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The Danforth Center supports twenty scientific teams that employ approximately 170 scientists from over 22 countries, and that are led by Principal Investigators and Institute Directors. The teams include visiting scientists, postdoctoral fellows, graduate students, and other trainees. The Center’s Principal Investigators, which include a member of the National Academy of Science and elected Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and The Leopoldina, hold adjunct faculty appointments at seven universities and colleges.
USDA Research Scientist, Associate Member
Assistant Member
Associate Member
President, Member
Director, Integrated Microscopy Facility
Director, Proteomics and Mass Spectrometry
Director, Bioinformatics and Principal Investigator
Member and Robert E. King Distinguished Investigator
Member, Oliver M. Langenberg Distinguished Investigator, VP for Research
Executive Director, Institute for International Crop Improvement
Member, Professor - Division of Plant Sciences University of Missouri
Member and Geraldine J. and Robert L. Virgil Distinguished Investigator
Research Associate Member
Associate Professor, Division of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri Columbia
Research Scientist, Principal Investigator VIRCA and Dorothy J. King Distinguished Investigator
Member and Joseph Varner Distinguished Investigator
Member and E. Desmond Lee and Family Endowed Professor