Dr. Alan Smith is a Senior Research Scientist focusing on computational biology, bioinformatics, and chemoinformatics to generate predictive models. Dr. Smith was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in Dr. Gabriela Cezar's laboratory where he developed laboratory methods for metabolomics of cell culture and tissue based experiments as well as a metabolomics data analysis pipeline. Dr. Smith completed his Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees in Biology at Purdue University and received his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in Plant Breeding and Plant Genetics. His expertise is in epigenetics, metabolomics, and computational biology.

Kevin Conard's now 20-year research career began in environmental chemistry and after further work in phase I/II vaccine formulation and hESC MS proteomics, he joined Stemina as a scientist in BioAnalytical Chemistry. Kevin's has extensive experience in most forms of instrumentational analysis, assay development and validation, and facilities management. He is also well versed in cGLP, cGMP and EPA-regulated environments. Kevin holds a Bachelor of Science degree in biology from the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse.

Jessica Palmer is a Senior Scientist in Cell Biology. Prior to joining Stemina Biomarker Discovery, she was the laboratory manager in Dr. Cezar's laboratory at the University of Wisconsin – Madison. Additionally, she received her Master of Science degree while working in Dr. Cezar's lab at the UW. Her research focused on using human embryonic stem cells and their derivatives to identify metabolic pathways being targeted in birth defects arising early in development. Jessica has extensive expertise in stem cell biology, cell culture, neural differentiation, immunocytochemistry and developmental toxicity. She also received a Bachelor of Science degree in Animal Science from the University of Wisconsin – Madison.

Dr. Burr Fontaine joined Stemina Biomarker Discovery in 2009 as a Bioinformatics Research Scientist. With more than 15 years of experience in integrated bioinformatics support on a range of medical research projects, his primary focus at Stemina is providing bioinformatics, statistical analysis and programming support for research and development in metabolomics and mass spectrometry. Dr. Fontaine earned his medical degree at the Medical College of Wisconsin and holds two Masters degrees in medical informatics and bioinformatics. He has also completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Washington University in bioinformatics and computational biology.