The American Chestnut Project
Project Personnel

Director
Dr. Andrew Newhouse (aenewhou@aurora-ro.com)

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

Administrative Assistant
Kaitlin Breda (kmbreda@aurora-ro.com)

Tissue culture lab manager
Linda McGuigan (lpolin@aurora-ro.com)

Molecular lab manager
Dakota Matthews (dfmatthe@aurora-ro.com)

Production manager
Hannah Pilkey (hcpilkey@aurora-ro.com)

Field managers
Sean Satchwell (ssatchwe@aurora-ro.com)

Research Technician, American elm
Madi Montalvo (mmontalvo@aurora-ro.com)

PhD Student
Erik Carlson (ehcarlso@syr.edu)

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