The American Chestnut Project
Project Personnel
Director
Dr. Andrew Newhouse (aenewhou@esf.edu)
Assistant Director, Postdoctoral Associate, Ozark chinquapin
Dr. Patrícia Fernandes (pmoraisf@esf.edu)
Administrative Assistant
Kaitlin Breda (kmbreda@esf.edu)
Tissue culture lab manager
Linda McGuigan (lpolin@esf.edu)
Molecular lab manager
Dakota Matthews (dfmatthe@esf.edu)
Production manager
Hannah Pilkey (hcpilkey@esf.edu)
Field managers
Sean Satchwell (ssatchwe@esf.edu)
Distribution manager
Adriana Del Grosso (ardelgro@esf.edu)
Research Scientist, American elm
Dr. Allison Oakes (adoakes@esf.edu)
PhD Student
Erik Carlson (ehcarlso@syr.edu)
MS Students
Joshua Mott (jcmott@syr.edu)
Leanne Hughes (lhughes@syr.edu)
Andy Cortese (amcortes@syr.edu)
Molly Heit (moheit@syr.edu)
Liz Kehas-Dewaghe (emkehasd@syr.edu)
Chris Johnston (cvjohnst@syr.edu)
Affiliated ESF faculty members
Dr. John Drake (jedrake@esf.edu)
Dr. Tom Horton (trhorton@esf.edu)
Dr. Shannon Lynch (sclynch@esf.edu)