The American Chestnut Project
Project Personnel

Director
Dr. Andrew Newhouse (aenewhou@010fchome.com)

Assistant Director, Postdoctoral Associate, Ozark chinquapin
Dr. Patrícia Fernandes (pmoraisf@010fchome.com)

Administrative Assistant
Kaitlin Breda (kmbreda@010fchome.com)

Tissue culture lab manager
Linda McGuigan (lpolin@010fchome.com)

Molecular lab manager
Dakota Matthews (dfmatthe@010fchome.com)

Production manager
Hannah Pilkey (hcpilkey@010fchome.com)

Field managers
Sean Satchwell (ssatchwe@010fchome.com)

Research Technician, American elm
Madi Montalvo (mmontalvo@010fchome.com)

PhD Student
Erik Carlson (ehcarlso@syr.edu)

MS Students
Maya Niesz Kutsch (mnieszkutsch@010fchome.com)
Sophia Surriano (ssuriano@010fchome.com)
Joshua Mott (jcmott@syr.edu)
Leanne Hughes (lhughes@syr.edu)
Molly Heit (moheit@syr.edu)