About Us

Meet our Team

Our multidisciplinary team of specialists is making high-tech breeding a reality for specialty crop and animal breeders.

USDA-ARS

Ed Buckler

Ed Buckler

Principal Investigator

Jean-Luc Jannink

Jean-Luc Jannink

Co-Principal Investigator

Tim Rinehart

Tim Rinehart

Office of National Programs

Amanda Hulse-Kemp

Amanda Hulse-Kemp

BI OnRamp Director

Cornell University

Moira Sheehan headshot

Director

Craig Beil headshot

Breeding Coordinator

Tim Parsons headshot

Lead Software Developer

Headshot, Kirsten Richardson

Executive Assistant

Shawn Yarnes headshot

Product Owner

Training and Communication Lead

Phenomics Postdoc

headshot of Alexandra M Casa

Breeding Data Curator

Bioinformatics Postdoc

Animal Breeding Coordinator

Headshot, Rebecca Cubitt

Breeding Support Specialist

headshot of Meng Lin

Bioinformatics Coordinator

Phenomics Coordinator

Genomics Postdoc

Genomics Postdoc

Tyler Slonecki headshot

Biosoftware Coordinator

headshot of Xuemei Tang

Breeding Data Coordinator

Headshot, Tyr Weisner Hanks

Biometrics Coordinator

Genomics Coordinator

headshot of Dave Meidlinger

Software Developer

headshot of Shahana Mustafa

Quality Assurance Specialist

Nick Palladino headshot

Software Developer

Headshot, Dave Phillips

Software Developer

Heather Sweeney headshot

Software Developer

Technical Steering Board

Ed Buckler

Gina Brown-Guedira

Pete Cyr

Scott Jackson

Jean-Luc Jannink

Steve Larson

Tim Rinehart

Steve Rounsley

Moira Sheehan

Phil Simon

Allen Van Deynze

Margaret Worthington

Careers

Species aren’t the only thing we’re breeding at Breeding Insight. We are also expanding our dynamic, multidisciplinary team of specialists.