gold
Chairman of the Board and Founder, SomaLogic, Boulder CO
![Ginger](https://www.colorado.edu/biofrontiers/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/gingergraham_press_photo.jpg?itok=6uoEW9uJ)
Ginger L. Graham
Former President and CEO, Amylin Pharmaceuticals, San Diego CA
![John Hickenlooper](https://www.colorado.edu/biofrontiers/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/johnhickenlooper.png?itok=pVExf2GK)
John Hickenlooper
Former Governor of Colorado
![Ken](https://www.colorado.edu/biofrontiers/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/hitchner_ken_.jpg?itok=6bcreAIk)
Ken Hitchner
Former Chairman and CEO of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
![Evan Jones](https://www.colorado.edu/biofrontiers/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/evanjones.jpg?itok=PFy3AIvw)
Evan Jones
Managing Member, jVen Capital, LLC Washington DC
![James](https://www.colorado.edu/biofrontiers/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/linfield-james-00194-li.jpg?itok=luSz9US9)
James C.T. Linfield
Partner, Cooley Godward Kronish Boulder CO
![Tom Maniatis](https://www.colorado.edu/biofrontiers/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/tommaniatis.jpg?itok=F8qxjGXn)
Tom Maniatis
Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics • Investigator, Zuckerman Institute of Mind Brain and Behavior, Columbia University • Evnin Family Scientific Director and CEO of the New York Genome Center (NYGC)
![Heidi Pearlman-Swartz](https://www.colorado.edu/biofrontiers/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/img_2685_2.png?itok=aOw8bSAw)
Heidi Pearlman-Swartz
Creative Technical Solutionist
![Paul Rothman](https://www.colorado.edu/biofrontiers/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/pbr_simple_headshot.jpg?itok=_dhL_Q_j)
Paul Rothman
Former Dean of Medical Faculty, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and CEO, Johns Hopkins Medicine
![Carla Shatz](https://www.colorado.edu/biofrontiers/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/carlashatz.jpg?itok=fSfpiVGv)
Carla Shatz
Sapp Family Provostial Professor • Professor of Biology and Neurobiology • Catherine Holman Johnson Director, Stanford Bio-X, James H. Clark Center
![John Sie](https://www.colorado.edu/biofrontiers/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/johnsie.jpeg?itok=TrU7A_3e)
John J. Sie
Founder and Former Chairman, Starz Entertainment Group LLC Denver CO
![Jean Thompson](https://www.colorado.edu/biofrontiers/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/jeanthompson.jpeg?itok=cZ3R_xoH)
Jean L. Thompson
Former Consultant, Lee Hecht Harrison • Past Chair of the Board, University of Colorado Foundation