Meet the Current Steering Committee

  • Cris Argueso (2020-2025)

    NAASC Treasurer; Associate Professor, Colorado State University

  • Adrienne Roeder (2020-2025)

    NAASC President & Representative to MASC; Associate Professor, Cornell University

  • Dior Kelley (2021-2026)

    Assistant Professor, Iowa State University.

  • Gloria Muday (2021-2026)

    NAASC Vice President; Professor, Wake Forest University

  • Mentewab Ayalew (2022-2027)

    Associate Professor, Spelman College

  • Liang Song (2022-2027)

    Assistant Professor, University of British Columbia

  • Mary Gehring (2023-2028)

    Professor, Whitehead Institute, MIT

  • Zachary Nimchuk (2023-2028)

    Associate Professor , University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  • Sharon Kessler (2023-2028)

    Associate Professor, Purdue University

  • Arif Ashraf (2024-2029)

    Assistant Professor, University of British Columbia

  • Wolfgang Busch (2024-2029)

    Professor, Salk Institute for Biological Studies

  • Joanna Friesner (2006- current)

    NAASC Executive Director and Representative to MASC (ex oficio)

Early Career Scholar NAASC Members

Vincent Cerbantez-Bueno

2024-2025 NAASC Term

Postdoc, UC Riverside

Catherine Freed

2024-2025 NAASC Term

Postdoc, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Mingyuan Zhu

2023-2025 NAASC Term (elected a 2nd time)

Postdoc, Duke University

  • NAASC is comprised of 10 members, nominated and elected by the North American Arabidopsis community, that serve 5 year terms.

  • Each fall, two new members are elected and two members rotate off.

  • These members comprise the Board of Directors of the NAASC non-profit organization (incorporated: 2006 under US 501(c)3 status).

  • NAASC is supported by a part-time Executive Director who is responsible for coordinating and implementing all NAASC activities, with guidance from the Board.

How we fulfill our mission…