{"id":31,"date":"2026-03-31T22:36:32","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T02:36:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tfregulon.org\/?page_id=31"},"modified":"2026-06-04T00:52:55","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T04:52:55","slug":"org-chart","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tfregulon.org\/?page_id=31","title":{"rendered":"Who Are We"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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We are a team of interdisciplinary scientists and engineers pursuing a high-risk, high-reward approach to reprogram plant gene regulatory networks, aiming to fundamentally transform nitrogen use in bioenergy crops and enable step-change reductions in agricultural N\u2082O emissions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Gloria Coruzzi – Lead PI<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Systems Biology & Crop Translation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Carroll and Milton Petrie Professor of Biology<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NYU Center for Genomics and Systems Biology<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lisa Ainsworth – Co-PI<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Field-Based Nitrogen Use & N\u2082O Emissions Research<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Interim Director, Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology<\/p>\n\n\n\n

University of Illinois Urbana Champaign<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Matthew Brooks -Co- PI<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Systems Biology of Nitrogen Use Efficiency & Photosynthesis<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research Molecular Biologist; Assistant Professor<\/p>\n\n\n\n

USDA-ARS Global Change and Photosynthesis Research Unit, Urbana, Illinois, United States<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Laurie Leonelli – Co-PI<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Assistant Professor<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synthetic Biology & Genetic Engineering<\/p>\n\n\n\n

College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences <\/p>\n\n\n\n

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dennis Shasha – Co-PI<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Professor of Computer Science<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Department of Computer Science<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences<\/p>\n\n\n\n

New York University <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tim Jeffers<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Computational Biologist & Project Manager<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PostDoc in the Coruzzi Lab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NYU’s Center for Genomics and Systems Biology <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Richard Broglie<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tech-To-Market Consultant<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ag Forward<\/em> Advisors<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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