Meet the NAASC Members
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Gloria Muday (2021-2026)
NAASC President; Professor, Wake Forest University
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Dior Kelley (2021-2026)
Assistant Professor, Iowa State University.
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Mentewab Ayalew (2022-2027)
Associate Professor, Spelman College
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Liang Song (2022-2027)
Assistant Professor, University of British Columbia
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Mary Gehring (2023-2028)
Professor, Whitehead Institute, MIT
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Zachary Nimchuk (2023-2028)
Associate Professor , University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Sharon Kessler (2023-2028)
Associate Professor, Purdue University
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Arif Ashraf (2024-2029)
Assistant Professor, University of British Columbia
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Wolfgang Busch (2024-2029)
Professor, Salk Institute for Biological Studies
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Anna Dobritsa (2025-2030)
NAASC Treasurer; Associate Professor, the Ohio State University
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Tomo Kawashima (2025-2030)
Associate Professor, University of Kentucky
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Joanna Friesner (2006- current)
NAASC Executive Director and Representative to MASC (ex oficio)
Meet the Early Career Scholar NAASC Members
Daniela De la Mora Franco
2025-2026 NAASC Term
Grad Student, CINVESTAV, México
Vincent Cerbantez-Bueno
2024-2025 NAASC Term
Postdoc, UC Riverside
Maria Fernanda Gómez Méndez
2025-2026 NAASC Term
Staff Assistant, UC Riverside, USA
Catherine Freed
2024-2025 NAASC Term
Postdoc, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Julia Zheku
2025-2026 NAASC Term
Grad Student, Univ. British Columbia, Canada
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.
