Wisconsin National Primate Research Center
Celebrating 60 years of life-saving research and humane animal care

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Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education

Steve Ackerman, Ph.D., Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education

WNPRC Core Scientists and Research Labs

PRIMATE CENTER DIRECTOR’S OFFICE AND SERVICE DIVISIONS

Director’s Office
DIRECTOR Dr. Jon Levine Email Dr. Levine (608) 263-3500
EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT Edi Chan Email Edi Chan (608) 263-3500
COMMUNICATIONS AND OUTREACH
PROGRAM MANAGER		 Jordana Lenon Email Jordana Lenon (608) 263-7024

Operational Services
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR Debra Jurmu Email Debra Jurmu (608) 263-3504
FACILITIES MANAGEMENT
AND SHOP SERVICES		 Bruce Pape Email Bruce Pape (608) 263-3521
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
AND SYSTEMS SERVICES		 itss@primate.wisc.edu Email Dan Metzger (608) 263-3509

Animal Services
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR
AND ATTENDING
VETERINARIAN		 Dr. Saverio
Capuano		 Email Dr. Capuano (608) 263-3571
VETERINARY SERVICES
UNIT HEAD		 Dr. Shreya
Patel Larson		 Email Dr. Larson (608) 261-1463
CLINICAL VETERINARIAN Dr. Michelle
Harke		 Email Dr. Harke (608) 265-3240
CLINICAL VETERINARIAN Dr. Jennifer
Coonen		 Email Dr. Coonen (608) 890-2992
RESEARCH VETERINARIAN Dr. Kevin
Brunner		 Email Dr. Brunner (608) 265-9069
BEHAVIORAL SERVICES Dr. Peter
Pierre		 Email Dr. Pierre (608) 890-2051
COLONY SERVICES Bonnie
Friscino		 Email Bonnie Friscino (608) 890-1142
COLONY RECORDS Lisa Tomczak Email colony records (608) 263-3540
SURGERY Dr. Shreya
Patel Larson		 Email Dr. Larson (608) 261-1485
COMPLIANCE, RECORDS, SAFETY AND
TRAINING		 Sandra
Boehm		 Email Sandra Boehm (608) 263-0988
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND SAFETY SPECIALIST Dottie Olson Email Dottie Olson (608) 890-0798
PATHOLOGY
SERVICES		 Dr. Heather
Simmons		 Email Dr. Simmons (608) 263-3559
SCIENTIFIC PROTOCOL
IMPLEMENTATION		 Dr. Joe Kurian Email Dr. Joe Kurian (608) 512-6912
SCIENTIFIC PROTOCOL
IMPLEMENTATION
RESEARCH
VETERINARIAN		 Dr. Kevin
Brunner		 Email Dr. Brunner (608) 265-9069

Research Services
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR Dr. David Evans Email Dr. Evans (608) 265-1485
ASSAY SERVICES Dr. Amita Kapoor Email Dr.Kapoor (608) 263-3519
GENOMICS SERVICES
HOST GENOTYPING AND
PATHOGEN
SEQUENCING		 Dr. David O’Connor Email Dr. O’Connor (608) 890-0845
IMMUNOLOGY
SERVICES		 Dr. Eva Rakasz Email Dr. Rakasz (608) 265-8998
INFORMATICS AND
DATA SERVICES		 Dr. Daniel Nicolalde Email Dr. Nicolalde (608) 890-4592
VIROLOGY SERVICES Dr. Thomas Friedrich Email Dr. Friedrich (608) 265-3381

Research Resources
AGING RESOURCE
(PART OF SPI UNIT)		 Dr. Ricki Colman Email Dr. Colman (608) 263-3544
PRECISION MEDICINE AND GENOMICS RESOURCES:
Cell and Embryo Gene Editing Dr. Ted Golos Email Dr. Golos (608) 263-3567
Genomic Discovery Dr. Jeff Rogers Email Dr. Rogers (713) 798-7783
Advancing Precision Therapies Dr. Igor Slukvin Email Dr. Slukvin (608) 263-0058
STEM CELL
RESOURCE		 Dr. James Thomson Email Dr. Thomson (608) 316-4348