Contact Us

For questions about the program or the application process, email: pioneer-fellows-admin@umich.edu

Carole Parent, Ph.D.

Director, Michigan Pioneer Fellows Program

Research Professor, U-M Life Sciences Institute

Raymond and Lynne Ruddon Professor of Cancer Biology and Pharmacology, U-M Medical School

Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology, U-M Medical School


Yatrik Shah, Ph.D.

Co-Director, Michigan Pioneer Fellows Program

Horace W. Davenport Collegiate Professor of Physiology, U-M Medical School

Professor of Molecular & Integrative Physiology and Internal Medicine, U-M Medical School

Wenjing Wang, Ph.D.

Co-Director, Michigan Pioneer Fellows Program

Research Assistant Professor, U-M Life Sciences Institute

William R. Roush Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, U-M College of Literature, Science, and the Arts

Traci Carulli

Administrative Project Coordinator, Life Sciences Institute


Jacqueline Popma, Ph.D.

Graduate Student & Postdoc Coordinator, Department of Cell & Developmental Biology, U-M Medical School