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NMNH List of Academic Appointments

Last Updated: 15 May 2008

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There are currently 438 scientists holding a professional academic appointment at Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History. There are three different appointment types including: Research Collaborator (161), Research Associate (235) 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 May 2008

Of the 60 appointments up for consideration during the May 2008 review cycle, there were 45 renewals submitted, 15 new nominations, 62 appointments were formally closed, 29 allowed to expired and 0 nominations withdrawn. A total of 60 new or renewed awards were granted during the May 2008 cycle.

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: Anthropology .


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: Chair, Entomology . Appointment term: 15-Nov-05 to 14-Nov-08 . Science Unit: Entomology .


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: 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: Entomology .


ALLISON , Allen. . Research Associate . Institutional affiliation: Bishop Museum . Education: B.S. (1972) University of California, Davis ; Ph.D. (1979) University of California, Davis . Research specialties: systematics and ecology of amphibians and reptiles; structure and diversity of insect communities . Staff sponsor: George R. Zug, Ronald Heyer & Kevin de Queiroz . Appointment term: 15-Nov-05 to 14-Nov-08 . Science Unit: Vertebrate Zoology, Amphibians and Reptiles .


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-05 to 14-Nov-08 . Science Unit: 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: Vertebrate Zoology, 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: Anthropology .


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: 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: 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: Paleobiology .


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: 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: 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: 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: Anthropology .


ATIL , Esin. . Research Associate . Institutional affiliation: None . Education: B.A. (1958) Western College for Women ; M.A. (1960) University of Michigan ; Ph.D. (1969) University of Michigan, Ann Arbor . Research specialties: cultural history and art in the Middle East . Staff sponsor: Paul M. Taylor . Appointment term: 15-Nov-05 to 14-Nov-08 . Science Unit: 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-05 to 14-Nov-08 . Science Unit: 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: 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: Vertebrate Zoology, Birds .


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: 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: Entomology .


BARSE , William P. . Research Associate . 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-05 to 14-Nov-08 . Science Unit: 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: Vertebrate Zoology, 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: 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: 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: 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: Vertebrate Zoology, 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: Vertebrate Zoology 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: Vertebrate Zoology, 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: Vertebrate Zoology 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: 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: 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: 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-05 to 14-Nov-08 . Science Unit: Entomology .


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: 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: Vertebrate Zoology Fishes .


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: Anthropology .


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: Vertebrate Zoology 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: 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: Botany .


CHAO , Ning Labbish. . Research Collaborator . Institutional affiliation: Bio-Amazonia Conservation International . Education: B.S. (1968) Tunghai University, Taiwan ; M.S. (1992) Northeastern University ; Ph.D. (1976) College of William and Mary . Research specialties: Amazonian fish diversity and ecosystems . Staff sponsor: G. David Johnson . Appointment term: 15-Nov-05 to 14-Nov-08 . Science Unit: Vertebrate Zoology Fishes .


CHAVARRIA , Gabriela . Research Collaborator . Institutional affiliation: Defenders of Wildlife . 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 & David Furth . Appointment term: 15-Nov-05 to 14-Nov-08 . Science Unit: 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: Vertebrate Zoology, 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: Anthropology .


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: 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: Vertebrate Zoology, 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: Vertebrate Zoology 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: Vertebrate Zoology, 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: Vertebrate Zoology 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: Vertebrate Zoology 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: Invertebrate Zoology .


CONDON , Marty . Research Collaborator . Institutional affiliation: None . Education: B.S. (1973) University of Michigan ; Ph.D. (1984) University of Texas, Austin . Research specialties: ecology of tropical vines of the family Cucurbitaceae and their interactions with animals including fruit flies, Heliconius butterflies, other insects, hummingbirds and bats . Staff sponsor: Wayne N. Mathis and Alan Norrbom . Appointment term: 15-Nov-05 to 14-Nov-08 . Science Unit: Entomology .


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: Anthropology .


COPELAND , Robert S. . Research Collaborator . Institutional affiliation: None . 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-05 to 14-Nov-08 . Science Unit: 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: 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: Entomology .


COX , Neil . Research Collaborator . Institutional affiliation: IUCN / SSC . Education: B.S. (1984) University of Hertfordshire . Research specialties: resulting databases . Staff sponsor: W. Ronald Heyer . Appointment term: 15-Nov-06 to 14-Nov-08 . Science Unit: Vertebrate Zoology, 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: 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: 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: 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: Entomology .


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: 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: 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: Vertebrate Zoology, 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: Vertebrate Zoology 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: 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: Douglas H. Erwin . Appointment term: 15-Nov-05 to 14-Nov-08 . Science Unit: 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-05 to 14-Nov-08 . Science Unit: 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: 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: 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: Vertebrate Zoology, 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: Ted R. Schultz . Appointment term: 15-Nov-05 to 14-Nov-08 . Science Unit: 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: 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: Entomology .