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


Jiandie Lin, Ph.D.

Co-Director, Michigan Pioneer Fellows Program

Research Professor, U-M Life Sciences Institute

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

Emily Pappas

Administrative Assistant, Life Sciences Institute


Jacqueline Popma, Ph.D.

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