Dr. Margaret E. Staton earned her Ph.D. in Plant and Environmental Science from Clemson University. Currently, she is an Associate Professor of Bioinformatics in the Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA. Her research interests include plant computational genomics, transcriptomics, and epigenomics, as well as developing cyberinfrastructure platforms for genomics research data and supporting citizen science (e.g., TreeSnap).