Following is the list of 104 students and scholars included in Natural History's community of students and fellows. Fellows include graduate students as well as pre- and post-doctoral scholars selected for an academic appointment at Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History. Some fellows are in-residence full time while others are mainly off-site, but working under the guidance of an NMNH scientist and visiting the Museum.

This list includes name and affiliated institution during their appointment, the title of their fellowship research, the name of the supervisor/sponsoring NMNH staff, the assigned NMNH unit/office in which the research is being conducted, and the dates of the appointment.

NMNH Staff & Affiliates	Complete NMNH Scientific Community	Volunteers	Interns	Research Associates
Staff & Affiliates List - 2004	NMNH Scientific Community List- 2004	Volunteer List - 2004	Intern List - 2004	Research Associates List- 2004

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Adams, Rachelle. University of Texas, Austin. Systematics and evolution of social parasites in the ant genus Megalomyrmex. Working with Ted Schultz. Department of Entomology. Sep-02 to Sep-04.

Alvarez, Padilla, Fernando. Fellow. Department of Entomology.

Assefa, Zelalem. Postdoctoral Fellow. State University of New York, Stony Brook. Digital Catalogue of the Dentition of East African Large Mammals. Working with Rick Potts. Department of Anthropology. 01-Jan-04 to 30-Apr-04.

Beadell, Jon S. Visiting Student. University of Maryland, College Park. Genetics of Avian Malaria Parasites, Working with Robert Fleischer. Genetics Lab. 1-Oct-04 to 30 Sep-04.

Becerro, Mikel A., Visiting Scientist. University of Barcelona, Spain. Effects of Benthic Cyanobacteria on Coral Reefs. Working with Valerie J. Paul. Smithsonian Marine Station. 15-Jan-04 to 14-Jan-05.

Bell, Joshua. Predoctoral Fellow. Oxford University, Brasenose. - declined.

Bernard, Calvin. University of Guyana, Working with Vicki Funk. Department of Systematic Biology, Botany.

Biswas, Sayantan. Short-term Visiting Student. Working with Kevin de Queiroz. Department of Systematic Biology, Vertebrate Zoology, Herpetology. 16-Aug-01 to 31-May-06.

Bobe, Rene. Postdoctoral Fellow. Working with Kay Behrensmeyer. Department of Paleobiology. 1-Feb-04 to 30-Sep-04.

Brady, Sean. Postdoctoral Fellow. University of California, Davis. Phylogeny of attine ants. Gathering molecular and morphological data to infer the evolutionary history of fungus-growing ants. Working with Ted Schultz. Department of Entomology. 1-Nov-03 to 1-Dec-06.

Brake, Irina. Visiting Scientist. Freie Universitat Berlin, Germany. Creating a Biosystematic Database of World Diptera. Working with. Christian Thompson. Department of Entomology. 1-Nov-03 to 31-Oct-04.

Britz, Ralf G. Visiting Scientist, Universitat Tubingen, Germany. "Inter-and Intrarelationships of Gasterosteiformes with a Reevalaution of the Smegmamorpha." Working with G. David Johnson. Department of Systematic Biology, Vertebrate Zoology, Fishes. 01-Apr-02 to 21-Feb-04.

Brown, David. Fellow. Close study of "Arare" religious practices and ideology: how religious change is mediated by conscious innovation and rhetorical promotion, and how sacred arts embody and objectify these changesi. Working with Michael Mason. Department of Anthropology. 01-Jun-04 to 31-May-05.

Buikstra, Jane. Senior Postdoctoral Fellow. "Evolutionary history and modern genetics of tuberculosis." Working with Noreen Tuross. Department of Anthropology. 01-Feb-03 to 31-Jan-05.

Burgess, Sarah. Predoctoral Fellow. University of Hawaii. "Analysis of elepaio population structure along an elvation gradient." Working with Dr. Robert C. Fleischer. Department of Zoology. 01-Mar-04 to 30-June-04.

Canales, Dr. Elmo A. Leon. Postdoctoral Fellow. Blade lithic comparisons in paleoindian period. Working with Dennis Stanford and Ramiro Matos. Department of Anthropology. 01-Sep-04 to 31-Sep-05.

Cardini, Andrea. Postdoctoral Fellow. Universita degli Studi di Bologna, Italy. Skull Form and Evolution in Marmota (Rodentia, Sciuridae). Working with Richard Thorington and Robert Hoffmann. Department of Systematic Biology, Vertebrate Zoology, Mammals. 01-Jan-03 to 31-Jul-04.

Castaneda, Maria del Rosario. Visiting Student. Working with Kevin deQueiroz. Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Amphibiams and Reptiles. 14-Aug-03 to 31-May-07.

Clark, John. Fellow. Working with Liz Zimmer. Department of Systematic Biology, Botany.

Clementz, Mark. University of California, Santa Cruz Project: Seasonal Variations in Florida Manatee Habitat and Foraging Preferences Recorded in Cholesterol Values. Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce. Sep-03 to Sep-05.

Corrigan, Catherine M. Visiting Scientist. Case Western Reserve University. Ungrouped Iron Meteorites. WOrking with Timothy J. McCoy. Department of Mineral Sciences. 21-Jul-03 to 20-Jul-05.

Diaz, Maria Cristina. Postdoctoral Fellow. Marine Science Network Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California, Santa Cruz. Biodiversity and Community Structure of Sponge Epibionts on red Mangrove (Rizophora Mangle) in the Caribbean. Working with Klaus Ruetzler. Caribbean Coral Reef Ecosystem Program. 01-Jul-03 to 30-Jun-05.

Durrant, Katherine. Postdoctoral Fellow. Working with Rob Fleischer. Department of Zoology, Genetics Lab. 1-Nov-04 to 31-Oct-05.

Eggert, Lori. Postdoctoral Fellow. Biocomplexity of introduced diseases in Hawaiian forest birds. Working with Rob Fleischer. Department of Zoology, Genetics Lab. 1-Sep-03 to 31-Dec-04.

Erickson, Amy Anne. University of Florida Project: Studies of Chemical Defenses in Marine Plants. Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce. Jul-03 to Jul-04.

Erickson, David. Visiting Scientist. University of Georgia. Origins and Domestication of the Bottle Gourd. Working with Noreen Tuross and Bruce Smith. Department of Anthropology. 01-Oct-03 to 30-Sep-04.

Fagan, Timothy. Visiting Scientist. University of California, Davis. Understanding the Solar System: A Laboratory to Study Mission-Returned Samples. Working with Glenn MacPherson. Department of Mineral Sciences. 01-Sep-03 to 31-Aug-04.

Fallon, Sylvia. Visiting Scientist. University of Missouri, St. Louis. Comparison of Migrant and Resident Caribbean Bird Haematozoan Parasites. Working with Robert Fleischer. Genetics. 01-Oct-03 to 30-Sep-04.

Ferreira, Paulo Sergio. Senior Postdoctoral Fellow. Working with Tom Henry. Department of Systematic Biology, Entomology.

Friedrich, Alida. Visiting Student. University of Maryland. John Victor Murra Papers Processing Project. Arranging and describing the papers of noted anthropologist John Victor Murra, a specialist in the study of Caribbean and Andean cultures. Working with Susan McElrath. Department of Anthropology, National Anthropological Archives. 20-Oct-03 to 30-Apr-04.

Gahn, Forest. Short-Term Visiting Scientist, Brigham Young University. Documentation and analysis of regeneration frequency in Phanerozoic crinoids as a measure of changes in predation intensity; association of commensal organisms and crinoids; prevalence of feeding damage to crinoids; phylogenetic analysis and systematic revision of several crinoid families; and digitalization and development of web catalogue for type and figured specimens in the Springer/ Wachsmuth collection. Working with Scott Wing. Department of Paleobiology. 15-Sep-03 to 15-Sep-05.

Gutierrez, Alexis. Predoctoral Fellow. Johns Hopkins University. Linkages between Development Assistance and Invasive Alien Species in Freshwater Species in Southeast Asia. Working with Scott Miller. Department of Systematic Biology. 16-Jun-03 to 31-Dec-04.

Han, Kin-Lan. Visiting Student. Cornell University. Molecular Phylogeny of the Nightjars and NighthawksWorking with Michael Braun. Laboratory of Analytical Biology. 15-Aug-03 to 14-Sep-06.

Haradon, Catherine. Predoctoral Fellow. Working with Anna Kay Behrensmeyer. Department of Paleobiology.

Head, Jason. Visiting Scientist. Southern Methodist University. Morphological Phylogeography of Erycine Snakes: Recovering the Historical Relationship Between Fauna and Environment. Working with Anna Kay Behrensmeyer. Department of Paleobiology. 01-Sep-03 to 31-Aug-05.

Higa, Alessandra. Short-Term Visiting Scientist. Working with Charlie Potter. Department of Systematic Biology, Vertebrate Zoology, Mammals.

Hilton, Dr. Eric. Postdoctoral Fellow. Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Il. Comparative anatony and systematics of ccarangid fishes. Working with G. David Johnson. Department of Zoology, Fishes. 01-Sep-04 to 31-Aug-05.

Hochberg, Rick. University of New Hampshire Project: Functional Morphology and Evolution of Gastrotrich Helical Muscles. Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce. Jun-03 to Jun-05.

Honeychurch, William. Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Michigan. "Middle Gobi Archaeological Survey and Early Inner Asian Political Development." Working with William Fitzhugh. Department of Anthropology. 01-Oct-03 to 30-Sep-04.

Iizuka, Fumie. University of California-Santa Barbara. Studying the decoration, thickness, inclusions and firing techniques of Valdivia Phase ceramics. Working with Betty Meggers. Department of Anthropology. 2-Aug-04 to 31-Aug-04.

Ishtaiq, Farah. Postdoctoral Fellow. Working with Rob Fleischer. Department of Genetics. 1-Jan-04 to 31-Aug-05.

Johnson, Elizabeth. Postdoctoral Fellow, California Institute of Technology. "Characterization of Water and Hydroxyl in Manganese Oxide Minerals using FTIR Spectroscopy." Working with Jeffrey Post. Department of Mineral Sciences.

Johnson, Stephanie. Predoctoral Student. University of Maryland, College Park. Hymenoptera systematics; molecular and morphological research on fungus ants. Working with Ted Schultz. Department of Entomology. 9-Sep-04 to 1-May-09.

Kiel, Steffen. Postdoctoral Fellow. Migration pathways into deep sea chemosynthetic envormnments. Working with Scott Wing. Department of Paleobiology. 15-Nov-04 to 14-Nov-06.

Kunter, Matjaz. Fellow. George Washington University. Working with Jon Coddington. Department of Entomology.

LaPolla, John. Rutgers University. Ants of the genus Acropyga and the evolution of obligatory trophobiosis. Working with Ted Schultz. Department of Entomology. Sep-99 to May-05.

LaPolla, Rachelle. Postdoctoral Fellow. Working with Teb Schultz. Department of Entomology.

Leonard, Jennifer. Postdoctoral Fellow. SI Molecular Evolution Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California, Los Angeles. Ancient DNA Analysis of Hawaiian Domestic Animals. Working with Robert Fleischer. Genetics. 01-Oct-02 to 30-Sep-04.

Liang, Ming-Mei. Postdoctoral Fellow. Working with Scott Wing. Department of Paleobiology. 15-Aug-04 to 15-Aug-05.

Lishiko, Billiard. Visiting Student. Documentation of Central African throwing knives. Working with Mary Jo Arnoldi. Department of Anthropolog . 17-May-04 to 24-Jul-04.

Looy, Cindy. Postdoctoral Fellow. Utrecht University, The Netherlands. "The Evolution of Late Paleozoic Conifers". Working with Bill DiMichele. Department of Paleobiology. 14-Jan-04 to 13-Jan-05.

Lopardo, Lara. Fellow. George Washington University. Working with Jon Coddington. Department of Systematic Biology, Entomology.

Losey, Robert. Postdoctoral Fellow. Working with Dennis Stanford and Melinda Zeder. Department of Anthropology. 01-Jan-03 to 31-Dec-04.

Lyon, Mandela. Predoctoral Fellow. University of Pennsylvania. "Temporal and lateral variability in palynofloral composition, Eocene Green River Formation, Southwestern Wyoming. Working with Scott Wing. Department of Paleobiology. 11-Sep-03 to 11-Sep-05.

Marten Rodriguez, Silvana. Predoctoral Fellow. University of Maryland, College Park. "Systematics of Gesneriaceae." Working with Larry Skog and Liz Zimmer. Department of Botany. 28-Jan-04 to 29-Jan-07.

Marshall, Christopher J. Postdoctoral Fellow, Cornell University. “Phylogeny of the Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera: Polyphaga).” Working with Theodore Schultz. Department of Systematic Biology, Entomology. 15-Feb-03 to 14-Feb-04.

Mayne, Rhiannon. University of Tennesse. Coordinated Petrologic-Spectral Analysis of Antarctic Basaltic meteorites. Working with Dr. Tim McCoy. Department of Mineral Studies. 1-June-04 to 6-Aug-04.

McLendon, Sally. Postdoctoral Fellow. Working with JoAllyn Archambault. Department of Anthropology. 10-Jan-02 to 31-Dec-04.

Miller, Jeremy. Postdoctoral Fellow. George Washington University. A Morphological Study of Orbicularian Spiders. Working with Jon Coddington. Department of Systematic Biology, Entomology. 01-Jul-03 to 01-Jul-04.

Moreno, Karen. Predoctoral Fellow. University of Bristol. Theropod foot function and mechanics. Working with Matthew Carrano. Department of Paleobiology. 1-Dec-03 to 30-Jul-04.

Noveck, Daniel. Predoctoral Fellow. Working with William Merrill. Department of Anthropology. 01-Jan-04 to 31-May-05.

Olmstead, Dr. Richard. Senior Fellow. University of Washington. Working with Vicki Funk and John Kress. Department of Botany. 01-Oct-04 to 31-Mar-05.

Olszewski, Thomas. Short-Term Visiting Scientist, Indiana University. “Sequence Stratigraphy and Paleoecology of the Pennsylvanian-Permian Midcontinent.” Working with Douglas Erwin. Department of Paleobiology. 15-Jan-03 to 14-Jan-04.

Ortega, Jorge. Visiting Scientist. Working with Jesus Maldonado. Genetics Lab. 1-Jan-04 to 31-Jul-04.

Padilla, Fernando Alvarez. Fellow. George Washington University. Working with Jon Coddington. Department of Systematic Biology, Entomology.

Parra-Segouid , Marcelo. University of Azuay.Assisting in the conservation of artifacts such as ceramics and human bone. Working with Paulina Ledergerber. Department of Anthropology. 05-Aug-04 to 28-Sep.04.

Pauli, Elisheva. Predoctoral Fellow. George Washington University."Microscopy and Microchemical Characterization of Martian Meteorite Alteration." Working with Dr. Edward Vincenzi. Department of Mineral Sciences. 2-Feb-04 to 31-Jan-05.

Pedro, Eloise. Arizona State University. Researching and documenting Pima and Maricopa ethnographis collections held at the Natural History Museum for a future published catalogue. Working with JoAllyn Archambault. Department of Anthropology. 2-Aug-04 to 3-Sep-04.

Percy, Diana. Predoctoral Fellow. University of Glasgow. Evolution and adaptation in insect-plant interactions: a model system in the Hawaiian Islands. Working with Scott Miller and Robert Fleischer. Department of Zoology. 15-Sep-04 to 14-Sep-05.

Petrizzo, Maria Rose. Postdoctoral Fellow. Working with Brian Huber. Department of Paleobiology. 01-Apr-04 to 30-Sep-04.

Price, Jonathan. Postdoctoral Fellow. University of California, Davis. Evolutionary Species-Area Relationships of Pacific Island Groups "Hawaiian Islands Floristic Regional Analysis (HIFLORA) Project." Working with Warren Wagner. Department of Systematic Biology, Botany. 15-Oct-03 to 14-Oct-04.

Redden, Karen. George Washington University. Working with Vicki Funk. Department of Botany.

Reed, Denne. Predoctoral Fellow. Working with Anna Kay Behrensmeyer. Department of Paleobiology.

Reents-Budet, Dorie. Postdoctoral Fellow. Working with Ronald Bishop. Department of Anthropology. 1-Sep-04 to 17-Oct-05.

Reynolds, Sheila. University of Maryland. Studying the Effect of Relatedness on Behavior in the Satin Bowerbird. Genetic Analysis of the Breeding Ecology of Satin Bowerbirds. Working with Mike Braun. Department of Systematic Biology. 1-Nov-02 to 31-Dec-04.

Ritger, Rebecca. Graduate Student Fellow. Working with Jon Norenburg. Department of Systematic Biology, Invertebrate Zoology. 13-Aug-02 to 31-Aug-04.

Rocha, Luiz. Postdoctoral Fellow. Working with Klaus Ruetzler. Caribbean Coral Reef Ecosystem Program. 02-Jul-03 to 01-Jul-05.

Roffler, Joshua. Arizona State University. Researching and documenting Pima and Maricopa ethnographis collections held at the Natural History Museum for a future published catalogue. Working with JoAllyn Archambault. Department of Anthropology. 2-Aug-04 to 3-Sep-04.

Root, David. Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California - Santa Barbara. "Systematics of High-Pressure Crystallization of Zircon." Working with Sorena Sorenson. Department of Mineral Sciences. 01-Oct-03 to 14-Nov-04.

Rost, Detlef. Postdoctoral Fellow. University of Munster, Germany. Microanalyses of astrobiological materials. Combined x-ray analysis, electron imaging and time-of-flight SIMS analysis of a variety of Earth and planetary materials. Working with Ed Vicenzi. Department of Mineral Sciences. 9-Jan-04 to 31-Jan-07.

Rufolo, Scott. Predoctoral Fellow. The Johns Hopkins University, Maryland. Development of specialized pastoralism in Northern mesopotamia in the thrid millennium BC. Working with Melinda Zeder. Department of Anthropology. 1-Jan-03 to 15-Aug-05.

Salazar, Marcela. Student. George Washington University. New ideas, inspired by nature. Fund raising projects and public affairs. Working with Lucy Dorick. Office of Development. 12-Jan-04 to 21-Jun-04.

Sampaio, Erica M. Visiting Scientist, University of Tubingen, Germany. "Research to Assess the Influence of Disturbance Regimes on Bat Assemblages in the Central Amazon." Working with James Mead. Department of Zoology, Mammals. 01-Jul-01 to 30-Jun-04.

Santagata, Scott. Fellow. University of Southern California. Project: Functional Morphology of the Neruomuscular Systems and Ciliated Band Arrangement Among Bryozoan Larvae. Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce. Sep-02 to Sep-04.

Savov, Ivan. Postdoctoral Fellow. University of Florida. "The Nature and Historyof Volcanism in Armenia: insights from petrology and geochemistry of lavas from the Lake Sevan region." Working with Dr. James Luhr. Department of Mineral Sciences. 09-Sep-04 to 09-Sep-05.

Schulte, II, James A. Postdoctoral Fellow. Working with Kevin de Queiroz. Department of Systematic Biology, Vertebrate Zoology, Reptiles and Amphibians. 01-Jan-02 to 31-Dec-04.

Secord, Ross. Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Michigan. "Early Eocene forests of Wyoming: open or closed canopy? A test using carbon isotopes in mammal teeth." Working with Scott Wing. Department of Paleobiology. 01-Jan-04 to 31-Jan-05.

Sharma, Charu. Visiting Scientist. Dalhousie University, Canada. Plio-Pleistocene Climate Variability in South and Southeast Asia: Implications for Hominid Evolution. Working with Richard Potts. Department of Anthropology. 1-Aug-03 to 31-Jan-04.

Sims, Hallie J. Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Chicago. "Macroevolutionary Trends in Plant Reproductive Strategy across the Permian/Triassic Boundary." Working with Scott Wing and William DiMichele. Department of Paleobiology. 01-Oct-02 to 30-Sep-05.

Smith, Francesca. Postdoctoral Fellow. Working with Scott Wing. Department of Paleobiology. 1-Jun-04 to 30-Jun-05.

Smythe, Ashleigh. Postdoctoral Fellow. Working with Duane Hope. Department of Invertebrate Zoology. 15-Jan-04 14-Jan-05.

Sossa, Jeff. Postdoctoral Fellow. University of Maryland, College Park, Systematics of fungus-growing ants. Working with Ted Schultz. Department of Entomology. Jan-02 to Jan-05.

Specht, Dr. Chelsea. Postdoctoral Fellow. New York University. "Testing for the Effects of Key Innovations on Rates of Speciation in Monocots." Working with W. John Kress. Department of Botany. 22-Mar-04 to 22-Mar-05.

Suh, Emmanuel. Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Buea, Cameroon. "Geological and Mineralogical Diversity in Recent Lavas of Mount Cameroon: Inferences from Glass Inclusions and Phenocryst and Xenocryst Compositions." Working with James Luhr. Department of Mineral Sciences. 01-Jul-04 to 31-Oct-04.

Tonkovich, Nicole. Short-Term Visiting Scholar. University of Utah. Archives and Nations: Jane Gay, Alice Fletcher, and the Nez Perces. Working with Joanna Cohen Scherer. Department of Anthropology. 1-Jan-04 to 31-Jan-04.

Torres-Carvajal, Omar. Predoctoral Fellow. University of Kansas. Systematics of Stenocercus (Squamata: Tropiduridae). Working with Kevin de Queiroz. Department of Systematic Biology, Vertebrate Zoology, Reptiles and Amphibians. 15-Aug-03 to 14-Aug-04.

Tryon, Dr. Christian. Postdoctoral Fellow. Working with Richard Potts. Department of Anthropology. 15-Sep-04 to 15-May-05.

Vick, Kyle. University of Maryland, College Park. Investigations of ant vision and visually mediated navigation. Working with Ted Schultz. Department of Entomology. Dec-01 to Dec-04.

Viranta, Suvi. Predoctoral Fellow. Working with Anna Kay Behrensmeyer. Department of Paleobiology.

Westgate, Andrew J. Predoctoral Fellow, Duke University. "Examining the Stock Structure of North-West Atlantic Common Dolphins (Delphinus delphis) Using Cranial Morphometrics." Working with James Mead. Department of Systematic Biology, Vertebrate Zoology, Mammals. 05-Nov-01.

Whatley, Robin. Postdoctoral Fellow. University of California, Santa Barbara. Paleoecology of early mammals and other small-bodied contemporaries within their communities Working with Anna Behrensmeyer and Richard Thorington. Department of Paleobiology. 15-Sep-04 to 14-Sep-05.

Wurdack, Kenneth. Postdoctoral Fellow. Working with Laurence Dorr. Department of Systematic Biology, Botany. 01-Mar-02 to 30-Sep-04.

Yen, Shen-Horn. Predoctoral Fellow. Working with Marc Epstein and Scott Miller. Department of Entomology. 15-Feb-04 to 15-Mar-04.

Yuri, Tamaki. Short-Term Visiting Student. University of Michigan. An Analysis of Inter-specific Hybridization and Phylogeny in the Genus Manacus (Pipridae: Aves) Using Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism (AFLP). Working with Michael Braun. Laboratory of Analytical Biology. 15-Feb-03 to 14-Feb-04.