Ahna Skop

She is known for her research on the mechanisms underlying asymmetric cell division, particularly the importance of the midbody in this process.

Skop grew up in New Haven, Connecticut and Fort Thomas, Kentucky.

She did postdoctoral work at the University of California, Berkeley in the laboratories of Rebecca Heald, Barbara Meyer and John Yates (Scripps),[3] after which she returned to the University of Wisconsin–Madison where, as of 2018, she is a full professor of genetics.

[7] As a faculty member, Skop guided the creation of a diversity committee within the genetics department in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at the University of Madison-Wisconsin and led the creation of their STEM Diversity Network.

[8] Skop collaborated with undergraduate students Elif Kurt and Caitlin Marks to release Genetics Reflections: A coloring book in 2020.

President Bush with the Skop and other recipients of the 2006 Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers