Meet the 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)

  • 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.

How we fulfill our mission…

Past Elected NAASC Members

  1. Elliot Meyerowitz 1992 - 1994

  2. Chris Somerville 1992 - 1994

  3. Fred Ausubel 1992 - 1995

  4. Joe Ecker 1992 - 1995

  5. Joanne Chory 1992 - 1996

  6. David Meinke 1992 - 1996

  7. Gloria Coruzzi 1994 - 1997

  8. Mark Estelle 1994 - 1997

  9. Pam Green 1995 - 1998

  10. Rob Last 1995 - 1998

  11. Rick Amasino 1996 - 1999

  12. Daphne Preuss 1996 - 1999

  13. Jeff Dangl 1997 - 2000

  14. Detlef Weigel 1997 - 2000

  15. Chuck Gasser 1998 - 2001

  16. Steve Kay 1998 - 2001

  17. Kathy Barton 1999 - 2002

  18. Mary Lou Guerinot 1999 - 2002

  19. Peter McCourt 2000 - 2003

  20. Mike Sussman 2000 - 2003

  21. Bonnie Bartel 2001 - 2005

  22. Eric Richards 2001 - 2005

  23. Greg Copenhaver 2002 - 2006

  24. Brenda Winkel 2002 - 2006

  25. Philip Benfey 2003 - 2007, past President

  26. Rob McClung 2003 - 2007

  27. Judith Bender 2004 - 2008

  28. Xing-Wang Deng 2004 - 2008, past President

  29. Joe Kieber 2005 - 2009, past President

  30. Xuemei Chen 2005 - 2009

  31. Caren Chang 2006 - 2010

  32. Julian Schroeder 2006 - 2010, past President

  33. Scott Poethig 2007 - 2011, past President

  34. George Haughn 2007 - 2011

  35. Mark Estelle 2008 - 2012, past President

  36. Jane Glazebrook 2008 - 2012

  37. Xinnian Dong 2009 - 2013

  38. Blake Meyers 2009 - 2013, past President

  39. Dominique Bergmann 2010 - 2014, past President

  40. Wolf Frommer 2010 - 2014

  41. Nicholas Provart 2011 - 2015, past President

  42. Jose Alonso 2011 - 2015

  43. Siobhan Brady 2012 - 2016

  44. Keiko Torii 2012 - 2016, past President

  45. Sally Assmann 2013 - 2018, past President

  46. Erich Grotewold 2013 - 2018

  47. Doris Wagner 2014 - 2018, past President

  48. Richard Vierstra 2014 - 2018

  49. Jose Dinneny 2015 - 2020, past President

  50. Elizabeth Haswell 2015 - 2020

  51. Roger Innes 2016 - 2021, past President

  52. Peter McCourt 2016 - 2021

  53. Sean Cutler 2017 - 2021

  54. Jennifer Nemhauser 2017 - 2022, past President

  55. Siobhan Braybrook 2019 -2023

  56. Federica Brandizzi 2018-2024 (served extra year), past President

  57. Anna Stepanova 2018-2024 (served extra year)

  58. R. Keith Slotkin (2019-2024), past President