NMNH List of Academic Appointments

Last Updated: 16 November 2009

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There are currently 482 scientists holding a professional academic appointment at Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History. There are three different appointment types including: Research Collaborator (170), Research Associate (278), Adjunct Scientist (32) and Senior Adjunct Scientist (2). 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 2009

There were 114 nominations up for consideration during the November 2009 review cycle, including 83 renewals submitted and 31 new nominations. In addition, 14 appointments were formally closed, 9 allowed to expired, 1 appointments marked as inactive and 1 nomination declined. A total of 114 new or renewed awards were granted during the November 2009 cycle. We discontinued snail-mailed notification of award letters, adopting an e-notification processes.

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 .


ALLEN , Bernadette . Research Associate . Institutional affiliation: Remote Medical International . Education: B.S. (1995) Towson State University ; M.S. (2003) George Washington University . Research specialties: osteochronology of ziphiids and Tursiops . Staff sponsor: James G. Mead . Appointment term: 15-May-09 to 14-May-12 . Science Unit: Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Mammals .


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, 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 .


ANDERSON , Gregory . Research Associate . Institutional affiliation: National Science Foundation . Education: B.S. (1966) St. Cloud State University ; M.S. (1968) Indiana University ; Ph.D. (1971) Indiana University . Research specialties: island biology, reproductive biology, and systematics of plants . Staff sponsor: Jun Wen . Appointment term: 15-May-09 to 14-May-12 . Science Unit: Department of Botany .


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, 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: Betty Meggers and Dennis Stanford . Appointment term: 15-Nov-09 to 14-Nov-12 . Science Unit: Department of Anthropology .


ARENDT , Beatrix . Research Collaborator . Institutional affiliation: University of Virginia . Education: B.A. (1999) Emory University ; M.A. (2006) University of Virginia ; Ph.D. (pending) University of Virginia . Research specialties: Labrador Inuit culture-history and paleoecology; Material culture analysis (identification and analysis of 17-19th century European manufactured material culture, especially ceramics); historiography (translation and analysis of 18th-19th century Moravian &150;German&151;missionary and mercantile documents). . Staff sponsor: William W. Fitzhugh . Appointment term: 1-Jan-10 to 14-Nov-12 . 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 .


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, 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: 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, 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. (1967) Federal University of Pelotas, Brazil ; M.S. (1972) Intermarican Institute of Agriccultural Sciences ; Ph.D. (1982) University of London . Research specialties: biology of Atlantic forests of southern Brazil; Gelechioidea; neotropical Lepidoptera . Staff sponsor: Donald R. Davis . Appointment term: 15-Nov-09 to 14-Nov-12 . 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: Gary Graves . Appointment term: 15-May-09 to 14-May-12 . Science Unit: Department of 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: Department of Entomology .


BENITEZ , Alexander . Research Collaborator . Institutional affiliation: George Mason University . Education: B.A. (1992) University of Arizona ; M.A. (1999) University of Texas, Austin ; Ph.D. (2007) University of Texas, Austin . Research specialties: Archaeology of Mesoamerica-Central Mexico and the U.S. Southwest, ancient economies . Staff sponsor: Daniel J. Rogers . Appointment term: 15-Nov-09 to 14-Nov-12 . Science Unit: Department of Anthropology .


BENJAMIN , Suresh . Research Collaborator . Institutional affiliation: None . Education: B.S. (1985) Isipathana College ; M.S. (1999) University of Innsbruck ; Ph.D. (2003) University of Basel . Research specialties: arachnology . Staff sponsor: Jonathan A. Coddington . Appointment term: 15-May-09 to 14-May-12 . Science Unit: Department of Entomology .


BENTANCUR , Ricardo . Research Collaborator . Institutional affiliation: George Washington University . Education: B.S. (2000) Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano ; M.S. (2004) Universidad Nacional de Colombia ; Ph.D. (2009) Auburn University . Research specialties: evolutionary patterns and processes of catfishes . Staff sponsor: Richard P. Vari . Appointment term: 15-Nov-09 to 14-Nov-12 . Science Unit: Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Fishes .


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 .


BONIFACINO , J. Mauricio . Research Associate . Institutional affiliation: Universidad de la Republica . Education: B.S. (1999) Universidad de la Repbulica Oriental del Uruguay ; Ph.D. (2003) Universidad Nacional de La Plata . Research specialties: composite . Staff sponsor: Vicki Funk . Appointment term: 15-May-09 to 14-May-12 . Science Unit: Department of Botany .


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, Fishes .


BROADBENT , Noel . Research Associate . Institutional affiliation: None . Education: B.A. (1968) San Diego State University ; M.A. (1971) University of Uppsala ; Ph.D. (1979) University of Uppsala . Research specialties: Saame origins . Staff sponsor: William W. Fitzhugh . Appointment term: 1-Mar-10 to 14-Nov-12 . Science Unit: Department of Anthropology .


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 .


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-09 to 14-Nov-14 . 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, 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-09 to 14-Nov-12 . 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-Nov-09 to 14-Nov-14 . 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: William Billick . Appointment term: 15-May-09 to 14-May-12 . Science Unit: Department of Anthropology .


BULMER , Walter . Research Collaborator . Institutional affiliation: None . Education: B.S. (1964) Salem College ; M.S. (1966) University of Arizona ; Ph.D. (1969) University of Connecticut . Research specialties: mammalian parasites . Staff sponsor: Alfred Gardner . Appointment term: 15-Nov-09 to 14-Nov-12 . Science Unit: Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Mammals .


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 , 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, Fishes .


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 Associate . 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-09 to 14-Nov-12 . 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 .


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, 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: University of Baltimore . 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-09 to 14-Nov-10 . Science Unit: Department of Anthropology .


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-09 to 14-Nov-12 . 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 .


CHAO , Ning Labbish. . Research Collaborator . Institutional affiliation: Universidade do Amazonas, Manaus . 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; taxonomy and conservation of Sciaendae . Staff sponsor: Lynne R. Parenti . Appointment term: 15-Nov-09 to 14-Nov-12 . Science Unit: Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Fishes .


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-09 to 14-Nov-14 . Science Unit: Department of 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: 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, 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, 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-09 to 14-Nov-12 . 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-09 to 14-Nov-12 . Science Unit: Smithsonian Marine Station, 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, Fishes .


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, 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-09 to 14-Nov-14 . Science Unit: Department of 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-09 to 14-Nov-14 . Science Unit: Department of Invertebrate Zoology .


COOK , Clayton . Research Associate . Institutional affiliation: National Science Foundation . Education: B.A. (1965) Rutgers University ; Ph.D. (1970) Duke University . Research specialties: structure of coral skeletons; coral reef ecology . Staff sponsor: Valerie Paul . Appointment term: 15-May-09 to 14-May-12 . Science Unit: Smithsonian Marine Station, Fort Pierce .


COOK , Susan . Research Associate . Institutional affiliation: None . Education: B.S. (1966) Tulane University ; Ph.D. (1970) Duke University . Research specialties: Ocean science education . Staff sponsor: Valerie Paul . Appointment term: 15-Nov-09 to 14-Nov-12 . Science Unit: Smithsonian Marine Station, Fort Pierce .


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 .


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 .


COVELL , Charles . Research Collaborator . Institutional affiliation: Florida Museum of Natural History . Education: B.A. (1958) University of North Carolina ; Ph.D. (1965) Virginia Polytechnic Institute . Research specialties: lepidoptera . Staff sponsor: Donald Davis . Appointment term: 15-Nov-09 to 14-Nov-12 . 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, 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 .


CREAMER , Robert . Research Collaborator . Institutional affiliation: Community Colleges of Baltimore . Education: B.S. (1970) University of Maryland ; B.A. (1975) Maryland Institute of Art . Research specialties: presentation of natural history objects as objects d'art . Staff sponsor: ADRC . Appointment term: 15-May-09 to 14-May-12 . Science Unit: Office of the Associate Director for Research and Collections .


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-09 to 14-Nov-12 . 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 .


DAMANN , Franklin . Research Collaborator . Institutional affiliation: Armed Forces Institute of Pathology . Education: B.A. (1998) Louisiana State University ; M.A. (2000) Louisiana State University ; Ph.D. (pending) University of Tennessee . Research specialties: forensic anthropology; exhumation of the Diane Fossey gorilla burials . Staff sponsor: David Hunt . Appointment term: 15-Nov-09 to 14-Nov-12 . Science Unit: Department of Anthropology .


DAZA VACA , Juan . Research Collaborator . Institutional affiliation: None . Education: B.S. (1999) Universidad del Valle ; M.S. (2005) University of Puerto Rico ; Ph.D. (2008) University of Puerto Rico . Research specialties: morphology and systematics of gekkotan lizards . Staff sponsor: Kevin de Queiroz . Appointment term: 15-May-09 to 14-May-12 . Science Unit: Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Amphibians and Reptiles .


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: National Science Foundation . 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-09 to 14-Nov-12 . Science Unit: Department of 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: Department of 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: 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-09 to 14-May-12 . Science Unit: Smithsonian Marine Station, 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, 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 .


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. . Research Associate . 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-09 to 14-Nov-12 . 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 .


EDWARDS , Cody . Research Collaborator . Institutional affiliation: George Mason University . Education: B.S. (1995) Angelo State University ; M.S. (1997) Angelo State University ; Ph.D. (2000) Texas Tech University . Research specialties: genetics of fox squirrels in southern Mexico and Central America . Staff sponsor: Alfred Gardner . Appointment term: 15-Nov-09 to 14-Nov-12 . Science Unit: Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Mammals .


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, 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, 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, Amphibians and Reptiles .


EVANS , Arthur V. . Research Collaborator . Institutional affiliation: Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation . 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: David Furth . Appointment term: 15-Nov-09 to 14-Nov-12 . 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 .


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: ADRC . Appointment term: 15-Nov-08 to 14-Nov-11 . Science Unit: Office of the Associate Director for Research and Collections .


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: William Billick . Appointment term: 15-May-09 to 14-May-12 . 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, 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-09 to 14-May-12 . 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, Mammals .


FITZGERALD , Erich . Research Associate . Institutional affiliation: None . Education: B.S. (2003) University of Melbourne ; Ph.D. (2008) Monash University . Research specialties: early evolution of whales . Staff sponsor: James G. Mead . Appointment term: 15-May-09 to 14-May-12 . Science Unit: Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Mammals .


FOELIX , Rainer . Research Associate . Institutional affiliation: Natural History Museum in Aarua, Switzerland (retired) . Education: B.S. (1964) University of Erlangen ; M.S. (1968) University of Zuerich ; Ph.D. (1969) University of Zürich . Research specialties: comparative morphology and ultrastructure of spiders . Staff sponsor: Jonathan A. Coddington . Appointment term: 15-May-09 to 14-May-12 . Science Unit: Department of Entomology .


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 . Appointment term: 15-Nov-09 to 14-Nov-14 . 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, 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: Sympatec Inc. . Education: B.S. (1976) University of Maryland . Research specialties: evolution and systematics of Diptera . Staff sponsor: Wayne N. Mathis . Appointment term: 15-May-09 to 14-May-12 . 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-09 to 14-Nov-14 . Science Unit: Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Birds .


FOURNIER-GARCIA , Patricia F. . Research Associate . 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-09 to 14-Nov-12 . 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-09 to 14-Nov-12 . 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 .


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 Associate . 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-09 to 14-Nov-12 . 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-09 to 14-Nov-14 . Science Unit: Department of Vertebrate Zoology, 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. (1992) Hendrix College ; M.S. (1995) Oklahoma State University ; Ph.D. (2000) 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-09 to 14-Nov-14 . Science Unit: Department of Entomology .


GAZCA SERRANO , Rebeca Gasca. . Research Collaborator . Institutional affiliation: El Colegio de la Frontera Sur . 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-09 to 14-May-12 . 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 .


GELHAUS , Jon . Research Associate . Institutional affiliation: Academy of Natural Sciences . Education: B.S. (1978) University of California, Davis ; M.A. (1983) University of Kansas ; Ph.D. (1989) University of Kansas . Research specialties: Diptera . Staff sponsor: Wayne Mathis . Appointment term: 15-Nov-09 to 14-Nov-12 . Science Unit: Department of Entomology .


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, Mammals .


GILMORE , Michael . Research Collaborator . Institutional affiliation: George Mason University . Education: B.S. (1995) Colorado State University ; Ph.D. (2005) Miami University . Research specialties: ethnoecology, ethnobotany, medicinal plants, tropical ecology and conservation . Staff sponsor: Jun Wen . Appointment term: 15-May-09 to 14-May-12 . Science Unit: Department of Botany .


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-09 to 14-May-12 . 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 .


GREEN , Walton . Research Collaborator . Institutional affiliation: Yale University . Education: A.B. (1998) Harvard College ; Ph.D. (2007) Yale University . Research specialties: paleobotany . Staff sponsor: Wing, Scott . Appointment term: 15-May-09 to 14-May-12 . Science Unit: Department of Paleobiology .


GREENWOOD , Alexander . Research Associate . Institutional affiliation: Free University Berlin . Education: B.A. (1990) Cornell University ; Ph.D. (1996) University of Michigan . Research specialties: wildlife diseases past and present, retroviruses, extinction, ancient DNA, mammalian evolution, genomics, genetics . Staff sponsor: Kristofer Helgen . Appointment term: 15-Nov-09 to 14-Nov-12 . Science Unit: Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Mammals .


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, Fishes .


GRISSELL , E Eric. . Research Associate . Institutional affiliation: None . 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: Michael Gates . Appointment term: 15-Nov-09 to 14-Nov-12 . 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: John Burns . Appointment term: 15-Nov-09 to 14-Nov-12 . 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, 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, 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-09 to 14-Nov-12 . 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, 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 .


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-09 to 14-Nov-14 . Science Unit: Department of Entomology .


HERBERT , Sandra . Research Associate . Institutional affiliation: University of Maryland, Baltimore County (retired) . Education: B.A. (1963) Wittenberg University ; M.A. (1965) Brandeis University ; Ph.D. (1968) Brandeis University . Research specialties: Charles Darwin . Staff sponsor: ADRC . Appointment term: 15-May-09 to 14-May-12 . Science Unit: Office of the Associate Director for Research and Collections .


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-09 to 14-May-12 . Science Unit: Department of Vertebrate Zoology, 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, 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-09 to 14-Nov-12 . 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, Amphibians and Reptiles .


HIRONS , Amy . Research Collaborator . Institutional affiliation: Nova Southeastern University . Education: B.A. (1986) Hawaii Loa College ; M.S. (1989) University of Colorado ; Ph.D. (2001) University of Alaska, Fairbanks . Research specialties: marine mammals, stable isotope analysis . Staff sponsor: James G. Mead . Appointment term: 15-May-09 to 14-May-12 . Science Unit: Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Mammals .


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, 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 .


HORNER , John "Jack" . Senior Adjunct Scientist . Institutional affiliation: Montana State University . Education: None . Research specialties: dinosaur paleobiology . Staff sponsor: Conrad Labandeira . Appointment term: 15-Nov-09 to 14-Nov-12 . Science Unit: Department of Paleobiology .


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-09 to 14-Nov-12 . 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-09 to 14-May-12 . 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: William Billick . Appointment term: 15-May-09 to 14-May-12 . 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, Amphibians and Reptiles .


IRELAND , Emilienne . Research Collaborator . Institutional affiliation: None . Education: B.A. (9176) Columbia University ; M. Phil. (1978) . Research specialties: ethnography of lowland South American Indians, especially of the Wauja of Xingu National Park of Northern Mato Grosso, Brazil . Staff sponsor: William Crocker . Appointment term: 15-May-09 to 14-May-12 . Science Unit: Department of Anthropology .


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, 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, 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, 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: John Burns . Appointment term: 15-Nov-09 to 14-Nov-12 . 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, 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: William Billick . Appointment term: 15-May-09 to 14-May-12 . 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 .


KAISER , Hinrich . Research Collaborator . Institutional affiliation: Victor Valley College . Education: B.S. (1988) McGill University ; Ph.D. (1993) McGill University . Research specialties: Systematics, ecology, and biogeography of the herpetofaunas of Timor-Leste and other SE Asian countries and of the Eastern Caribbean . Staff sponsor: Kevin de Queiroz . Appointment term: 15-Nov-09 to 14-Nov-12 . Science Unit: Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Amphibians and Reptiles .


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-09 to 14-Nov-12 . Science Unit: Department of Paleobiology .


KAVANAUGH , David . Research Associate . Institutional affiliation: California Academy of Sciences . Education: B.A. (1967) San Jose State University ; M.A. (1970) University of Colorado ; Ph.D. (1978) University of Alberta, Edmonton . Research specialties: Carabidae . Staff sponsor: Terry Erwin . Appointment term: 15-Nov-09 to 14-Nov-12 . Science Unit: Department of Entomology .


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: Peter Wagner . Appointment term: 15-May-09 to 14-May-12 . Science Unit: Department of Paleobiology .


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, 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-09 to 14-Nov-14 . 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, Mammals .


KORETSKY , Irina A. . Research Associate . Institutional affiliation: Howard 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-09 to 14-Nov-12 . 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: ADRC . Appointment term: 15-Nov-08 to 14-Nov-11 . Science Unit: Office of the Associate Director for Research and Collections .


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-Nov-09 to 14-Nov-14 . 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-09 to 14-Nov-12 . 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 .


LAPOLLA , John . Research Associate . 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-May-09 to 14-May-12 . 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 .


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, Amphibians and Reptiles .


LILL , John . Research Associate . Institutional affiliation: George Washington University . Education: B.S. (1990) University of Maryland, College Park ; M.S. (1992) University of Maryland, College Park ; Ph.D. (1999) University of Missouri . Research specialties: plant-animal interactions . Staff sponsor: Terry Erwin . Appointment term: 15-May-09 to 14-May-12 . Science Unit: Department of Entomology .


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-09 to 14-Nov-14 . Science Unit: Department of Entomology .


LIPS , Karen . Research Associate . Institutional affiliation: University of Maryland . Education: B.S. (1988) University of South Florida ; Ph.D. (1995) University of Miami . Research specialties: The ecology, evolution, and conservation of amphibians, with special interest in how amphibians are affected by emerging infectious disease and global change . Staff sponsor: Kevin de Queiroz . Appointment term: 15-May-09 to 14-May-12 . Science Unit: Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Amphibians and Reptiles .


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-09 to 14-Nov-12 . 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-09 to 14-May-12 . Science Unit: Department of Vertebrate Zoology, 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 .


LOSEY , Robert . Research Associate . Institutional affiliation: University of Alberta . Education: B.A. (1994) Kansas State University ; M.S. (1996) University of Oregon ; Ph.D. (2002) University of Oregon . Research specialties: analysis of artifacts and animal remains from archaeological sites in coastal and lacustrine regions. . Staff sponsor: Torben Rick . Appointment term: 15-Nov-09 to 14-Nov-12 . Science Unit: Department of Anthropology .


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-09 to 14-Nov-12 . 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, 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 .


MACFADDEN , Bruce . Research Associate . Institutional affiliation: Florida Museum of Natural History . Education: B.S. (1971) Cornell University ; Ph.D. (1976) Columbia University . Research specialties: cenozoic mammals . Staff sponsor: Hans-Dieter Sues . Appointment term: 15-May-09 to 14-May-12 . Science Unit: Department of Paleobiology .


MAH , Christopher . Research Collaborator . Institutional affiliation: None . Education: B.S. (1993) Humboldt State University ; M.S. (1998) San Francisco State University ; Ph.D. (2005) University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana . Research specialties: phylogenetics, taxonomy, biodiversity and systematics of Asteroidea . Staff sponsor: David Pawson . Appointment term: 15-May-09 to 14-May-12 . Science Unit: Department of Invertebrate Zoology .


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-09 to 14-Nov-12 . Science Unit: Department of Anthropology .


MANCHESTER , Steven . Research Associate . Institutional affiliation: Florida Museum of Natural History . Education: B.S. (1977) Oregon State University ; M.S. (1979) Indiana University ; Ph.D. (1981) Indiana University . Research specialties: fossil record of flowering plants, especially those of the Cenazoic . Staff sponsor: Scott Wing . Appointment term: 15-Nov-09 to 14-Nov-12 . Science Unit: Department of Paleobiology .


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, 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 .


MAYNE , Rhinnon . Research Collaborator . Institutional affiliation: Texas Christian University . Education: B.S. (2002) Edinburgh University ; Ph.D. (2008) University of Tennessee . Research specialties: asteroidal differentiation . Staff sponsor: Timothy McCoy . Appointment term: 15-Nov-09 to 14-Nov-12 . Science Unit: Department of Mineral Sciences .


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, Fort Pierce .


MCCOOK , Roland . Research Associate . Institutional affiliation: Northern Ute Tribe . Education: None . Research specialties: history of Utes; reburial of Indian remains . Staff sponsor: William Billick . Appointment term: 15-May-09 to 14-May-12 . 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, Amphibians and Reptiles .


MCCUBBIN , Francis . Research Collaborator . Institutional affiliation: Carnegie Institute of Washington . Education: B.S. (2004) Towson University ; Ph.D. (2009) Stony Brook University . Research specialties: experimental petrology; Martian meteorites . Staff sponsor: Sorena Sorenson . Appointment term: 15-May-09 to 14-May-12 . Science Unit: Department of Mineral Sciences .


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-09 to 14-Nov-14 . Science Unit: Department of Vertebrate Zoology, 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-09 to 14-Nov-14 . 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 .


MEDEIROS , Mathew . Research Collaborator . Institutional affiliation: Landon School . Education: B.A. (2000) Hamline University ; Ph.D. (2009) University of Califfornia, Berkeley . Research specialties: Hawaiian moths; evolution of cave-dwelling moths . Staff sponsor: Don Davis . Appointment term: 15-Nov-09 to 14-Nov-12 . Science Unit: Department of Entomology .


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-09 to 14-May-12 . Science Unit: Department of Anthropology .


MEHDIABADI , Natasha . Research Collaborator . Institutional affiliation: None . Education: B.S. (1995) Texas Tech University ; M.S. (1996) Stanford University ; Ph.D. (2002) University of Texas, Austin . Research specialties: Evolution and ecology of social interactions; phylogenetics of social insects and social microbes . Staff sponsor: Ted R. Schultz . Appointment term: 15-Nov-09 to 14-Nov-12 . Science Unit: Department of Entomology .


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, 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 .


MICHELI , Charyn . Research Collaborator . Institutional affiliation: USDA . Education: B.S. (2000) Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico ; M.S. (2006) University of Maryland . Research specialties: Cerambycidae . Staff sponsor: Terry Erwin . Appointment term: 15-May-09 to 14-May-12 . Science Unit: Department of Entomology .


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: Ron Heyer . Appointment term: 15-May-09 to 14-May-12 . Science Unit: Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Amphibians and Reptiles .


MIKHEYEV , Alexander "Sasha" . Research Collaborator . Institutional affiliation: Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology . Education: B.A. (2000) Cornell University ; M.S. (2002) Florida State University ; Ph.D. (2009) University of Texas, Austin . Research specialties: symbiosis and coevolution . Staff sponsor: Ted R. Schultz . Appointment term: 15-Nov-09 to 14-Nov-12 . Science Unit: Department of Entomology .


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. . Research Associate . Institutional affiliation: Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. . Education: B.A. (1980) Millersville State College ; M.S. (1982) University of Tennessee, Knoxville ; Ph.D. (1991) Auburn University . Research specialties: Aphidoidea . Staff sponsor: Chair, Entomology . Appointment term: 15-Nov-09 to 14-Nov-12 . Science Unit: Department of Entomology .


MILLER , James S. . Research Associate . 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-09 to 14-Nov-12 . 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, 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 .


MOE , Jeanne . Research Collaborator . Institutional affiliation: US Bureau of Land Management . Education: B.S. (1975) Montana State University ; M.A. (1992) University of Utah . Research specialties: education . Staff sponsor: Daniel J. Rogers . Appointment term: 15-May-09 to 14-May-12 . Science Unit: Department of Anthropology .


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, Fishes .


MUELLER , Ulrich Gerhard. . Research Associate . Institutional affiliation: University of Texas, 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-09 to 14-Nov-12 . 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-09 to 14-Nov-14 . Science Unit: Department of Vertebrate Zoology, 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, Fishes .


MURPHY , William L . Research Collaborator . Institutional affiliation: None . Education: B.S. (1975) University of Maryland . Research specialties: Diptera; snail-kill flies from the mid-Atlantic . Staff sponsor: Wayne Mathis . Appointment term: 15-Nov-09 to 14-Nov-12 . Science Unit: Department of Entomology .


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, 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, Mammals .


NAKAHARA , Sueo "Steve" . Research Associate . Institutional affiliation: None . Education: B.S. (1955) University of Hawaii . Research specialties: Thripidae . Staff sponsor: Alma Solis . Appointment term: 15-Nov-09 to 14-Nov-12 . Science Unit: Department of Entomology .


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-09 to 14-May-12 . Science Unit: Department of Anthropology .


NICKLE , David A. . Research Associate . 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-09 to 14-Nov-12 . 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-09 to 14-Nov-14 . 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-09 to 14-Nov-14 . 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. (2007) University of Chicago . Research specialties: ethnomusicology of the Raramuri of northern Mexico . Staff sponsor: William L. Merrill . Appointment term: 15-Nov-09 to 14-Nov-12 . 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-09 to 14-Nov-12 . 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, Mammals .


OCHOA , Ronald . Research Associate . 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-09 to 14-Nov-12 . Science Unit: Department of Entomology .


ODO , David . Research Collaborator . Institutional affiliation: None . Education: A.B.. (1988) Columbia University ; M. Phil. (1988) University of Oxford ; Ph.D. (2004) University of Oxford . Research specialties: visual anthropology; history and theory o photography, especially early photographs of Japan, colonial photography of Asia and Japanese material culture . Staff sponsor: Joshua A. Bell . Appointment term: 15-May-09 to 14-May-12 . Science Unit: Department of Anthropology .


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 , 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, 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 .


ORTI , Guillermo . Research Collaborator . Institutional affiliation: George Washington University . Education: B.S. (1981) Universidad de Buenos Aires ; Ph.D. (1995) State University of New York, Stony Brook . Research specialties: Evolutionary patterns and processes of fishes . Staff sponsor: Richard Vari . Appointment term: 15-Nov-09 to 14-Nov-12 . Science Unit: Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Fishes .


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-09 to 14-May-12 . Science Unit: Department of Paleobiology .


PANDOLFI , John . Research Associate . Institutional affiliation: University of Queensland . Education: B.S. (1979) University of Notre Dame ; M.S. (1982) University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee ; Ph.D. (1987) University of California, Davis . Research specialties: recent and fossil coral reefs . Staff sponsor: Nancy Knowlton . Appointment term: 15-May-09 to 14-May-12 . Science Unit: Department of Invertebrate Zoology .


PAREZO , Nancy . Research Associate . Institutional affiliation: University of Arizona . Education: B.A. (1973) Miami University ; M.A. (1976) University of Arizona ; Ph.D. (1981) University of Arizona . Research specialties: Native North America, especially the Greater Southwest . Staff sponsor: Candace Greene . Appointment term: 15-May-09 to 14-May-12 . Science Unit: Department of Anthropology .


PEARSON , David . Research Associate . Institutional affiliation: Arizona State University . Education: B.S. (1967) Pacific Lutheran University ; M.S. (1969) Louisiana State University Research specialties: Carabidae . Staff sponsor: Terry Erwin . Appointment term: 15-Nov-09 to 14-Nov-12 . Science Unit: Department of Entomology .


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, 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-09 to 14-Nov-12 . 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-09 to 14-Nov-14 . 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, 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: ADRC . 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-09 to 14-May-12 . Science Unit: Smithsonian Marine Station, 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, Fort Pierce .


PUTTOCK , Christopher . Research Associate . Institutional affiliation: None . Education: B.S. (1977) University of New South Wales ; Ph.D. (1992) University of New South Wales . Research specialties: marine algae; Asteraceae; Flora of the Delmarva region . Staff sponsor: Jim Norris . Appointment term: 15-May-09 to 14-May-12 . Science Unit: Department of Botany .


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, 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 .


REDDEN , Karen . Research Collaborator . Institutional affiliation: Trinity Washington University . Education: B.S. (1991) George Mason University ; M.S. (1999) George Mason University ; Ph.D. (2006) George Washington University . Research specialties: Leguminosae . Staff sponsor: Vicki Funk . Appointment term: 15-Nov-09 to 14-Nov-12 . Science Unit: Department of Botany .


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, 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, 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-09 to 14-Nov-12 . 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, 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-09 to 14-Nov-14 . Science Unit: Department of Vertebrate Zoology, 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-09 to 14-Nov-12 . 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, 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 .


RIGHTMYER , Molly . Research Collaborator . Institutional affiliation: None . Education: B.A. (1997) Scripps College ; Ph.D. (2006) University of Kansas . Research specialties: systematics and taxonomy of bees, particularly parasitic bees in the family Apidae and orchard bees in the genus Osmia . Staff sponsor: Sean Brady . Appointment term: 15-May-09 to 14-May-12 . Science Unit: Department of Entomology .


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 .


ROQUE , Nadia . Research Collaborator . Institutional affiliation: Universidade Federal da Bahia . Education: B.S. (1991) Universidade Estadual Paulista ; M.S. (1995) Universidade de São Paulo ; Ph.D. (1999) Universidade de São Paulo . Research specialties: Systematics of Compositae, especially clades centered in Brazil such as the Vernonieae & Gochnatieae tribes . Staff sponsor: Vicki Funk . Appointment term: 15-Nov-09 to 14-Nov-12 . 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-09 to 14-Nov-12 . 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 , Ann . Research Collaborator . Institutional affiliation: North Carolina State University . Education: B.A. (1992) Florida Atlantic University ; M.A. (1995) University of Tennessee, Knoxville ; Ph.D. (2000) University of Tennessee, Knoxville . Research specialties: constructing a human craniometric database for Latin America . Staff sponsor: Douglas H. Ubelaker . Appointment term: 15-May-09 to 14-May-12 . 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, Fort Pierce .


RUEDA , Leopoldo "Polly" . Adjunct Scientist . Institutional affiliation: Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, U.S. Army Medical Research Command. . Education: B.S. (1976) University of the Philippines ; M.S. (1980) University of the Philippines ; Ph.D. (1984) North Carolina State University . Research specialties: niosystematics of mosquitos and sandflies; modeling potential distribution of mosquitoe and other vectors and their infections diseases . Staff sponsor: Chair, Entomology . Appointment term: 15-Nov-09 to 14-Nov-14 . Science Unit: Department of Entomology .


RUNG , Alessandra . Research Collaborator . Institutional affiliation: California Department of Food & Agriculture . 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-09 to 14-May-12 . 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, Fort Pierce .


SANTIAGO-BLAY , Jorge A. . Research Associate . 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-09 to 14-Nov-12 . Science Unit: Department of Paleobiology .


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-09 to 14-Nov-12 . Science Unit: Department of Vertebrate Zoology, 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. . Research Associate . 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: Ted R. Schultz . Appointment term: 15-Nov-09 to 14-Nov-12 . Science Unit: Department of Entomology .


SCHEFFER , Sonja . Research Associate . 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-09 to 14-Nov-12 . Science Unit: Department of Entomology .


SCHOTTE , Marilyn . Research Collaborator . Institutional affiliation: None . Education: B.A. (1970) Antioch College ; M.S. (1979) Cornell University . Research specialties: systematics of marine isopods . Staff sponsor: Rafael Lemaitre . Appointment term: 1-Dec-09 to 14-Nov-12 . Science Unit: Department of Invertebrate Zoology .


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, 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, 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, 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 .


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 .


SHOCKLEY , Floyd . Research Collaborator . Institutional affiliation: University of Georgia, Athens . Education: B.A. (1996) Westminster College ; M.S. (2000) University of Missouri ; Ph.D. (2009) University of Georgia . Research specialties: Cucujoidea; systematics, taxonomy and natural history of handsome fungus beetles (Endomychidae . Staff sponsor: Natalia Vandenberg . Appointment term: 15-Nov-09 to 14-Nov-12 . Science Unit: Department of Entomology .


SHORT , Andrew . Research Collaborator . Institutional affiliation: University of Kansas . Education: B.S. (2002) University of Delaware ; Ph.D. (2007) Cornell University . Research specialties: systematics of aquatic beetles . Staff sponsor: Terry Erwin . Appointment term: 15-May-09 to 14-May-12 . Science Unit: Department of Entomology .


SIDLAUSKAS , Brian . Research Collaborator . Institutional affiliation: Oregon State University . Education: A.B. (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-09 to 14-Nov-12 . Science Unit: Department of Vertebrate Zoology, 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-09 to 14-Nov-12 . 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 .


SINGLETARY , Steven . Research Collaborator . Institutional affiliation: Fayetteville State University . Education: B.S. (1996) University of North Carolina ; M.S. (1999) Texas Christian University ; Ph.D. (2004) Massachusetts Institute of Technology . Research specialties: Application of electron microbeam techniques to natural and synthetic materials; origin and evolution of meteorite parent bodies; space agriculture . Staff sponsor: Timothy McCoy . Appointment term: 15-Nov-09 to 14-Nov-12 . Science Unit: Department of Mineral Sciences .


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: None . 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: Ted R. Schultz . Appointment term: 15-Nov-09 to 14-Nov-12 . 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: None . 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-09 to 14-Nov-12 . Science Unit: Department of Vertebrate Zoology, 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-09 to 14-Nov-14 . Science Unit: Department of Entomology .


SOLOMON , Scott . Research Collaborator . Institutional affiliation: Rice University . Education: B.S. (2000) University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign ; Ph.D. (2007) University of Texas, Austin . Research specialties: Phylogeny of the higher attine genera Trachymyrmex and Acromyrmex . Staff sponsor: Ted R. Schultz . Appointment term: 15-Nov-09 to 14-Nov-12 . Science Unit: Department of Entomology .


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, 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: National Museum of Health and Medicine . 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: David Hunt . Appointment term: 15-May-09 to 14-May-12 . Science Unit: Department of Anthropology .


STAINES , Charles L. . Research Collaborator . Institutional affiliation: None . Education: B.S. (1971) University of Maryland . Research specialties: identification of Chrysomelidae, worldwide . Staff sponsor: David Furth . Appointment term: 15-Nov-09 to 14-Nov-12 . 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: Conrad Labandeira . Appointment term: 15-May-09 to 14-May-12 . Science Unit: Department of Paleobiology .


STEELE , Andrew . Research Associate . Institutional affiliation: Carnegie Institute of Washington . Education: B.S. (1992) University of Central Mancashire ; Ph.D. (1996) University of Portsmouth . Research specialties: . Staff sponsor: Sorena Sorenson . Appointment term: 15-May-09 to 14-May-12 . Science Unit: Department of Mineral Sciences .


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-09 to 14-May-12 . Science Unit: Department of Botany .


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-09 to 14-May-12 . 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, Mammals .


SWEET , Merrill . Research Associate . Institutional affiliation: Texas A&M University, retired . Education: B.A. (1958) University of Connecticut ; Ph.D. (1963) University of Connecticut . Research specialties: Lygaeoidea; Pentatomomorpha . Staff sponsor: Terry Erwin . Appointment term: 15-May-09 to 14-May-12 . Science Unit: Department of Entomology .


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, 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 .


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: Donald J. Ortner . Appointment term: 15-Nov-09 to 14-Nov-12 . 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-09 to 14-Nov-14 . 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-09 to 14-Nov-14 . 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 .


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 , 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, 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 .


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: David Hunt . Appointment term: 15-May-09 to 14-May-12 . 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-09 to 14-Nov-12 . 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, Fishes .


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 .


WELSCH , Robert . Research Associate . Institutional affiliation: Franklin Pierce University . Education: B.A. (1972) Northwestern University ; M.A. (1976) University of Washington ; Ph.D. (1982) University of Washington . Research specialties: visual culture and art in New Guinea . Staff sponsor: Candace Greene . Appointment term: 15-May-09 to 14-May-12 . Science Unit: Department of Anthropology .


WESLEY-HUNT , Gina . Research Collaborator . Institutional affiliation: Montogomery College . Education: B.A. (1995) Northwestern University ; Ph.D. (2003) University of Chicago . Research specialties: evolution of Carnivores; community structure change over time . Staff sponsor: Matthew Carrano . Appointment term: 15-May-09 to 14-May-12 . 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, 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, 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-09 to 14-Nov-12 . 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-09 to 14-May-12 . 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-09 to 14-Nov-12 . 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-09 to 14-Nov-14 . 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: Betty Meggers and J. Daniel Stanley . Appointment term: 15-Nov-09 to 14-Nov-12 . 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, Birds .


WILLIAMS , Becky . Research Collaborator . Institutional affiliation: None . Education: B.S. (1999) Utah State University ; M.S. (2003) Utah State University ; Ph.D. (2008) University of California, Berkeley . Research specialties: chemical ecology in the context of behavioral interactions with emphasis on venoms and poisons as the interface of predator-prey interactions . Staff sponsor: Kevin de Queiroz . Appointment term: 15-Nov-09 to 14-Nov-12 . Science Unit: Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Amphibians and Reptiles .


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, Fort Pierce .


WOLFF , Christopher . Research Collaborator . Institutional affiliation: None . Education: B.A. (2001) Portland State University ; M.A. (2004) Southern Methodist University ; Ph.D. (2008) Southern Methodist University . Research specialties: Evolution of maritime archaic households in Northern Labrador . Staff sponsor: William W. Fitzhugh . Appointment term: 15-May-09 to 14-May-12 . Science Unit: Department of Anthropology .


WOOD , Bernard . Senior Adjunct Scientist . Institutional affiliation: George Washington University . Education: Research specialties: . Staff sponsor: Richard Potts . Appointment term: 15-Nov-09 to 14-Nov-12 . Science Unit: Department of Anthropology .


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-09 to 14-Nov-14 . 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-09 to 14-Nov-14 . Science Unit: Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Mammals .


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: None . 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: Betty Meggers and Dennis Stanford . Appointment term: 15-Nov-09 to 14-Nov-12 . 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: William Billick . Appointment term: 15-May-09 to 14-May-12 . 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, Amphibians and Reptiles .




Academic Appointment Statistics for FY '09

Although most of our reporting is based on calendar year, the Museum also follows a fiscal year (FY '09: 1 Oct 08 to 30 Sep 09) for annual reporting.

For FY '09 there were a total of 525 Academic Appointments administered by the National Museum of Natural History. The counts include four different appointment types: Research Collaborator (167), Research Associate (261), Adjunct Scientist (42) and Research Student (55).

So, who hosted academic appointments in FY '09?

ADRC general: 2
Anthropology: 110
Botany: 42
Entomology: 129
Invertebrate Zoology: 36
Mineral Sciences: 11
Paleobiology: 75
Vertebrate Zoology: 122 (birds: 13, Fish: 29, herps: 28, mammals: 31, general: 1)
Genetics Lab: 4
Marine Station, Ft. Pierce: 14

 


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