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There
are currently 455 scientists
holding a professional academic appointment
at Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural
History. There
are three different appointment types
including:
Research Collaborator (162), Research
Associate (251) and Adjunct Scientist
(42). Research Students are listed as
part of the fellowship
community. The term "Research
Associate" is sometimes used collectively
for all individuals awarded a professional
academic appointment and who are part
of the NMNH scientific community.
Although
active members of the scientific community,
"Research Associates"
are not employees of the Museum, but individuals
who hold a formal scholarly affiliation
with the Institution. Appointments are
generally awarded for up to three years
and may be renewed. There are two renewal
cycles each year, May 1st and November
1st.
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TERMS
and APPOINTMENT CATEGORIES
Student/Research
Student: This appointment type
encompasses those individuals who are
actively pursuing their education at a
college or university but have not yet
achieved professional status. The formal
designation "Student" acknowledges
active collaboration between an individual
and NMNH staff. Individuals awarded the
academic title of "Research Student"
are grouped with the Fellows
Community.
Visiting
Scientist:
Visiting Scientists are professionals
working independently within the National
Museum of Natural History research and
collection facilities. This is not a formal
academic appointment but instead identifies
an individual visiting the collections
and/or facilities.
Research
Collaborator: Research Collaborators
are those professionals working independently
within the National Museum of Natural
History research and collection facilities
or informally collaborating with members
from the NMNH community on scientific
endeavors. Research Collaborators generally
have achieved an academic degree and hold
professional status within the scientific
community.
Research
Associate: Professional scholars
who formally and actively collaborate
with NMNH scientific staff through collaborative
projects, proposal submission, co-authored
publications, etc. including regular use
of the NMNH research and collection facilities.
Research Associates have achieved a degree,
usually a doctorate, and have professional
status within their academic community.
Research Associates are generally affiliated
with a recognized academic institution
as active or retired staff and have an
active publication record, including at
least one scholarly publication within
the past two years.
Adjunct
Scientist: The title of Adjunct
Scientist is awarded by NMNH to distinguished
professionals who significantly contribute
to the intellectual life of the Museum
through their in-residence participation
in the care and curation of the collections;
active research and publication; service
on NMNH and/or SI panels and committees;
and mentoring of students working with
NMNH scientific staff. Adjunct Scientists
have achieved a doctorate; have professional
status within their scientific community;
have an active publication record, including
at least one scholarly publication each
year; and demonstrate a commitment to
the NMNH scientific community through
their regular in-residence participation
in the scholarly activities of the Museum.
In
addition, scientists
from our affiliated agencies in-residence
at the Museum are awarded the title of
Adjunct Scientist, reflecting the important
role they play in the Museum community.
These affiliated agencies include US Department
of Interior US Geological Survey - Biological
Resources Division; US Department of Commerce
National Marine Fisheries Service; US
Department of Agriculture, Agriculture
Research Service; and US Department of
Defense Walter Reed Army Institute of
Research.
Emeritus:
Emeritus appointments are generally reserved
for NMNH research staff who retire from
Federal employment with the Smithsonian
(NMNH) but wish to remain as an active
contributor to the NMNH scientific community.
Individuals awarded the title of Emeritus
are generally grouped with staff listings,
although the title of Emeritus may also
be considered an academic appointment.
A distinct listing of our emeritus
staff is posted separately.
PROFESSIONAL
ACADEMIC APPOINTEES
Adjunct Scientists, Research
Associates and Research Collaborators
As of award cycle: 1 November 2008
Of
the 81 appointments up for consideration
during the November 2008 review cycle,
there were 53 renewals submitted, 28 new
nominations, 9 appointments were formally
closed, 6 allowed to expired and 0 nominations
withdrawn. A total of 81 new or renewed
awards were granted during the November
2008 cycle.
ADAMSKI , David N. .
Research Associate . Institutional affiliation:
Department of Agriculture, Agricultural
Research Service. . Education: B.S. (1979)
University of Massachusetts ; M.S. (1981)
University of Massachusetts ; Ph.D. (1987)
Mississippi State University . Research
specialties: systematics of Gelechioidea,
especially Blastobasinae . Staff sponsor:
Donald R. Davis . Appointment term: 15-Nov-08
to 14-Nov-11 . Science Unit: Department
of Entomology .
AFABLE THOMAS , Patricia O. .
Research Associate . Institutional affiliation:
None . Education: B.A. (1962) University
of the Philippines ; Ph.M. (1968) Yale
University ; Ph.D. (1989) Yale University
. Research specialties: Philippine culture
history . Staff sponsor: Paul M. Taylor
. Appointment term: 15-May-07 to 14-May-10
. Science Unit: Department of Anthropology
.
AGNARSSON , Ingi . Research Collaborator
. Institutional affiliation: Post doc
at University of Akron . Education: B.S.
(1995) University of Iceland ; Ph.D. (2004)
George Washington University . Research
specialties: araneoid spiders, especially
cobweb weaving . Staff sponsor: Jonathan
A. Coddington . Appointment term: 15-Nov-07
to 14-Nov-10 . Science Unit: Department
of Entomology .
AGOSTI , Donat . Research Collaborator
. Institutional affiliation: Plazi . Education:
B.S. (1983) Federal Institute of Technology,
Switzerland ; Ph.D. (1989) Federal Institute
of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland . Research
specialties: ants . Staff sponsor: Ted
R. Schultz . Appointment term: 15-May-08
to 14-May-11 . Science Unit: Department
of Entomology .
ALONSO , Leeanne E. . Research
Collaborator . Institutional affiliation:
Conservation International . Education:
B.S. (1987) University of Texas ; M.A.
(1991) Harvard University ; Ph.D. (1994)
Harvard University . Research specialties:
ant and invertebrate diversity in remote
and/or vanishing tropical areas throughout
the world . Staff sponsor: Ted R. Schultz
. Appointment term: 15-Nov-08 to 14-Nov-11
. Science Unit: Department of Entomology
.
ALTIG , Ronald . Research Associate
. Institutional affiliation: Retired from
Mississippi State University . Education:
B.S. (1963) University of Illinois ; M.S.
(1965) Southern Illinois University ;
Ph.D. (1968) Oregon State University .
Research specialties: larval amphibians,
species identification of tadpoles . Staff
sponsor: Ron Heyer . Appointment term:
15-Nov-07 to 14-Nov-10 . Science Unit:
Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division
of Amphibians and Reptiles .
AMITH , Jonathan D. . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
Gettysburg College . Education: B.A. (1978)
University of Michigan ; Ph.D. (2000)
Yale University . Research specialties:
linguistics; anthropology; ethnobiology;
Indigenous communities in Mexico . Staff
sponsor: William L. Merrill . Appointment
term: 15-Nov-07 to 14-Nov-10 . Science
Unit: Department of Anthropology .
APLIN , Kenneth . Research Associate
. Institutional affiliation: Australian
National Wildlife Collection . Education:
B.A. (1981) Australian National University
; Ph.D. (1990) University of South Wales
. Research specialties: Phylogenetics,
biogeography, and comparative anatomy
of vertebrates; Quaternary paleoecology
. Staff sponsor: Kristofer Helgen . Appointment
term: 15-Nov-08 to 14-Nov-11 . Science
Unit: Department of Vertebrate Zoology,
Division of Mammals .
ARCHIBALD , J. David . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
San Diego State University . Education:
B.S. (1972) Kent State University ; Ph.D.
(1977) University of California, Berkeley
. Research specialties: Cretaceous vertebrates,
mammalian paleontology, end-Cretaceous
extinction . Staff sponsor: Hans-Dieter
Sues . Appointment term: 15-May-07 to
14-May-10 . Science Unit: Department of
Paleobiology .
ARELLANO , Jorge . Research Collaborator
. Institutional affiliation: None . Education:
B.S. (1970) San Andres University . Research
specialties: environmental archaeology
. Staff sponsor: Dennis Stanford and Betty
Meggers . Appointment term: 15-Nov-06
to 14-Nov-09 . Science Unit: Department
of Anthropology .
ARMOUR-CHELU , Miranda J. . Research
Collaborator . Institutional affiliation:
Howard University . Education: B.A. (1982)
London University ; M.S. (1986) London
University ; Ph.D. (1993) London University
. Research specialties: evolution of central
paratethys Miocene vertebrate communities;
systematics and paleoecology of East African
equids . Staff sponsor: Anna K. Behrensmeyer
. Appointment term: 15-Nov-07 to 14-Nov-10
. Science Unit: Department of Paleobiology
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ARNAUD , Madeline . Research
Collaborator . Institutional affiliation:
None . Education: None . Research specialties:
diptera . Staff sponsor: Wayne Mathis
and Norman Woodley . Appointment term:
15-May-08 to 14-May-11 . Science Unit:
Department of Entomology .
ARNAUD , Paul H. . Research Associate
. Institutional affiliation: California
Academy of Sciences, retired . Education:
B.S. (1949) San Jose State University
; M.A. (1950) Stanford University ; Ph.D.
(1961) Stanford University . Research
specialties: biosystematics of Diptera
. Staff sponsor: Wayne N. Mathis . Appointment
term: 15-May-07 to 14-May-10 . Science
Unit: Department of Entomology .
ARONSON , Richard . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
Dauphin Island Sea Lab . Education: A.B.
(1979) Dartmouth College ; A.M. (1980)
Harvard University ; Ph.D. (1985) Harvard
University . Research specialties: paleoecology
. Staff sponsor: Ian G. Macintyre . Appointment
term: 15-Nov-07 to 14-Nov-10 . Science
Unit: Department of Paleobiology .
ASSEFA , Zelalem . Research Collaborator
. Institutional affiliation: None . Education:
B.A. (1983) Addis Ababa University ; M.A.
(1997) SUNY, Stony Brook ; Ph.D. (2002)
SUNY, Stony Brook . Research specialties:
East African archaeology and archaeozoology;
development of modern human behavior .
Staff sponsor: Melinda Zeder . Appointment
term: 15-May-07 to 14-May-10 . Science
Unit: Department of Anthropology .
AUSICH , William I. . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
Ohio State University . Education: B.S.
(1974) University of Illinois ; M.A. (1976)
Indiana University ; Ph.D. (1978) Indiana
University . Research specialties: taxonomic
revisions and monographs, taphonomic studies
of crinoid deposits, macroevolutionary
patterns among Paleozoic crinoid clades
. Staff sponsor: Brian Huber . Appointment
term: 15-Nov-08 to 14-Nov-11 . Science
Unit: Department of Paleobiology .
BAMBACH , Richard . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
Virginia Polytechnic University . Education:
B.A. (1957) Johns Hopkins University ;
M.A. (1964) Yale University ; Ph.D. (1969)
Yale University . Research specialties:
community paleoecology, diversity, and
diversity change through time; Paleozoic
bivalva mollusks; paleogeography and paleobiogeography;
interpretation of depositional environments;
macroevolution . Staff sponsor: Conrad
Labandeira . Appointment term: 15-May-08
to 14-May-11 . Science Unit: Department
of Paleobiology .
BANKS , Richard C. . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
None . Education: B.S. (1953) Ohio State
University ; M.A. (1958) University of
California-Berkeley ; Ph.D. (1961) University
of California, Berkeley . Research specialties:
avian systematics . Staff sponsor: Storrs
Olson . Appointment term: 15-Nov-07 to
14-Nov-10 . Science Unit: Department of
Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Birds
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BARON-SZABO , Rosemarie C. .
Research Associate . Institutional affiliation:
Research Institution Senckenberg . Education:
B.S. (1986) Freie Universitat ; M.S. (1991)
Freie Universitat ; Ph.D. (1997) Institute
of Paleontology, Freie Universitat, Berlin
. Research specialties: taxonomy, stratigraphy
of Cretaceous Scleractinia (stony corals);
Mesozoic corals . Staff sponsor: Stephen
Cairns . Appointment term: 15-Nov-07 to
14-Nov-10 . Science Unit: Department of
Invertebrate Zoology .
BARROWS , Edward M. . Research
Collaborator . Institutional affiliation:
Georgetown University . Education: B.S.
(1968) University of Michigan ; Ph.D.
(1975) University of Kansas . Research
specialties: arthropod biological diversity
of parks; scientific communication . Staff
sponsor: Ted R. Schultz . Appointment
term: 15-Nov-07 to 14-Nov-10 . Science
Unit: Department of Entomology .
BARSE , William P. . Research
Collaborator . Institutional affiliation:
None . Education: B.A. (1973) University
of Maryland ; M.A. (1981) Catholic University
; Ph.D. (1989) Catholic University . Research
specialties: archaeology and paleoecological
studies in rain forests . Staff sponsor:
Dennis Stanford and Betty Meggers . Appointment
term: 15-Nov-08 to 14-Nov-11 . Science
Unit: Department of Anthropology .
BAUER , Aaron Matthew. . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
Villanova University . Education: B.A.
(1982) Michigan State University ; Ph.D.
(1986) University of California, Berkeley
. Research specialties: phylogenetic systematics,
evolutionary and functional morphology,
and zoogeography of the gekkonid lizards
of the southern hemisphere . Staff sponsor:
Kevin de Queiroz . Appointment term: 15-May-07
to 14-May-10 . Science Unit: Department
of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Amphibians
and Reptiles .
BEATI , Lorenza . Research Associate
. Institutional affiliation: Georgia Southern
University . Education: B.S. (1987) University
of Lausanne ; Ph.D. (1993) University
of Aix-Marseille . Research specialties:
ticks . Staff sponsor: Terry Erwin . Appointment
term: 15-Nov-07 to 14-Nov-10 . Science
Unit: Department of Entomology .
BEATTY , Brian . Research Collaborator
. Institutional affiliation: New York
College of Osteopathic Medicine . Education:
B.S. (1999) University of Florida ; M.S.
(2002) Howard University ; Ph.D. (2006)
University of Kansas . Research specialties:
evolution of marine mammals, especially
Sirenia and Desmostylia . Staff sponsor:
Matthew Carrano . Appointment term: 15-Nov-07
to 14-Nov-10 . Science Unit: Department
of Paleobiology .
BECKER , Vitor O. . Research
Collaborator . Institutional affiliation:
Serra Bonita Reserve . Education: B.S.
(?) Universidade Federal Rural do Rio
Grande do Sul ; M.S. (1973) Center for
Tropical Education and Research ; Ph.D.
(1981) Imperial College, University of
London . Research specialties: biology
of Atlantic forests of southern Brazil;
Gelechioidea; neotropical Lepidoptera
. Staff sponsor: Donald R. Davis . Appointment
term: 15-Nov-06 to 14-Nov-09 . Science
Unit: Department of Entomology .
BEEHLER , Bruce . Research Associate
. Institutional affiliation: Conservation
International . Education: B.A. (1974)
Williams College ; M.A. (1978) Princeton
University ; Ph.D. (1983) Princeton University
. Research specialties: birds of New Guinea;
Paradisaeidae . Staff sponsor: Storrs
Olson . Appointment term: 15-May-06 to
14-May-09 . Science Unit: Department of
Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Birds
.
BELLAMY , Charles Lawrence. .
Research Associate . Institutional affiliation:
California Department of Agriculture .
Education: B.A. (1979) California State
University ; M.S. (1983) California State
University ; Ph.D. (1987) University of
Pretoria, South Africa . Research specialties:
systematics and phylogeny of Coraebini
(Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Agrilinae) .
Staff sponsor: Terry Erwin . Appointment
term: 15-Nov-07 to 14-Nov-10 . Science
Unit: Department of Entomology .
BERLIN , O Brent . Research Associate
. Institutional affiliation: University
of Georgia . Education: Ph.D. (1964) Stanford
University . Research specialties: ethnobotany
. Staff sponsor: William L. Merrill and
Vicki Funk. . Appointment term: 15-Nov-07
to 14-Nov-10 . Science Unit: Department
of Anthropology .
BERNSTEIN , Robin . Research
Collaborator . Institutional affiliation:
George Washington University . Education:
B.A. (1997) Rutgers College ; Ph.D. (2004)
University of Illinois . Research specialties:
developmental biology of organisms closely
related to humans . Staff sponsor: Richard
Potts . Appointment term: 15-May-08 to
14-May-11 . Science Unit: Department of
Anthropology .
BERTA , Annalisa . Research Associate
. Institutional affiliation: San Diego
State University . Education: B.A. (1974)
University of Washington ; Ph.D. (1979)
University of California, Berkeley . Research
specialties: systematics, evolution, morphology
and biogeography of marine mammals . Staff
sponsor: Matthew Carrano . Appointment
term: 15-May-08 to 14-May-11 . Science
Unit: Department of Paleobiology .
BILBY , Kenneth . Research Associate
. Institutional affiliation: Columbia
College . Education: B.A. (1976) Bard
College ; M.A. (1980) Wesleyan University
; Ph.D. (1990) Johns Hopkins University
. Research specialties: Black diasporan
cultures, ethnography of the Caribbean
. Staff sponsor: Mary Jo Arnoldi . Appointment
term: 15-May-07 to 14-May-10 . Science
Unit: Department of Anthropology .
BOBE , Rene . Research Associate
. Institutional affiliation: University
of Georgia . Education: B.A. (1983) Pomona
College ; Ph.D. (1997) University of Washington
. Research specialties: faunas and environmental
change in East African Plio-Pleistocene;
relationship of faunal change to hominid
evolution . Staff sponsor: Anna K. Behrensmeyer
. Appointment term: 15-Nov-07 to 14-Nov-10
. Science Unit: Department of Paleobiology
.
BOUCHET , Philippe . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle,
Paris . Education: B.S. (1974) University
Pierre & Marie Curie ; Ph.D. (1977)
University Pierre & Marie Curie .
Research specialties: taxonomy, natural
history, and conservation of mollusks
. Staff sponsor: Ellen Strong . Appointment
term: 15-May-08 to 14-May-11 . Science
Unit: Department of Invertebrate Zoology
.
BRADLEY , Bruce A. . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
University of Exeter . Education: B.A.
(1970) University of Arizona ; Ph.D. (1977)
University of Cambridge . Research specialties:
Paleolithic technology, North American
Paleo-Indian . Staff sponsor: Dennis Stanford
. Appointment term: 15-Nov-07 to 14-Nov-10
. Science Unit: Department of Anthropology
.
BRITZ , Ralph . Research Associate
. Institutional affiliation: Natural History
Museum, London . Education: B.S. (1992)
Tubingen University ; M.S. (1992) Tubingen
University ; Ph.D. (1995) Tubingen University
. Research specialties: Comparative anatomy
(emphasizing an ontogenetic perspective),
phylogenetics, and taxonomy of actinopterygian
and sarcopterygian fishes, ranging from
general questions of evolutionary biology
and homology and studies of higher level
relationships to basal problems in taxonomy
and systematics of various fish groups
. Staff sponsor: G. David Johnson . Appointment
term: 15-Nov-07 to 14-Nov-10 . Science
Unit: Department of Vertebrate Zoology,
Division of Fishes .
BROOKS , Alison S. . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
George Washington University . Education:
B.A. (1965) Radcliffe College ; M.A. (1967)
Harvard University ; Ph.D. (1979) Harvard
University . Research specialties: human
origins in Botswana, Congo, Ethiopia .
Staff sponsor: Richard Potts . Appointment
term: 15-May-08 to 14-May-11 . Science
Unit: Department of Anthropology .
BROWER , Andrew Van Zandt. .
Research Associate . Institutional affiliation:
Middle Tennessee State University . Education:
B.A. (1985) Yale College ; M.A. (1987)
Yale School of Forestry ; Ph.D. (1994)
Cornell University . Research specialties:
empirical systematics and population biology
of Lepidoptera; morphological and molecular
cladistics of Ithomiinae; phylogenetic
and biogeographical relationships of austral
and Andean pronophiline Satyrinae; higher-level
systematics of the Nymphalidae . Staff
sponsor: Robert K. Robbins . Appointment
term: 15-Nov-07 to 14-Nov-10 . Science
Unit: Department of Entomology .
BROWER , Lincoln Pierson. . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
Sweet Briar College . Education: B.A.
(1953) Princeton University ; Ph.D. (1957)
Yale University . Research specialties:
monarch butterflies and annual migration
to Mexico . Staff sponsor: Robert K. Robbins
. Appointment term: 15-Nov-06 to 14-Nov-09
. Science Unit: Department of Entomology
.
BROWN , John W. . Adjunct Scientist
. Institutional affiliation: Department
of Agriculture, Agricultural Research
Service. . Education: B.S. (1983) San
Diego State University ; Ph.D. (1988)
University of California, Berkeley . Research
specialties: systematics and biogeography
of Tortricidae (Insecta: Lepidoptera);
biogeography of Baja California; conservation
biology; faunal surveys . Staff sponsor:
Chair, Entomology . Appointment term:
15-Nov-04 to 14-Nov-09 . Science Unit:
Department of Entomology .
BROWN , Brian V. . Research Associate
. Institutional affiliation: Los Angeles
County Museum . Education: B.S. (1983)
University of Guelph ; M.S. (1985) University
of Guelph ; Ph.D. (1990) University of
Alberta . Research specialties: Diptera,
especially the Phoridae . Staff sponsor:
Wayne N. Mathis . Appointment term: 15-Nov-07
to 14-Nov-10 . Science Unit: Department
of Entomology .
BROWNELL , Robert L. . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
National Marine Fisheries Services . Education:
B.S. (1965) San Diego State University
; Ph.D. (1975) University of Tokyo . Research
specialties: cetacean systematics . Staff
sponsor: James G. Mead . Appointment term:
15-May-07 to 14-May-10 . Science Unit:
Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division
of Mammals .
BUCHER NORRIS , Katina . Research
Collaborator . Institutional affiliation:
None . Education: B.A. (1974) University
of California, Santa Barbara . Research
specialties: systematics of marine algae,
especially Rhodophyta . Staff sponsor:
Jim Norris . Appointment term: 15-May-07
to 14-May-10 . Science Unit: Department
of Botany .
BUDD , Ann "Nancy" .
Research Associate . Institutional affiliation:
University of Iowa . Education: B.A. (1973)
Lawrence University ; M.A. (1975) Johns
Hopkins University ; Ph.D. (1978) Johns
Hopkins University . Research specialties:
Cenozoic fossil Scleractinia . Staff sponsor:
Nancy Knowlton . Appointment term: 15-May-08
to 14-May-11 . Science Unit: Department
of Invertebrate Zoology .
BUENO-SORIA , Joaquin . Research
Collaborator . Institutional affiliation:
Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
. Education: B.S. (1968) Universidad Nacional
Autonoma de Mexico ; M.S. (1975) Universidad
Nacional Autonoma de Mexico ; Ph.D. (1979)
Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
. Research specialties: Biosystematics
and ecology of caddisflies, especially
the fauna of Mexico and Central America
. Staff sponsor: Oliver Flint . Appointment
term: 15-Nov-06 to 14-Nov-09 . Science
Unit: Department of Entomology .
BUFFINGTON , Matthew . Adjunct
Scientist . Institutional affiliation:
Department of Agriculture, Agricultural
Research Service. . Education: B.S. (1997)
University of California, Riverside ;
M.S. (2000) Texas A&M University ;
Ph.D. (2005) University of California,
Riverside . Research specialties: Systematics
of Parasitic Hymenoptera, with an emphasis
on Cynipoidea and Proctotrupoidea . Staff
sponsor: Chair, Entomology . Appointment
term: 15-May-06 to 14-Nov-09 . Science
Unit: Department of Entomology .
BUIKSTRA , Jane . Research Associate
. Institutional affiliation: University
of New Mexico. . Education: B.A. (1967)
DePauw University ; M.A. (1969) University
of Chicago ; Ph.D. (1972) University of
Chicago . Research specialties: prehistoric
populations from the Americas; microevolutionary
change and biological response to environmental
stress . Staff sponsor: Gillian Flynn
and William Fitzhugh . Appointment term:
15-Jan-05 to 14-May-09 . Science Unit:
Department of Anthropology .
BURCH , Judith . Research Collaborator
. Institutional affiliation: Arctic Inuit
Art . Education: B.A. (1958) Duke University
. Research specialties: contemporary Canadian
Inuit art . Staff sponsor: William W.
Fitzhugh . Appointment term: 15-May-07
to 14-May-10 . Science Unit: Department
of Anthropology .
BURCH Jr. , Ernest S. . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
None . Education: B.A. (1960) Princeton
University ; M.A. (1963) University of
Chicago ; Ph.D. (1966) University of Chicago
. Research specialties: historical ethnography
of Arctic peoples, particularly Eskimos
. Staff sponsor: William W. Fitzhugh .
Appointment term: 15-Nov-07 to 14-Nov-10
. Science Unit: Department of Anthropology
.
BURKE , Christina E. . Research
Collaborator . Institutional affiliation:
Indiana University . Education: B.A. (1989)
University of Rochester . Research specialties:
ethnohistory, museum anthropology, American
Indian art, language and literacy . Staff
sponsor: Daniel J. Rogers and Candace
Greene. . Appointment term: 15-May-06
to 14-May-09 . Science Unit: Department
of Anthropology .
BURKE , Randolph . Research Collaborator
. Institutional affiliation: North Dakota
Geological Survey . Education: B.S. (1971)
Colorado State University ; M.S. (1979)
University of South Florida ; Ph.D. (1989)
University of North Dakota . Research
specialties: Caribbean reefs . Staff sponsor:
Walter H. Adey . Appointment term: 15-May-08
to 14-May-11 . Science Unit: Department
of Botany .
BURNHAM , Robyn . Research Associate
. Institutional affiliation: University
of Michigan . Education: B.S. (1980) University
of California, Berkeley ; M.S. (1983)
University of Washington ; Ph.D. (1987)
University of Washington . Research specialties:
population biology, biogeography, and
systematics of neotropical lianas, and
angiosperm migration, radiation, and phylogeny
in northern South America . Staff sponsor:
Scott Wing . Appointment term: 15-Nov-07
to 14-Nov-10 . Science Unit: Department
of Paleobiology .
BURNS , John R. . Research Associate
. Institutional affiliation: George Washington
University . Education: B.S. (1968) Brooklyn
College ; M.S. (1972) University of Massachusetts
; Ph.D. (1974) University of Massachusetts
. Research specialties: environmental
and endocrine control of reproductive
cycles of temperate and tropical fishes;sexual
differentiation in fishes;comparative
morphology of gonads and secondary sex
characters of inseminating fishes: Atherinomorpha
(Cyprinodontiformes and Atheriniformes)
and Ostariophysi (Characiformes and Siluriformes);
use of histological characters in fish
systematics, including light microscopy,
transmission and scanning electron microscopy
. Staff sponsor: G. David Johnson . Appointment
term: 15-Nov-07 to 14-Nov-10 . Science
Unit: Department of Vertebrate Zoology,
Division of Fishes .
BYE , Robert . Research Associate
. Institutional affiliation: Universidad
Nacional Autonoma de Mexico . Education:
B.S. (1969) University of New York, Syracuse
; Ph.D. (1976) Harvard University . Research
specialties: ethnobotany; ethnoecology;
botanical diversity; human-environmental
relationships . Staff sponsor: W. John
Kress and William Merrill . Appointment
term: 15-Nov-06 to 14-Nov-09 . Science
Unit: Department of Botany .
CAKIRLAR , Canan . Research Collaborator
. Institutional affiliation: None . Education:
B.A. (2000) Bilkent University ; M.A.
(2003) American University of Beirut ;
Ph.D. (2007) University of Tubingen .
Research specialties: analysis of faunal
remains from the Near East; archaeomalacology
. Staff sponsor: Melinda Zeder . Appointment
term: 1-Mar-07 to 14-Nov-10 . Science
Unit: Department of Anthropology .
CALDAS , Astrid . Research Collaborator
. Institutional affiliation: University
of Maryland . Education: B.S. (1985) Universidade
Santa Ursula ; M.S. (1985) Universidade
Federal do Parana ; Ph.D. (1992) Universidade
Estadual de Campinas . Research specialties:
insect ecology and biostatistics . Staff
sponsor: John Burns . Appointment term:
15-Nov-06 to 14-Nov-09 . Science Unit:
Department of Entomology .
CALLAGHAN , Curtis J. . Research
Collaborator . Institutional affiliation:
None . Education: None . Research specialties:
butterfly family Riodiniae . Staff sponsor:
Robert K. Robbins . Appointment term:
15-Nov-08 to 14-Nov-11 . Science Unit:
Department of Entomology .
CANOUTS , Veletta . Research
Collaborator . Institutional affiliation:
Tohono O'odham Nation Cultural Center
and Museum . Education: B.A. (1967) Michigan
State University ; M.A. (1971) University
of North Carolina ; Ph.D. (1986) Southern
Illinois University . Research specialties:
stylistic analysis of material culture,
automated image analysis, archaeology
. Staff sponsor: Ronald L. Bishop . Appointment
term: 15-Nov-08 to 14-Nov-11 . Science
Unit: Department of Anthropology .
CARLSON , Robert W. . Adjunct
Scientist . Institutional affiliation:
Department of Agriculture, Agricultural
Research Service. . Education: B.A. (1962)
University of Michigan ; M.S. (1963) University
of Michigan ; Ph.D. (1968) University
of Michigan . Research specialties: parasitic
Hymenoptera, principally the family Ichneumonidae,
subfamily Campopleginae . Staff sponsor:
Chair, Entomology . Appointment term:
15-Nov-04 to 14-Nov-09 . Science Unit:
Department of Entomology .
CARPENTER , Kent E. . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
Old Dominion University . Education: B.S.
(1975) Florida Institute of Technology
; Ph.D. (1985) University of Hawaii .
Research specialties: taxonomy and systematics
of percoid fishes using both morphological
and molecular characters; Caesioninae,
Lutjanidae, Lethrinidae, Nemipteridae,
Haemulidae, and Sparidae; assessment of
extinction probabilities of and conservation
of marine species . Staff sponsor: G.
David Johnson . Appointment term: 15-Nov-07
to 14-Nov-10 . Science Unit: Department
of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes
.
CARVER , Theodore . Research
Collaborator . Institutional affiliation:
Food and Drug Administration . Education:
B.A. (1987) Rice University ; Ph.D. (1993)
Rice University . Research specialties:
biochemical assays in disease studies,
analysis of large data sets . Staff sponsor:
Conrad Labandeira . Appointment term:
15-Nov-08 to 14-Nov-11 . Science Unit:
Department of Paleobiology .
CASTANZO , Ronald . Research
Collaborator . Institutional affiliation:
None . Education: B.S. (1988) University
of Scranton ; M.S. (1991) Villanova; M.A.
(1994) Pennsylvania State University ;
Ph.D. (2002) Pennsylvania State University
. Research specialties: evolution of prehispanic
Mesoamerican economic and political systems;
development of agriculture; settlement
system analysis; GIS; instrumental neutron
activation analysis . Staff sponsor: Ronald
L. Bishop . Appointment term: 15-Nov-06
to 14-Nov-09 . Science Unit: Department
of Anthropology .
CASTRO , Jonathan . Research
Collaborator . Institutional affiliation:
None . Education: B.S. (1993) Humboldt
State University ; Ph.D. (1999) University
of Oregon . Research specialties: volcanology,
rheology of igneous rocks, experimental
igneous petrology . Staff sponsor: Sorena
Sorenson . Appointment term: 15-Nov-08
to 14-Nov-09 . Science Unit: Department
of Mineral Sciences .
CASTRO , Ricardo M. C. . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil
. Education: B.S. (1977) Universidade
Federal do Rio de Janeiro ; M.S. (1984)
Universidade de São Paulo ; Ph.D.
(1990) Universidad de São Paulo
. Research specialties: systematics of
freshwater South American fishes; ecology
and conservation of freshwater and marine
fishes of the eastern Brazil . Staff sponsor:
Richard P. Vari . Appointment term: 15-May-06
to 14-May-09 . Science Unit: Department
of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes
.
CECIL , C. Blaine . Research
Collaborator . Institutional affiliation:
None . Education: B.S. (1960) West Virginia
University ; M.S. (1966) West Virginia
University ; Ph.D. (1969) West Virginia
University . Research specialties: Origin
of coal-bearing rocks; relationship between
ancient climate dynamics and the nature
of the rock record . Staff sponsor: William
A. DiMichele . Appointment term: 15-Nov-06
to 14-Nov-09 . Science Unit: Department
of Paleobiology .
CHAN , Raymund . Research Associate
. Institutional affiliation: University
of Hawaii, Manoa . Education: B.S. (1989)
National University of Singapore ; M.S.
(1994) University of New Mexico ; Ph.D.
(2000) University of California, Berkeley
. Research specialties: plant molecular
systematics; use of molecular tools and
cladistics to test hypotheses involving
the phylogeny and evolution of plants;
plant morphology . Staff sponsor: Vicki
Funk . Appointment term: 15-Nov-07 to
14-Nov-10 . Science Unit: Department of
Botany .
CHAVARRIA , Gabriela . Research
Collaborator . Institutional affiliation:
Natural Resources Defense Council . Education:
B.S. (1990) Universidad Automnoma de Mexico
; M.A. (1993) Harvard University ; Ph.D.
(1996) Harvard University . Research specialties:
bumblebee systematics, pollination, invasive
species, animal conservation policy .
Staff sponsor: Ted R. Schultz . Appointment
term: 15-Nov-08 to 14-Nov-11 . Science
Unit: Department of Entomology .
CHESSER , Robert "Terry"
. Adjunct Scientist . Institutional
affiliation: USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research
Center. . Education: B.A. (?) Georgia
State University ; Ph.D. (1995) Louisiana
State University . Research specialties:
North American birds; seasonal distribution
of South American austral migrant birds;
biogeography and systematics of birds;
modern molecular and cladistic techniques
for reconstruction of phylogeny, character
evolution, and biogeographic history .
Staff sponsor: Chair, Vertebrate Zoology
. Appointment term: 15-Nov-04 to 14-Nov-09
. Science Unit: Department of Vertebrate
Zoology, Division of Birds .
CHILDS , S.Terry . Research Collaborator
. Institutional affiliation: National
Park Service . Education: B.A. (1976)
Brown University ; M.A. (1980) Boston
University ; Ph.D. (1986) Boston University
. Research specialties: Africa; African
Iron Age; Northeastern U.S. prehistory;
anthropological archaeology; complex societies;
ethnoarchaeology; anthropology of technology;
symbolism; anthropology of art; gender
and technology; oral tradition; technology
transfer . Staff sponsor: Mary Jo Arnoldi
. Appointment term: 15-May-08 to 14-May-11
. Science Unit: Department of Anthropology
.
CHOO , Johanna . Research Collaborator
. Institutional affiliation: Kings College
. Education: B.S. (1995) National University
of Singapore ; Ph.D. (2005) Rutgers University
. Research specialties: tropical avian
frugivores, tropical avian communities
and tropical fruit ecology and chemistry
. Staff sponsor: Gary G. Graves . Appointment
term: 15-Nov-08 to 14-Nov-11 . Science
Unit: Department of Vertebrate Zoology,
Division of Birds .
CHRISTENSEN , Angi . Research
Collaborator . Institutional affiliation:
Federal Bureau of Investigation . Education:
B.A. (1997) University of Washington ;
Ph.D. (2003) University of Tennessee .
Research specialties: forensic anthropology
. Staff sponsor: Douglas H. Ubelaker .
Appointment term: 15-Nov-07 to 14-Nov-10
. Science Unit: Department of Anthropology
.
CIOFFI-REVILLA , Claudio . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
George Mason University . Education: B.S.
(1969) Instituto Patria ; Ph.D. (1979)
State University of New York, Buffalo
. Research specialties: Political Science,
social theory, development of complex
social systems, computational agent-based
modeling . Staff sponsor: Daniel J. Rogers
. Appointment term: 15-Nov-08 to 14-Nov-11
. Science Unit: Department of Anthropology
.
CLAPHAM , Phil . Research Associate
. Institutional affiliation: Alaska Fisheries
Science Center . Education: B.A. (1977)
University of London ; Ph.D. (1993) University
of Aberdeen . Research specialties: marine
mammals; large whales . Staff sponsor:
James G. Mead . Appointment term: 15-Nov-07
to 14-Nov-10 . Science Unit: Department
of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Mammals
.
CLARK , James M. . Research Associate
. Institutional affiliation: George Washington
University . Education: B.S. (1978) University
of California, Berkeley ; M.S. (1985)
University of California, Berkeley ; Ph.D.
(1986) University of Chicago . Research
specialties: fossil vertebrates; hominid
paleobiology; morphological systematics
. Staff sponsor: Matthew Carrano . Appointment
term: 15-Nov-06 to 14-Nov-09 . Science
Unit: Department of Paleobiology .
CLARK , John L. . Research Associate
. Institutional affiliation: University
of Alabama . Education: B.S. (1993) University
of Vermont ; Ph.D. (2004) George Washington
University . Research specialties: molecular
systematics, phylogeny, taxonomy, pollination
biology and biogeography of Gesneriaceae;
floristics of northwestern Ecuador . Staff
sponsor: Vicki Funk . Appointment term:
15-Nov-07 to 14-Nov-10 . Science Unit:
Department of Botany .
CLARKE , Hugh D. . Research Associate
. Institutional affiliation: University
of North Carolina . Education: B.S. (1985)
University of Wisconsin, Madison ; M.S.
(1989) University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
; Ph.D. (1995) University of Illinois,
Urbana-Champaign . Research specialties:
systematic and evolutionary studies of
the Fabaceae . Staff sponsor: Vicki Funk
. Appointment term: 15-Nov-07 to 14-Nov-10
. Science Unit: Department of Botany .
CLEGHORN , Naomi . Research Collaborator
. Institutional affiliation: None . Education:
B.A. (1993) University of Texas, Austin
; M.A. (1996) University of Texas, Austin
; Ph.D. (2006) Stony Brook University
. Research specialties: Neanderthal extinction
and the emergence of modern humans . Staff
sponsor: Melinda Zeder . Appointment term:
15-May-08 to 14-May-11 . Science Unit:
Department of Anthropology .
CLEMENTZ , Mark . Research Collaborator
. Institutional affiliation: University
of Wyoming . Education: B.S. (1996) University
of Missouri ; Ph.D. (2002) University
of California, Santa Cruz . Research specialties:
feeding ecology of manatees . Staff sponsor:
Valerie Paul . Appointment term: 15-Nov-06
to 14-Nov-09 . Science Unit: Smithsonian
Marine Station at Fort Pierce .
CODY , Jeannine H. . Research
Collaborator . Institutional affiliation:
National Marine Fisheries Service . Education:
B.A. (1989) University of Virginia ; M.S.
(2001) University of Maryland . Research
specialties: aquaculture and fish physiology
and reproduction . Staff sponsor: Lynne
R. Parenti . Appointment term: 15-May-08
to 14-May-11 . Science Unit: Department
of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes
.
COLE , F. Russell . Research
Collaborator . Institutional affiliation:
Colby College . Education: B.S. (1970)
University of Massachusetts ; M.S. (1973)
University of Illinois ; Ph.D. (1977)
University of Illinois, Urbana . Research
specialties: mammalian systematics, ecology
and evolution; environmental science and
society; field biology and ecological
theory; marine biology and conservation
biology . Staff sponsor: Don Wilson .
Appointment term: 15-May-06 to 14-May-09
. Science Unit: Department of Vertebrate
Zoology, Division of Mammals .
COLE , Kathleen Sabina. . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
University of Hawaii, Manoa . Education:
B.S. (1973) University of Western Ontario
; M.S. (1976) University of Guelph ; Ph.D.
(1982) University of Alberta . Research
specialties: reproductive biology and
behavior of fishes; temporal patterns
of spawning and hatching and field estimates
of reproductive success in egg-guarding
fishes . Staff sponsor: Lynne R. Parenti
. Appointment term: 15-Nov-07 to 14-Nov-10
. Science Unit: Department of Vertebrate
Zoology, Division of Fishes .
COLLETTE , Bruce B. . Adjunct
Scientist . Institutional affiliation:
NOAA, National Marine Fisheries Service
Systematics Laboratory . Education: B.S.
(1956) Cornell University ; Ph.D. (1960)
Cornell University . Research specialties:
systematics, evolution, zoogeography,
and biology of marine fishes, especially
Scombroidei, Beloniformes, and Batrachoididae
. Staff sponsor: Chair, Vertebrate Zoology
. Appointment term: 15-Nov-04 to 14-Nov-09
. Science Unit: Department of Vertebrate
Zoology, Division of Fishes .
COLLINS , Allen G. . Adjunct
Scientist . Institutional affiliation:
NOAA, National Marine Fisheries Service
Systematics Laboratory . Education: B.A.
(1987) Amherst College ; Ph.D. (1999)
University of California, Berkeley . Research
specialties: systematics and evolution
of sponges, cnidarians, and other early
diverging metazoan groups . Staff sponsor:
Chair, Invertebrate Zoology . Appointment
term: 15-Nov-04 to 14-Nov-09 . Science
Unit: Department of Invertebrate Zoology
.
COOK , Anita G. . Research Associate
. Institutional affiliation: Catholic
University of America . Education: B.A.
(1973) Bard College ; M.A. (1979) State
University of New York, Binghamton ; Ph.D.
(1985) State University of New York, Binghamton
. Research specialties: ancient states
and empires; history of the visual arts
in the Andes; iconography and inscription
in complex societies without writing;
material culture and the constitution
of meaning through object analysis; political
economy of early empires; exhibiting cultures;
and Andean archaeology and ethnohistory
. Staff sponsor: Betty Meggers . Appointment
term: 15-May-06 to 14-May-09 . Science
Unit: Department of Anthropology .
COPELAND , Robert S. . Research
Collaborator . Institutional affiliation:
International Center for Insect Physiology
and Ecology . Education: B.A. (1978) Boston
University ; M.S. (1981) Louisiana State
University ; Ph.D. (1987) University of
Notre Dame . Research specialties: rearing
fruit flies from native fruit and collecting
other insects that live in fruit . Staff
sponsor: Scott Miller . Appointment term:
15-Nov-08 to 14-Nov-11 . Science Unit:
Department of Entomology .
COSCARON ARIAS , Cecilia Laura .
Research Associate . Institutional affiliation:
None . Education: B.S. (1983) La Plata
National University ; Ph.D. (1989) La
Plata National University . Research specialties:
insect taxonomy and biology; Smiluliidae
. Staff sponsor: Wayne N. Mathis and Richard
Wilkerson . Appointment term: 15-May-06
to 14-May-09 . Science Unit: Department
of Entomology .
COURTNEY , Gregory W. . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
Iowa State University . Education: B.S.
(1982) Oregon State University ; Ph.D.
(1989) University of Alberta . Research
specialties: insect systematics; aquatic
entomology; insect biodiversity . Staff
sponsor: Wayne N. Mathis . Appointment
term: 15-Nov-07 to 14-Nov-10 . Science
Unit: Department of Entomology .
COX , Neil . Research Collaborator
. Institutional affiliation: World Conservation
Union . Education: B.S. (1984) University
of Hertfordshire . Research specialties:
resulting databases . Staff sponsor: W.
Ronald Heyer . Appointment term: 15-Nov-08
to 14-Nov-11 . Science Unit: Department
of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Amphibians
and Reptiles .
CRANDALL , Frank . Research Associate
. Institutional affiliation: Turkey Run
Research Institute . Education: B.A. (1959)
University of California, Berkeley . Research
specialties: taxonomy, systematics, and
phylogenetic analysis of the phylum Nemeretea
. Staff sponsor: Jon Norenburg . Appointment
term: 15-May-07 to 14-May-10 . Science
Unit: Department of Invertebrate Zoology
.
CROWN , Patricia Louise. . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
University of New Mexico . Education:
B.A. (1974) University of Pennsylvania
; M.A. (1976) University of Arizona ;
Ph.D. (1981) University of Arizona . Research
specialties: ceramic analysis; ceramics
of the Southwestern US; archaeology of
Chaco Canyon, New Mexico . Staff sponsor:
Melinda Zeder . Appointment term: 15-Nov-07
to 14-Nov-10 . Science Unit: Department
of Anthropology .
CULVER , Stephen J. . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
East Carolina University . Education:
B.S. (1973) University of Wales ; Ph.D.
(1976) University of Wales . Research
specialties: biodiversity of foraminifera
. Staff sponsor: Martin A. Buzas . Appointment
term: 15-Nov-07 to 14-Nov-10 . Science
Unit: Department of Paleobiology .
CURRIE , Cameron Robert. . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
University of Wisconsin, Madison . Education:
B.S. (1992) University of Alberta ; M.S.
(1994) University of Alberta ; Ph.D. (2000)
University of Toronto . Research specialties:
fungal symbionts of attine ants; Escovopsis
attine fungus garden pathogens . Staff
sponsor: Ted R. Schultz . Appointment
term: 15-Nov-06 to 14-Nov-09 . Science
Unit: Department of Entomology .
CURTIS , Marie Yvonne . Research
Collaborator . Institutional affiliation:
None . Education: M.A. (1980) Nanterre
University ; Ph.D. (1997) Sorbonne University
. Research specialties: African art, performance
and aesthetics with specialization in
the arts and performance of the Nalu and
Baga of Guinea, West Africa . Staff sponsor:
Mary Jo Arnoldi . Appointment term: 15-Nov-08
to 14-Nov-11 . Science Unit: Department
of Anthropology .
CUTLER , Alan H. . Research Collaborator
. Institutional affiliation: Carnegie
Institution of Washington . Education:
B.A. (1975) Carleton College ; M.S. (1977)
University of Rochester ; Ph.D. (1991)
University of Arizona . Research specialties:
vertebrate taphonomy and paleobiology
. Staff sponsor: Anna K. Behrensmeyer
. Appointment term: 15-Nov-07 to 14-Nov-10
. Science Unit: Department of Paleobiology
.
DE LEON , Greta . Research Collaborator
. Institutional affiliation: Mexico-North
Research Network . Education: B.A. (1995)
Instituto de Cultura Superior, Mexico
. Research specialties: Latin American
and European art history . Staff sponsor:
William L. Merrill . Appointment term:
15-Nov-07 to 14-Nov-10 . Science Unit:
Department of Anthropology .
DE SA , Rafael Omar. . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
University of Richmond . Education: M.A.
(1986) University of Kansas ; Ph.D. (1991)
University of Texas, Austin . Research
specialties: evolution and phylogenetic
reconstruction using both morphological
and molecular data, integration of data
sets; herpetology; conservation . Staff
sponsor: W. Ronald Heyer . Appointment
term: 15-Nov-06 to 14-Nov-09 . Science
Unit: Department of Vertebrate Zoology,
Division of Amphibians and Reptiles .
DE SANTANA , Carlos David C.M. .
Research Collaborator . Institutional
affiliation: University of Central Florida
. Education: B.S. (1998) Iniversidade
Catolica de Pernambuco ; M.S. (2002) Universidade
Federal de Pernambuco ; Ph.D. (2007) Unstituto
Nacional de Pasquisas da Amazonia . Research
specialties: Gymnotiformes . Staff sponsor:
Vari, Richard P . Appointment term: 15-May-08
to 14-May-11 . Science Unit: Department
of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes
.
DEL RIO , Mercedes . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
None . Education: B.A. (1975) University
of Buenos Aires ; Ph.D. (1996) University
of Buenos Aires . Research specialties:
Andean Ethnic Studies, Colonial History
& Anthropology . Staff sponsor: Betty
Meggers . Appointment term: 15-May-07
to 14-May-10 . Science Unit: Department
of Anthropology .
DELWICHE , Charles . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
University of Maryland . Education: B.A.
(1984) University of California, Berkeley
; Ph.D. (1990) University of Wisconsin,
Madison . Research specialties: molecular
systematics of algae, deep divergences
within green plants, and chimaeric genomes
. Staff sponsor: Scott Wing . Appointment
term: 15-Nov-08 to 14-Nov-11 . Science
Unit: Department of Paleobiology .
DEVLIN , Donna . Research Collaborator
. Institutional affiliation: Florida Atlantic
University . Education: B.A. (1994) University
of South Florida ; Ph.D. (2004) University
of Louisiana . Research specialties: mangrove
ecology and genetics, plant-insect interactions,
plant defense, coevolution, restoration
ecology . Staff sponsor: Valerie Paul
. Appointment term: 15-May-06 to 14-May-09
. Science Unit: Smithsonian Marine Station
at Fort Pierce .
DILCHER , David . Research Associate
. Institutional affiliation: Florida Museum
of Natural History . Education: B.S. (1958)
University of Minnesota ; M.S. (1960)
University of Minnesota ; Ph.D. (1964)
Yale University . Research specialties:
fossil recording of flowering plants and
their evolution . Staff sponsor: Scott
Wing . Appointment term: 15-Nov-08 to
14-Nov-11 . Science Unit: Department of
Paleobiology .
DILLON , Wilton S. . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
None . Education: B.A. (1951) University
of California, Berkeley ; M.S. (1952)
Universitaire de Paris et Universitaire
de Leyden ; Ph.D. (1961) Columbia University
. Research specialties: how to conduct
experiments in initiating gift-exchange
between different academic "tribes",
working on producing a memoir of those
experiments . Staff sponsor: Chair, Anthropology
. Appointment term: to Indefinite . Science
Unit: Department of Anthropology .
DINEEN , Joseph . Research Associate
. Institutional affiliation: None . Education:
B.A. (1969) University of New Hampshire
; M.S. (1979) University of Rhode Island
; Ph.D. (1987) University of Maryland
. Research specialties: transport and
settlement behavior of marein invertebrate
larvae; crustacean life history; bioerosion
in coral reef systems . Staff sponsor:
Valerie Paul . Appointment term: 15-Nov-07
to 14-Nov-10 . Science Unit: Smithsonian
Marine Station at Fort Pierce .
DOMNING , Daryl P. . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
Harvard University . Education: B.S. (1968)
Tulane University ; M.S. (1970) University
of California, Berkeley ; Ph.D. (1975)
University of California, Berkeley . Research
specialties: fossil Sirenia; terrestrial
or semi aquatic, quadripedal seacows from
the Eocene of Jamaica . Staff sponsor:
Hans Sues and Robert J. Emry . Appointment
term: 15-Nov-07 to 14-Nov-10 . Science
Unit: Department of Paleobiology .
DONNELLY , Maureen . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
Florida International University . Education:
B.A. (1977) California State University,
Fullerton ; Ph.D. (1987) University of
Miami . Research specialties: behavior,
diet, and natural history of frogs; especially
dendrobatids; herpetological inventories
in the Neotropics; studies of the Florida
herpetofauna . Staff sponsor: W. Ronald
Heyer . Appointment term: 15-Nov-06 to
14-Nov-09 . Science Unit: Department of
Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Amphibians
and Reptiles .
DROEGE , Samuel Walter . Research
Collaborator . Institutional affiliation:
Patuxent Wildlife Research Center . Education:
B.A. (1980) University of Maryland ; M.S.
(1985) SUNY, Syracuse . Research specialties:
bee biodiversity . Staff sponsor: Sean
Brady . Appointment term: 15-Nov-08 to
14-Nov-11 . Science Unit: Department of
Entomology .
DUARTE , Marcelo . Research Associate
. Institutional affiliation: Universidade
de Sao Paulo, Brazil . Education: B.A.
(1996) Universidade do Estado do Rio de
Janeiro ; M.S. (1999) Universidade Federal
do Parana ; Ph.D. (2003) Universidad Federal
do Parana . Research specialties: evolution
of detritivory in butterflies . Staff
sponsor: Robert K. Robbins . Appointment
term: 15-Nov-07 to 14-Nov-10 . Science
Unit: Department of Entomology .
DURDAN , Lance Anthony . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
Georgia Southern University . Education:
B.S. (1977) University of London ; Ph.D.
(1981) University of London . Research
specialties: curation of the National
Tick Collection . Staff sponsor: Ted R.
Schultz . Appointment term: 15-Nov-05
to 14-Nov-10 . Science Unit: Department
of Entomology .
DUTRO , J Thomas. . Adjunct Scientist
. Institutional affiliation: None . Education:
B.A. (1948) Oberlin College ; M.S. (1950)
Yale University ; Ph.D. (1953) Yale University
. Research specialties: upper Paleozoic
brachiopods . Staff sponsor: Chair, Paleobiology
. Appointment term: 15-Nov-06 to 14-Nov-09
. Science Unit: Department of Paleobiology
.
EDMISTON , James F. . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
St. Francis Foundation of Russia and Kazakhstan
. Education: B.S. (1975) University of
Maryland ; M.S. (1980) Colegio de Agricultura
y Artes Mecanicas, Mayaguez ; Ph.D. (1989)
Kent State University . Research specialties:
natural history and ecology of Diptera
. Staff sponsor: Wayne N. Mathis . Appointment
term: 15-Nov-07 to 14-Nov-10 . Science
Unit: Department of Entomology .
EGGERT , Lori . Research Collaborator
. Institutional affiliation: University
of Missouri . Education: B.S. (1992) University
of California, San Diego ; M.S. (1996)
San Diego State University ; Ph.D. (2001)
University of California, San Diego .
Research specialties: ecological and conservation
genetics; phylogeography . Staff sponsor:
Robert Fleischer . Appointment term: 15-Nov-06
to 14-Nov-09 . Science Unit: Department
of Vertebrate Zoology, Genetics Lab .
ELSON , Christina . Research
Collaborator . Institutional affiliation:
National Archives . Education: B.A. (1994)
New School for Social Research ; M.A.
(1996) Hunter College; ; Ph.D. (2003)
University of Michigan . Research specialties:
archaeological research in the valley
of Oaxaca, Mexico . Staff sponsor: Bruce
D. Smith . Appointment term: 15-Nov-06
to 14-Nov-09 . Science Unit: Department
of Anthropology .
EMMONS , Louise H. . Adjunct
Scientist . Institutional affiliation:
None . Education: B.A. (1965) Sarah Lawrence
College ; Ph.D. (1975) Cornell University
. Research specialties: mammals of tropical
forests . Staff sponsor: James G. Mead
. Appointment term: 15-May-07 to 14-May-10
. Science Unit: Department of Vertebrate
Zoology, Division of Mammals .
EPSTEIN , Marc E. . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
California Department of Food & Agriculture
. Education: B.S. (1977) Colorado State
University ; M.S. (1982) University of
Minnesota ; Ph.D. (1988) University of
Minnesota . Research specialties: ground
beetles; identification of lepidoptera
immatures and adults; economic importance
of lepidoptera; higher classification
of Zygaenoidea . Staff sponsor: Donald
R. Davis . Appointment term: 15-Nov-07
to 14-Nov-10 . Science Unit: Department
of Entomology .
ERICKSON , Amy Anne . Research
Collaborator . Institutional affiliation:
Louisiana State University, Sreveport
. Education: B.S. (1994) Georgetown University
; M.S. (1997) Florida State University
; Ph.D. (2003) University of South Florida
. Research specialties: algal chemical
defenses against grazing by sea urchins
and chemical ecology to studies of herbivory
and chemical defenses in mangroves . Staff
sponsor: Valerie Paul . Appointment term:
15-Nov-08 to 14-Nov-11 . Science Unit:
Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce
.
ERNST , Carl H. . Research Associate
. Institutional affiliation: George Mason
University . Education: B.S. (1960) Millersville
University ; M.S. (1963) West Chester
University ; Ph.D. (1969) University of
Kentucky . Research specialties: herpetology;
taxonomy and ecology of turtles and snakes
. Staff sponsor: W. Ronald Heyer . Appointment
term: 15-Nov-07 to 14-Nov-10 . Science
Unit: Department of Vertebrate Zoology,
Division of Amphibians and Reptiles .
EVANS , Arthur V. . Research
Collaborator . Institutional affiliation:
None . Education: B.S. (1981) California
State University ; M.S. (1984) California
State University, Long Beach ; Ph.D. (1988)
University of Pretoria, South Africa .
Research specialties: systematics, diversity
of Sacarab beetles, especially Melolonthinae,
insect photography and public education
about insects . Staff sponsor: Chair,
Entomology and David Furth . Appointment
term: 15-Nov-06 to 14-Nov-09 . Science
Unit: Department of Entomology .
EVENHUIS , Neal L. . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
Bishop Museum . Education: B.S. (1974)
California State Polytechnic University
; M.S. (1977) California State Polytechnic
University ; Ph.D. (1988) University of
Hawaii, Manoa . Research specialties:
Diptera . Staff sponsor: Wayne N. Mathis
. Appointment term: 15-May-07 to 14-May-10
. Science Unit: Department of Entomology
.
EWE , Sharon . Research Collaborator
. Institutional affiliation: Florida International
University . Education: B.A. (1995) Clark
University ; Ph.D. (2001) University of
Miami . Research specialties: mangrove
ecosystems in Florida Bay . Staff sponsor:
Valerie Paul . Appointment term: 15-May-06
to 14-May-09 . Science Unit: Smithsonian
Marine Station at Fort Pierce .
FAVRET , Colin . Research Collaborator
. Institutional affiliation: USDA, collaborator
. Education: B.S. (1994) University of
Illinois ; M.S. (2000) University of Illinois
; Ph.D. (2003) University of Illinois
. Research specialties: systematics of
aphids . Staff sponsor: Chair, Entomology
. Appointment term: 15-May-07 to 14-May-10
. Science Unit: Department of Entomology
.
FEE , Sarah . Research Associate
. Institutional affiliation: Royal Ontario
Museum in Toronto . Education: B.A. (1982)
Grinnell College ; M.A. (1990) Institut
National de Langues et Civilisations et
Orientales ; Ph.D. (2003) Institut National
de Langues et Civilisations et Orientales
. Research specialties: social anthropology;
Madagascar . Staff sponsor: Hans Sues
. Appointment term: 15-Nov-08 to 14-Nov-11
. Science Unit: Department of Anthropology
.
FELDER , Darryl L. . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
University of Louisiana, Lafayette . Education:
B.S. (1969) Texas A&M University ;
M.S. (1971) Texas A&M University ;
Ph.D. (1975) Louisiana State University
. Research specialties: systematics, genetics,
biogeography, and physioecology of decapod
crustaceans, in particular fossorial ones
such as thalassinoids (commonly known
as mud shrimps) . Staff sponsor: Rafael
Lemaitre . Appointment term: 15-Nov-07
to 14-Nov-10 . Science Unit: Department
of Invertebrate Zoology .
FELDMANN , Rodney M. . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
Kent State University . Education: B.S.
(1961) University of North Dakota ; M.S.
(1963) University of North Dakota ; Ph.D.
(1967) University of North Dakota . Research
specialties: systematics and invertebrate
paleontology of fossil decapod crustaceans;
paleoecology and historical zoogeography
. Staff sponsor: Rafael Lemaitre . Appointment
term: 15-May-08 to 14-May-11 . Science
Unit: Department of Invertebrate Zoology
.
FERGUSON , T J. . Research Associate
. Institutional affiliation: University
of Arizona . Education: B.A. (1973) University
of Hawaii, Hilo ; M.A. (1976) University
of Arizona ; Ph.D. (1993) University of
New Mexico . Research specialties: Southwestern
archaeology; Western Pueblo settlement;
cultural affiliation and repatriation
. Staff sponsor: Gillian Flynn . Appointment
term: 15-Jan-05 to 14-May-09 . Science
Unit: Department of Anthropology .
FERRARIS Jr. , Carl J. . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
None . Education: B.S. (1972) Cornell
University ; M.S. (1976) Oklahoma State
University ; Ph.D. (1988) City University
of New York . Research specialties: systematics
and evolution of South American and Asian
catfishes (order Siluriformes) . Staff
sponsor: Richard P. Vari . Appointment
term: 15-May-08 to 14-May-11 . Science
Unit: Department of Vertebrate Zoology,
Division of Fishes .
FERRELL , Rebecca . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
Howard University . Education: B.A. (1996)
College of William and Mary ; M.A. (1998)
Pennsylvania State University; ; Ph.D.
(2003) Pennsylvania State University .
Research specialties: dental defects .
Staff sponsor: Donald J. Ortner . Appointment
term: 15-May-08 to 14-May-11 . Science
Unit: Department of Anthropology .
FEUILLET , Christian . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
None . Education: B.S. (1972) University
of Rouen ; M.S. (1973) University of Science
& Technology of Languedoc, Montpellier
; Ph.D. (1981) University of Paris . Research
specialties: systematics of Passifloraceae
and New World Aristolochiaceae, Boraginaceae,
and Gesneriaceae . Staff sponsor: Vicki
Funk . Appointment term: 15-May-06 to
14-May-09 . Science Unit: Department of
Botany .
FIENUP-RIORDAN , Ann . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
None . Education: B.A. (1971) University
of Michigan ; M.A. (1973) University of
Michigan ; Ph.D. (1980) University of
Chicago . Research specialties: culture
change; cultural heritage, museum &
historical resources . Staff sponsor:
William W. Fitzhugh . Appointment term:
15-Nov-07 to 14-Nov-10 . Science Unit:
Department of Anthropology .
FISHER , Rebecca . Research Collaborator
. Institutional affiliation: University
of Arizona . Education: B.A. (1991) Stanford
University ; Ph.D. (1995) Yale University
. Research specialties: comparative anatomy,
particularly of the limbs of the red panda
. Staff sponsor: James G. Mead . Appointment
term: 15-May-08 to 14-May-11 . Science
Unit: Department of Vertebrate Zoology,
Division of Mammals .
FOLEY , Desmond . Adjunct Scientist
. Institutional affiliation: Walter Reed
Biosystematics Unit . Education: B.S.
(1979) University of New England ; M.S.
(1984) University of Queensland ; Ph.D.
(1997) University of Queensland . Research
specialties: mosquito taxonomy . Staff
sponsor: Chair, Entomology and Richard
Wilkerson . Appointment term: 15-May-07
to 14-May-10 . Science Unit: Department
of Entomology .
FORDYCE , Robert Ewan . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
University of Otago . Education: B.S.
(1975) University of Canterbury ; Ph.D.
(1979) University of Canterbury . Research
specialties: evolution of whales . Staff
sponsor: James G. Mead . Appointment term:
15-Nov-07 to 14-Nov-10 . Science Unit:
Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division
of Mammals .
FORNSHELL , John . Research Associate
. Institutional affiliation: Northern
Virginia Community College . Education:
B.S. (1965) Florida State University ;
M.S. (1967) Florida State University ;
Ph.D. (1975) Florida State University
. Research specialties: intraspecific
variation expressed in looking-glass copepod
. Staff sponsor: Frank D. Ferrari . Appointment
term: 15-May-08 to 14-May-11 . Science
Unit: Department of Invertebrate Zoology
.
FORSTER , Catherine . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
George Washington University . Education:
B.S. (1982) University of Minnesota ;
M.S. (1985) University of Pennsylvania
; Ph.D. (1990) University of Pennsylvania
. Research specialties: Systematics and
evolution of ornithischian dinosaurs;
early avian evolution; dinosaurs of China
and Madagascar; biogeography . Staff sponsor:
Matthew Carrano . Appointment term: 15-May-08
to 14-May-11 . Science Unit: Department
of Paleobiology .
FORSYTH , Adrian B. . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
Blue Moon Fund . Education: B.S. (1974)
Queen's University ; Ph.D. (1978) Harvard
University . Research specialties: dung
beetles . Staff sponsor: Terry Erwin .
Appointment term: 15-May-08 to 14-May-11
. Science Unit: Department of Entomology
.
FOSTER , George A. . Research
Collaborator . Institutional affiliation:
Alpha MOS America, Inc. . Education: B.S.
(1976) University of Maryland . Research
specialties: evolution and systematics
of Diptera . Staff sponsor: Wayne N. Mathis
. Appointment term: 15-May-06 to 14-May-09
. Science Unit: Department of Entomology
.
FOSTER , Mercedes S. . Adjunct
Scientist . Institutional affiliation:
USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center.
. Education: B.A. (1963) University of
California, Berkeley ; M.A. (1965) University
of California-Berkeley ; Ph.D. (1974)
University of South Florida . Research
specialties: birds, social behavior, tropical
ecology . Staff sponsor: Chair, Vertebrate
Zoology . Appointment term: 15-Nov-04
to 14-Nov-09 . Science Unit: Department
of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Birds
.
FOURNIER-GARCIA , Patricia F. .
Research Collaborator . Institutional
affiliation: Escuela Nacional de Antropologia
y Historia . Education: M.A. (1989) University
of Arizona ; Ph.D. (1995) Universidad
Nacional Autonoma de Mexico . Research
specialties: ethnoarchaeology; ceramics
. Staff sponsor: Ronald L. Bishop . Appointment
term: 15-Nov-06 to 14-Nov-09 . Science
Unit: Department of Anthropology .
FOWLER , Catherine S. . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
University of Nevada, Reno . Education:
B.A. (1962) University of Utah ; M.A.
(1966) University of Pittsburgh ; Ph.D.
(1972) University of Pittsburgh . Research
specialties: indigenous societies of western
North America; Uto-Aztecan cosmology .
Staff sponsor: William L. Merrill . Appointment
term: 15-Nov-06 to 14-Nov-09 . Science
Unit: Department of Anthropology .
FREDERICQ , Suzanne . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
University of Louisiana, Lafayette . Education:
B.S. (1978) State University of Gent,
Belgium ; M.S. (1984) George Mason University
; Ph.D. (1988) University of North Carolina
. Research specialties: biodiversity,
phylogeny, taxonomy, molecular systematics
and biogeography of marine macroalgae;
red algae . Staff sponsor: James Norris
. Appointment term: 15-May-07 to 14-May-10
. Science Unit: Department of Botany .
FREIDBERG , Amnon . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
Tel Aviv University . Education: B.S.
(1969) Tel Aviv University ; M.S. (1971)
Tel Aviv University ; Ph.D. (1979) Tel
Aviv University . Research specialties:
systematics and behavior of fruit flies
. Staff sponsor: Wayne N. Mathis . Appointment
term: 15-May-07 to 14-May-10 . Science
Unit: Department of Entomology .
FRENCH , John . Research Associate
. Institutional affiliation: USGS Patuxent
Wildlife Research Center . Education:
B.S. (1977) University of Wisconsin, Madison
; M.S. (1981) University of Wisconsin,
Madison ; Ph.D. (1991) University of Wisconsin,
Madison . Research specialties: vertebrate
physiological ecology; wildlife toxicology
of birds and mammals . Staff sponsor:
Chair, Vertebrate Zoology . Appointment
term: 15-May-08 to 14-May-11 . Science
Unit: Department of Vertebrate Zoology
.
FRENCH , Bevan . Adjunct Scientist
. Institutional affiliation: None . Education:
A.B. (1958) Dartmouth College ; M.S. (1960)
California Institute of Technology ; Ph.D.
(1964) Johns Hopkins University . Research
specialties: Planetary and terrestrial
geology; identification and geological
study of terrestrial meteorite impact
craters and the effects of large meteorite
impact events on the geological and biological
history of the Earth . Staff sponsor:
Chair, Paleobiology . Appointment term:
15-Nov-07 to 14-Nov-10 . Science Unit:
Department of Paleobiology .
FRISON , George C. . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
University of Wyoming . Education: None
. Research specialties: . Staff sponsor:
Dennis Stanford . Appointment term: 31-Dec-02
to Indefinite . Science Unit: Department
of Anthropology .
FROEHLICH , Jeffrey . Research
Collaborator . Institutional affiliation:
None . Education: B.A. (1967) University
of California, Riverside ; M.A. (1968)
Harvard University ; Ph.D. (1973) Harvard
University . Research specialties: evolution
of primates; speciation, biodiversity
and behavior . Staff sponsor: Richard
Thorington . Appointment term: 15-May-06
to 14-May-09 . Science Unit: Department
of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Mammals
.
GAGNE , Raymond G. . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
Retired from USDA . Education: B.A. (1961)
University of Connecticut ; M.S. (1963)
Iowa State University ; Ph.D. (1967) University
of Minnesota . Research specialties: systematics
of gall midges (Cecidomyiidae) . Staff
sponsor: Wayne N. Mathis . Appointment
term: 15-Nov-07 to 14-Nov-10 . Science
Unit: Department of Entomology .
GAIMARI , Stephen D. . Research
Collaborator . Institutional affiliation:
California Department of Food and Agriculture
. Education: B.A. (1990) Clark University
; M.S. (1993) Washington State University
; Ph.D. (1998) University of Illinois
. Research specialties: Evolution, biodiversity,
and biogeography of insects, especially
Diptera . Staff sponsor: Wayne N. Mathis
. Appointment term: 15-Nov-06 to 14-Nov-09
. Science Unit: Department of Entomology
.
GARDNER , Alfred L. . Adjunct
Scientist . Institutional affiliation:
USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center.
. Education: B.S. (1962) University of
Arizona ; M.S. (1965) University of Arizona
; Ph.D. (1970) Louisiana State University
. Research specialties: systematics, conservation,
and ecology of North American and neotropical
mammals, especially marsupials (Didelphidae),
bats (Phyllostomidae), and rodents (Cricetidae)
. Staff sponsor: Chair, Vertebrate Zoology
. Appointment term: 15-Nov-04 to 14-Nov-09
. Science Unit: Department of Vertebrate
Zoology, Division of Mammals .
GASTALDO , Robert A. . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
Colby College . Education: B.A. (1972)
Gettysburg College ; M.S. (1975) Southern
Illinois University ; Ph.D. (1978) Southern
Illinois University . Research specialties:
paleobotany; paleoecology; dynamics of
vegetation during the Paleozoic ice age
. Staff sponsor: William A. DiMichele
. Appointment term: 15-Nov-07 to 14-Nov-10
. Science Unit: Department of Paleobiology
.
GATES , Michael W. . Adjunct
Scientist . Institutional affiliation:
Department of Agriculture, Agricultural
Research Service. . Education: B.A. (?)
Hendrix College ; M.S. (?) Oklahoma State
University ; Ph.D. (?) University of California,
Riverside. . Research specialties: taxonomy
and systematics of Chalcidoidea, particularly
Eurytomidae, Eulophidae and Chalcididae;
evolution. Hymenoptera associated with
epiphytic plants and their phytophages
. Staff sponsor: Chair, Entomology . Appointment
term: 15-Nov-04 to 14-Nov-09 . Science
Unit: Department of Entomology .
GAZCA SERRANO , Rebeca Gasca. .
Research Collaborator . Institutional
affiliation: None . Education: B.S. (1985)
National University of Mexico ; M.S. (1990)
National University of Mexico . Research
specialties: taxonomy and ecology of marine
zooplankton, emphasis on Hyperiidae (Amphipoda)
and Siphonophora (Cnidaria) . Staff sponsor:
Frank D. Ferrari . Appointment term: 15-May-06
to 14-May-09 . Science Unit: Department
of Invertebrate Zoology .
GEISLER , Jonathan . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
Georgia Southern University . Education:
B.S. (1995) College of Charleston ; M.A.
(1998) Columbia University ; Ph.D. (2001)
Columbia University . Research specialties:
phylogeny and evolution of whales and
other artiodactyls . Staff sponsor: Matthew
Carrano . Appointment term: 15-Nov-07
to 14-Nov-10 . Science Unit: Department
of Paleobiology .
GEORGESCU , Marius Dan . Research
Collaborator . Institutional affiliation:
University of Saskatchewan . Education:
M.S. (1988) University of Bucharest ;
Ph.D. (1994) University of Bucharest .
Research specialties: evolution and phylogeny
of Cretaceous planktonic foraminiferal
lineages . Staff sponsor: Brian Huber
. Appointment term: 15-Nov-06 to 14-Nov-09
. Science Unit: Department of Paleobiology
.
GERO , Joan . Research Associate
. Institutional affiliation: American
University . Education: B.A. (1966) University
of Pennsylvania ; M.A. (1977) University
of Massachusetts ; Ph.D. (1983) University
of Massachusetts . Research specialties:
highland cultures of South American; global
archaeology; Andean prehistory; gender
archaeology; socio-politics of knowledge
. Staff sponsor: William W. Fitzhugh .
Appointment term: 15-Nov-07 to 14-Nov-10
. Science Unit: Department of Anthropology
.
GIANNINI , Norberto . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
Universidad Nacional de Tucuman . Education:
B.A. (1994) Universidad Nacional de Tucuman
; Ph.D. Universidad Nacional de Tucuman
. Research specialties: Phylogenetics
and ecomorphology of tropical bats; phylogenetic
and morphometric methodologies . Staff
sponsor: Kristofer Helgen . Appointment
term: 15-Nov-08 to 14-Nov-11 . Science
Unit: Department of Vertebrate Zoology,
Division of Mammals .
GODFREY , Stephen J. . Research
Collaborator . Institutional affiliation:
Calvert Marine Museum . Education: B.S.
(1981) Bishop's University ; Ph.D. (1986)
McGill University . Research specialties:
vertebrate paleontology, marine mammals
. Staff sponsor: Matthew Carrano . Appointment
term: 15-May-06 to 14-May-09 . Science
Unit: Department of Paleobiology .
GOLDBERG , Aaron . Research Associate
. Institutional affiliation: None . Education:
B.A. (1939) Brooklyn College ; M.S. (1954)
DePaul University ; Ph.D. (1962) George
Washington University . Research specialties:
plant identifications; high level taxonomy
. Staff sponsor: Chair, Botany and Deborah
A. Bell . Appointment term: 15-May-07
to 14-May-10 . Science Unit: Department
of Botany .
GRAHAM , Martha . Research Collaborator
. Institutional affiliation: National
Park Service . Education: B.A. (1979)
University of New Mexico ; M.A. (1983)
University of New Mexico ; Ph.D. (1989)
University of New Mexico . Research specialties:
culture of the Raramuri of northern Mexico,
settlement and subsistence strategies,
textiles; repatriation . Staff sponsor:
William L. Merrill . Appointment term:
15-May-06 to 14-May-09 . Science Unit:
Department of Anthropology .
GRIER , Harry J. . Research Associate
. Institutional affiliation: Florida Fish
and Wildlife Research Institute . Education:
B.A. (1964) Queens College ; M.A. (1968)
University of North Carolina ; Ph.D. (1973)
University of South Florida . Research
specialties: histology, comparative morphology
of chordate testis . Staff sponsor: Lynne
R. Parenti . Appointment term: 15-May-08
to 14-May-11 . Science Unit: Department
of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes
.
GRISSELL , E Eric. . Adjunct
Scientist . Institutional affiliation:
Department of Agriculture, Agricultural
Research Service. . Education: B.A. (1967)
University of California, Davis ; M.S.
(1969) University of California, Davis
; Ph.D. (1973) University of California,
Davis . Research specialties: systematics
of Chalcidoidea; ethology of Aculeate
Hymenoptera . Staff sponsor: Chair, Entomology
. Appointment term: 15-Nov-04 to 14-Nov-09
. Science Unit: Department of Entomology
.
GRYGIER , Mark J. . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
Lake Biwa Museum . Education: B.S. (1978)
College of William and Mary ; Ph.D. (1984)
University of California San Diego (Scripps)
. Research specialties: taxonomy and phylogeny
of barnacle and barnacle-like crustaceans;
facetotecans (larval crustaceans whose
adults are unknown to science); taxonomy
of monstrilloid copepods . Staff sponsor:
Frank D. Ferrari . Appointment term: 15-Nov-08
to 14-Nov-11 . Science Unit: Department
of Invertebrate Zoology .
GUALA , Gerald F. . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
National Plant Data Center . Education:
B.S. (1988) Michigan State University
; M.S. (1992) University of Florida ;
Ph.D. (1998) University of Florida . Research
specialties: bamboo systematics; cladistics;
GIS analysis . Staff sponsor: Paul M.
Peterson . Appointment term: 15-Nov-07
to 14-Nov-10 . Science Unit: Department
of Botany .
GUFFANTI , Marianne . Research
Collaborator . Institutional affiliation:
USGS . Education: B.A. (1976) Humboldt
State University ; M.S. (1983) San Jose
State University . Research specialties:
volcanic ash . Staff sponsor: Sorenson,
Sorena and Lee Siebert . Appointment term:
15-Nov-08 to 14-Nov-11 . Science Unit:
Department of Mineral Sciences .
HALLENDY , Norman E. . Research
Collaborator . Institutional affiliation:
None . Education: None . Research specialties:
Canadian artic, semalithic figures in
Artic, Canadian archaeology . Staff sponsor:
William W. Fitzhugh . Appointment term:
15-Nov-08 to 14-Nov-11 . Science Unit:
Department of Anthropology .
HALLWACHS , Winifred . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
University of Pennsylvania . Education:
B.A. (1976) Princeton University ; Ph.D.
(1994) Cornell University . Research specialties:
insect inventory and ecology in Costa
Rica, especially Lepidoptera and their
parasites . Staff sponsor: Scott Miller
. Appointment term: 15-Nov-06 to 14-Nov-09
. Science Unit: Department of Entomology
.
HARDY , Christopher R. . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
Millersville University . Education: B.S.
(1995) University of Maryland ; Ph.D.
(2001) Cornell University & NY Botanical
Garden . Research specialties: Commelinaceae;
floral development . Staff sponsor: Robert
Faden . Appointment term: 15-Nov-08 to
14-Nov-11 . Science Unit: Department of
Botany .
HARGRAVES , Paul E. . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
Retired from University of Rhode Island
. Education: B.S. (1963) University of
Rhode Island ; M.S. (1965) University
of Rhode Island ; Ph.D. (1968) College
of William & Mary . Research specialties:
marine microalgae, particularly diatoms;
harmful algal blooms; nontraditional biomedical
uses for toxic organisms . Staff sponsor:
Valerie Paul . Appointment term: 15-Nov-07
to 14-Nov-10 . Science Unit: Smithsonian
Marine Station at Fort Pierce .
HARRINGTON , Guy J. . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
University of Birmingham . Education:
B.S. (1994) University of Keele ; M. Phil.
(1996) Wolfson College ; Ph.D. (1999)
University of Sheffield . Research specialties:
paleoecology; paleoclimatology; Cenezoic
pollen and spores . Staff sponsor: Scott
Wing . Appointment term: 15-Nov-07 to
14-Nov-10 . Science Unit: Department of
Paleobiology .
HARRISON , Ian . Research Collaborator
. Institutional affiliation: Conservation
International . Education: B.S. University
College of North Wales ; Ph.D. University
of Bristol . Research specialties: conservation
of freshwater fishes . Staff sponsor:
Richard P. Vari . Appointment term: 15-May-08
to 14-May-11 . Science Unit: Department
of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes
.
HAWKS , Catherine . Research
Collaborator . Institutional affiliation:
George Washington University . Education:
B.A. (1967) State University of New York,
Albany ; M.S. (1989) George Washington
University . Research specialties: conservation
methods; methods to mitigate mercuric
chloride vapor concentrations . Staff
sponsor: Warren Wagner and Deborah A.
Bell . Appointment term: 15-Nov-07 to
14-Nov-10 . Science Unit: Department of
Botany .
HAYNES , John . Research Associate
. Institutional affiliation: James Madison
University . Education: B.S. (1981) Denison
University ; M.S. (1985) University of
Cincinnati ; Ph.D. (1989) University of
Cincinnati . Research specialties: sedimentary
petrology; origin and alteration of Paleozoic
altered tephras and adjacent sediments
in the central and southern Appalachians
via analysis of hand samples and thin
sections. . Staff sponsor: Sorena Sorenson
. Appointment term: 15-Nov-08 to 14-Nov-11
. Science Unit: Department of Mineral
Sciences .
HAZEN , Robert . Research Associate
. Institutional affiliation: George Mason
University . Education: B.S. (1970) Massachusetts
Institute of Technology ; M.S. (1971)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
; Ph.D. (1975) Harvard University . Research
specialties: relations between crystal
structure and physical properties; effects
of temperature and pressure on atomic
arrangements . Staff sponsor: Scott Wing
. Appointment term: 15-Nov-06 to 14-Nov-09
. Science Unit: Department of Paleobiology
.
HEAD , Jason J. . Research Associate
. Institutional affiliation: University
of Toronto, Mississauga . Education: B.S.
(1995) University of Michigan ; M.S. (1997)
Southern Methodist University ; Ph.D.
(2002) Southern Methodist University .
Research specialties: paleoecology of
the Siwalik sequence of fossiliferous
deposits in Pakistan . Staff sponsor:
Anna K. Behrensmeyer . Appointment term:
15-May-08 to 14-May-11 . Science Unit:
Department of Paleobiology .
HEARD , Richard W. . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
University of Southern Mississippi . Education:
B.S. (1962) University of Georgia ; M.S.
(1968) University of Georgia ; Ph.D. (1976)
University of Georgia . Research specialties:
systematics of brachyuran crabs, alpheid
shrimps, stomatopods, tanaids, isopods,
mysids, and cumaceans . Staff sponsor:
Rafael Lemaitre . Appointment term: 15-Nov-08
to 14-Nov-11 . Science Unit: Department
of Invertebrate Zoology .
HEDGES , Stephen Blair. . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
Pennsylvania State University . Education:
B.S. (1981) George Mason University ;
M.S. (1984) University of Maryland, College
Park ; Ph.D. (1988) University of Maryland,
College Park . Research specialties: West
Indian amphibians and reptiles . Staff
sponsor: Ron Heyer . Appointment term:
15-Nov-07 to 14-Nov-10 . Science Unit:
Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division
of Amphibians and Reptiles .
HEILMAN , Lawrence . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
None . Education: B.A. (1957) University
of Florida, Gainesville ; M.A. (1959)
University of California, Berkeley ; Ph.D.
(1980) American University . Research
specialties: history of development in
Bolivia: pre-history to current period
. Staff sponsor: Betty Meggers . Appointment
term: 15-Nov-07 to 14-Nov-10 . Science
Unit: Department of Anthropology .
HELGEN , Lauren . Research Collaborator
. Institutional affiliation: None . Education:
B.S. (2002) University of Adelaide . Research
specialties: molecular systematics . Staff
sponsor: Don Wilson . Appointment term:
15-Nov-06 to 14-Nov-09 . Science Unit:
Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division
of Mammals .
HENNING , Dale R. . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
None . Education: B.A. (1953) Luther College
; M.A. (1960) University of Iowa ; Ph.D.
(1969) University of Wisconsin, Madison
. Research specialties: late prehistoric
& early historic cultures . Staff
sponsor: Dennis Stanford and Eric Hollinger
. Appointment term: 15-Nov-08 to 14-Nov-11
. Science Unit: Department of Anthropology
.
HENRY , Thomas J. . Adjunct Scientist
. Institutional affiliation: Department
of Agriculture, Agricultural Research
Service. . Education: B.A. (1993) Oxford
University ; M.A. (1993) Oxford University
; Ph.D. (1999) University of Florida .
Research specialties: evolution, systematics,
phylogenetics, biogeography, ecology and
conservation of butterflies, particularly
those from the Neotropics and those belonging
to the family Riodinidae . Staff sponsor:
Chair, Entomology . Appointment term:
15-Nov-04 to 14-Nov-09 . Science Unit:
Department of Entomology .
HERBERT , Sandra . Research Collaborator
. Institutional affiliation: University
of Maryland . Education: B.A. (1963) Wittenberg
University ; M.A. (1965) Brandeis University
; Ph.D. (1968) Brandeis University . Research
specialties: Charles Darwin . Staff sponsor:
Scott Wing . Appointment term: 15-May-06
to 14-May-09 . Science Unit: Department
of Paleobiology .
HERENDEEN , Patrick . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
George Washington University . Education:
B.S. (1982) California State University
; M.S. (1985) Michigan State University
; Ph.D. (1990) Indiana University . Research
specialties: systematic relationships
of caesalpinioid legumes; angiosperm wood
evolution; paleofloristic studies . Staff
sponsor: Warren Wagner . Appointment term:
15-Nov-07 to 14-Nov-10 . Science Unit:
Department of Botany .
HERNANDEZ , Luz Patricia. . Research
Collaborator . Institutional affiliation:
George Washington University . Education:
B.S. (1987) Eckerd College ; M.S. (1994)
University of South Florida ; Ph.D. (1999)
Harvard University . Research specialties:
comparative morphology, functional anatomy,
and life history of fishes . Staff sponsor:
Lynne R. Parenti . Appointment term: 15-May-06
to 14-May-09 . Science Unit: Department
of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes
.
HEYER , Miriam H. . Research
Collaborator . Institutional affiliation:
None . Education: B.A. (1964) Pacific
Lutheran University ; M.A. (1973) Pacific
Lutheran University ; Ph.D. (1982) Catholic
University . Research specialties: amphibians
and reptiles . Staff sponsor: W. Ronald
Heyer . Appointment term: 15-May-08 to
14-May-11 . Science Unit: Department of
Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Amphibians
and Reptiles .
HICKEY , Leo J. . Research Associate
. Institutional affiliation: Yale University
. Education: B.S. (1962) Villanova University
; M.A. (1964) Princeton University ; Ph.D.
(1967) Princeton University . Research
specialties: fossil record of flowering
plants . Staff sponsor: Scott Wing . Appointment
term: 15-Nov-06 to 14-Nov-09 . Science
Unit: Department of Paleobiology .
HIGHTON , Richard . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
Retired from University of Maryland, College
Park . Education: A.B. (1950) New York
University ; M.S. (1953) University of
Florida ; Ph.D. (1956) University of Florida
. Research specialties: systematics, molecular
evolution, and evolutionary biology and
amphibians and reptiles, especially plethodontid
salamanders . Staff sponsor: Kevin de
Queiroz . Appointment term: 15-Nov-07
to 14-Nov-10 . Science Unit: Department
of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Amphibians
and Reptiles .
HOCHBERG , Rick . Research Associate
. Institutional affiliation: University
of Massachusetts, Lowell . Education:
B.S. (1993) Humboldt State University
; M.A. (1998) Hunboldt State University;
; Ph.D. (2002) University of New Hampshire
. Research specialties: biodiversity of
poorly known animal groups including Aplacophora,
Gastrotricha, Rotifera, and Platyhelminthes
. Staff sponsor: Valerie Paul . Appointment
term: 15-May-08 to 14-May-11 . Science
Unit: Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort
Pierce .
HODGES , Ronald W. . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
Retired from Department of Agriculture,
Agricultural Research Service . Education:
B.S. (1956) Michigan State University
; M.S. (1957) Michigan State University
; Ph.D. (1961) Cornell University . Research
specialties: systematics of Gelechioidea
(Lepidoptera), particularly higher classification
of superfamily, Cosmopterigidae, Oecophoridae
(s.l.), and Gelechiidae; North American
fauna for species' level studies . Staff
sponsor: Chair, Entomology . Appointment
term: 15-Nov-07 to 14-Nov-10 . Science
Unit: Department of Entomology .
HOLSINGER , John R. . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
Old Dominion University . Education: B.S.
(1955) Virginia Tech ; M.S. (1966) James
Madison University ; Ph.D. (1966) University
of Kentucky . Research specialties: systematics,
ecology, and evolution of North American
subterranean amphipod crustaceans . Staff
sponsor: Rafael Lemaitre . Appointment
term: 15-May-08 to 14-May-11 . Science
Unit: Department of Invertebrate Zoology
.
HOLTZ , Thomas . Research Associate
. Institutional affiliation: University
of Maryland . Education: B.A. (1987) Johns
Hopkins University ; M. Phil. (1990) Yale
University ; Ph.D. (1992) Yale University
. Research specialties: theropod dinosaur
phylogeny, evolution of dinosaur predation
. Staff sponsor: Matthew Carrano . Appointment
term: 15-May-07 to 14-May-10 . Science
Unit: Department of Paleobiology .
HONEYCHURCH , William . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
Yale University . Education: B.A. (1989)
University of California, Berkeley ; M.A.
(1998) University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
; Ph.D. (2004) University of Michigan.
. Research specialties: archaeology of
the Egiin Gol region of northern Mongolia.
. Staff sponsor: William W. Fitzhugh .
Appointment term: 1-Jan-08 to 14-Nov-10
. Science Unit: Department of Anthropology
.
HOTTON , Carol L. . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
National Institutes of Health . Education:
B.S. (1975) University of Michigan ; M.S.
(1982) University of California ; Ph.D.
(1988) University of California . Research
specialties: Devonian plants; Cretaceous-Tertiary
extinction; palynology and its application
to paleoecology . Staff sponsor: William
A. DiMichele . Appointment term: 15-Nov-07
to 14-Nov-10 . Science Unit: Department
of Paleobiology .
HUANG , Yiau-Min . Research Associate
. Institutional affiliation: None . Education:
B.S. (1959) Taiwan Provincial Chung-Hsing
University ; M.S. (1963) University of
Wisconsin, Madison ; Ph.D. (1967) University
of Wisconsin, Madison . Research specialties:
systematics of mosquitoes; Aedes (Stegomyia)
of the world . Staff sponsor: Wayne N.
Mathis . Appointment term: 15-Nov-06 to
14-Nov-09 . Science Unit: Department of
Entomology .
HUGHES , Nigel . Research Associate
. Institutional affiliation: University
of California, Riverside . Education:
B.S. (1985) University of Durham ; Ph.D.
(1990) University of Bristol . Research
specialties: trilobites . Staff sponsor:
Conrad Labandeira . Appointment term:
15-May-06 to 14-May-09 . Science Unit:
Department of Paleobiology .
HUNTER , Andrea . Research Associate
. Institutional affiliation: Northern
Arizona University . Education: B.A. (1982)
University of Colorado, Boulder ; M.A.
(1985) University of Missouri, Columbia
; Ph.D. (1992) University of Missouri,
Columbia . Research specialties: protohistoric
Osage society; paleoethnobotany . Staff
sponsor: Gillian Flynn . Appointment term:
15-Jan-05 to 14-May-09 . Science Unit:
Department of Anthropology .
HUSSAIN , Syed Taseer . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
Howard University . Education: B.S. (1963)
University of the Punjab ; M.S. (1965)
University of the Punjab ; Ph.D. (1969)
State University of Utrecht . Research
specialties: evolution of mammals; Tertiary
land mammals from Pakistan; fossil horses
. Staff sponsor: Hans-Dieter Sues . Appointment
term: 15-Nov-07 to 14-Nov-10 . Science
Unit: Department of Paleobiology .
IBRAHIM , Kamal M. . Research
Collaborator . Institutional affiliation:
None . Education: B.S. (1950) Cairo University
; M.S. (1956) Utah State University ;
Ph.D. (1963) Utah State University . Research
specialties: constructing a dichotomous
key using vegetative characters and is
developing a computer-based program for
the use by the non-scientist to identify
local grasses . Staff sponsor: Paul M.
Peterson . Appointment term: 15-Nov-08
to 14-Nov-11 . Science Unit: Department
of Botany .
ILIFFE , Thomas . Research Associate
. Institutional affiliation: Texas A&M
University . Education: B.S. (1970) Pennsylvania
State University ; M.S. (1973) Florida
State University ; Ph.D. (1977) University
of Texas . Research specialties: biology
of marine and anchialine caves; biodiversity,
biogeography, evolution, and ecology .
Staff sponsor: Louis Kornicker . Appointment
term: 15-Nov-08 to 14-Nov-11 . Science
Unit: Department of Invertebrate Zoology
.
INEICH , Ivan . Research Associate
. Institutional affiliation: Museum National
d'Histoire Naturelle, Laboratoire des
Reptiles et Amphibians . Education: B.S.
(1980) ULP Strasbourg ; M.S. (1981) ULP
Strasbourg ; Ph.D. (1987) USTL Montpellier
. Research specialties: lizards and snake
biology of French Polynesia . Staff sponsor:
Ronald Heyer and Kevin de Queiroz . Appointment
term: 15-Nov-08 to 14-Nov-11 . Science
Unit: Department of Vertebrate Zoology,
Division of Amphibians and Reptiles .
IRELAND , Robert R. . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
None . Education: B.A. (1956) University
of Kansas ; M.A. (1957) University of
Kansas ; Ph.D. (1966) University of Washington
. Research specialties: taxonomic studies
of the Dicranaceae, Ditrichaceae, Hypnaceae,
Sterephyllaceae and Plagiotheciaceae;
bryophytes of North America . Staff sponsor:
Harold Robinson . Appointment term: 15-Nov-07
to 14-Nov-10 . Science Unit: Department
of Botany .
ISLER , Morton L. . Research
Collaborator . Institutional affiliation:
None . Education: B.S. (1951) Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute ; M.S. (1956) Yale
University . Research specialties: biogeography,
speciation, and habitat selection of birds;
tanagers . Staff sponsor: Gary G. Graves
. Appointment term: 15-Nov-07 to 14-Nov-10
. Science Unit: Department of Vertebrate
Zoology, Division of Birds .
ISLER (RUSSELL) , Phyllis R. .
Research Collaborator . Institutional
affiliation: None . Education: B.S. (1972)
State University College, Brockport .
Research specialties: biogeography, speciation,
and habitat selection of birds; tanagers
. Staff sponsor: Gary G. Graves . Appointment
term: 15-Nov-07 to 14-Nov-10 . Science
Unit: Department of Vertebrate Zoology,
Division of Birds .
IVANOVA , Marina . Research Collaborator
. Institutional affiliation: Vernadsky
Institute . Education: B.S. (1986) Moscow
State University ; Ph.D. (1999) Vernadsky
Institute . Research specialties: meteorites
. Staff sponsor: Glenn MacPherson . Appointment
term: 15-Nov-08 to 14-Nov-11 . Science
Unit: Department of Mineral Sciences .
JABLONSKI , David . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
University of Chicago . Education: B.A.
(1974) Columbia University ; M.S. (1976)
Yale University ; Ph.D. (1979) Yale University
. Research specialties: evolutionary paleobiology
. Staff sponsor: Anna K. Behrensmeyer
. Appointment term: 15-May-08 to 14-May-11
. Science Unit: Department of Paleobiology
.
JAMESON , Mary Liz. . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
University of Nebraska . Education: B.S.
(1986) University of Nebraska ; M.S. (1988)
University of Nebraska ; Ph.D. (1997)
University of Kansas . Research specialties:
systematics, diversity and biology of
Sacarab beetles, especially Rutelinae.
. Staff sponsor: Terry Erwin . Appointment
term: 15-Nov-07 to 14-Nov-10 . Science
Unit: Department of Entomology .
JANECKA , Jan . Research Collaborator
. Institutional affiliation: Texas A&M
University . Education: B.S. (1999) Cornell
University ; M.S. (2002) City University
of New York ; Ph.D. (2006) Texas A&M
university . Research specialties: Animal
genetics and phylogenetics, wildlife management
and conservation, carnivore systematics,
Southeast Asian biogeography . Staff sponsor:
Kristofer Helgen . Appointment term: 15-Nov-08
to 14-Nov-11 . Science Unit: Department
of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Mammals
.
JANZEN , Daniel H. . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
University of Pennsylvania . Education:
B.S. (1961) University of Minnesota ;
Ph.D. (1965) University of California,
Berkeley . Research specialties: insect
inventory and ecology in Costa Rica, especially
Lepidoptera and their parasitoids . Staff
sponsor: Scott Miller . Appointment term:
15-Nov-06 to 14-Nov-09 . Science Unit:
Department of Entomology .
JEHL Jr. , Joseph R. . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
Hubbs-Sea Word Research Institute . Education:
B.A. (1957) Cornell University ; M.A.
(1964) University of Michigan ; Ph.D.
(1967) University of Michigan . Research
specialties: water birds . Staff sponsor:
Gary G. Graves . Appointment term: 15-May-08
to 14-May-11 . Science Unit: Department
of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Birds
.
JODRY , Margaret "Pegi"
A. . Adjunct Scientist . Institutional
affiliation: None . Education: B.A. (1974)
University of North Texas ; M.A. (1987)
University of Texas, Austin ; Ph.D. (1999)
American University . Research specialties:
Archeological/paleoecological for Paleo-Indian/Paleoecology
. Staff sponsor: Dennis Stanford . Appointment
term: 15-Nov-07 to 14-Nov-10 . Science
Unit: Department of Anthropology .
JOHNSON , Elizabeth . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
James Madison University . Education:
B.A. (1997) Rice University ; M.S. (1999)
California Institute of Technology ; Ph.D.
(2003) California Institute of Technology
. Research specialties: infrared spectroscopy
of minerals; explosive history and magmatic
water contents of volcanoes, origin of
layering in Mn-oxide stream deposits.
. Staff sponsor: Jeffrey Post . Appointment
term: 15-Nov-08 to 14-Nov-11 . Science
Unit: Department of Mineral Sciences .
JOHNSON , John F.C. . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
Chugach Alaska Corporation . Education:
B.S. (?) University of Washington . Research
specialties: repatriation of artifacts
. Staff sponsor: Gillian Flynn . Appointment
term: 15-Jan-05 to 14-May-09 . Science
Unit: Department of Anthropology .
JUDZIEWICZ , Emmet . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point
. Education: B.A. (1979) University of
Wisconsin, Parkside ; M.S. (1985) University
of Wisconsin, Madison ; Ph.D. (1987) University
of Wisconsin, Madison . Research specialties:
Taxonomy, anatomy, morphology, and evolution
of tropical grasses, especially the woody
bamboos (Bambusoideae, especially Aulonemia)
and basal grasses (Anomochlooideae and
Pharoideae) of the Latin American tropics;
also grasses of Madagascar . Staff sponsor:
Paul M. Peterson . Appointment term: 15-Nov-07
to 14-Nov-10 . Science Unit: Department
of Botany .
KAMMER , Tom . Research Associate
. Institutional affiliation: West Virginia
University . Education: B.S. (1975) Kent
State University ; M.A. (1978) Indiana
University ; Ph.D. (1982) Indiana University
. Research specialties: fossil crinoids;
evolutionary trends in Late Paleozoic
cladid crinoids . Staff sponsor: Brian
Huber . Appointment term: 15-Nov-06 to
14-Nov-09 . Science Unit: Department of
Paleobiology .
KEITA , Shomarka Omar Yahya. .
Research Associate . Institutional affiliation:
Howard University . Education: MD. (1979)
Howard University ; M.A. (1984) State
University of New York ; Ph.D. (1998)
Oxford University . Research specialties:
human biological analysis variation (phenotypic
and genetic) . Staff sponsor: Richard
Potts . Appointment term: 15-Nov-07 to
14-Nov-10 . Science Unit: Department of
Anthropology .
KIDWELL , Susan . Research Associate
. Institutional affiliation: University
of Chicago . Education: B.S. (1976) College
of William and Mary ; M.S. (1978) Yale
University ; Ph.D. (1982) Yale University
. Research specialties: taphonomy and
stratographic / environmental context
of the marine invertebrate fossil record
. Staff sponsor: Anna K. Behrensmeyer
. Appointment term: 15-May-08 to 14-May-11
. Science Unit: Department of Paleobiology
.
KIEL , Steffen . Research Collaborator
. Institutional affiliation: University
of Leeds . Education: B.S. (1998) University
of Hamburg ; M.S. (1998) University of
Hamburg ; Ph.D. (2001) University of Hamburg
. Research specialties: Mesozoic and Cenozoic
mollusks; faunas of cold seeps and wood
falls . Staff sponsor: Scott Wing . Appointment
term: 15-May-06 to 14-May-09 . Science
Unit: Department of Paleobiology .
KINGSTON , John . Research Collaborator
. Institutional affiliation: Towson State
University . Education: B.S. (1997) Stockton
College ; Ph.D. (2004) Rutgers University
. Research specialties: science education;
hymenoptera systematics and taxonomy;
biodiversity assessment and conservation;
biogeography, molecular systematics, speciation
. Staff sponsor: Ted R. Schultz . Appointment
term: 15-Aug-06 to 14-May-09 . Science
Unit: Department of Entomology .
KINYON , Stephen . Research Collaborator
. Institutional affiliation: The Dai-Ichi
Kangyo BankLtd., New York . Education:
B.A. (1965) University of Wisconsin, Madison
; M.A. (1968) University of California,
Berkeley . Research specialties: Old World
butterflies . Staff sponsor: Robert K.
Robbins . Appointment term: 15-May-08
to 14-May-11 . Science Unit: Department
of Entomology .
KIRKBRIDE , Joseph . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
US Department of Agriculture . Education:
B.A. (1966) Saint Louis University ; M.S.
(1968) Saint Louis University ; Ph.D.
(1975) City University of New York . Research
specialties: Rubiaceae; Cucurbitaceae;
identification of legume seeds . Staff
sponsor: Warren Wagner . Appointment term:
15-Nov-07 to 14-Nov-10 . Science Unit:
Department of Botany .
KNAPP , Leslie . Research Associate
. Institutional affiliation: Retired from
SI . Education: B.S. (1952) Cornell University
; M.S. (1958) University of Missouri,
Columbia ; Ph.D. (1964) Cornell University
. Research specialties: systematics of
Platycephalidae . Staff sponsor: G. David
Johnson . Appointment term: 15-Nov-07
to 14-Nov-10 . Science Unit: Department
of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes
.
KOCH , Sandra . Research Collaborator
. Institutional affiliation: Federal Bureau
of Investigation . Education: B.A. (1993)
University of Michigan ; M.S. (1996) George
Washington University . Research specialties:
forensic anthropology and trace evidence
analysis . Staff sponsor: Douglas H. Ubelaker
. Appointment term: 15-Nov-07 to 14-Nov-10
. Science Unit: Department of Anthropology
.
KOHLS , David . Research Collaborator
. Institutional affiliation: None . Education:
B.S. (1969) Colorado State University
; M.S. (1984) Colorado State University
. Research specialties: Green River Fossil
collection . Staff sponsor: Conrad Labandeira
. Appointment term: 15-Nov-08 to 14-Nov-11
. Science Unit: Department of Paleobiology
.
KONSTANTINOV , Alexander S. .
Adjunct Scientist . Institutional affiliation:
Department of Agriculture, Agricultural
Research Service. . Education: M.S. (1981)
Byelorussian State University ; Ph.D.
(1988) Zoological Institute, Russian Academy
of Sciences . Research specialties: systematics,
comparative morphology, biogeography,
and host plants relationships of leaf
beetles (Chrysomelidae) with particular
emphasis on flea beetles (Alticinae) .
Staff sponsor: Chair, Entomology . Appointment
term: 15-Nov-04 to 14-Nov-09 . Science
Unit: Department of Entomology .
KOOPMAN , Heather . Research
Collaborator . Institutional affiliation:
University of North Carolina, Wilmington
. Education: B.S. (1992) University of
Guelph ; M.S. (1994) University of Guelph
; Ph.D. (2001) Duke University . Research
specialties: structure and function of
the blubber of Odontocetes; biochemistry
of lipids in cetacea, particularly the
cranial lipid bodies associated with acoustic
systems . Staff sponsor: James G. Mead
. Appointment term: 15-May-08 to 14-May-11
. Science Unit: Department of Vertebrate
Zoology, Division of Mammals .
KORETSKY , Irina A. . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
Harvard University . Education: B.A. (1973)
Vitebsk State Pedagogical Institute ;
M.S. (1977) Nezhin State Pedagogical Institute
; Ph.D. (1999) Howard University . Research
specialties: evolution and systematics
of pinnipedia; fossil pinnipeds from the
Lee Creek Mine; marine vertebrates of
Slovakia . Staff sponsor: Robert J. Emry
. Appointment term: 15-Nov-06 to 14-Nov-09
. Science Unit: Department of Paleobiology
.
KOSNIK , Matthew . Research Collaborator
. Institutional affiliation: None . Education:
B.A. (1996) Austin College ; Ph.D. (2003)
University of Chicago . Research specialties:
Meso-Cewnozoic paleoecology and taphonomy
. Staff sponsor: Peter Wagner . Appointment
term: 15-Nov-07 to 14-Nov-10 . Science
Unit: Department of Paleobiology .
KOTRBA , Marion A.L. . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
Zoologische Staatssammlung Munchen . Education:
B.S. (1985) University of Regensburg ;
Ph.D. (1992) University of Regensburg
. Research specialties: Diptera . Staff
sponsor: Wayne N. Mathis . Appointment
term: 15-Nov-07 to 14-Nov-10 . Science
Unit: Department of Entomology .
KREBS , Edgardo . Research Associate
. Institutional affiliation: College de
France . Education: B.S. (1971) National
University of Buenos Aires ; M. Phil.
(1990) Oxford University . Research specialties:
social/cultural anthropology; history
of anthropology . Staff sponsor: Hans
Sues . Appointment term: 15-Nov-08 to
14-Nov-11 . Science Unit: Department of
Anthropology .
KRECH , Shepard . Research Associate
. Institutional affiliation: Brown University
. Education: B.A. (1967) Yale University
; B.L. (1969) Oxford University ; Ph.D.
(1974) Harvard University . Research specialties:
relationships among American Indians and
the environment . Staff sponsor: William
L. Merrill . Appointment term: 15-Nov-07
to 14-Nov-10 . Science Unit: Department
of Anthropology .
KRUTAK , Lars . Research Collaborator
. Institutional affiliation: None . Education:
B.S. (1993) University of Colorado ; M.A.
(1998) University of Alaska . Research
specialties: socioeconomic impacts of
tourism in the Sierra Tarahumara, Mexico
. Staff sponsor: William L. Merrill .
Appointment term: 15-May-07 to 14-May-10
. Science Unit: Department of Anthropology
.
KULA , Robert . Adjunct Scientist
. Institutional affiliation: Department
of Agriculture, Agricultural Research
Service. . Education: B.S. (1998) Kansas
State University ; M.S. (2001) Texas A&M
University ; Ph.D. (2006) Kansas State
University . Research specialties: systematics
of Braconidae, particularly braconids
that attack stem- and leaf-mining flies
. Staff sponsor: Chair, Entomology . Appointment
term: 15-May-06 to 14-Nov-09 . Science
Unit: Department of Entomology .
KUNTNER , Matjaz . Research Associate
. Institutional affiliation: Biological
Institute of Slovenian Academy of Sciences
and Arts . Education: B.S. (1998) University
of Ljubljana ; M.S. (2001) Universidad
de Costa Rica ; Ph.D. (2005) George Washington
University . Research specialties: morphologically-based
phylogeny of nephilid spiders . Staff
sponsor: Jonathan A. Coddington . Appointment
term: 15-Nov-07 to 14-Nov-10 . Science
Unit: Department of Entomology .
LACKEY , James . Research Associate
. Institutional affiliation: Retired from
USDA . Education: B.A. (1971) California
State University, Humboldt ; Ph.D. (1977)
Iowa State University . Research specialties:
systematics of Phasealeae . Staff sponsor:
Warren Wagner . Appointment term: 15-Nov-07
to 14-Nov-10 . Science Unit: Department
of Botany .
LAFONTAINE , James Donald. .
Research Associate . Institutional affiliation:
Agriculture and Agri-food Canada . Education:
B.A. (1972) Carleton University ; Ph.D.
(1979) University of Alberta . Research
specialties: macrolepidoptera; classification,
phylogeny, zoogeography of cutworm moths
(family Noctuidae) . Staff sponsor: Robert
K. Robbins . Appointment term: 15-Nov-06
to 14-Nov-09 . Science Unit: Department
of Entomology .
LAMAS , Gerardo . Research Associate
. Institutional affiliation: University
of San Marcos . Education: B.S. (1969)
Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos,
Peru ; M.S. (1971) Universidad de Sao
Paulo ; Ph.D. (1973) Universidad de Sao
Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil . Research specialties:
butterfly diversity . Staff sponsor: Robert
K. Robbins . Appointment term: 15-Nov-07
to 14-Nov-10 . Science Unit: Department
of Entomology .
LANDRY , Jean-Francois . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
Agriculture and Agri-food Canada . Education:
B.S. (1978) Universite Laval ; M.S. (1981)
University of Alberta ; Ph.D. (1988) University
of Alberta . Research specialties: microlepidoptera
. Staff sponsor: Robert K. Robbins and
John Brown . Appointment term: 15-Nov-07
to 14-Nov-10 . Science Unit: Department
of Entomology .
LARSEN , Trond . Research Collaborator
. Institutional affiliation: Amazon Conservation
Association . Education: B.S. (1998) Duke
University ; Ph.D. (2006) Princeton University
. Research specialties: Scarabaeidae .
Staff sponsor: Terry Erwin . Appointment
term: 15-May-08 to 14-May-11 . Science
Unit: Department of Entomology .
LEDERGERBER , Paulina . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
None . Education: B.A. (1977) George Washington
University ; M.A. (1981) George Washington
University . Research specialties: Ecuadorian
prehistory/archeological . Staff sponsor:
Betty Meggers . Appointment term: 15-May-08
to 14-May-11 . Science Unit: Department
of Anthropology .
LEEMAN , William . Research Associate
. Institutional affiliation: National
Science Foundation . Education: B.A. (1967)
Rice University ; M.A. (1969) Rice University
; Ph.D. (1974) University of Oregon .
Research specialties: petrology, geochemistry,
bulk and micro analysis techniques (EMP,
ICPMS, mass spectrometry) . Staff sponsor:
Elizabeth Cottrell . Appointment term:
15-Nov-08 to 14-Nov-11 . Science Unit:
Department of Mineral Sciences .
LEFFERTS , H Leedom. . Research
Collaborator . Institutional affiliation:
None . Education: B.A. (1961) Colgate
University ; M.A. (1963) University of
Illinois ; Ph.D. (1974) University of
Colorado . Research specialties: Southeast
Asian textiles and pottery . Staff sponsor:
Paul M. Taylor . Appointment term: 15-May-08
to 14-May-11 . Science Unit: Department
of Anthropology .
LEON , Blanca . Research Associate
. Institutional affiliation: University
of Texas, Austin . Education: B.S. (1982)
Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
; M.S. (1983) Universidad Nacional Mayor
de San Marcos ; Ph.D. (1993) Aarhus University
. Research specialties: Andean plants
. Staff sponsor: Vicki Funk . Appointment
term: 15-Nov-07 to 14-Nov-10 . Science
Unit: Department of Botany .
LEONARD , Jennifer . Research
Collaborator . Institutional affiliation:
Uppsala University . Education: B.S. (1996)
University of California, Los Angeles
; Ph.D. (2002) University of California,
Los Angeles . Research specialties: evolutionary
and conservation genetics of mammals and
birds; canid biology; and ancient DNA
analysis . Staff sponsor: Robert Fleischer
. Appointment term: 15-Nov-06 to 14-Nov-09
. Science Unit: Department of Vertebrate
Zoology, Genetics Lab .
LEVITON , Alan . Research Associate
. Institutional affiliation: California
Academy of Sciences . Education: B.A.
(1949) Stanford University ; M.A. (1953)
Stanford University ; Ph.D. (1960) Stanford
University . Research specialties: herpetofauna,
especially snakes of Asia . Staff sponsor:
W. Ronald Heyer & George Zug . Appointment
term: 15-May-07 to 14-May-10 . Science
Unit: Department of Vertebrate Zoology,
Division of Amphibians and Reptiles .
LEVITON , Alan E. . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
California Academy of Sciences . Education:
B.A. (1949) Stanford University ; M.A.
(1953) Stanford University ; Ph.D. (1960)
Stanford University . Research specialties:
herpetofauna of Myanmar . Staff sponsor:
Ron Heyer . Appointment term: 15-Nov-07
to 14-Nov-10 . Science Unit: Department
of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Amphibians
and Reptiles .
LINDNER , Alberto . Research
Collaborator . Institutional affiliation:
Universidade de Sao Paulo . Education:
B.S. (1998) Universidade de Sao Paulo
; M.S. (2000) Universidade de Sao Paulo
; Ph.D. (2005) Duke University . Research
specialties: Hydrozoa, emphasis on Stylasteridae
. Staff sponsor: Stephen Cairns . Appointment
term: 15-Nov-08 to 14-Nov-11 . Science
Unit: Department of Invertebrate Zoology
.
LINGAFELTER , Steven W. . Adjunct
Scientist . Institutional affiliation:
Department of Agriculture, Agricultural
Research Service. . Education: B.S. (1989)
Midwestern State University ; M.S. (1991)
Midwestern State University ; Ph.D. (1996)
University of Kansas . Research specialties:
systematics and taxonomy of Cerambycidae
and Curculionidae (long horned wood boring
beetles and weevils); bionomics of Silphidae
(carrion beetles) . Staff sponsor: Chair,
Entomology . Appointment term: 15-Nov-04
to 14-Nov-09 . Science Unit: Department
of Entomology .
LITAKER , R. Wayne . Research
Collaborator . Institutional affiliation:
National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration
. Education: B.S. (1975) Duke University
; M.S. (1976) University of Michigan ;
Ph.D. (1986) Duke University . Research
specialties: identification of pathogens
in coastal tropical ecosystems; molecular
ecology; adapting application of medical
molecular technique for ecological studies
of microorganisms . Staff sponsor: Maria
A. Faust . Appointment term: 15-Nov-06
to 14-Nov-09 . Science Unit: Department
of Botany .
LITTLE , Stefan . Research Collaborator
. Institutional affiliation: Pennsylvania
State University . Education: B.S. (2000)
University of Alberta ; Ph.D. (2006) University
of Alberta . Research specialties: Paleobotany
of ferns and angiosperms, plant taxonomy
and systematics . Staff sponsor: Scott
Wing . Appointment term: 15-Nov-07 to
14-Nov-10 . Science Unit: Department of
Paleobiology .
LITTLER , Diane S. . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute
. Education: B.S. (1968) University of
Hawaii ; Ph.D. (1985) Pacific Western
University . Research specialties: biodiversity,
experimental taxonomy, functional morphology,
relative dominance theory and natural
history of marine plants . Staff sponsor:
Vicki Funk . Appointment term: 15-Nov-06
to 14-Nov-09 . Science Unit: Department
of Botany .
LIVEZEY , Bradley C. . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
Carnegie Museum of Natural History . Education:
B.S. (1976) Oregon State University ;
M.S. (1979) University of Wisconsin; M.A.
(1984) University of Kansas ; Ph.D. (1985)
University of Kansas . Research specialties:
evolution of flightlessness in birds,
comparative anatomy and phylogeny of birds
. Staff sponsor: Gary G. Graves and Richard
Zusi . Appointment term: 15-May-06 to
14-May-09 . Science Unit: Department of
Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Birds
.
LOOY , Cynthia V. . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
University of California, Berkeley . Education:
None ; M.S. (1994) University of Nijmegen
; Ph.D. (2000) Utrecht University . Research
specialties: discovery of Early Permian
conifers previously known only from the
Late Permian . Staff sponsor: William
A. DiMichele . Appointment term: 15-Nov-08
to 14-Nov-11 . Science Unit: Department
of Paleobiology .
LOURIE , Sarah . Research Collaborator
. Institutional affiliation: McGill University
. Education: B.A. (1995) Oxford University
; Ph.D. (2004) McGill University . Research
specialties: Natural History, taxonomy,
biogeography and conservation of seahorses,
especially from South East Asia; informatics
. Staff sponsor: Richard P. Vari . Appointment
term: 15-Nov-06 to 14-Nov-09 . Science
Unit: Department of Vertebrate Zoology,
Division of Fishes .
LUCAS , Peter . Research Associate
. Institutional affiliation: George Washington
University . Education: B.S. (1976) University
College London ; Ph.D. (1980) University
of London . Research specialties: Feeding
and food choice in mammals, particularly
in humans and other primates, and anatomical
and physiological adaptations that have
evolved in relation to feeding . Staff
sponsor: Richard Potts . Appointment term:
15-Nov-07 to 14-Nov-10 . Science Unit:
Department of Anthropology .
LUCAS , Spencer G. . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
New Mexico Museum of Natural History &
Science . Education: B.A. (1976) University
of New Mexico ; M.S. (1979) Yale University
; Ph.D. (1984) Yale University . Research
specialties: Cenozoic stratigraphy and
biostratigraphy of central basin, Kazakhstan;
Triassic stratigraphy . Staff sponsor:
Robert J. Emry . Appointment term: 15-Nov-06
to 14-Nov-09 . Science Unit: Department
of Paleobiology .
LUNDE , Darrin . Research Collaborator
. Institutional affiliation: American
Museum of Natural History . Education:
B.S. (1991) Cornell University ; M.A.
(2002) City University of New York . Research
specialties: mammal systematics . Staff
sponsor: Kristofer Helgen . Appointment
term: 15-Nov-08 to 14-Nov-11 . Science
Unit: Department of Vertebrate Zoology,
Division of Mammals .
LYONS , S. Kathleen . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
Old Dominion University . Education: B.S.
(1991) Wayland Baptist University ; M.S.
(1994) Texas Tech University ; Ph.D. (2001)
University of Chicago . Research specialties:
Paleoecology, evolution, and community
structure in fossil mammals . Staff sponsor:
Matthew Carrano . Appointment term: 15-Nov-07
to 14-Nov-10 . Science Unit: Department
of Paleobiology .
MALLOY , Maureen . Research Collaborator
. Institutional affiliation: Society for
American Archaeology . Education: B.A.
(1979) State University of New York, Albany
; M.A. (1981) George Washington University
. Research specialties: archaeology and
public education . Staff sponsor: Daniel
J. Rogers . Appointment term: 15-Nov-06
to 14-Nov-09 . Science Unit: Department
of Anthropology .
MARINO , Lori . Research Collaborator
. Institutional affiliation: Emory University
. Education: B.A. (1982)) New York University
; M.A. (1989) Miami University ; Ph.D.
(1995) State University of New York, Albany
. Research specialties: comparative brain
and behavioral evolution in cetaceans
and primates; paleoneurology and paleoecology
of cetaceans; mass extinction and macroevolutionary
processes . Staff sponsor: James G. Mead
. Appointment term: 15-Nov-07 to 14-Nov-10
. Science Unit: Department of Vertebrate
Zoology, Division of Mammals .
MARINONI , Luciane . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
Federal University of Parana State, Brazil
. Education: B.S. (1987) Federal University
of Parana ; M.S. (1991) Federal University
of Parana ; Ph.D. (1995) Federal University
of Parana . Research specialties: ecology,
systematics and taxonomy of snail-killing
(Sciomyzidae) and flower flies (Syrphidae)
. Staff sponsor: Wayne Mathis and F. Christian
Thompson . Appointment term: 15-May-07
to 14-May-10 . Science Unit: Department
of Entomology .
MARSHALL , Christopher . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
Oregon State University . Education: B.A.
(1989) Reed College ; Ph.D. (2000) Cornell
University . Research specialties: scarab
beetles . Staff sponsor: Ted R. Schultz
. Appointment term: 15-May-08 to 14-May-11
. Science Unit: Department of Entomology
.
MARTIN , Joel W. . Research Associate
. Institutional affiliation: Natural History
Museum of Los Angeles County . Education:
B.S. (1978) University of Kentucky ; M.S.
(1981) University of Southwestern Louisiana
; Ph.D. (1986) Florida State University
. Research specialties: crustacean groups
such as decapods, peracarids, freshwater
branchiopods; exploration of coral reefs
and coastal habitats; studies of crustaceans
from hydrothermal vents and vicinities
. Staff sponsor: Rafael Lemaitre . Appointment
term: 15-Nov-08 to 14-Nov-11 . Science
Unit: Department of Invertebrate Zoology
.
MAWDSLEY , Johnathan R. . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
H. John Heinz III Center for Science .
Education: B.A. (1994) Harvard University
; Ph.D. (2000) Cornell University . Research
specialties: Systematics and Biogeography
of the Beetle Family Cleridae . Staff
sponsor: Terry Erwin . Appointment term:
15-Nov-07 to 14-Nov-10 . Science Unit:
Department of Entomology .
MCCARTHY , Daniel A. . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
Jacksonville University . Education: B.S.
(1987) Jacksonville University ; M.S.
(1995) Florida State University ; Ph.D.
(2001) King's College, University of London
. Research specialties: marine benthic
ecology; nearshore reef ecology; reproduction
and life-history ecology of marine invertebrates;
biology of sabellariid polychaetes, poriferans,
and echinoderms . Staff sponsor: Valerie
Paul . Appointment term: 15-Nov-07 to
14-Nov-10 . Science Unit: Smithsonian
Marine Station at Fort Pierce .
MCCOOK , Roland . Research Associate
. Institutional affiliation: Northern
Ute Tribe . Education: None . Research
specialties: history of Utes; reburial
of Indian remains . Staff sponsor: Gillian
Flynn . Appointment term: 15-Jan-05 to
14-May-09 . Science Unit: Department of
Anthropology .
MCCRAINE , James Randall . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
None . Education: None . Research specialties:
herpetofauna of Honduras . Staff sponsor:
W. Ronald Heyer . Appointment term: 15-Nov-07
to 14-Nov-10 . Science Unit: Department
of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Amphibians
and Reptiles .
MCDIARMID , Roy W. . Adjunct
Scientist . Institutional affiliation:
USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center.
. Education: B.A. (1961) University of
Southern California ; M.S. (1965) University
of Southern California ; Ph.D. (1969)
University of Southern California . Research
specialties: evolution, systematics, ecology,
natural history, behavior of vertebrates,
especially in the Neotropics . Staff sponsor:
Chair, Vertebrate Zoology . Appointment
term: 15-Nov-04 to 14-Nov-09 . Science
Unit: Department of Vertebrate Zoology,
Division of Amphibians and Reptiles .
MCINNIS , Michael . Research
Collaborator . Institutional affiliation:
None . Education: B.S. (1975) Rose-Hulman
Institute of Technology . Research specialties:
butterflies . Staff sponsor: Robert K.
Robbins . Appointment term: 15-Nov-07
to 14-Nov-10 . Science Unit: Department
of Entomology .
MCKAMEY , Stuart H. . Adjunct
Scientist . Institutional affiliation:
Department of Agriculture, Agricultural
Research Service. . Education: B.S. (1985)
University of California, Berkeley ; M.S.
(1989) North Carolina State University
; Ph.D. (1994) University of Connecticut
. Research specialties: biosystematics
of Auchenorrhyncha, principally Membracoidea
(leafhoppers and treehoppers) . Staff
sponsor: Chair, Entomology . Appointment
term: 15-Nov-04 to 14-Nov-09 . Science
Unit: Department of Entomology .
MCLAUGHLIN , Patsy A. . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
Western Washington University . Education:
B.A. (1957) University of Washington ;
M. Phil. (1969) George Washington University
; Ph.D. (1972) George Washington University
. Research specialties: systematics of
hermit crabs and barnacles; larval development
of paguroids . Staff sponsor: Rafael Lemaitre
. Appointment term: 15-May-08 to 14-May-11
. Science Unit: Department of Invertebrate
Zoology .
MCLENDON , Sally . Research Associate
. Institutional affiliation: Retired from
Hunter College . Education: B.S. (1957)
Georgetown University ; M.S. (1960) Georgetown
University ; Ph.D. (1966) University of
California, Berkeley . Research specialties:
linguistics; Pomoan languages of northern
California; American Indian language preservation
. Staff sponsor: William L. Merrill .
Appointment term: 15-Nov-07 to 14-Nov-10
. Science Unit: Department of Anthropology
.
MEGGERS , Betty J. . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
None . Education: B.A. (1943) University
of Pennsylvania ; M.A. (1944) University
of Pennsylvania ; Ph.D. (1952) Columbia
University . Research specialties: North
American archeology . Staff sponsor: Director,
NMNH . Appointment term: 15-May-06 to
14-May-09 . Science Unit: Department of
Anthropology .
MEJIA , Luz Stella . Research
Collaborator . Institutional affiliation:
Conservation International . Education:
B.S. (1993) Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano
; M.S. (1997) Universidad Nacional de
Colombia . Research specialties: marine
conservation biology and fish taxonomy
. Staff sponsor: Lynne R. Parenti . Appointment
term: 15-May-08 to 14-May-11 . Science
Unit: Department of Vertebrate Zoology,
Division of Fishes .
MENKE , Arnold S. . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
Retired from USDA . Education: B.S. (1957)
University of California, Berkeley ; M.S.
(1959) University of California, Davis
; Ph.D. (1965) University of California,
Davis . Research specialties: systematics
of Sphecidae (Hymenoptera), Belostomatidae
and Nepidae (Hemiptera); sphecid subfamily
Sphecinae, particularly in the New World
. Staff sponsor: Ted R. Schultz . Appointment
term: 15-Nov-07 to 14-Nov-10 . Science
Unit: Department of Entomology .
MERCADER , Julio . Research Associate
. Institutional affiliation: University
of Calgary . Education: B.A. (1987) Universidad
Complutense, Madrid Spain ; M.A. (1989)
Universidad Complutense, Madrid Spain
; Ph.D. (1997) Universidad Complutense,
Madrid Spain . Research specialties: archaeology
of tropical rainforests, African and Paleolithic
archaeology, ethnoarchaeology of hunter-gatherers
evolution . Staff sponsor: Richard Potts
. Appointment term: 15-Nov-07 to 14-Nov-10
. Science Unit: Department of Anthropology
.
MESSNER , Timothy . Research
Collaborator . Institutional affiliation:
None . Education: B.A. (2000) Kutztown
University ; M.A. (2005) Temple University
; Ph.D. (2008) Temple University . Research
specialties: Eastern woodlands American
Indian prehistory; evolution of food producing
economies . Staff sponsor: Dolores R.
Piperno . Appointment term: 15-Nov-08
to 14-Nov-11 . Science Unit: Department
of Anthropology .
METZLER , Eric . Research Collaborator
. Institutional affiliation: None . Education:
B.S. (1968) Michigan State University
. Research specialties: Noctuidae; document
and database lepidopterous fauna of Ohio
. Staff sponsor: Robert K. Robbins . Appointment
term: 15-Nov-08 to 14-Nov-11 . Science
Unit: Department of Entomology .
MICHAUD , Amy . Research Collaborator
. Institutional affiliation: Federal Bureau
of Investigation . Education: B.S. (1988)
Michigan State University . Research specialties:
trace evidence analysis for forensic science
. Staff sponsor: Douglas H. Ubelaker .
Appointment term: 15-Nov-07 to 14-Nov-10
. Science Unit: Department of Anthropology
.
MIDDENDORF , George A . Research
Collaborator . Institutional affiliation:
Harvard University . Education: B.A. (1973)
Dartmouth College ; M.A. (1975) City University
of New York, Hunter College ; Ph.D. (1979)
University of Tennessee, Knoxville . Research
specialties: lizard ecology, behavior,
population biology, and physiology . Staff
sponsor: Kevin de Queiroz . Appointment
term: 15-May-06 to 14-May-09 . Science
Unit: Department of Vertebrate Zoology,
Division of Amphibians and Reptiles .
MILLER , Douglass R. . Research
Collaborator . Institutional affiliation:
USDA, retired . Education: B.A. (1964)
University of California, Davis ; M.S.
(1965) University of California, Davis
; Ph.D. (1969) University of California,
Davis . Research specialties: Eriococcidae
and Pseudococcidae . Staff sponsor: Chair,
Entomology . Appointment term: 15-May-07
to 14-May-10 . Science Unit: Department
of Entomology .
MILLER , Gary L. . Adjunct Scientist
. Institutional affiliation: Department
of Agriculture, Agricultural Research
Service. . Education: None . Research
specialties: . Staff sponsor: Chair, Entomology
. Appointment term: 15-Nov-04 to 14-Nov-09
. Science Unit: Department of Entomology
.
MILLER , James S. . Research
Collaborator . Institutional affiliation:
American Museum of Natural History . Education:
B.A. (1976) Hampshire College ; Ph.D.
(1986) Cornell University . Research specialties:
dioptine moths . Staff sponsor: Robert
K. Robbins . Appointment term: 15-Nov-06
to 14-Nov-09 . Science Unit: Department
of Entomology .
MINCARONE , Michael . Research
Collaborator . Institutional affiliation:
Museu Oceanografico Univali . Education:
B.S. (1997) Universidade do Vale do Itajai
; Ph.D. (2007) Pontificia Universidade
Catolica do Rio Grande do Sul . Research
specialties: Agnatha . Staff sponsor:
Richard P. Vari . Appointment term: 15-Nov-08
to 14-Nov-11 . Science Unit: Department
of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes
.
MITTER , Charles Wayne. . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
University of Maryland . Education: B.S.
(1970) Stanford University ; Ph.D. (1977)
State University of New York, Stony Brook
. Research specialties: biosystematics
of moths; insect / plant relationships
. Staff sponsor: Wayne N. Mathis . Appointment
term: 15-Nov-07 to 14-Nov-10 . Science
Unit: Department of Entomology .
MOFFETT , Mark W. . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
None . Education: B.A. (1979) Beloit College
; Ph.D. (1987) Harvard University . Research
specialties: systematics, morphology,
behavior, and ecology of ants . Staff
sponsor: Ted R. Schultz . Appointment
term: 15-May-07 to 14-May-10 . Science
Unit: Department of Entomology .
MONTET-WHITE , Anta . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
None . Education: B.S. (1953) University
de Paris-Sorbonne ; M.S. (1954) University
de Paris-Sorbonne ; Ph.D. (1964) Universite
de Bordeaux . Research specialties: Solutrean
Culture of Southwestern Europe . Staff
sponsor: Dennis Stanford . Appointment
term: 15-Nov-08 to 14-Nov-11 . Science
Unit: Department of Anthropology .
MOOI , Richard . Research Associate
. Institutional affiliation: California
Academy of Sciences, San Francisco . Education:
B.S. (1981) University of Toronto ; M.S.
(1983) University of Toronto ; Ph.D. (1987)
University of Toronto . Research specialties:
functional morphology of irregular sea
urchins . Staff sponsor: David Pawson
. Appointment term: 15-May-08 to 14-May-11
. Science Unit: Department of Invertebrate
Zoology .
MORITA , Shelah . Research Collaborator
. Institutional affiliation: North Carolina
State University . Education: B.S. (1998)
University of California, Riverside ;
M.S. (2002) University of California,
Davis ; Ph.D. (2006) Unversity of California,
Davis. . Research specialties: Diptera
systematics, especially Tabanidae; evolution
of Diptera pollinatora . Staff sponsor:
Wayne N. Mathis . Appointment term: 15-May-08
to 14-May-11 . Science Unit: Department
of Entomology .
MORRIS , Molly R. . Research
Collaborator . Institutional affiliation:
Ohio University . Education: B.A. (1978)
Earlham College ; Ph.D. (1987) Indiana
University . Research specialties: animal
behavior, sexual selection, and game theory
. Staff sponsor: Lynne R. Parenti . Appointment
term: 15-Nov-07 to 14-Nov-10 . Science
Unit: Department of Vertebrate Zoology,
Division of Fishes .
MUELLER , Ulrich Gerhard. . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
University of Texas at Austin . Education:
B.A. (1983) Kalamazoo College ; M.A. (1986)
Cornell University ; Ph.D. (1992) Cornell
University . Research specialties: behavioral
ecology and evolution of insects, especially
bees; insect chemical ecology . Staff
sponsor: Ted R. Schultz . Appointment
term: 15-Nov-06 to 14-Nov-09 . Science
Unit: Department of Entomology .
MUNROE , Thomas A. . Adjunct
Scientist . Institutional affiliation:
NOAA, National Marine Fisheries Service
Systematics Laboratory . Education: B.A.
(1973) Southeastern Massachusetts University
; M.S. (1976) Southeastern Massachusetts
University ; Ph.D. (1987) College of William
and Mary . Research specialties: systematics,
evolution, biogeography, and biology of
marine fishes, especially the flatfishes,
Order Pleuronectiformes . Staff sponsor:
Chair, Vertebrate Zoology . Appointment
term: 15-Nov-04 to 14-Nov-09 . Science
Unit: Department of Vertebrate Zoology,
Division of Fishes .
MURDY , Edward . Research Collaborator
. Institutional affiliation: National
Science Foundation . Education: B.S. (1975)
Old Dominion University ; M.S. (1977)
Old Dominion University ; Ph.D. (1983)
Texas A&M University . Research specialties:
systematics and taxonomy of gobioid fishes
. Staff sponsor: Richard P. Vari . Appointment
term: 15-Nov-07 to 14-Nov-10 . Science
Unit: Department of Vertebrate Zoology,
Division of Fishes .
MURPHY , William . Research Associate
. Institutional affiliation: Texas A&M
University . Education: B.S. (1992) Illinois
State University ; Ph.D. (1997) University
of Tulsa . Research specialties: Mammalian
geonomics and phylogenetics . Staff sponsor:
Kristofer Helgen . Appointment term: 15-Nov-08
to 14-Nov-11 . Science Unit: Department
of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Mammals
.
MUSSER , Guy G. . Research Associate
. Institutional affiliation: Retired from
American Museum of Natural History . Education:
B.S. (1959) University of Utah ; M.S.
(1961) University of Utah ; Ph.D. (1967)
University of Michigan . Research specialties:
systematics and biogeography of rodents,
especially Indomalayan murines (Muridae)
and neotropical sigmodontines (Cricetidae)
. Staff sponsor: Michael D. Carleton .
Appointment term: 15-May-08 to 14-May-11
. Science Unit: Department of Vertebrate
Zoology, Division of Mammals .
NAMI , Hugo . Research Associate
. Institutional affiliation: University
of Buenos Aires . Education: B.S. (1974)
Colegio Nacional ; M.S. (1983) University
of Buenos Aires ; Ph.D. (2000) University
of Buenos Aires . Research specialties:
Paleo-Indian archaeology of Patagonia
. Staff sponsor: Dennis Stanford . Appointment
term: 15-May-06 to 14-May-09 . Science
Unit: Department of Anthropology .
NEUMAN , Robert B. . Adjunct
Scientist . Institutional affiliation:
US Geological Survey (retired). . Education:
B.S. (1941) University of North Carolina
; Ph.D. (1949) The Johns Hopkins University
. Research specialties: fossil brachiopods
. Staff sponsor: Chair, Paleobiology .
Appointment term: 15-Nov-06 to 14-Nov-09
. Science Unit: Department of Paleobiology
.
NICKLE , David A. . Adjunct Scientist
. Institutional affiliation: Department
of Agriculture, Agricultural Research
Service. . Education: B.A. (1970) Temple
University ; M.S. (1973) University of
Florida ; Ph.D. (1976) University of Florida
. Research specialties: biosystematics
of Orthoptera, especially Tettigoniidae
and Gryllotalpidae (katydids, mole crickets),
and Isoptera (termites) . Staff sponsor:
Chair, Entomology . Appointment term:
15-Nov-04 to 14-Nov-09 . Science Unit:
Department of Entomology .
NIZINSKI , Martha S. . Adjunct
Scientist . Institutional affiliation:
NOAA, National Marine Fisheries Service
Systematics Laboratory . Education: B.S.
(1983) West Virginia Wesleyan College
; M.S. (1986) University of Maryland,
College Park ; Ph.D. (1998) College of
William and Mary . Research specialties:
Decapods, crustaceans and invertebrate
fauna associated with deep water Lophelia
reefs . Staff sponsor: Chair, Invertebrate
Zoology . Appointment term: 15-Nov-04
to 14-Nov-09 . Science Unit: Department
of Invertebrate Zoology .
NORRBOM , Allen L. . Adjunct
Scientist . Institutional affiliation:
Department of Agriculture, Agricultural
Research Service. . Education: B.A. (1980)
Drexel University ; M.S. (1983) Pennsylvania
State University ; Ph.D. (1985) Pennsylvania
State University . Research specialties:
systematics of families Tephritidae (true
fruit flies), Sphaeroceridae (lesser dung
flies), and other acalyptrate Diptera
. Staff sponsor: Chair, Entomology . Appointment
term: 15-Nov-04 to 14-Nov-09 . Science
Unit: Department of Entomology .
NOVECK , Daniel B. . Research
Collaborator . Institutional affiliation:
None . Education: B.A. (1987) University
of Massachusetts ; M.A. (1995) New School
for Social Research ; Ph.D. candidate
University of Chicago . Research specialties:
ethnomusicology of the Raramuri of northern
Mexico . Staff sponsor: William L. Merrill
. Appointment term: 15-Nov-06 to 14-Nov-09
. Science Unit: Department of Anthropology
.
NOVOTNY , Vojtech . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
Institute of Entomology, Czech Academy
of Sciences . Education: M.S. (1988) Palacky
University ; Ph.D. (1993) Czech Academy
of Sciences . Research specialties: tropical
insect ecology; herbivorous insect communities
in Papua New Guinea . Staff sponsor: Scott
Miller . Appointment term: 15-Nov-06 to
14-Nov-09 . Science Unit: Department of
Entomology .
NWEEIA , Martin T. . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
Harvard School of Dental Medicine . Education:
B.A. (1977) Trinity College ; D.D.S. (1984)
Case Western Reserve School of Dentistry
. Research specialties: comparative odontology;
narwhal tusk . Staff sponsor: James G.
Mead . Appointment term: 15-May-07 to
14-May-10 . Science Unit: Department of
Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Mammals
.
OCHOA , Ronald . Adjunct Scientist
. Institutional affiliation: Department
of Agriculture, Agricultural Research
Service. . Education: B.A. (1983) University
of Costa Rica ; M.S. (1989) Centro Agronomico
Tropical de Investigacion y Ensenanza
; Ph.D. (1996) Brigham Young University
. Research specialties: systematics of
Eriophyoidea, Heterostigmata, and Tetranychoidea
(ACARI: Prostigmata), in particular the
families Eriophyidae, Tarsonemidae, and
Tenuipalpidae . Staff sponsor: Chair,
Entomology . Appointment term: 15-Nov-04
to 14-Nov-09 . Science Unit: Department
of Entomology .
OKAHASHI (YASUHARA) , Hisayo .
Research Collaborator . Institutional
affiliation: US Geological Survey . Education:
B.S. (2000) Osaka City University ; M.S.
(2002) Kyoto University ; Ph.D. (2005)
Osaka City University . Research specialties:
Abrupt surface and deep-water oceanographic
changes; paleontology of Ostracoda; identification
and study of tsunami deposits . Staff
sponsor: Gene Hunt . Appointment term:
15-Nov-08 to 14-Nov-11 . Science Unit:
Department of Paleobiology .
OLSON , Link . Research Collaborator
. Institutional affiliation: University
of Alaska . Education: B.S. (1992) University
of Michigan ; Ph.D. (1999) University
of Chicago . Research specialties: morphological
and molecular evolution and phylogenetic
systematics of mammals, including the
biogeography, phylogenetics, phylogeography,
and conservation of Malagasy and African
insectivores, tree shrews and Alaskan
mammals . Staff sponsor: Richard Thorington
. Appointment term: 15-May-06 to 14-May-09
. Science Unit: Department of Vertebrate
Zoology, Division of Mammals .
OLSON , Annette L. . Research
Collaborator . Institutional affiliation:
US Geological Survey . Education: B.S.
(1986) Baylor University ; Ph.D. (2001)
University of Miami . Research specialties:
evolution of mammals, evolution of cooperation,
socioecology, and conservation biology;
carnivores, especially mongooses . Staff
sponsor: Richard Thorington . Appointment
term: 15-May-08 to 14-May-11 . Science
Unit: Department of Vertebrate Zoology,
Division of Mammals .
OMLAND , Kevin . Research Associate
. Institutional affiliation: University
of Maryland . Education: B.A. (1985) Dartmouth
College ; Ph.D. (1995) University of Albany
. Research specialties: phylogenies of
closely related species to study speciation
and character evolution . Staff sponsor:
Jesus Maldonado and Robert Fleischer .
Appointment term: 15-May-08 to 14-May-11
. Science Unit: Department of Vertebrate
Zoology, Genetics Lab .
OPLER , Paul A. . Research Associate
. Institutional affiliation: Colorado
State University . Education: B.S. (1960)
University of California, Berkeley; ;
M.A. (1965) California State University,
San Jose; ; Ph.D. (1970) University of
California, Berkeley. . Research specialties:
lepidoptera of the world. . Staff sponsor:
Robert K. Robbins . Appointment term:
15-Nov-08 to 14-Nov-11 . Science Unit:
Department of Entomology .
OPRESKO , Dennis M. . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory . Education:
B.S. (1966) University of Miami ; M.S.
(1970) University of Miami ; Ph.D. (1974)
University of Miami . Research specialties:
taxonomy, zoogeography, classification
of order Antipatharia (black corals) .
Staff sponsor: Stephen Cairns . Appointment
term: 15-Nov-07 to 14-Nov-10 . Science
Unit: Department of Invertebrate Zoology
.
ORR , Kelly . Research Collaborator
. Institutional affiliation: Georgia Museum
of Natural History . Education: B.A. (1998)
Pennsylvania State University ; M.S. (2002)
University of Georgia ; Ph.D. (2007) University
of Georgia . Research specialties: animal
exploitation in the Eastern and Southeastern
US . Staff sponsor: Melinda Zeder . Appointment
term: 15-Nov-08 to 14-Nov-11 . Science
Unit: Department of Anthropology .
OSTERMAN , Lisa E. . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
U.S. Geological Survey . Education: B.S.
(1975) University of Dayton ; M.S. (1977)
University of Maine ; Ph.D. (1982) University
of Colorado . Research specialties: foraminifera;
pale oceanographic, climate and environmental
changes . Staff sponsor: Martin A. Buzas
. Appointment term: 15-May-06 to 14-May-09
. Science Unit: Department of Paleobiology
.
PENNISTON-DORLAND , Sarah . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
University of Maryland . Education: B.A.
(1986) Harvard College ; M.S. (1997) University
of Texas, Austin ; Ph.D. (2005) Johns
Hopkins University . Research specialties:
Metamorphic petrology, geochemistry of
metamorphic rocks, hydrodynamics of metamorphic
rocks. . Staff sponsor: Sorena Sorenson
. Appointment term: 15-Nov-08 to 14-Nov-11
. Science Unit: Department of Mineral
Sciences .
PERRIN , William F. . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
NOAA, NMFS, Southwest Fisheries Science
Center . Education: B.S. (1966) San Diego
State University ; Ph.D. (1972) University
of California, Los Angeles . Research
specialties: cetaceans; dolphin mortality
. Staff sponsor: James G. Mead . Appointment
term: 15-Nov-08 to 14-Nov-11 . Science
Unit: Department of Vertebrate Zoology,
Division of Mammals .
PERRY , Linda . Research Collaborator
. Institutional affiliation: None . Education:
B.S. (1990) Tulane University ; M.S. (1994)
University of Florida ; Ph.D. (2001) Southern
Illinois University . Research specialties:
archaeobotany of pre-Columbian South America
. Staff sponsor: Dolores R. Piperno .
Appointment term: 15-May-07 to 14-May-10
. Science Unit: Department of Anthropology
.
PETRAGLIA , Michael . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
University of Cambridge . Education: B.A.
(1982) New York University ; M.A. (1984)
University of New Mexico ; Ph.D. (1987)
University of New Mexico . Research specialties:
paleoanthropology, archaeology, and socio-
and bio-cultural evolution . Staff sponsor:
Richard Potts . Appointment term: 15-Nov-07
to 14-Nov-10 . Science Unit: Department
of Anthropology .
PHILLIPS-RODRIGUEZ, , Eugenie .
Research Collaborator . Institutional
affiliation: Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad,
Santo Domingo, Costa Rica . Education:
B.S. (1987) Unversidad de Costa Rica ;
Ph.D. (2002) University of California,
Berkeley . Research specialties: microlepidoptera;
Pyraloidea . Staff sponsor: Donald R.
Davis . Appointment term: 15-Nov-06 to
14-Nov-09 . Science Unit: Department of
Entomology .
PLOG , Stephen . Research Associate
. Institutional affiliation: University
of Virginia . Education: B.A. (1971) University
of Michigan ; M.A. (1972) University of
Michigan ; Ph.D. (1977) University of
Michigan . Research specialties: Archaeology
of the Puebloan Southwestern United States
. Staff sponsor: Daniel J. Rogers . Appointment
term: 15-May-08 to 14-May-11 . Science
Unit: Department of Anthropology .
POGUE , Michael G. . Adjunct
Scientist . Institutional affiliation:
Department of Agriculture, Agricultural
Research Service. . Education: B.A. (1974)
University of Colorado ; M.S. (1981) University
of Wyoming ; Ph.D. (1986) University of
Minnesota . Research specialties: systematics
and biogeography and biodiversity of Noctuidea
(Lepidoptera) . Staff sponsor: Chair,
Entomology . Appointment term: 15-Nov-04
to 14-Nov-09 . Science Unit: Department
of Entomology .
POJETA Jr. , John . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
US Geological Survey, retired . Education:
B.S. (1957) Capital University ; M.S.
(1961) University of Cincinnati ; Ph.D.
(1963) University of Cincinnati . Research
specialties: Paleozoic mollusks, especially
Cambrian and Ordovician pelecypods, rostroconchs,
chitons and the early evolution of Mollusca
. Staff sponsor: Chair, Paleobiology .
Appointment term: 15-May-07 to 14-May-10
. Science Unit: Department of Paleobiology
.
POLHEMUS , Dan A. . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
State of Hawaii, Department of Land and
Natural Resources . Education: B.S. (1980)
Colorado State University ; Ph.D. (1984)
University of Utah . Research specialties:
aquatic bugs, including families Hemiptera-Heteroptera,
Miridae, dragonflies and damselflies (Odonata)
. Staff sponsor: Scott Miller . Appointment
term: 15-Nov-08 to 14-Nov-11 . Science
Unit: Department of Entomology .
POLHEMUS , John T. . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
Colorado Entomological Institute . Education:
B.S. (1956) Iowa State University ; Ph.D.
(1977) University of Colorado . Research
specialties: Hemiptera-Heteroptera . Staff
sponsor: Scott Miller . Appointment term:
15-Nov-08 to 14-Nov-11 . Science Unit:
Department of Entomology .
POOLE , Robert W. . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
Nearctica.com, Inc. . Education: B.S.
(1966) Cornell University ; Ph.D. (1969)
Cornell University . Research specialties:
Lepidoptera, quantative ecology, African
Coleoptera . Staff sponsor: Donald R.
Davis . Appointment term: 15-Nov-07 to
14-Nov-10 . Science Unit: Department of
Entomology .
POPSON , Colleen . Research Collaborator
. Institutional affiliation: USAID Knowledge
Management and Communications . Education:
B.A. (1997) University of Oregon ; M.A.
(2000) University of Albany . Research
specialties: Maya archaeology; AnthroQuest
. Staff sponsor: Daniel J. Rogers . Appointment
term: 15-Nov-08 to 14-Nov-11 . Science
Unit: Department of Anthropology .
PREEA , Monik . Research Collaborator
. Institutional affiliation: Rural Federal
University of Rio de Janeiro . Education:
B.S. Unified Teaching Center of Brasilia
; M.S. Federal University of Espirito
Santo . Research specialties: ecology
and systematics of tropical bat faunas
. Staff sponsor: Kristofer Helgen . Appointment
term: 15-Nov-08 to 14-Nov-11 . Science
Unit: Department of Vertebrate Zoology,
Division of Mammals .
PRINS , Harald . Research Associate
. Institutional affiliation: Kansas State
University . Education: B.S. (1972) University
of Groningen, Netherlands ; Ph.D. (1988)
New School for Social Research . Research
specialties: cultural anthropology; human
rights, visual antropology, political
ecology, ethnohistory . Staff sponsor:
Hans Sues . Appointment term: 15-Nov-08
to 14-Nov-11 . Science Unit: Office of
the Associate Director for Research and
Collections .
PROFFITT , Charles "Ed"
. Research Associate . Institutional
affiliation: Florida Atlantic University
. Education: B.S. (1971) University of
Miami ; M.S. (1997) East Carolina University
; Ph.D. (1983) University of South Florida
. Research specialties: environmental
policy and analysis; mangrove and marsh
biology and ecology; plant-animal interactions
. Staff sponsor: Valerie Paul . Appointment
term: 15-May-06 to 14-May-09 . Science
Unit: Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort
Pierce .
PUGLISI , Melany . Research Associate
. Institutional affiliation: Chicago State
University . Education: B.A. (1991) Long
Island University ; M.S. (1995) University
of Guam ; Ph.D. (2001) University of Mississippi
. Research specialties: antifungal metabolites
of marine algae . Staff sponsor: Valerie
Paul . Appointment term: 15-Nov-08 to
14-Nov-11 . Science Unit: Smithsonian
Marine Station at Fort Pierce .
RABAGLIA , Robert J. . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
USDA Forest Service, Forest Health Protection
. Education: B.S. (1977) Manhattan College
; M.S. (1980) SUNY ; Ph.D. (1984) SUNY,
College of Environmental Science and Forestry
. Research specialties: forest entomology;
systematics and bionomics of bark beetles
. Staff sponsor: Terry Erwin and Natalia
Vandenberg . Appointment term: 15-Nov-07
to 14-Nov-10 . Science Unit: Department
of Entomology .
RAGSDALE , Bruce D. . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
Central Coast Pathology Consultants, Inc.
. Education: B.A. (1966) University of
California, San Francisco ; MD. (1969)
University of California, San Francisco
. Research specialties: human skeletal
paleopathology, orthopedic pathology,
anatomic & clinical pathology, dermatopathology
. Staff sponsor: Donald J. Ortner . Appointment
term: 15-Nov-07 to 14-Nov-10 . Science
Unit: Department of Anthropology .
RANDALL , John E. . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
Bishop Museum . Education: B.A. (1950)
University of California, Los Angeles
; Ph.D. (1955) University of Hawai'i,
Manoa . Research specialties: classification
and biology of marine fishes . Staff sponsor:
Richard Vari and Victor G. Springer .
Appointment term: 15-Nov-07 to 14-Nov-10
. Science Unit: Department of Vertebrate
Zoology, Division of Fishes .
RATCLIFFE , Brett C. . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
University of Nebraska . Education: B.S.
(1968) University of Nebraska ; M.S. (1970)
University of Nebraska ; Ph.D. (1975)
University of Nebraska . Research specialties:
systematics and diversity of scarab beetles
. Staff sponsor: Terry Erwin . Appointment
term: 15-Nov-07 to 14-Nov-10 . Science
Unit: Department of Entomology .
REAKA , Marjorie . Research Associate
. Institutional affiliation: University
of Maryland . Education: B.A. (1965) University
of Kansas ; M.S. (1969) University of
Kansas ; Ph.D. (1975) University of California,
Berkeley . Research specialties: evolutionary
ecology of stomatopod crustaceans . Staff
sponsor: Rafael Lemaitre . Appointment
term: 15-Nov-07 to 14-Nov-10 . Science
Unit: Department of Invertebrate Zoology
.
REED , Denne N. . Research Collaborator
. Institutional affiliation: None . Education:
B.S. (1993) University of Michigan ; M.A.
(1997) Stony Brook University; ; Ph.D.
(2003) Stony Brook University . Research
specialties: taphonomy and ecology of
Amboseli Park, Kenya . Staff sponsor:
Anna K. Behrensmeyer . Appointment term:
15-Nov-08 to 14-Nov-11 . Science Unit:
Department of Paleobiology .
REEDER , DeeAnn . Research Associate
. Institutional affiliation: Bucknell
University . Education: B.A. (1991) University
of California, Berkeley ; M.S. (1997)
University of California, Davis ; Ph.D.
(2001) University of California, Davis
. Research specialties: Global mammalian
diversity and mammalian comparative physiology
and behavior . Staff sponsor: Kristofer
Helgen . Appointment term: 15-Nov-08 to
14-Nov-11 . Science Unit: Department of
Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Mammals
.
REENTS-BUDET , Dorie . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
None . Education: B.A. (1974) University
of Northern Colorado ; M.A. (1980) University
of Texas at Austin ; Ph.D. (1985) University
of Texas . Research specialties: development
of polychromed ceramic art among the ancient
Maya (ca. 350-900 A.D. ) . Staff sponsor:
Ronald L. Bishop . Appointment term: 15-Nov-08
to 14-Nov-11 . Science Unit: Department
of Anthropology .
REEVES , Randall . Research Collaborator
. Institutional affiliation: National
Marine Fisheries . Education: B.A. (1970)
University of Nebraska ; M.S. (1973) Princeton
University ; Ph.D. (1993) McGill University
. Research specialties: conservation and
history of exploitation of cetaceans .
Staff sponsor: James G. Mead . Appointment
term: 15-May-08 to 14-May-11 . Science
Unit: Department of Vertebrate Zoology,
Division of Mammals .
REHNER , Stephen A. . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
USDA, ARS. . Education: B.S. (1975) Cornell
University ; M.S. (1984) University of
Washington ; Ph.D. (1989) University of
Washington . Research specialties: molecular
systematics of fungi; systematics, behavior,
and evolution of the agricultural symbiosis
of fungus-growing attine ants . Staff
sponsor: Ted R. Schultz . Appointment
term: 15-Nov-06 to 14-Nov-09 . Science
Unit: Department of Entomology .
REIDENBERG , Joy Spring. . Research
Collaborator . Institutional affiliation:
Mount Sinai School of Medicine . Education:
B.A. (1983) Cornell University ; M. Phil.
(1986) City University of New York ; Ph.D.
(1988) City University of New York . Research
specialties: cetacean anatomy . Staff
sponsor: James G. Mead . Appointment term:
15-May-08 to 14-May-11 . Science Unit:
Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division
of Mammals .
REYNOLDS , Robert P. . Adjunct
Scientist . Institutional affiliation:
USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center.
. Education: B.S. (1972) University of
Connecticut ; M.S. (1974) University of
Connecticut ; Ph.D. (1978) University
of New Mexico . Research specialties:
taxonomy and distribution of amphibians
and reptiles in North, Central, and South
America; curation, care, and management
of natural history collections; ecology
of desert snakes; ecology of island reptiles
. Staff sponsor: Chair, Vertebrate Zoology
. Appointment term: 15-Nov-04 to 14-Nov-09
. Science Unit: Department of Vertebrate
Zoology, Division of Amphibians and Reptiles
.
RICHARD , Wilfred . Research
Collaborator . Institutional affiliation:
Outdoor Ventures North, Inc. . Education:
B.A. (1966) University of New Hampshire
; M.A. (1975) University of Massachusetts
; Ph.D. (1991) University of Waterloo
. Research specialties: geography, anthropology,
ecotourism, environmental protection .
Staff sponsor: William W. Fitzhugh . Appointment
term: 15-Nov-06 to 14-Nov-09 . Science
Unit: Department of Anthropology .
RICHARDSON , Susan L. . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
None . Education: B.S. (1983) University
of Washington ; M.S. (1989) Yale University
; Ph.D. (2000) Yale University . Research
specialties: foraminifera . Staff sponsor:
Valerie Paul . Appointment term: 15-May-07
to 14-May-10 . Science Unit: Smithsonian
Marine Station at Fort Pierce .
RICHMOND , Brian . Research Associate
. Institutional affiliation: George Washington
University . Education: B.A. (1990) Rice
University ; M.A. (1995) SUNY-Stony Brook
; Ph.D. (1998) State University New York,
Stony Brook . Research specialties: human
and primate evolution, evolution of human
gait, functional anatomy and development
in primates, bone growth and remodeling,
multivariate statistics and geometric
morph metrics, evolution . Staff sponsor:
Richard Potts . Appointment term: 15-Nov-07
to 14-Nov-10 . Science Unit: Department
of Anthropology .
RITGER , Rebecca . Research Collaborator
. Institutional affiliation: California
Department of Health Services . Education:
B.S. (1999) Illinois Wesleyan University;
; M.S. (2004) American University. . Research
specialties: nemertean genus tubulanus
. Staff sponsor: Jon Norenburg . Appointment
term: 15-Nov-08 to 14-Nov-11 . Science
Unit: Department of Invertebrate Zoology
.
ROBERTS , Roland . Research Associate
. Institutional affiliation: Towson State
University . Education: B.S. (1991) Southwest
Texas State University ; M.S. (1996) Southwest
Texas State University ; Ph.D. (2002)
Louisiana State University . Research
specialties: Compositae . Staff sponsor:
Vicki Funk . Appointment term: 15-Nov-07
to 14-Nov-10 . Science Unit: Department
of Botany .
RODRIGUEZ , Marcianna Lane. .
Research Collaborator . Institutional
affiliation: Universidad Nacional Autonoma
de MexicoEndicott College, Mexico . Education:
B.S. (1973) University of Michigan ; M.S.
(1997) Universidad Iberoamericana ; Ph.D.
(1998) Universidad Nacional Autonoma de
Mexico . Research specialties: use of
wild and domestic plant materials from
Olmec sites in Mexico . Staff sponsor:
Bruce D. Smith . Appointment term: 15-Nov-07
to 14-Nov-10 . Science Unit: Department
of Anthropology .
ROE , Pamela . Research Associate
. Institutional affiliation: California
State University, Stansilaus . Education:
B.A. (1965) University of Texas ; M.S.
(1967) University of Washington ; Ph.D.
(1971) University of Washington . Research
specialties: feeding biology, natural
history, and ecology of nemertean worms;
taxonomy and biology of pelagic nemerteans
. Staff sponsor: Jon Norenburg . Appointment
term: 15-May-08 to 14-May-11 . Science
Unit: Department of Invertebrate Zoology
.
ROGO , Lucie Marie . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
None . Education: B.S. (1978) University
of Nairobi ; M.S. (1979) University of
Liverpool ; Ph.D. (1986) University of
Nairobi . Research specialties: lepidoptera
. Staff sponsor: Scott Miller . Appointment
term: 15-Nov-08 to 14-Nov-11 . Science
Unit: Department of Entomology .
ROMASHCHENKO , Kostyantyn . Research
Collaborator . Institutional affiliation:
Kholodny M.G. Institute of Botany . Education:
B.S. (1992) Donetzk State University ;
Ph.D. (1997) Kholodny Institute of Botany
. Research specialties: evolutionary studies
within the Stipeae . Staff sponsor: Paul
M. Peterson . Appointment term: 16-May-08
to 14-May-11 . Science Unit: Department
of Botany .
ROSE , Kenneth D. . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
Johns Hopkins University . Education:
B.S. (1972) Yale University ; M.A. (1974)
Harvard University ; Ph.D. (1979) University
of Michigan . Research specialties: evolution,
systematics, comparative and functional
anatomy of mammals, with particular emphasis
on the dentition and limb skeleton in
fossil mammals; origin, adaptive radiation,
and paleobiology of the modern orders
of mammals . Staff sponsor: Robert J.
Emry . Appointment term: 15-Nov-06 to
14-Nov-09 . Science Unit: Department of
Paleobiology .
ROSENMEIER , Michael . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
University of Pittsburgh . Education:
B.A. (1994) University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
; Ph.D. (2003) University of Florida .
Research specialties: "Holocene Environmental
Change, Human-Environment Interactions,
Geoarchaeology, Paleolimnology, and Stable
Isotope Geochemistry
" . Staff sponsor: Daniel J. Rogers
. Appointment term: 15-May-08 to 14-May-11
. Science Unit: Department of Anthropology
.
ROSS , Cliff . Research Associate
. Institutional affiliation: University
of North Florida . Education: B.S. (1996)
Florida Atlantic University ; M.S. (1998)
Florida Atlantic University ; Ph.D. (2005)
University of California, Santa Barbara
. Research specialties: ecological physiology
and cellular mechanisms of stress responses
in marine organisms . Staff sponsor: Valerie
Paul . Appointment term: 15-Nov-07 to
14-Nov-10 . Science Unit: Smithsonian
Marine Station at Fort Pierce .
RUEDA , Pollie . Adjunct Scientist
. Institutional affiliation: Walter Reed
Army Institute of Research, U.S. Army
Medical Research Command. . Education:
Ph.D. (1984) North Carolina State University
. Research specialties: Diptera: Culicidae
. Staff sponsor: Chair, Entomology . Appointment
term: 15-Nov-04 to 14-Nov-09 . Science
Unit: Department of Entomology .
RUNG , Alessandra . Research
Collaborator . Institutional affiliation:
None . Education: B.S. (1990) Federal
University, Rio de Janeiro Brazil ; M.S.
(1993) University of Sao Paulo ; Ph.D.
(2003) University of Maryland . Research
specialties: biosystematics and behavior
of Diptera . Staff sponsor: Wayne N. Mathis
. Appointment term: 15-May-06 to 14-May-09
. Science Unit: Department of Entomology
.
SANDOVAL , Abelardo (Chinaco) .
Adjunct Scientist . Institutional affiliation:
None . Education: B.A. (1975) Universidad
Nacional Mayor de San Marcos ; M.A. (1982)
State University of New York . Research
specialties: Peruvian archeology . Staff
sponsor: Betty Meggers . Appointment term:
15-Nov-07 to 14-Nov-10 . Science Unit:
Department of Anthropology .
SANTAGATA , Scott . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
Long Island University . Education: B.S.
(1992) University of Rhode Island ; M.S.
(1995) American University ; Ph.D. (2001)
University of Southern California . Research
specialties: biogeography, larval biology,
inroduced species, and molecular phylogenetics
. Staff sponsor: Valerie Paul . Appointment
term: 15-Nov-08 to 14-Nov-11 . Science
Unit: Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort
Pierce .
SANTIAGO-BLAY , Jorge A. . Research
Collaborator . Institutional affiliation:
Gallaudet University . Education: B.S.
(1979) University of Puerto Rico ; M.S.
(1985) University of Puerto Rico ; Ph.D.
(1990) University of California, Berkeley
. Research specialties: fossil insects
. Staff sponsor: Conrad Labandeira . Appointment
term: 15-Nov-06 to 14-Nov-09 . Science
Unit: Department of Paleobiology .
SANTOS , Cynthia . Research Collaborator
. Institutional affiliation: None . Education:
B.S. (1992) University of Sao Paulo ;
M.S. (1999) University of Sao Paulo ;
Ph.D. (2005) University of Sao Paulo .
Research specialties: taxonomy, systematics
and ecology of nemerteans, especially
Carcinonemertidae . Staff sponsor: Jon
Norenburg . Appointment term: 15-Nov-06
to 14-Nov-09 . Science Unit: Department
of Invertebrate Zoology .
SARGIS , Eric . Research Collaborator
. Institutional affiliation: Yale University
. Education: B.S. (1992) Northern Illinois
University ; M. Phil. (1996) City University
of New York ; Ph.D. (2000) City University
of New York . Research specialties: morphological
and molecular evolution and phylogenetic
systematics of mammals; functional morphology,
phylogenetics, biogeography, taxonomy,
phylogeography, and conservation of tree
shrews . Staff sponsor: Richard Thorington
. Appointment term: 15-May-06 to 14-May-09
. Science Unit: Department of Vertebrate
Zoology, Division of Mammals .
SAVAGE , Jay M. . Research Associate
. Institutional affiliation: University
of Miami . Education: B.A. (1950) Stanford
University ; M.A. (1954) Stanford University
; Ph.D. (1955) Stanford University . Research
specialties: herpetology, osteology, marine
and tropical ecology; evolution; biogeography
. Staff sponsor: W. Ronald Heyer . Appointment
term: 15-Nov-06 to 14-Nov-09 . Science
Unit: Department of Vertebrate Zoology,
Division of Amphibians and Reptiles .
SCARBROUGH , Aubrey G. . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
Towson State University . Education: B.S.
(1963) Arkansas State University ; M.S.
(1964) Arkansas State University ; Ph.D.
(1970) University of Illinois . Research
specialties: systematics, ecology, behavior,
biosystematics of Diptera . Staff sponsor:
Wayne N. Mathis . Appointment term: 15-May-07
to 14-May-10 . Science Unit: Department
of Entomology .
SCHARFF , Nikolaj . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
University of Copenhagen . Education:
M.S. (1985) University of Copenhagen,
Denmark ; Ph.D. (1989) University of Copenhagen,
Denmark . Research specialties: araneoid
spiders, especially orbweavers; estimating
species richness . Staff sponsor: Jonathan
A. Coddington . Appointment term: 15-Nov-07
to 14-Nov-10 . Science Unit: Department
of Entomology .
SCHAUFF , Michael E. . Adjunct
Scientist . Institutional affiliation:
Department of Agriculture, Agricultural
Research Service. . Education: B.A. (1971)
University of Illinois ; M.S. (1977) University
of Maryland ; Ph.D. (1982) University
of Maryland . Research specialties: systematics
of parasitic Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea
. Staff sponsor: Chair, Entomology . Appointment
term: 15-Nov-04 to 14-Nov-09 . Science
Unit: Department of Entomology .
SCHEFFER , Sonja . Adjunct Scientist
. Institutional affiliation: Department
of Agriculture, Agricultural Research
Service. . Education: B.A. (1986) Oberlin
College ; M.S. (1990) University of Cincinnati
; Ph.D. (1995) State University of New
York, Stony Brook . Research specialties:
molecular systematics of agriculturally
important insects with special emphasis
on leaf mining flies (Diptera: Agromyzidae)
. Staff sponsor: Chair, Entomology . Appointment
term: 15-Nov-04 to 14-Nov-09 . Science
Unit: Department of Entomology .
SCHULTE , James A. . Research
Collaborator . Institutional affiliation:
Clarkson University . Education: B.S.
(1991) Southeast Missouri State University
; Ph.D. (1996) Washington University,
Missouri . Research specialties: phylogeny
of phrynosomatine sand lizards, testing
models of DNA sequence evolution, Calotes
lizards . Staff sponsor: Kevin de Queiroz
and Ronald Heyer . Appointment term: 15-Nov-08
to 14-Nov-11 . Science Unit: Department
of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Amphibians
and Reptiles .
SCHWEITZER , Carrie E. . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
Kent State University . Education: B.A.
(1993) Hiram College ; M.S. (1996) Kent
State University ; Ph.D. (2000) Kent State
University . Research specialties: systematics
of fossil decapods . Staff sponsor: Rafael
Lemaitre . Appointment term: 15-May-08
to 14-May-11 . Science Unit: Department
of Invertebrate Zoology .
SCOTT , Kathleen M. . Research
Collaborator . Institutional affiliation:
Rutgers University . Education: B.A. (1972)
Brown University ; Ph.D. (1979) Yale University
. Research specialties: functional morphology
of the musculo-skeletal system in living
and fossil ungulates and carnivores .
Staff sponsor: James G. Mead . Appointment
term: 15-Nov-07 to 14-Nov-10 . Science
Unit: Department of Vertebrate Zoology,
Division of Mammals .
SCOTT Jr. , Norman J. . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
Retired from USGS . Education: B.S. (1956)
Humboldt State University ; M.S. (1962)
Humboldt State University ; Ph.D. (1969)
University of Southern California . Research
specialties: South American herpetofaunas,
systematics and distribution; California
endangered reptiles and amphibians, ecology
and status . Staff sponsor: Ron Heyer
. Appointment term: 15-May-08 to 14-May-11
. Science Unit: Department of Vertebrate
Zoology, Division of Amphibians and Reptiles
.
SEARS , Erin . Research Collaborator
. Institutional affiliation: University
of Kentucky . Education: B.A. (1993) University
of Missouri, Columbia ; M.A. (2000) George
Washington University ; Ph.D. (2006) University
of Kentucky . Research specialties: figurines
of the Maya area of Southern Mexico and
Central America, ceramic analysis, maya
monumental architectural excavation .
Staff sponsor: Ronald L. Bishop . Appointment
term: 15-Nov-07 to 14-Nov-10 . Science
Unit: Department of Anthropology .
SECORD , Ross . Research Associate
. Institutional affiliation: University
of Nebraska . Education: B.S. (1993) University
of Nevada, Reno ; M.S. (1996) University
of Wyoming ; Ph.D. (2004) University of
Michigan . Research specialties: early
Eocene forests in the Bighorn Basin, Wyoming
. Staff sponsor: Scott Wing . Appointment
term: 15-Nov-08 to 14-Nov-11 . Science
Unit: Department of Paleobiology .
SELIG , Ruth . Research Collaborator
. Institutional affiliation: None . Education:
B.A. (1964) Wellesley College; ; M.A.
(1975) George Washington University. .
Research specialties: anthropology teacher
training programs; anthropology outreach
. Staff sponsor: Daniel J. Rogers . Appointment
term: 1-Jan-07 to 14-Nov-09 . Science
Unit: Department of Anthropology .
SERVAT , Grace . Research Collaborator
. Institutional affiliation: National
Union of Ornithology of Peru . Education:
B.A. Universidad Nacional Mayor de San
Marcos ; M.S. (1995) University of Missouri,
St. Louis ; Ph.D. (2006) University of
Missouri, St. Louis . Research specialties:
Tropical and Andean birds; ecological
statistics . Staff sponsor: Terry Erwin
. Appointment term: 15-Nov-07 to 14-Nov-10
. Science Unit: Department of Entomology
.
SHEA , Elizabeth K. . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
Delaware Museum of Natural History . Education:
B.S. (1989) College of William and Mary
; M.A. (1995) College of William and Mary
; Ph.D. (2004) Bryn Mawr College . Research
specialties: cephalopod life cycles; molluscan
biodiversity; marine habitat and biodiversity
conservation . Staff sponsor: Ellen Strong
and Michael Vecchione . Appointment term:
15-Nov-07 to 14-Nov-10 . Science Unit:
Department of Invertebrate Zoology .
SIDLAUSKAS , Brian . Research
Collaborator . Institutional affiliation:
National Evolutionary Synthesis Center
. Education: B.A. (1998) Cornell University
; M.S. (2003) University of Chicago ;
Ph.D. (2006) University of Chicago . Research
specialties: morphological diversification
in fishes; systematics of Anostomidae
. Staff sponsor: Richard P. Vari . Appointment
term: 15-Nov-06 to 14-Nov-09 . Science
Unit: Department of Vertebrate Zoology,
Division of Fishes .
SIDOR , Christian A. . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
Burke Museum & University of Washington
. Education: B.S. (1994) Trinity College
; M.S. (1997) University of Chicago ;
Ph.D. (2000) University of Chicago . Research
specialties: patterns in non-mammalian
synapsids . Staff sponsor: Matthew Carrano
. Appointment term: 15-Nov-07 to 14-Nov-10
. Science Unit: Department of Paleobiology
.
SIMMONS , Roderick . Research
Collaborator . Institutional affiliation:
None . Education: B.S. (1987) George Mason
University . Research specialties: plant
ecology; flora and natural communities
of the mid-Atlantic region, inner coastal
plain, and piedmont of the Washington,
D.C. area . Staff sponsor: Vicki Funk
. Appointment term: 15-Nov-07 to 14-Nov-10
. Science Unit: Department of Botany .
SIMMONS , Rebecca . Research
Collaborator . Institutional affiliation:
University of North Dakota . Education:
B.S. (1992) Bridgewater College ; M.S.
(1995) Wake Forest University ; Ph.D.
(2001) University of Minnesota . Research
specialties: morphological and molecular
systematics of pest noctuoid moths . Staff
sponsor: Robert K. Robbins . Appointment
term: 15-Nov-06 to 14-Nov-09 . Science
Unit: Department of Entomology .
SINGER , Jonathan . Research
Collaborator . Institutional affiliation:
None . Education: B.A. (1970) Southampton
College . Research specialties: natural
history photography, especially digital
plant images . Staff sponsor: W. John
Kress . Appointment term: 15-Nov-08 to
14-Nov-11 . Science Unit: Department of
Botany .
SKOG , Judith . Research Associate
. Institutional affiliation: National
Science Foundation . Education: B.S. (1966)
Jackson College for Women, Tuffs University
; M.S. (1968) University of Connecticut
; Ph.D. (1972) Cornell University . Research
specialties: molecular systematics of
selected fern groups . Staff sponsor:
Elizabeth Zimmer . Appointment term: 15-Nov-08
to 14-Nov-11 . Science Unit: Department
of Botany .
SKOWRONEK , Russell . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
Santa Clara University . Education: B.A.
(1979) University of Illinois ; M.A. (1983)
Florida State University & (1985)
Michigan State University ; Ph.D. (1989)
Michigan State University . Research specialties:
empirically characterize ceramic production
and document technological diffusions
from Mexico to the US border states during
Colonial times . Staff sponsor: Ronald
L. Bishop . Appointment term: 15-Nov-08
to 14-Nov-11 . Science Unit: Department
of Anthropology .
SMITH , David R. . Research Associate
. Institutional affiliation: Retired from
Department of Agriculture, Agricultural
Research Service. . Education: B.A. (1960)
Oregon State University ; Ph.D. (1967)
Oregon State University . Research specialties:
systematics of sawflies (Hymenoptera:
Symphyta), and parasitic wasps (Hymenoptera:
Evanioidea, Trigonalyidae) of the world
. Staff sponsor: Chair, Entomology . Appointment
term: 15-Nov-04 to 14-Nov-09 . Science
Unit: Department of Entomology .
SMITH , Judith Terry. . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
None . Education: A.B. (1962) Columbia
University ; M.S. (1964) Stanford University
; Ph.D. (1968) Stanford University . Research
specialties: Cenozoic marine mollusca
of Baja California, Mexico . Staff sponsor:
Conrad Labandeira and Thomas R. Waller
. Appointment term: 15-Nov-07 to 14-Nov-10
. Science Unit: Department of Paleobiology
.
SMITH-VANIZ , William F. . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
US Geological Survey . Education: B.S.
(1963) Delta State College ; M.S. (1966)
Auburn University ; Ph.D. (1975) University
of Miami . Research specialties: classification
and biology of marine fishes . Staff sponsor:
Victor G. Springer . Appointment term:
15-Nov-06 to 14-Nov-09 . Science Unit:
Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division
of Fishes .
SMYTHE , Ashleigh . Research
Collaborator . Institutional affiliation:
Hamilton College . Education: B.S. (1993)
University of Vermont ; M.S. (1997) Southeastern
Louisiana University ; Ph.D. (2005) University
of California, Davis . Research specialties:
elucidate phylogenetic relationship among
orders of the subclass Enoplia . Staff
sponsor: Jon Norenburg . Appointment term:
15-Nov-08 to 14-Nov-11 . Science Unit:
Department of Invertebrate Zoology .
SOLIS , M Alma. . Adjunct Scientist
. Institutional affiliation: Department
of Agriculture, Agricultural Research
Service. . Education: B.A. (1978) University
of Texas, Austin ; M.A. (1982) University
of Texas, Austin ; Ph.D. (1989) University
of Maryland, College Park . Research specialties:
systematics of snout moths (Pyraloidea);
Pyraloidea of Neotropical areas, particularly
Costa Rica . Staff sponsor: Chair, Entomology
. Appointment term: 15-Nov-04 to 14-Nov-09
. Science Unit: Department of Entomology
.
SOLOMON , Gale E. . Research
Collaborator . Institutional affiliation:
None . Education: B.A. (?) George Washington
University ; M.A. (1981) American University
. Research specialties: South American
ethnology; Canela Indians of Brazil .
Staff sponsor: Daniel J. Rogers . Appointment
term: 15-Nov-06 to 14-Nov-09 . Science
Unit: Department of Anthropology .
SONG , Jiakun . Research Collaborator
. Institutional affiliation: University
of Maryland . Education: B.S. (1967) Shanghai
College ; M.S. (1982) University of Michigan
; Ph.D. (1989) University of Michigan
. Research specialties: comparative anatomy
and systematic ichthyology; neuroanatomists;
innervation patterns in gars . Staff sponsor:
Lynne R. Parenti . Appointment term: 15-Nov-08
to 14-Nov-11 . Science Unit: Department
of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes
.
SORENG , Robert J. . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
None . Education: B.S. (1978) Oregon State
University ; M.S. (1980) New Mexico State
University ; Ph.D. (1986) New Mexico State
University . Research specialties: Catalogue
of New World Grasses inventorying the
nomenclature, taxonomy, types, classification,
and geography of grasses . Staff sponsor:
Paul M. Peterson . Appointment term: 15-Nov-08
to 14-Nov-11 . Science Unit: Department
of Botany .
SPATOLA , Brian . Research Collaborator
. Institutional affiliation: Office of
the Chief Medical Examiner . Education:
B.A. (1997) University of North Texas
; M.A. (2001) Louisiana State University
. Research specialties: human identification;
osteometric sorting and commingling issues;
markers of occupational stress on human
skeletal remains, forensic anthropology
. Staff sponsor: Donald J. Ortner and
David Hunt . Appointment term: 15-May-06
to 14-May-09 . Science Unit: Department
of Anthropology .
STAINES , Charles L. . Research
Collaborator . Institutional affiliation:
None . Education: B.S. (1971) University
of Maryland . Research specialties: identification
of worldwide Chrysomelidae . Staff sponsor:
Chair, Entomology and David Furth . Appointment
term: 15-Nov-06 to 14-Nov-09 . Science
Unit: Department of Entomology .
STANLEY , George D. . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
University of Montana . Education: B.A.
(1970) University of Tennessee ; Ph.D.
(1977) University of Kansas . Research
specialties: invertebrate paleontology
and paleoecology; modern and ancient reefs;
Mesozoic corals and sponges; Cordilleran
tectonics; the use of fossils in assessing
paleogeography and relationships of displaced
terrains . Staff sponsor: Conrad Labandeira
and Thomas R. Waller . Appointment term:
15-May-08 to 14-May-11 . Science Unit:
Department of Paleobiology .
STANLEY , Steven . Research Associate
. Institutional affiliation: University
of Hawaii . Education: B.A. (1963) Princeton
University ; Ph.D. (1968) Yale University
. Research specialties: Cenozoic mollusks
. Staff sponsor: Scott Wing . Appointment
term: 15-May-06 to 14-May-09 . Science
Unit: Department of Paleobiology .
STENECK , Robert S. . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
University of Maine . Education: B.S.
(1973) Baldwin-Wallace College ; M.S.
(1978) University of Maine ; Ph.D. (1982)
Johns Hopkins University . Research specialties:
patterns of coral settlement and post-settlement
mortality of fish populations . Staff
sponsor: Walter H. Adey . Appointment
term: 15-May-06 to 14-May-09 . Science
Unit: Department of Botany .
STERGIOS , Basil . Research Associate
. Institutional affiliation: Universidad
Nacional Experimental de los Llanos Ezequiel
Zamora . Education: B.A. (1965) Universidad
de Eastern ; M.S. (1970) Michigan State
University ; Ph.D. (1975) Michigan State
University . Research specialties: Andean
plants . Staff sponsor: Laurence J. Dorr
. Appointment term: 15-May-06 to 14-May-09
. Science Unit: Department of Botany .
STERNBERG , Richard . Research
Collaborator . Institutional affiliation:
National Institutes of Health . Education:
B.S. (1987) University of South Carolina
; M.S. (1993) University of South Carolina
; Ph.D. (1995) Florida International University;
Ph.D. (1998) Systems Sciences, Binghamton
University . Research specialties: morphological
relationships of decapod crustacea; cladistics
and phenetics of eubrachyuran crabs; decapod
endophragmal systems . Staff sponsor:
Richard P. Vari . Appointment term: 15-Nov-06
to 14-Nov-09 . Science Unit: Department
of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes
.
STOETZEL , Manya B. . Adjunct
Scientist . Institutional affiliation:
Department of Agriculture, Agricultural
Research Service, retired. . Education:
B.S. (1966) University of Maryland ; M.S.
(1970) University of Maryland ; Ph.D.
(1972) University of Maryland . Research
specialties: biosystematics of aphids,
adelgids, and phylloxerans (Aphidoidea).
Current research includes a revision of
the genus Diuraphis, including the Russian
wheat aphid, and the family Phylloxeridae
. Staff sponsor: Chair, Entomology . Appointment
term: 15-Nov-04 to 14-Nov-09 . Science
Unit: Department of Entomology .
STROMBERG , Caroline . Research
Collaborator . Institutional affiliation:
University of Washington, Seattle . Education:
B.A. (1997) Lund University ; Ph.D. (2003)
University of California, Berkeley . Research
specialties: Fossil history of grasses,
Cenozoic and Cretaceous paleoecology and
plant evolution . Staff sponsor: Scott
Wing . Appointment term: 1-Jan-08 to 14-Nov-10
. Science Unit: Department of Paleobiology
.
STURMAN , Shelley . Research
Collaborator . Institutional affiliation:
National Gallery of Art . Education: B.A.
(1975) Brandeis University ; M.A. (1977)
Brandeis University . Research specialties:
object conservation . Staff sponsor: Warren
Wagner and Deborah A. Bell . Appointment
term: 15-Nov-07 to 14-Nov-10 . Science
Unit: Department of Botany .
SUAREZ-MORALES , Eduardo . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
El Colegio de la Frontera Sur . Education:
B.S. (1982) National University of Mexico
; M.S. (1984) National University of Mexico
; Ph.D. (1986) National University of
Mexico . Research specialties: taxonomy
of copepods; copepod life histories .
Staff sponsor: Frank D. Ferrari . Appointment
term: 15-May-06 to 14-May-09 . Science
Unit: Department of Invertebrate Zoology
.
SUEYOSHI , Masahiro . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
Forestry and Forest Products Research
Institute, Japan . Education: B.S. (1994)
Yokohama City University ; M.S. (1996)
Kyushu University ; Ph.D. (1999) Kyushu
University . Research specialties: dipteran
insects; bioindicators . Staff sponsor:
Wayne N. Mathis . Appointment term: 15-Nov-07
to 14-Nov-10 . Science Unit: Department
of Entomology .
SULLIVAN , J. Bolling. . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
None . Education: B.A. (1962) Cornell
University ; Ph.D. (1966) University of
Texas . Research specialties: Neotropical
Noctuidae (Owlet moths) . Staff sponsor:
Donald Davis . Appointment term: 15-Nov-08
to 14-Nov-11 . Science Unit: Department
of Entomology .
SUMAN , Theorore William. . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
None . Education: B.S. (1961) Ohio State
University ; M.A. (1963) Kent State University
; Ph.D. (1967) University of Hawaii .
Research specialties: spider taxonomy;
forensic entomology, ants . Staff sponsor:
Ted R. Schultz . Appointment term: 15-May-07
to 14-May-10 . Science Unit: Department
of Entomology .
SUNSHINE , Jessica . Research
Collaborator . Institutional affiliation:
University of Maryland, Collage Park .
Education: B.S. (1988) Brown University
; M.S. (1989) Brown University ; Ph.D.
(1993) Brown University . Research specialties:
reflectance spectroscopy of asteroidal
surfaces . Staff sponsor: Timothy McCoy
. Appointment term: 15-May-07 to 14-May-10
. Science Unit: Department of Mineral
Sciences .
SWARTZ , Steven L. . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
National Marine Fisheries Services . Education:
B.A. (1972) University of California,
Santa Barbara ; Ph.D. (1986) University
of California, Santa Cruz . Research specialties:
whale behavior and distribution . Staff
sponsor: James G. Mead . Appointment term:
15-May-07 to 14-May-10 . Science Unit:
Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division
of Mammals .
TERRELL , Edward E. . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
Retired from USDA . Education: B.A. (1947)
Wilmington College ; M.S. (1949) Cornell
University ; Ph.D. (1952) University of
Wisconsin . Research specialties: grasses
. Staff sponsor: Paul M. Peterson . Appointment
term: 15-Nov-07 to 14-Nov-10 . Science
Unit: Department of Botany .
TESTER , Patricia Ann. . Research
Collaborator . Institutional affiliation:
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
. Education: B.A. (1971) California State
University ; M.S. (1976) Oregon State
University ; Ph.D. (1983) Oregon State
University . Research specialties: biological
oceanography and ecology of harmful algal
blooms . Staff sponsor: Maria A. Faust
. Appointment term: 15-Nov-07 to 14-Nov-10
. Science Unit: Department of Botany .
THOMAS , Richard . Research Collaborator
. Institutional affiliation: Federal Bureau
of Investigation . Education: B.A. (1994)
Northwestern University ; M.A. (1996)
Pennsylvania State University ; Ph.D.
(2001) Pennsylvania State University .
Research specialties: DNA analysis and
forensic anthropology . Staff sponsor:
Douglas H. Ubelaker . Appointment term:
15-Nov-07 to 14-Nov-10 . Science Unit:
Department of Anthropology .
THOMPSON , Betty . Research Collaborator
. Institutional affiliation: None . Education:
B.S. (1990) Regents College . Research
specialties: Syrphidae (flower flies);
scientific illustration . Staff sponsor:
Wayne Mathis and F. Christian Thompson
. Appointment term: 15-Nov-07 to 14-Nov-10
. Science Unit: Department of Entomology
.
THOMPSON , F Christian. . Adjunct
Scientist . Institutional affiliation:
Retired, USDA . Education: B.A. (1966)
University of Massachusetts ; Ph.D. (1969)
University of Massachusetts . Research
specialties: systematics and zoogeography
of Syrphidae and related groups; zoological
nomenclature; biodiversity informatics
. Staff sponsor: Wayne Mathis . Appointment
term: 15-Nov-08 to 14-Nov-11 . Science
Unit: Department of Entomology .
THORNE , Barbara L. . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
University of Maryland . Education: B.A.
(1976) Brown University ; M.A. (1978)
Harvard University ; Ph.D. (1983) Harvard
University . Research specialties: termite
ecology and evolution . Staff sponsor:
Robert K. Robbins . Appointment term:
15-Nov-08 to 14-Nov-11 . Science Unit:
Department of Entomology .
TIMRECK , Theodore . Research
Collaborator . Institutional affiliation:
Spoffard Films . Education: B.S. University
of Illinois . Research specialties: archaeological
film documentaries . Staff sponsor: William
W. Fitzhugh . Appointment term: 15-Nov-08
to 14-Nov-11 . Science Unit: Department
of Anthropology .
TORRES-CARVAJAL , Lenin Omar .
Research Collaborator . Institutional
affiliation: None . Education: B.S. (1998)
Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Ecuador
; M.A. (2001) University of Kansas ; Ph.D.
(2005) University of Kansas . Research
specialties: phylogeny of iguanid and
hoplocercine lizards . Staff sponsor:
Kevin de Queiroz . Appointment term: 15-May-07
to 14-May-10 . Science Unit: Department
of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Amphibians
and Reptiles .
TOSCANO , Marguerite . Research
Collaborator . Institutional affiliation:
None . Education: B.S. (1982) Long Island
University ; M.S. (1986) University of
Delaware ; Ph.D. (1996) University of
South Florida . Research specialties:
Quaternary costal studies including stratigraphy
and coral reef geology . Staff sponsor:
Ian G. Macintyre . Appointment term: 15-May-08
to 14-May-11 . Science Unit: Department
of Paleobiology .
TRAPANI , Josh . Research Collaborator
. Institutional affiliation: American
Association for the Advancement of Science
. Education: B.A. (1996) State University
of New York, Binghamton ; M.S. (1999)
University of Michigan ; Ph.D. (2003)
University of Michigan . Research specialties:
science policy . Staff sponsor: Scott
Wing . Appointment term: 15-Nov-06 to
14-Nov-09 . Science Unit: Department of
Paleobiology .
TRIADAN , Daniela . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
University of Arizona . Education: B.A.
(1985) Freie Universitat Berlin ; M.A.
(1989) Freie Universitat Berlin ; Ph.D.
(1995) Freie Universitat Berlin . Research
specialties: Southwestern Prehistory;
Mesoamerican Prehistory; ceramic analysis;
compositional analysis of ceramic . Staff
sponsor: Ronald L. Bishop . Appointment
term: 15-Nov-07 to 14-Nov-10 . Science
Unit: Department of Anthropology .
TRYON , Christian . Research
Collaborator . Institutional affiliation:
New York University . Education: B.A.
(1996) University of Connecticut ; M.A.
(2000) University of Connecticut ; Ph.D.
(2003) University of Connecticut . Research
specialties: evolution of behavioral flexibility
and adaptability in early humans . Staff
sponsor: Richard Potts . Appointment term:
15-Nov-08 to 14-Nov-11 . Science Unit:
Department of Anthropology .
TUDGE , Christopher C. . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
American University . Education: B.S.
(1985) University of Queensland ; M.S.
(1990) University of Queensland ; Ph.D.
(1995) University of Queensland . Research
specialties: ultrastructure and phylogeny
of the spermatozoa of decapod crustaceans;
reproductive biology and behavior of decapod
crabs; systematics and phylogeny of decapod
crustaceans . Staff sponsor: Rafael Lemaitre
. Appointment term: 15-May-08 to 14-May-11
. Science Unit: Department of Invertebrate
Zoology .
TUROSS , Noreen . Research Associate
. Institutional affiliation: Harvard University
. Education: B.A. (1972) Boston University;
B.S. (1975) Trinity College ; M.A. (1978)
Bryn Mawr College ; Ph.D. (1985) Brown
University . Research specialties: ancient
DNA analysis; early history of domesticated
plants in the Americas . Staff sponsor:
Bruce D. Smith . Appointment term: 15-Nov-06
to 14-Nov-09 . Science Unit: Department
of Anthropology .
UHEN , Mark D. . Research Associate
. Institutional affiliation: None . Education:
B.S. (1990) University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh
; M.S. University of Michigan ; Ph.D.
(1996) University of Michigan . Research
specialties: origin and evolution of cetaceans,
major evolutionary transitions, functional
morphology, inclusion of stratigraphic
data in phylogenetic analysis, theoretical
aspects of diversification, paleodiversity
. Staff sponsor: Scott Wing . Appointment
term: 1-Jan-08 to 14-Nov-10 . Science
Unit: Department of Paleobiology .
VANDENBERG , Natalia . Adjunct
Scientist . Institutional affiliation:
Department of Agriculture, Agricultural
Research Service. . Education: B.A. (1978)
University of California, Berkeley ; Ph.D.
(1987) University of California, Berkeley
. Research specialties: taxonomy of larval
and adult Coleoptera, especially systematics
and zoogeography of Coccinellidae . Staff
sponsor: Chair, Entomology . Appointment
term: 15-Nov-04 to 14-Nov-09 . Science
Unit: Department of Entomology .
VECCHIONE , Michael . Adjunct
Scientist . Institutional affiliation:
NOAA, National Marine Fisheries Service
Systematics Laboratory . Education: B.S.
(1972) University of Miami ; Ph.D. (1979)
William and Mary . Research specialties:
cephalopods . Staff sponsor: Chair, Invertebrate
Zoology . Appointment term: 15-Nov-04
to 14-Nov-09 . Science Unit: Department
of Invertebrate Zoology .
VENABLE , George L. . Research
Collaborator . Institutional affiliation:
Retired from Smithsonian . Education:
None . Research specialties: scientific
illustration; digital imaging . Staff
sponsor: Terry Erwin . Appointment term:
15-Nov-07 to 14-Nov-10 . Science Unit:
Department of Entomology .
VILA , Carlos . Research Collaborator
. Institutional affiliation: Uppsala University
. Education: B.S. (1986) Barcelona University
; M.S. (1987) Barcelona University ; Ph.D.
(1993) Barcelona University . Research
specialties: evolutionary and conservation
genetics of mammals and birds; canid biology;
ancient DNA analysis . Staff sponsor:
Robert Fleischer . Appointment term: 15-Nov-06
to 14-Nov-09 . Science Unit: Department
of Vertebrate Zoology, Genetics Lab .
VINDUM , Jens . Research Collaborator
. Institutional affiliation: California
Academy of Sciences . Education: B.A.
(1978) San Francisco State University
; M.A. (1983) San Francisco State University
. Research specialties: herpetology of
Burma . Staff sponsor: George R. Zug .
Appointment term: 15-Nov-06 to 14-Nov-09
. Science Unit: Department of Vertebrate
Zoology, Division of Amphibians and Reptiles
.
WAGELIE , Jennifer . Research
Collaborator . Institutional affiliation:
National Gallery of Art . Education: B.A.
(1996) University of Arizona ; Ph.D. (2007)
City University of New York . Research
specialties: Maori art from New Zealand
. Staff sponsor: Adrienne Kaeppler . Appointment
term: 15-May-08 to 14-May-11 . Science
Unit: Department of Anthropology .
WAGNER , Robert . Research Associate
. Institutional affiliation: Botanical
Garden of Cordoba, Spain . Education:
B.S. (1949) University of Leiden ; M.S.
(1953) University of Leiden ; Ph.D. (1968)
University of Amsterdam . Research specialties:
late Paleozoic floristics and plant biostratigraphy
. Staff sponsor: William A. DiMichele
. Appointment term: 15-May-08 to 14-May-11
. Science Unit: Department of Paleobiology
.
WALKER , Phillip L. . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
University of California, Santa Barbara
. Education: B.A. (1970) Indiana University
; M.A. (1971) University of Chicago ;
Ph.D. (1973) University of Chicago . Research
specialties: forensics . Staff sponsor:
Gillian Flynn . Appointment term: 15-Jan-05
to 14-May-09 . Science Unit: Department
of Anthropology .
WALKER , William A. . Research
Collaborator . Institutional affiliation:
None . Education: B.A. (1970) California
State University . Research specialties:
food habits of whales . Staff sponsor:
James G. Mead . Appointment term: 15-May-08
to 14-May-11 . Science Unit: Department
of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Mammals
.
WARRIT , Natapot . Research Collaborator
. Institutional affiliation: Chulalongkorn
University . Education: B.S. (2000) University
of Bangkok ; M.A. (2002) University of
Kansas ; Ph.D. (2007) University of Kansas
. Research specialties: systematics and
taxonomy of bees . Staff sponsor: Sean
Brady . Appointment term: 15-Nov-08 to
14-Nov-11 . Science Unit: Department of
Entomology .
WASSERSUG , Richard J. . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
Dalhousie University . Education: B.A.
(1967) Tufts University ; Ph.D. (1973)
University of Chicago . Research specialties:
adaptive significance of the amphibian
life cycle; form, function, and development
of amphibian larvae . Staff sponsor: W.
Ronald Heyer . Appointment term: 15-Nov-06
to 14-Nov-09 . Science Unit: Department
of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Amphibians
and Reptiles .
WATKINS , Rachelle . Research
Collaborator . Institutional affiliation:
American University . Education: B.A.
(1994) Howard University ; M.A. (1996)
Howard University; ; Ph.D. (2003) University
of North Carolina . Research specialties:
pathological conditions in the human skeleton
. Staff sponsor: Donald J. Ortner and
David Hunt . Appointment term: 15-May-06
to 14-May-09 . Science Unit: Department
of Anthropology .
WEEKS , Andrea . Research Collaborator
. Institutional affiliation: George Mason
University . Education: B.S. (1997) Cornell
University ; Ph.D. (2003) University of
Texas, Austin . Research specialties:
conducting studies on plant systematics
and biogeography . Staff sponsor: Jun
Wen . Appointment term: 15-Nov-08 to 14-Nov-11
. Science Unit: Department of Botany .
WEIBLEN , George D. . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
University of Minnesota . Education: B.A.
(1992) Reed College ; M.A. (1977) Harvard
University ; Ph.D. (1999) Harvard University
. Research specialties: comparative phylogenies
and biology of figs and their wasps .
Staff sponsor: W. John Kress and Scott
Miller . Appointment term: 15-Nov-06 to
14-Nov-09 . Science Unit: Department of
Botany .
WEITZMAN , Marilyn J. . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
None . Education: B.S. (1949) University
of California, Berkeley . Research specialties:
South American freshwater fishes . Staff
sponsor: Lynne R. Parenti . Appointment
term: 15-Nov-07 to 14-Nov-10 . Science
Unit: Department of Vertebrate Zoology,
Division of Fishes .
WELDON , Paul J. . Research Collaborator
. Institutional affiliation: George Mason
University . Education: B.S. (1974) Western
Connecticut University ; M.S. (1977) Bucknell
University ; Ph.D. (1982) University of
Tennessee . Research specialties: physiology
and chemical ecology of tetrapods . Staff
sponsor: James G. Mead . Appointment term:
15-Nov-06 to 14-Nov-09 . Science Unit:
Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division
of Mammals .
WELLS , Elizabeth . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
George Washington University . Education:
B.A. (1965) Agnes Scott College ; M.A.
(1970) University of North Carolina, Chapel
Hill ; Ph.D. (1977) University of North
Carolina, Chapel Hill . Research specialties:
native and naturalized vascular plants
in eastern United States; plant community
ecology in natural and disturbed landscapes;
conservation biology; wetland vascular
plant ecology . Staff sponsor: Vicki Funk
and Stan Shetler . Appointment term: 15-Nov-07
to 14-Nov-10 . Science Unit: Department
of Botany .
WESLEY-HUNT , Gina . Research
Collaborator . Institutional affiliation:
None . Education: B.A. (1995) Northwestern
University ; Ph.D. (2003) University of
Chicago . Research specialties: evolution
of Carnivores; community structure change
over time . Staff sponsor: Scott Wing
. Appointment term: 1-Jun-06 to 14-May-09
. Science Unit: Department of Paleobiology
.
WEST , Kristi . Research Associate
. Institutional affiliation: Hawaii Pacific
University . Education: B.A. (1996) University
of Hawaii, Hilo ; M.S. (1998) University
of Ryukyus, Japan ; Ph.D. (2002) L'Universite
de la Polynesie Francaise . Research specialties:
life history of the rough-toothed dolphin
. Staff sponsor: James G. Mead . Appointment
term: 15-Nov-07 to 14-Nov-10 . Science
Unit: Department of Vertebrate Zoology,
Division of Mammals .
WESTGATE , Andrew . Research
Collaborator . Institutional affiliation:
University of North Carolina, Wilmington
. Education: B.S. (1989) University of
Guelph ; M.S. (1995) University of Guelph
; Ph.D. (2005) Duke University . Research
specialties: life history and systematics
of common dolphins from western north
Atlantic . Staff sponsor: James G. Mead
. Appointment term: 15-Nov-07 to 14-Nov-10
. Science Unit: Department of Vertebrate
Zoology, Division of Mammals .
WHATLEY , Robin . Research Collaborator
. Institutional affiliation: Columbia
College . Education: B.A. (1988) Kansas
City Art Institute ; Ph.D. (2005) University
of California, Santa Barbara . Research
specialties: Paleoecology of early mammal
faunal assemblages; ecomorphology; Mesozoic
mammal and lepidosaur radiations and extinctions;
remote sensing for vertebrate fossil reconnaissance
. Staff sponsor: Anna K. Behrensmeyer
. Appointment term: 15-Nov-06 to 14-Nov-09
. Science Unit: Department of Paleobiology
.
WHITTEMORE , Alan T. . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
United States National Arboretum . Education:
B.S. (1978) University of California,
Davis ; M.A. (1982) Humboldt State University
; Ph.D. (1987) University of Texas, Austin
. Research specialties: Ulmaceae and Fagaceae
. Staff sponsor: Laurence J. Dorr . Appointment
term: 15-May-06 to 14-May-09 . Science
Unit: Department of Botany .
WILF , Peter D. . Research Associate
. Institutional affiliation: Pennsylvania
State University . Education: B.A. (1985)
University of Pennsylvania ; Ph.D. (1998)
University of Pennsylvania . Research
specialties: global change; paleogene
of North and South America; paleobotany;
paleoecology; evolution of plant-insect
interactions; paleoclimatology from fossils;
extinction; stratigraphy . Staff sponsor:
Conrad Labandeira . Appointment term:
15-Nov-06 to 14-Nov-09 . Science Unit:
Department of Paleobiology .
WILKERSON , Richard . Adjunct
Scientist . Institutional affiliation:
Walter Reed Army Institute of Research,
U.S. Army Medical Research Command. .
Education: B.A. (1968) University of North
Carolina ; M.S. (1973) University of Florida
; Ph.D. (1978) University of Florida .
Research specialties: Diptera: Culicidae,
Tabanidae; mosquito systematics . Staff
sponsor: Chair, Entomology . Appointment
term: 15-Nov-04 to 14-Nov-09 . Science
Unit: Department of Entomology .
WILKERSON , Samuel Jeffrey K. .
Research Associate . Institutional affiliation:
Institute for Cultural Ecology of the
Tropics . Education: B.A. (1966) Franklin
& Marshall College ; Ph.D. (1969)
Tulane University . Research specialties:
archeology of east coastal Mexico . Staff
sponsor: J. Daniel Stanley and Betty Meggers
. Appointment term: 15-Nov-06 to 14-Nov-09
. Science Unit: Department of Anthropology
.
WILKINSON , Fiona . Research
Collaborator . Institutional affiliation:
None . Education: B.S. (1990) Southern
Connecticut State University ; M.A. (2002)
George Mason University . Research specialties:
Ocellated Poorwills; video footage to
analyze bird behavior . Staff sponsor:
Gary G. Graves and Mercedes Foster . Appointment
term: 15-Nov-08 to 14-Nov-11 . Science
Unit: Department of Vertebrate Zoology,
Division of Birds .
WILLMOTT , Keith . Research Associate
. Institutional affiliation: University
of Florida . Education: B.A. (1994) Cambridge
University ; M.A. (1994) Cambridge University
; Ph.D. (1999) University of Florida .
Research specialties: butterflies of Ecuador
. Staff sponsor: Robert K. Robbins . Appointment
term: 15-Nov-08 to 14-Nov-11 . Science
Unit: Department of Entomology .
WILLS , Wirt H. . Research Associate
. Institutional affiliation: University
of New Mexico . Education: B.A. (1977)
University of New Mexico ; M.A. (1980)
University of Michigan ; Ph.D. (1985)
University of Michigan . Research specialties:
Southwestern US archaeology, origins of
agriculture, Chaco Canyon archaeology
. Staff sponsor: Melinda Zeder . Appointment
term: 15-Nov-07 to 14-Nov-10 . Science
Unit: Department of Anthropology .
WINSTON , Judith . Research Associate
. Institutional affiliation: Virginia
Museum of Natural History . Education:
B.A. (1966) Brown University ; M.S. (1970)
University of New Hampshire ; Ph.D. (1974)
University of Chicago . Research specialties:
bryozoan systematics, ecology, and evolution;
marine biodiversity; conservation; taxonomic
procedures and nomenclature; history of
invertebrate zoology . Staff sponsor:
Valerie Paul . Appointment term: 15-Nov-07
to 14-Nov-10 . Science Unit: Smithsonian
Marine Station at Fort Pierce .
WOOD , Donald M. . Research Associate
. Institutional affiliation: Retired from
Canadian National Collection of Insects
and Arachnids . Education: B.A. (1956)
University of Toronto ; M.A. (1959) University
of Toronto ; Ph.D. (1963) McMaster University
. Research specialties: Diptera, Tachinidae
. Staff sponsor: Wayne N. Mathis and Norman
Woodley . Appointment term: 15-Nov-07
to 14-Nov-10 . Science Unit: Department
of Entomology .
WOODLEY , Norman E. . Adjunct
Scientist . Institutional affiliation:
Department of Agriculture, Agricultural
Research Service. . Education: B.A. (1976)
Washington State University ; Ph.D. (1983)
Harvard University . Research specialties:
taxonomy and phylogeny of Diptera (flies,
especially Brachycera, Orthorrhapa, and
Oestroidea) . Staff sponsor: Chair, Entomology
. Appointment term: 15-Nov-04 to 14-Nov-09
. Science Unit: Department of Entomology
.
WOODMAN , Neal . Adjunct Scientist
. Institutional affiliation: USGS Patuxent
Wildlife Research Center. . Education:
B.A. (1980) Earlham College ; M.S. (1982)
University of Iowa ; Ph.D. (1992) University
of Kansas . Research specialties: systematics
and biogeography of mammals; shrews; neotropical
mammals . Staff sponsor: Chair, Vertebrate
Zoology . Appointment term: 15-Nov-04
to 14-Nov-09 . Science Unit: Department
of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Mammals
.
WOOLLEY , James B. . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
National Science Foundation . Education:
B.S. (1977) Oregon State University ;
Ph.D. (1983) University of California,
Riverside . Research specialties: biosystematics,
genetics, behavior and biology of parasitic
wasps in the superfamily Chalcidoidea
. Staff sponsor: Wayne Mathis and Michael
Gates . Appointment term: 15-Nov-06 to
14-Nov-09 . Science Unit: Department of
Entomology .
WU , Wenying . Research Collaborator
. Institutional affiliation: None . Education:
B.S. (1988) Zhejiang Agriculture University
; MBA (1998) Hangzhou University ; Ph.D.
(2006) Philipps University Marburg . Research
specialties: fungal-arthropod associations
. Staff sponsor: Conrad Labandeira . Appointment
term: 15-Nov-07 to 14-Nov-10 . Science
Unit: Department of Paleobiology .
XU , Michael . Research Collaborator
. Institutional affiliation: Texas Christian
University . Education: B.A. (1983) University
of Shanghai ; M.S. (1987) East Central
University ; Ph.D. (1990) Oklahoma State
University . Research specialties: Olmec
symbols; Shang writing . Staff sponsor:
Dennis Stanford and Betty Meggers . Appointment
term: 15-Nov-06 to 14-Nov-09 . Science
Unit: Department of Anthropology .
YAGER , Jill . Research Associate
. Institutional affiliation: Retired,
Antioch College . Education: B.S. (1967)
Colorado State University ; M.S. (1982)
Florida Institute of Technology ; Ph.D.
(1989) Old Dominion University . Research
specialties: marine cave habitata, Remipedia
. Staff sponsor: Rafael Lemaitre . Appointment
term: 15-Nov-08 to 14-Nov-11 . Science
Unit: Department of Invertebrate Zoology
.
YELLEN , John E. . Research Associate
. Institutional affiliation: National
Science Foundation . Education: B.A. (1964)
Hobart College ; M.A. (1966) Harvard University
; Ph.D. (1974) Harvard University . Research
specialties: ethnoarcheological research
. Staff sponsor: Richard Potts . Appointment
term: 15-May-08 to 14-May-11 . Science
Unit: Department of Anthropology .
YELLOWMAN , Gordon . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
None . Education: None . Research specialties:
repatriation . Staff sponsor: Gillian
Flynn . Appointment term: 15-Jan-05 to
14-May-09 . Science Unit: Department of
Anthropology .
ZATWARNICKI , Tadeusz . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation:
University of Opole . Education: B.S.
(1978) University of Wroclaw ; M.S. (1983)
University of Wroclaw ; Ph.D. (1991) University
of Wroclaw . Research specialties: Diptera
. Staff sponsor: Wayne N. Mathis . Appointment
term: 15-May-07 to 14-May-10 . Science
Unit: Department of Entomology .
ZELEKE , Yohannes . Research
Collaborator . Institutional affiliation:
National Museum of Ethiopia . Education:
B.A. (1992) St. Petersburg State University,
Russia ; M.A. (1993) St Petersburg State
University, Russia ; Ph.D. (1997) Russian
Academy of Sciences . Research specialties:
paleo-anthropology, archaeology and ethno-historical
research; evaluation of the socio-economic
impacts of development programs including
replacement of displaced persons . Staff
sponsor: Richard Potts . Appointment term:
15-Nov-07 to 14-Nov-10 . Science Unit:
Department of Anthropology .
ZUG , Patricia B. . Research
Collaborator . Institutional affiliation:
None . Education: None . Research specialties:
herpetology . Staff sponsor: George R.
Zug . Appointment term: 15-May-08 to 14-May-11
. Science Unit: Department of Vertebrate
Zoology, Division of Amphibians and Reptiles
.
Academic
Appointment Statistics for FY '08
Although
most of our reporting is based on calendar
year, the Museum also follows a fiscal
year (FY '08: 1 Oct 07 to 30 Sep 08) for
annual reporting.
For
FY '08 there were a total of 551
Academic Appointments administered
by the National Museum of Natural History,
including 82 appointments that were closed
or expired during this term. The
counts include four different appointment
types:
Research Collaborator (175), Research
Associate (283), Adjunct Scientist
(43) and Research Student (50).
So,
who hosted academic appointments in FY
'08?
ADRC
general: 1
Anthropology: 115
Botany: 45
Entomology: 127
Invertebrate Zoology:
39
Mineral Sciences:
5
Paleobiology: 77
Vertebrate Zoology:
122(birds:
13, Fish: 37, herps:
34, mammals: 37,
general: 1)
Genetics Lab: 6
Marine Station,
Ft. Pierce: 14
