Executive Team
University of Arizona
Nirav Merchant
Principal Investigator, University of Arizona | nirav@arizona.edu
Nirav Merchant is the Director of the Data Science Institute at the University of Arizona. Merchant brings over 30 years of experience at the University of Arizona as a technology strategist and architect for multi-institutional projects involving scalable data analytics. Merchant directs CyVerse's CI strategy around Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, and Precision Health Care.
Tyson Swetnam Ph.D.
Co-Principal Investigator, University of Arizona | tswetnam@arizona.edu
Dr. Tyson Swetnam is Research Associate Professor of Geoinformatics in the Institute for Computation & Data-Enabled Insight (ICDI). Swetnam leads CyVerse Science Team supporting multiple NSF Synthesis Centers in Biology, Artificial Intelligence Institutes, Superfund Research, the US Department of Energy and US Department of Agriculture related projects.
Edwin Skidmore
Director of Infrastructure, University of Arizona | edwin@cyverse.org
Skidmore leads CyVerse Cloud Native Services team developing Infrastructure as Code and DevOps frameworks Skidmore also supports multiple collaborative research projects including Jetstream-2, and CyVerse (Soteria) Health.
Sarah Roberts
Senior Research Software Engineer, Core Software, University of Arizona | sarahr@cyverse.org
Roberts is lead software engineer of CyVerse Core Software and senior developer of the Discovery Environment. Roberts team of engineers are responsible for the 24/7 availability of the primary CyVerse platform at University of Arizona, as well as providing support to Soteria and CyVerse Austria.
University of Texas at Austin, Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC)
John Fonner Ph.D.
Co-Principal Investigator, University of Texas at Austin | jfonner@tacc.utexas.edu
John Fonner leads on CyVerse support from the Life Sciences Computing group at TACC (UT Austin). Dr. Fonner led the development of the CyVerse Software Development Kit (SDK), one of the CyVerse Application Programming Interfaces that enables developers to integrate and access CyVerse backend services.
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
David Micklos Ph.D.
Co-Principal Investigator, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory | micklos@cshl.edu
David Micklos is the founder and Executive Director of the DNA Learning Center (DNALC) at CSHL. Micklos collaborates with NSF, NIH, and HHMI-supported programs to integrate CyVerse into education programs at the national level.
CyVerse Staff
Cloud Native Services
Illyoung Choi
Research and Development Engineer, University of Arizona | iychoi@arizona.edu
Andy Edmonds
Senior Systems Administrator, Cloud Native Services, University of Arizona | aedmonds@cyverse.org
Jeremy Frady
Systems Administrator, Cloud Native Services, University of Arizona | jeremyfrady@cyverse.org
Leonardo Soto Hernandez
Student Software Engineer, University of Arizona
Victoria Quang
Student UX/Accessibility Developer, University of Arizona
Mariah Wall
User Interface and Application Developer, University of Arizona | mgwall@cyverse.org
Zhuoyun (John) Xu
Software Engineer, Cloud Native Services, University of Arizona | xuzy73@cyverse.org
Core Software
Tony Edgin
Senior Research Software Engineer, Core Software, University of Arizona | tedgin@cyverse.org
Tanmay Agrawal
Student Software Engineer, University of Arizona
Sue Min Kwon
Student Software Engineer, University of Arizona
Ian McEwen
Research Software Engineer, Core Software, University of Arizona | mian@cyverse.org
Paul Sarando
Research Software Engineer, Core Software, University of Arizona | psarando@cyverse.org
John Wregglesworth
Research Software Engineer, Core Software, University of Arizona | wregglej@cyverse.org
Science and Education
Michele Cosi
Data Scientist III, University of Arizona | cosi@arizona.edu
Gabe Barros
Student Application Maintainer, University of Arizona
Jeffrey Gillan
Data Scientist III, University of Arizona | jgillan@arizona.edu
Eli Schillinger
Student Software Engineer, University of Arizona