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STEPHEN F KINGSMORE |
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Stephen F Kingsmore, President
Dr. Kingsmore is a physician-scientist with significant experience in senior leadership roles in the biotechnology industry. Dr. Kingsmore's previous roles included Chief Operating Officer of Molecular Staging Inc. and Vice President of Research of CuraGen Corporation, both of New Haven, CT. Prior to that, he was Assistant Professor at the University of Florida in Gainesville, where he positionally cloned 5 disease genes and published over 70 peer-reviewed research papers. Dr. Kingsmore received a B.Sc. in medical microbiology with first class honors and graduated in medicine (M.B., Ch.B., B.A.O.) from the Queen's University of Belfast, Northern Ireland. He completed internship and residency in Internal Medicine, and a fellowship in Rheumatology, at Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC.
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| DAMIAN D GESSLER |
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Damian D Gessler, Program Lead
Dr. Gessler received a double-major in Biology and Mathematics at Beloit
College, Wisconsin, and a Ph.D. in Population Genetics at the University of
California, Santa Cruz.
Dr. Gessler's biological expertise is in evolution and population genetics
as studied via computational techniques. He has used this to delineate
conditions favorable for the evolution of recombination and meiosis, and to
quantify the rate of Muller's ratchet in populations unable to achieve
mutation-selection balance. Dr. Gessler continues research in the evolution
of recombination.
Dr. Gessler's informatic expertise is in simulation, modeling, and data
integration. He has over 20 yrs experience in computer programming and
systems operations. Recent work focuses on the challenges of integrating
data and services from across the web in a semantic web architecture. This
complements on-going work to build a new class of "data driven" simulation
designs aimed at constructing better predictive models.
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| ERNEST F RETZEL |
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Ernest F Retzel, Program Lead
Ernie Retzel has worked in informatics since 1989. During this time, he worked on several plant EST and genome projects, including /Arabidopsis/, soybean, pine and /Medicago truncatula/. Bioinformatics efforts have included developing databases for legume projects, as well as forest crops [poplar and a variety of conifers]. Prior to joining NCGR, Retzel was the founder and director of the Center for Computational Genomics and Bioinformatics at the University of Minnesota, and led bioinformatics development efforts under a variety of NSF, USDA and private grants and contracts. Development work included software for visualization, data mining, protein families and distributed computing.
Dr. Retzel obtained his Bachelor's degrees in microbiology and chemistry from Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan, and his Ph.D. in microbiology and biochemistry from the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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| JOHN T SPECK |
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John T Speck, CFO / VP for Administration
Mr. Speck is a CPA and has an MBA from the University of Texas at San Antonio. From 1984 until 2006, Mr. Speck held leadership roles at the Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research in San Antonio, Texas. Mr. Speck served as the Controller from 1984 through 1989 and the Treasurer from 1989 through 2006. From 1981 until 1984, Mr. Speck served as the Controller at Stanley Smith Security Inc. a national security company. Mr. Speck started his career in 1973 as an accountant at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.
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Kingsmore, Stephen F