January Luncheon – Speaker: Dr. Carrie Butts-Wilmsmeyer

Dr. Carrie Butts-Wilmsmeyer serves as Director of the Center for Predictive Analytics (C-PAN) and Associate Professor of Biological Sciences at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. Since founding C-PAN in 2019, she has led efforts to forge research partnerships between academia, business, and government agencies, helping organizations transform complex data into actionable insights and informed decision-making.

Dr. Butts-Wilmsmeyer brings extensive expertise in data science, machine learning, and quantitative analysis. Her work spans genomic datasets, remote sensing data, geospatial analysis, and predictive modeling for research, education, business, and health applications. She also develops data models to identify student success factors and coordinates campus-wide initiatives in research data analysis and data ethics.

Prior to joining SIUE, Dr. Butts-Wilmsmeyer served as a Research Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where she focused on biostatistics and quantitative genetics. She holds a Ph.D. in Crop Sciences with a specialization in statistical genetics and plant breeding from the University of Illinois, and a bachelor’s degree in Horticulture, Plant and Soil Science from the University of Kentucky.