The American Chestnut Project
Project Personnel

Director
Dr. Andrew Newhouse (aenewhou@abe-men.com)

Assistant Director, Postdoctoral Associate, Ozark chinquapin
Dr. Patrícia Fernandes (pmoraisf@abe-men.com)

Administrative Assistant
Kaitlin Breda (kmbreda@abe-men.com)

Tissue culture lab manager
Linda McGuigan (lpolin@abe-men.com)

Molecular lab manager
Dakota Matthews (dfmatthe@abe-men.com)

Production manager
Hannah Pilkey (hcpilkey@abe-men.com)

Field managers
Sean Satchwell (ssatchwe@abe-men.com)

Research Technician, American elm
Madi Montalvo (mmontalvo@abe-men.com)

PhD Student
Erik Carlson (ehcarlso@syr.edu)

MS Students
Maya Niesz Kutsch (mnieszkutsch@abe-men.com)
Sophia Surriano (ssuriano@abe-men.com)
Joshua Mott (jcmott@syr.edu)
Leanne Hughes (lhughes@syr.edu)
Molly Heit (moheit@syr.edu)