Meet Our Team

John Tillotson

Scientist 2 DDS

Rebecca Boohaker, Ph.D.

Director of Strategic Initiatives

Sanjay Sarkar

Sr. Scientist DDV

Omar Moukha-Chafiq, Ph.D.

Director of Chemistry

Miranda Nebane

Sr. Scientist I SP

Jennifer Pickens, Ph.D.

Director of Study Management and IDR

Carson Sakamoto, M.S., D.V.M., D.A.C.V.P., D.A.B.T.

Sr. Pathologist

Erin Luea

Senior Scientist

Michael Roberts

Associate Director of Bioanalytics

Donghui Bao, Ph.D.

Scientist III

Thorsten Demberg

Sr. Study Director

Synthia Mayfield

Manager, In-Vivo Lab Operations

Fusataka Koide, M.S.

Senior Director of Business Development

Paige N. Vinson, Ph.D.

Director, High-Throughput Screening

Joseph Randall, Ph.D.

Director of Toxicology and Pathology Services

Douglas J. Bartels, Ph.D.

Director of Strategic Initiatives

LaVinia Ray

Director of Workforce Development and Training

Erik Schwiebert, Ph.D.

Director, Biotech Accelerator

Curtis Champion

Director of Facilities

Kathryn Lanier, Ph.D.

STEM Education Outreach Director

Steve Orr, M.S.

Director of Biosafety

Mustafa Syed, M.S.

Director of Bioinformatics

Marianne P. Nurre, CPA

Senior Director, Financial Compliance & Analysis

Omar Khalid, Ph.D.

Director of Platform Informatics

Jessica Bou Akar, CPA

Director of Accounting

John B. Fields

Director of Security and Emergency Management

Brenda D. Singgellos

Director of Human Resources

Gregory Gazvoda, M.S.

Director of GXP Systems

Timothy M. Pennington

Director of Financial Planning and Analysis

Brian Panoff, MBA

Director of Contracts and Procurement

Zhijie Jiang, Ph.D.

Director, Clinicogenomics Data Quality

Katelyn L. Russell, Ph.D.

Director of Client Services