Fellowship Resources
ANDRADE,
Sonia C.S.
Smithsonian 2006 Postdoctoral Fellow. Universidade
Estudual de Campinas. Molecular Phylogenetics
and Morphological Evolution of the Specialized
Mesopsammic Genus Ototyphlonemertes
(Hoplonemertea: Nemertea). Working with Jon
L. Norenburg. Department of Invertebrate Zoology.
15-Jan-07 to 14-Jan-08.
ARENDT,
Beatrix.
Smithsonian 2008 Predoctoral Fellow. Before
the Missionaires: An Archaeological Study
of 18th Century Labrador Inuit Life. Working
with Bill Fitzhugh. Department of Anthropology.
15-Nov-08 to 15-Aug-09. 
BEARD,
Jennifer.
External Postdoctoral Fellow. University of
Queensland. Studying the systematics and ecology
of the peacock mites of the world. Working
with Ronald Ochoa. Department of Entomology.
27-May-08 to 19-Dec-08. 
BEREDO,
Bernadette.
Smithsonian 2007 Graduate Student Fellow.
University of Hawaii. The Bureau of American
Ethnology and the making of American archival
practice, 1879-1903. Working with Robert Leopold
and John Flechner. Department of Anthropology.
1-Jan-08 to 14-Mar-08. 
BONIFACINO
DE LEON, Jose Mauricio.
Smithsonian 2006 Postdoctoral Fellow. University
Nacional de la Plata, Argentina. Phylogeny
of Chiliotrichum Group s.s. (ASTERACEAE:
Astereae): Unraveling the Mysteries of Patagonian
and Andean Bushy Daisies through Inference
from Molecular Data and Morphology. Working
with Vicki Funk. Department of Botany. 1-Feb-07
to 31-Jan-08. 
BOYER,
Alison .
Smithsonian 2008 Postdoctoral Fellow. Reconstructing
the Pre-Human Avifauna of New Caledonia. Working
with Helen James. Department of Vertebrate
Zoology, Birds. 1-Sep-08 to 31-Dec-10.
BULLOCK,
Emma.
Visiting Scientist Postdoctoral Fellow. Open
University. Research on the petrology and
isotopic ratios of primituve solar system
materials. Working with Glenn MacPherson.
Department of Mineral Sciences. 1-Jan-06 to
30-Dec-08.
BUTLER,
Emily.
External Graduate Student Fellow. University
of Wisconsin, Madison. Conducting a study
of the fern genus Dryopteris that uses
a molecular phylogeny as an evolutionary framework
for examining ecophysiological differences.
Working with Liz Zimmer. Department of Botany.
30-Jun-08 to 5-Sep-08. 
CASTANEDA,
Maria del Rosario.
External Predoctoral Fellow. Working with
Kevin deQueiroz. Science Unit: Department
of Vertebrate Zoology, Amphibians and Reptiles.
14-Aug-03 to 31-May-10.
CESANA,
Deneb.
Research Student. Universita’ degli Studi
de Genova. Studying skeletal changes associated
with treponematosis and tuberculosis. Working
with Don Ortner. Department of Anthropology.
1-Nov-08 to 31-Dec-09. 
CHONIERE,
Jonah.
Research Student. George
Washington University. Studying vertebrate
paleontology, theropod dinosaurs from the
Mid to Late Jurassic in China. Working with
Matt Carrano. Department of Paleobiology.
1-Mar-05 to 30-Sep-10.
CHOO,
Johanna.
Smithsonian 2007 Postdoctoral Fellow (NZP,
transferred to NMNH). Determining the geographical
distribution of tropical birds that eat fruit.
Working with Mercedes Foster. Department of
Vertebrate Zoology, Birds. 6-Feb-08 to 30-Aug-08.
CHU,
Kerry.
Research Student. American University. Studying
freshwater amphipods of North America. Working
with Rafael Lemaitre. Department of Invertebrate
Zoology. 29-Jan-08 to 31-May-09. 
CLEGHORN,
Naomi.
Smithsonian 2007 Postdoctoral Fellow. Zooarchaeology
and taphonomy of the Weasel Cave (Myshtulagty
Lagat) fauna, Northern Caucasus, Russia. Working
with Melinda Zeder. Department of Anthropology.
15-Jan-08 to 23-May-08. 
COOLIDGE,
Rhonda H.
Research Student. George Washington University.
Surveying the gross pathological conditions
that are present in the elements from the
Huntington Collection, as well as surveying
trauma evidence in the Robert Terry Anatomical
Collection. Working with Dave Hunt. Department
of Anthropology. 1-Jan-07 to 31-Dec-11. 
DAS,
Shiladri Shekhar.
Smithsonian External Postdoctoral Fellow.
India Statistical Institution. Studying the
relationships of Mesozoic to recent Pleurotomriids.
Working with Jerry Harasewych. Department
of Invertebrate Zoology. 26-Mar-08 to 25-Mar-09.
DUTRO,
Christopher.
External Fellow. East Haven Public Schools.
Archiving historical artifacts, digitizing
them, and creating a multi-media web-based
product. Working with Conrad Labandeira. Department
of Paleobiology. 1-Aug-08 to 1-Aug-09.
FARMER,
Erica.
Visiting
Student Fellow. George
Washington University. Categorizing 'orphan'
items without accession numbers for the Anthropology
Department. Working with Candace Greene. Department
of Anthropology. 1-Jan-08 to 31-Aug-08.
FITZGERALD,
Erich.
Smithsonian 2007 Postdoctoral Fellow. Museum
Victoria, Australia. Resolving the phylogenetic
position of the pygmy right whale. Working
with Jim Mead and Hans Sues. Department of
Vertebrate Zoology, Mammals. 1-Jul-08 to 31-May-09.
GAILLOU,
Eloise.
Postdoctoral Fellow. Universite de Nantes,
France. Investigating the cause of color in
blue and pink diamonds through the study of
natural and synthetic diamonds. Working with
Jeff Post. Department of Anthropology. 25-Mar-07
to 28-Mar-08.
GERACI,
Christy.
Smithsonian 2007 Postdoctoral Fellow. Clemson
University. Mapping spatial patterns of species
diversity and phylogeny in the rainforest
canopy: a study of the Mordellidae of Ecuador
(Insecta: Coleoptera). Working with Terry
Erwin. Department of Entomology. 4-Sep-07
to 31-Aug-10. 
GLEESON,
Molly.
Research Student. University of California,
Los Angeles. Assisting in the Anthropology
Conservation Lab on the Alaska Project. Working
with Greta Hansen. Department of Anthropology.
1-Aug-07 to 30-Jun-08. 
GOUDE,
Nicole.
Smithsonian 2007 Visiting Student Predoctoral
Fellow. University of California, Riverside.
The photographs of Henry Sampson, Northern
Paiute. Working with Joanna Scherer. Department
of Anthropology. 7-Jan-08 to 22-Feb-08.
GREEN,
David.
Research Student. George
Washington University. Studying early hominin
anatomy, locomotion, and phylogeny. Working
with Richard Potts. Department of Anthropology.
1-Oct-05 to 31-Oct-09.
GREEN,
Walton.
Smithsonian 2007 Postdoctoral Fellow. Yale
University. Developing quantitative measures
for assising leaf organization and complexity.
Working with Scott Wing. Department of Paleobiology.
12-Jun-07 to 1-Mar-09. 
HAILER,
Frank.
Visiting Scientist Postdoctoral Fellow. Uppsala
University. Phylogeography and systematic
relationships of tropical seabirds. Working
with Robert Fleischer. Department of Zoology,
Genetics. 15-Jan-07 to 14-Jan-08.
HARBAUGH,
Danica.
Visiting Scientist Postdoctoral Fellow. University
of California, Berkeley. Phylogeny, taxonomy,
and population genetics of Hawaiian Santalum
and Metrosideros. Working with Warren
Wagner. Department of Botany. 26-Sep-07 to
30-Sep-09. 
HAYAKAWA,
Yukio.
External Senior Postdoctoral Fellow. Gunma
University, Japan. Researching the database
of volcanoes and eruptions. Working with Lee
Siebert. Department of Mineral Sciences. 17-Sep-08
to 20-Mar-09. 
HENRY
Amanda.
Smithsonian 2008 Predoctoral Fellow. George
Washington University. Studying Phytoliths
in modern and archaic soils. Working with
Dolores Piperno. Department of Anthropology.
1-Sep-08 to 31-May-09.
HERRERA,
Santiago.
External Graduate Student Fellow. Universidad
de los Andes. Reconstrucing the phylogeny
of the deep-sea bubblegum corals Paragorgia
spp. and investigating the phylogeography
and genetic variation of P. arborea
using molecular and morphological data. Working
with Allen Collins and Stephen Cairns. Department
of Invertebrate Vertebrate Zoology. 11-Feb-08
to 15-Aug-08. 
HERRERA,
Santiago.
Smithsonian 2008 Graduate Student Fellow.
Universidad de los Andes. Reconstrucing the
phylogeny of the deep-sea bubblegum corals
Paragorgia spp. and investigating the
phylogeography and genetic variation of P.
arborea using molecular and morphological
data. Working with Allen Collins and Stephen
Cairns. Department of Invertebrate Vertebrate
Zoology. 22-Sep-08 to 12-Dec-08. 
IWANIUK,
Andrew.
Visiting Scientist Postdoctoral Fellow. Inferring
sensory abilities from cranian nerve morphology
in extant and fossil birds. Working with Storrs
Olson. Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Birds.
1-Oct-07 to 30-Sep-08. 
JABEEN,
Tahira.
External Postdoctoral Fellow. University of
Sindh Jamshara, Pakistan. Conducting a taxonomic
study of the spiders of Pakistan. Working
with Jon Coddington. Department of Entomology.
27-May-08 to 28-Nov-08. 
JAVONILLO,
Robert.
Research Student. George Washington University.
Studying morphology and reproductive biology
of characid fishes. Working with Stan Weitzman.
Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Fishes.
1-Aug-07 to 30-Jul-09. 
JUD,
Nathan.
Research Student. University of Maryland,
College Park. . Working with Scott Wing. Department
of Paleobiology. 12-Sep-08 to 31-Dec-12.
KAWASHIMA,
Tomokazu.
External Postdoctoral Fellow. Tokyo Women's
Medical University. Studying evolutionary
diversity and systematic morphology of the
mammalian autonomic cardiac nervous system
using CT-scan in combination with classical
evolutionary comparative anatomy. Working
with Richard Thorington. Department of Vertebrate
Zoology, Mammals. 1-Oct-07 to 30-Sep-09.
KNIGHT,
Judith.
Smithsonian 2008 Predoctoral Fellow. Oxford
University. A guide to the Smithsonian Pygmy
Collections. Working with Mary Jo Arnoldi.
Department of Anthropology. 8-Dec-08 to 8-Oct-09.
KUTYLA,
Alicja.
Smithsonian 2007 Ten-week Graduate Student
Fellow. Middle Tennessee State University.
The Human Sacroiliac Joint: Identifying Age
Changes in the Auricular Surface of the Sacrum.
Working with Don Ortner and Dave Hunt. Department
of Anthropology. 16-Jul-07 to 11-Jan-08.
LI,
Rong.
Visiting Scientist Postdoctoral Fellow. Kunming
Institute of Botany. Evolution of Asian Scheffler
based on nuclear and cholorplast DNA sequences.
Working with Jun Wen. Department of Botany.
1-Apr-08 to 31-Mar-09. 
LONSDALE,
Owen. External Postdoctoral Fellow.
University of Guelph. Biosystematics of Diptera,
especially Acalyptrate flies. Working with
F. Christian Thompson. Department of Entomology.
1-May-07 31-Mar-09.
LOVELL,
Scott.
External Predoctoral Fellow. Vocal, molecular,
and morphological interactions in Vireo
contact zones in Alberta, Canada. Working
with Mike Braun. Department of Vertebrate
Zoology, Birds. 11-Feb-08 to 31-May-08.
LUCKOW,
Melissa.
Smithsonian 2007 Senior Postdoctoral Fellow.
Cornell University. Morphological studies
in the Mimosoidea (Leguminosae). Working with
Larry Dorr. Department of Botany. 16-Jul-07
to 15-Jul-08. 
LUMBAN-TOBING,
Daniel.
Research Student. George
Washington University. Studying the natural
history of Indonesia and specifically freshwater
fish systematics. Working with Lynne R Parenti.
Department
of Zoology, Fishes.
1-Sep-05 to 31-Dec-11.
LYON,
Mandela. Research Student. University
of Pennsylvania. Studying paleobotany. Working
with Scott Wing. Department of Paleobiology.
15-Nov-05 30-Sep-08.
MACKE,
Robert.
Smithsonian 2008 Graduate Student Fellow.
University of Central Florida. Survey of Meteorite
Density, Porosity and Magnetic Suspectibility.
Working with Glenn MacPherson. Department
of Mineral Sciences. 23-Jun-08 to 29-Aug-08.
MARDEN,
Kerriann.
Smithsonian 2007 Predoctoral Fellow. Tulane
University. Taphonomy and mortuary variability
in the Chaco Canyon. Working with Don Ortner
and Dave Hunt. Department of Anthropology.
15-Jul-07 to 15-Jan-08. 
MARTEN-RODRIGUEZ,
Silvana.
Research Student. University of Maryland,
College Park. Pollen limitation and reproductive
assurance mechanisms in Gesneriaceae species.
Working with Elizabeth Zimmer. Department
of Botany. 4-Oct-07 to 31-Dec-11. 
MAYNE,
Rhiannon.
Smithsonian 2008 Postdoctoral Fellow. Is the
Metal in Eucrites and Mesosiderties Related?
Implications for Differentiation and Impact
History of 4 Vesta-Target of the Dawn Mission.
Working with Tim McCoy. Department of Mineral
Sciences. 1-Jul-08 to 31-Dec-09. 
MEHDIABADI,
Natasha.
Smithsonian 2007 Postdoctoral Fellow. Rice
University. Phylogenetic and behavioral
tests of symbiont choice in the Attine ant-fungus
symbiosis. Working with Ted Schultz. Department
of Entomology. 10-Sep-07 to 15-Sep-08.
MESSNER,
Timothy.
Visiting Scientist Postdoctoral Fellow. Unearthing
plant domestication: integrative analysis
and the transition to food production. Working
with Dolores Piperno. Department of Anthropology.
15-Sep-08 to 15-Dec-08. 
MOREIRA,
Cristiano.
Visiting Scientist Postdoctoral Fellow. Universidade
de Sao Paulo. Analysis of phylogenetic relationships
among characiform fishes. Working with Richard
Vari. Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Fishes.
1-Nov-08 to 30-Jun-09. 
MORENO,
Ignacio.
External Predoctoral Fellow. PUCRS University,
Brazil. Examining skulls and skeletons of
Delphinids, Phocoenids, and Monodontids to
evaluate dolphin relationships and evolution.
Working with Jim Mead and Charlie Potter.
Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Mammals.
30-Jan-08 to 7-Mar-08. 
NAKAGAKI,
Michael.
Smithsonian 2007 Graduate Student Fellow.
Virginia Tech University. Morphometric analysis
of Burgess Shale Ecdysozoans. Working with
Doug Erwin. Department of Paleobiology. 27-May-08
to 15-Aug-08. 
OPREA,
Monik.
External Predoctoral Fellow. Federal University
of Espirito de Santo. Studying bat biology.
Working with Don Wilson. Department of Vertebrate
Zoology, Mammals. 7-Feb-08 to 3-Nov-08.
PLAISANCE,
Laetitia.
External Postdoctoral Fellow. University of
California, San Diego. Studying coral reef
biodiversity using quantitative sampling and
molecular methods. Working with Nancy Knowlton.
Department of Invertebrate Zoology. 5-May-08
to 30-Sep-09. 
POBINER,
Briana. Visiting
Scientist Postdoctoral Fellow. Rutgers University.
Hominid-Carnivore Interactions at Olorgesailie,
Kenya. Working with Rick Potts. Department
of Anthropology. 1-Jan-07 to 16-Sep-08.
RAFTER,
Jennifer.
Research Student. George Mason University.
Photographing type specimens for the critically
imperilled North American freshwater gastropod
family, Plleuroceridae. Working with Ellen
Strong. Department of Invertebrate Zoology.
1-Sep-06 to 31-Aug-09.
REDCORN-MILLER,
Marla.
Visiting Graduate Student Fellow. Columbia
University. Researching Kiowa paintings. Working
with Candace Greene. Department of Anthropology.
4-Aug-08 to 5-Sep-08. 
REN,
Zhumei.
Visiting
Scientist Postdoctoral Fellow.
Shanxi University. Using DNA sequences to
study phylogenetic biogeography of Gallnuts
aphid and its host plant. Working with Jun
Wen. Department of Botany. 29-Jan-08 to 31-Dec-08.
RICOLLEAU,
Angele.
Visiting Scientist Predoctoral Fellow. Investigating
teh partitioning behavior of elements during
formation of the Earth's core. Working with
Liz Cottrell. Department of Mineral Sciences.
1-Sep-08 to 1-Mar-09. 
RIGHTMYER,
Molly.
Smithsonian 2007 Postdoctoral Fellow. University
of Kansas. Phylogeny and taxonomy of the cleptoparasitic
been genus Nomada. Working with Ted
Schultz. Department of Entomology. 1-Jun-07
to 31-May-09. 
RIVERA,
Alexei.
External Predoctoral Fellow. University of
California, Berkeley. Studying the large-scale
patterns of organisms and extinction of higher
taxon in the marine realm. Working with Doug
Erwin. Department of Paleobiology. 27-May-08
to 15-Oct-11. 
ROTA,
Jadranka.
Smithsonian 2007 Postdoctoral Fellow. Investigating
the systematics of Millieriinae, one of three
subfamilies of metalmask moths. Working with
Don Davis and John Brown. Department of Entomology.
1-Feb-08 to 31-Jan-09. 
RUFOLO,
Scott.
Research Student. Johns Hopkins University.
Zooarchaeological analysis of animal remains,
held in the Archaeobiology Collections of
the Department of Anthropology, from five
Bronze Age sites in Syria. Working with Melinda
Zeder. Department of Anthropology. 19-Nov-07
to 31-Dec-09. 
SCHMIDT,
Mariek.
Visiting Scientist Postdoctoral Fellow. Oregon
State University. Understanding volatiles
on Mars. Working with Tim McCoy. Department
of Mineral Sciences. 30-Dec-05 to 30-Sep-09.
SCHNELL,
Nalani.
Smithsonian 2007 Predoctoral Fellow. University
of Tuebingen, Germany. Investigating how fish
feed on large prey: morphological adaptations
of the cranial and axial skeleton of barbeled
dragonfishes (Stomiidae, Teleostei). Working
with G. David Johnson. Department of Vertebrate
Zoology, Fishes. 15-Jan-08 to 15-Jul-08.
SOHN,
Jae-Cheon.
Research Student. University of Maryland,
College Park. Examining the lepidopteran fossil
record. Working with Conrad Labandeira. Department
of Paleobiology. 15-Oct-06 to 30-Aug-09.
SONSTHAGEN,
Sarah.
Visiting Scientist Postdoctoral Fellow. University
of Alaska, Fairbanks. Multi-locus approach
to species identification in white-headed
gulls. Working with Carla Dove. Department
of Zoology, Birds. 28-Aug-06 to 27-Aug-08.
TEAGUE,
Robin.
Visiting Scientist Predoctoral Fellow. George
Washington University. faunal context of the
initial dispersal of Homo erectus out of Africa,
in particular the connections between carnivores
and Homo erectus. Working with Rick Potts.
Department of Anthropology. 15-Sep-07 to 15-Sep-08.
TEMKIN,
Ilya.
Smithsonian 2008 Postdoctoral Fellow. Phylogeny,
Ontogeny, and Systematics of the Family Isognomonidae
(Mollusca: Bivalvia). Working with Ellen Strong.
Department of Invertebrate Zoology. 15-Aug-08
to 14-Aug-09. 
TOMASOVYCH,
Adam.
External Postdoctoral Fellow. Ecological and
taphonomic analysis of Southern bivalves.
Working with A. Kay Behrensmeyer and Susan
Kidewll. Department of . 1-Oct-08 to 30-Sep-09.
TOMPKINS,
Dannielle.
Research Student. University of Massachusetts.
Studying skeletal manifestations of tuberculosis.
Working with Don Ortner. Department of Anthropology.
1-Oct-07 to 30-Jun-10. 
TORRES-CARVAJAL,
L. Omar.
Visiting Scientist Postdoctoral Fellow.
University of Kansas. Phylogenetic systematics
of Iguanian lizards. Working with Kevin
de Queiroz. Department of Zoology, Amphibians
and Reptiles. 1-Feb-06 to 30-Jan-08.
TU,
Tieyao.
Visiting Student Fellow. Chinese Academy of
Science. Investigating the origin, variation,
and biogeography of Nolana (Solanacese)
and its close relatives. Working with Jun
Wen. Department of Botany. 19-Jan-07 to 17-Jan-08.
VELEZ-JUARBE,
Jorge.
Research Student. Howard University. Studying
sirenians and crocodilians of the Tertiary.
Working with Matt Carrano. Department ofPaleobiology.
1-Sep-07 to 30-Aug-10. 
VINCENT,
Amanda.
Smithsonian 2007 Postdoctoral Fellow. University
of London. Investigating a gender study of
female musicians in Santeria. Working with
Mary Jo Arnoldi and Michael Mason. Department
of Anthropology. 1-Apr-08 to 13-Aug-08.
WATSON,
Adam.
Smithsonian 2008 Predoctoral Fellow. Hierarchy
and Craft Production in prehistoric Chaco:
Tracing Patterns of Faunal Procurement, Consumption,
and Use in Chaco Canyon, NM (AD 500-1200).
Working with Melinda Zeder. Department of
Anthropology. 15-Aug-08 to 15-May-09.
WHITEMAN,
Shawn "Fred".
Smithsonian 2007 Graduate Student Fellow.
University of New Mexico. Identifying Neotoma
teeth to species using geometric morphometrics.
Working with Mike Carleton and A. Kay Behrensmeyer.
Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Mammals.
2-Jun-08 to 8-Aug-08. 
WOLF,
Dominik.
Research Student. Howard University. Studying
phylogeny of Siwalik hipparionine horses and
histology of mammalian dermal ossifications.
Working with Matt Carrano. Department of Paleobiology.
1-Sep-07 to 30-Aug-10. 
WOLFF,
Christopher.
Smithsonian 2008 Postdoctoral Fellow. Sourcing
slate to see how prehistoric groups moved
around the landscape, and their economic relationships.
Working with Bill Fitzhugh. Department of
Anthropology. 15-Sep-08 to 14-Sep-09.
XIE,
Lei.
Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Science.
Systematic studies in Clematis and Onagraceae.
Working with Jun Wen. Department of Botany.
3-Jan-07 to 2-Jan-09.
XU,
Xin Wei.
Visiting Scientist Postdoctoral Fellow. Wuhan
University. Investigating te phylogenetic
relationships of four species in the genus
Zizania. Working with Jun Wen. Department
of Botany. 16-Apr-08 to 15-Apr-09.
YANG,
Xiaoyan.
Smithsonian 2007 Postdoctoral Fellow. Chinese
Academy of Science. Employing starch grain
analysis to study early neolithic millet domestication
and dispersals in China. Working with Dolores
Piperno. Department of Anthropology. 1-Nov-07
to 31-Jul-08. 
YASUHARA,
Moriaki.
Smithsonian 2007 Postdoctoral Fellow. Abrupt
climate changes and deep-sea ostracode communities
over the last 30,000 years: latitudinal and
glacial/interglacial comparisons. Working
with Gene Hunt. Department of Paleobiology.
15-Oct-07 to 15-Oct-08. 
ZHANG,
Ling.
Visiting Scientist Postdoctoral Fellow. Xishuangbanna
Tropical Botanical Garden. Development of
an electronic field guide for an image identification
system of plants in the field. Working with
John Kress. Department of Botany. 21-Jan-07
to 21-Jan-08.
ZHU,
Weidong.
Visiting Scientist Predoctoral Fellow. Institute
of Botany, Chinese Academy of Science. Phylogenetic
relationships and evolution in the genus Astilbe.
Working with Jun Wen. Department of Botany.
16-Jan-08 to 15-Jul-08.
ZUO,
Yunjuan.
Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Science.
Systematics and biogeography of Panax,
Araliaceae. Working with Jun Wen. Department
of Botany. 9-May-07 to 14-May-08.Fellow Statistics for FY 08
Although most of our reporting is based on calendar year, the Museum also follows a fiscal year (FY 08: 1 Oct 07 to 30 Sep 08) for annual reporting. From 1 Oct 07 to 31 Dec 07 an additional 7 fellowship appointments were recorded at NMNH.
There were 61 appointments that carried over from ca 2007 to ca 2008. There are 53 who carried over their appointment from a previous start date and 65 who started their appointment in FY '08
In FY '08 there were a total of 118 fellowships administered at the National Museum of Natural History. For comparison, in FY 07 NMNH hosted 87 fellowship appointments.
- The numbers by NMNH Science Departments (118 total fellows hosted)
Anthropology: 27
Botany: 27
Entomology: 11
Invertebrate Zoology: 10
Mineral Sciences: 9
Paleobiology: 10
Vertebrate Zoology 20 (birds: 6, Fish: 5, herps: 1, mammals: 8)
Genetics Lab: 3
Marine Station, Ft. Pierce: 1- The numbers by Funding Source
External funding: 22
Smithsonian funding: 49
NMNH funding: 47- The numbers by Fellowship Type
Graduate Student: 11
Predoctoral: 33
Postdoctoral: 66
Senior Postdoctoral: 3
Other: 5