The American Chestnut Project
Project Personnel

Director
Dr. Andrew Newhouse (aenewhou@esf.edu)

Founder and senior advisor
Dr. William Powell (wapowell@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)

Post-doctoral researcher, American elm
Dr. Allison Oakes (adoakes@esf.edu)

Post-doctoral researcher, Ozark chinquapin
Dr. Patrícia Fernandes (pmoraisf@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)