Principal Investigator
Wendy Scott Beane, Ph.D.
she/her/hers
wendy.beane (at) wmich.edu
Graduate Mentor
David R. McClay, Duke University
Post-Doctoral Mentor
Michael Levin, Tufts University
Undergraduate Mentor
James S. Caldwell, Averett University
ABOUT: Dr. Beane is a Presidential Innovation Professor and Associate Professor of Biological Sciences at Western Michigan University. She is also Collaborating Faculty with the research group of Dr. Yong Li, Division Chief of Medical Engineering at WMU's Homer Stryker School of Medicine. Dr. Beane got her PhD at Duke University in Cellular, Molecular, and Developmental Biology, and her BS at Averett University in Biomedical Sciences. She also holds a BA in English Literature.
Laboratory Manager
Jacqueline Greene
Lab Manager
Graduate Students
Jana Vucković
Doctoral Student
Undergraduate Students
Chase Willcutt
Undergraduate Researcher
Dylan Schafer
Undergraduate Researcher
Anna Tonica
Undergraduate Researcher
Scientist-in-Training
Spencer B., 2015
Spencer B., 2019
Dr. Beane at Work in the Lab
