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Taylor Marie McWhorter, Ph.D.

March 17, 2023

Geneticist Taylor M. McWhorter, Ph.D., joined CDCB as a Geneticist in February 2023. Taylor studied at the University of Georgia (Athens, GA), where she received…

Katie Schmitt

February 28, 2023

Raised on a dairy farm in central Minnesota, Katie Schmitt began her tenure with CDCB in the spring of 2023 as Outreach Specialist. Before joining…

Andres Legarra

February 28, 2023

Andres Legarra joined CDCB as Senior Geneticist, effective January 1, 2023. He works on genetic improvement of livestock with strong emphasis in genetic evaluation with…

Heather Adams Enzenauer, Ph.D.

October 21, 2022

Heather Adams Enzenauer, Ph.D., started with the CDCB as an Applied Geneticist in September 2022. Before CDCB, Heather worked as a genomic specialist and research…

Jhamal McKee

August 24, 2022

Jhamal McKee joined CDCB in January 2022 as Junior Systems Administrator. In this role, Jhamal provides systems administration support to further ensure the integrity and…

Lauren Thomas

July 9, 2021

Lauren Thomas joined CDCB in March 2020. As Data Specialist, Lauren works closely with scientists and data analysts to automate data processing and optimize procedures.…

Kaori Tokuhisa, MSC

July 9, 2021

In 2015, Kaori Tokuhisa joined CDCB as a genomic data analyst with main responsibilities in quality control, customer service, data loads to the database and…

George Wiggans, Ph.D.

July 9, 2021

George Wiggans is Technical Advisor at CDCB, following an illustrious 38-year career as research geneticist at US Department of Agriculture. Raised on an upstate New…

Xiao-Lin (Nick) Wu, Ph.D.

July 9, 2021

Xiao-Lin (Nick) Wu is product development manager at CDCB, with primary role to evaluate existing tools and develop new statistical methods and products beneficial to…

Cindy Ferrier

July 9, 2021

Cindy Ferrier joined CDCB in February 2020 as the Office Manager. Cindy has an MBA in Human Resources Management and brings 15 years of administrative…