Center Staff Home / People / Center Staff People Faculty Advisory Board Center Staff Staff Scientist Kaiyu Guan Founding Director; Blue Waters Associate Professor of Natural Resources & Environmental Sciences; CHIEF SCIENTIST, NASA ACRES PROGRAM Feature Story Andrew Margenot Associate Director; Associate Professor of Crop Sciences Feature Story Wendy Yang Associate Director; Professor of Plant Biology Feature Story Mike Koon Communications Lead Evan Chen Tech/Research Intern; Incoming MSCS Student @ UIUC Logan Tipsword Yiwei An