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Staff

In conjunction with Committee Leadership, the GEP’s staff manages day-to-day operations of our nationwide collaborative. While our staff may be small, they are certainly mighty, and each person on our staff is committed to providing excellent support to our faculty and their students. The range of our staff’s backgrounds allows each of them to learn from one another and contribute their unique strengths in all facets of our organization.
Left to Right: Sarah Potts, Wilson Leung, Program Director Laura Reed, & Katie Sandlin (not pictured: Chinmay Rele)
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Wilson Leung

Director of IT
Since 2006

Wilson maintains the GEP servers and develops the annotation tools used by GEP faculty and students (e.g., GEP UCSC Genome Browser, Gene Model Checker, Gene Record Finder). He creates the Genome Browsers and the evidence tracks for the GEP annotation projects. He also assists with curriculum development and provides technical and pedagogical support to GEP faculty and students. His research interests are in chromatin packaging and in the evolution of the Drosophila Muller F element. Wilson is a Senior Scientist on the F Element Project.

Hunter Lindsay

Hunter L. Lindsay

Curriculum & Communications Specialist
Since 2026

Hunter graduated from Bemidji State University in 2022 with a B.S. in General Biology. He joined the GEP in 2024 as a Virtual TA, transitioning to the Curriculum & Communications Specialist role in 2026. He develops curricula and trainings, manages the GEP’s online presence, and leads communication and outreach efforts across platforms. His work focuses on building clear, effective resources and systems that support GEP faculty and students.

Tammy Smith

Tammy Smith

Administrative Assistant
Since 2026

Tammy joined the GEP as our Administrative Assistant in 2026. She received a B.S. in Marketing from the University of Illinois and an MBA from the University of Arkansas Little Rock. Her admin experience includes work at a law firm, ad agency, church, and school district. She plays a key role in supporting the administrative infrastructure that enables the GEP’s educational mission.

Past GEP Staff

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Katie Sandlin, M.S.

Director of Curriculum
Since 2019

As a first-generation college student, Katie graduated with Honors and summa cum laude from The University of Alabama. She was a McNair Scholar and has research experience in microbiology and evolutionary biology. Katie has more than 10 years of teaching experience ranging from middle school to college-level courses. Katie is a curriculum developer and media creator and serves as webmaster of the GEP website.

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Chinmay P. Rele

IT Technical Specialist
Since 2019

Chinmay graduated from Rutgers with Honors in Genetics, Evolutionary Anthropology, and Computational Genomics. Since joining the GEP staff in August 2019, Chinmay has focused on building the microPublication pipeline, reconciling gene models, training student reconcilers for the Pathways Project, and working closely with the GEP Virtual TAs. He is developing his skill set to analyze data for the Pathways Project publications.