Fellowship Resources
ADAMS,
Rachell.
Smithsonian 2008 Postdoctoral Fellow.
The Molecular Phylogenetics of the Ant
Tribe Solenopsidini: Why are There So
Many Wingless Queens and Social Parasites?
Working with Ted Schultz. Department of
Entomology. 15-Jan-09 to 14-Jan-11.
AL-SAFFAR,
M. Abdullah.
Visiting Scholar Postdoctoral Fellow.
DNA barcoding for aquatic insects from
Kurdistan, Iraq. Working with Terry Erwin.
Department of Entomology. 21-Sep-09 to
18-Mar-10. 
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 28-Feb-10. 
BENTLAGE,
Bastian.
External Predoctoral Fellow. University
of Kansas. Phylogenetics and biogeography
of jellyfishes. Working with Allen Collins.
Department of Invertebrate Zoology. 30-Jun-08
to 31-Aug-10. 
BEN-SHLOMO,
David .
Visiting Scientist. Hebrew University. Working
with Donald Ortner. Department of Anthropology.
13-Oct-09 to 12-Oct-11. 
BOLIN,
Jay .
Smithsonian 2009 Postdoctoral Fellow. Old
Dominion University. Host-Parasite Cospeciation
and Plastid Genome Evolution in the Plant
Holoparasite Family Hydnoraceae. Working with
Ken Wurdack. Department of Botany. 1-Jan-10
to 31-Dec-10. 
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.
BRUNO,
Maria .
Smithsonian 2009 Postdoctoral Fellow. Investigating
the domestication of Kanawa, documenting seed
morphology with SEM. Working with Bruce Smith.
Department of Anthropology. 1-Jan-10 to 15-Apr-10.
CAHILL,
Karen.
Visiting Scientist Postdoctoral Fellow. Investigating
the classification of Anarctic meteorites
and Hapke modeling of visible near infarared
spectra. Working with Tim McCoy. Department
of Mineral Sciences. 16-Jan-10 to 31-Dec-10.
CARDOSO,
Pedro.
External Postdoctoral Fellow. University of
the Azores. Investigating data gathering techniques
as applicable to species conservation. Working
with Jonathan Coddington. Department of Entomology.
1-Apr-09 to 30-Apr-11. 
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-12. 
CHEN,
Pingting.
Visiting Scientist Predoctoral Fellow. Huazhong
Agricultural University. Phylogeny and biogeographic
history of the Vitaceae. Working with Jun
Wen. Department of Botany. 2-Mar-09 to 28-Feb-10.
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.
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-10. 
CHURCHILL,
Celia.
Smithsonian 2009 Predoctoral Fellow. University
of Michigan. Conducting an anatomical analysis
of the synapomorphies underlying the transition
from benthos to neuston in Janthinidae. Working
with Ellen Strong. Department of Invertebrate
Zoology. 15-Jan-10 to 15-Apr-10. 
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. 
CREVECOEUR,
Isabelle.
External Postdoctoral Fellow. Royal Belgian
Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels, Belgium.
Conducting a study of the Ishango Anthropological
collection. Working with Alison Brooks. Department
of Anthropology. 11-Jan-10 to 15-Jun-10.
DEWITT,
Sarah.
Research Student. University of Maryland.
Working with Scott Wing. Department of Paleobiology.
1-Nov-08 to 31-May-11.
FRIEDMANN,
Nancy.
Smithsonian 2009 Art Research Fellowship.
Studying botanical drawings and depictians
of botanicals and lace in colonial paintings.
Working with Alice Tangerini. Department of
Botany. 9-Nov-09 to 15-Jan-10. 
GAILLOU,
Eloise.
Visiting
Scientist.
Universite de Nantes, France. Investigating
the origin of color in blue and pink diamonds.
Working with Jeff Post. Department of Mineral
Sciences. 24-Aug-09 to 30-Jun-10.
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. 
GOTZEK,
Dietrich.
Smithsonian 2009 Postdoctoral Fellow. University
of Lausanne. Molecular phylogeny of fire ants.
Working with Sean Brady. Department of Entomology.
1-Aug-09 to 31-Jul-10. 
HARADON,
Catherine.
Smithsonian 2008 Predoctoral Fellow. George
Washington University. Conducting faunal analysis
to study the ecological conditions associated
with the emergence of modern humans. Working
with Rick Potts. Department of Anthropology.
15-Mar-09 to 15-May-10. 
HAYES,
Kenneth.
Smithsonian 2008 Postdoctoral Fellow. Comparative
Anatomy and Phylogenetics of the Lower Caenogastropoda
(Mollusca: Gastropoda) Architaenioglossa (Ampullariidae,
Cyclophoridae, Viviparidae) and the Campanilidae.
Working with Ellen Strong. Department of Invertebrate
Zoology. 1-Mar-09 to 28-Feb-10. 
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 10-Jan-10.
JUD,
Nathan.
Research Student. University of Maryland,
College Park. . Working with Scott Wing. Department
of Paleobiology. 12-Sep-08 to 31-Dec-12.
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 31-May-10.
KOSNIK,
Matthew.
Smithsonian 2009 Postdoctoral Fellow. Fossil
assemblage formation on the central great
barrier reef. Working with Pete Wagner. Department
of Paleobiology. 1-Sep-09 to 31-Aug-10.
LENTFER,
Carol .
Smithsonian 2009 Postdoctoral Fellow. Southern
Cross University. Advances in Starch Granule
Research in Southeast Asia and its Application
to Archaeobotanical Studies. Working with
Dolores Piperno. Department of Anthropology.
1-Dec-09 to 31-Mar-10. 
LIU,
Qing.
External Postdoctoral Fellow. Chinese Academy
of Sciences. Studying grasses. Working with
Paul Peterson. Department of Botany. 6-Jul-09
to 30-Jun-10. 
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.
MARDEN,
Kerriann.
Research Student. Tulane University. Studying
pathology, disease and mortuary behavior
in the Chaco Canyon. Working with David
Hunt. Department of ANthropology. 1-Nov-09
to 30-Sep-12.
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. 15-Oct-07 to 31-Dec-11.
MENGUAL
SANCHIS, Joaquin "Ximo".
External Postdoctoral Fellow. Universidade
de Alicante. Studying systematic and phylogeny
of Accograpto. Working with F. Chtistian Thompson.
Department of Entomology. 15-Jan-09 to 14-Jan-10.
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. 16-Nov-09 to
15-Apr-10. 
MORITA,
Shelah.
External Postdoctoral Fellow. North Carolina
State University. Diptera systematics, especially
Tabanidae; evolution of Diptera pollinatora.
Working with Wayne Mathis. Department of Entomology.
21-Sep-09 to 31-Dec-11. 
MULCAHY,
Daniel.
Smithsonian 2009 Postdoctoral Fellow. Brighman
Young University. Morphological revision of
night snakes. Working with Kevin de Queiroz.
Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Amphibians
and Reptiles. 1-Sep-09 to 31-Aug-10.
O'QUIN,
Claire.
Research Student. George Washington University.
Working with Lynne Parenti. Department of
Vertebrate Zology. 17-Oct-08 to 30-May-12.
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 31-Dec-10. 
PREUSCH,
Peggy.
External Postdoctoral Fellow. Conducting a
visitor evaluation study to understand the
ways DC K-12 teachers utilize the Natural
History exhibits and associated resources.
Working with Bill Watson. Office of Education
and Outreach. 30-Nov-09 to 30-May-10.
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. 1-Feb-09 to 31-Jan-10. 
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-Jun-10. 
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-Nov-12.
SOLHAN,
Christyna.
Research Student. George Washington University.
Analyses of materials from the Semliki site
in Pakistan. Working with Rick Potts. Department
of Anthropology. 1-Dec-08 to 30-Nov-10.
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-10. 
TEMKIN,
Ilya.
Visiting Scientist. New description of an
Antarctic bivalve and taxonomic revisions.
Working with Jerry Harasewych. Department
of Invertebrate Zoology. 1-Oct-09 to 30-Sep-10.
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. 
TRIPLETT,
Jimmy.
Smithsonian 2009 Postdoctoral Fellow. Iowa
State University. Studying the evolution and
biogeography of temperate bamboos of East
Asia and Eastern North America. Working with
Jun Wen. Department of Botany. 1-Jan-10 to
31-Dec-10. 
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. 
WAGELIE,
Jennifer.
Smithsonian 2009 Postdoctoral Fellow. Studying
Maori artifacts and Pacific Island manikins.
Working with Adrienne Keappler. Department
of Anthropology. 14-Sep-09 to 31-May-10.
WATSON,
Adam.
Research Student. University of Virginia.
Studying archaeology. Working with Melinda
Zeder. Department of Anthropology. 1-Jun-09
to 31-Jul-11. 
WENDLER,
Ines.
Visiting Scholar Postdoctoral Fellow. University
of Breman, Germany. Investigating oceanographic
anc climate reconstructions on Cretaceous
sediments from Tanzania. Working with Brian
Huber. Department of Paleobiology. 1-Nov-09
to 31-Oct-11. 
WENDLER,
Jens.
External Postdoctoral Fellow. University of
Breman, Germany. Investigating Cretaceous
sedimentary material. Working with Brian Huber.
Department of Paleobiology. 1-Nov-09 to 31-Oct-11.
WHITE,
Sean.
Visiting Scientist. Columbia University. Mobile
identification and data collection for botanical
specimens. Working with W. John Kress. Department
of Botany. 21-Sep-09 to 31-Aug-10.
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. 
XIANG,
Jianying.
Visiting Scholar Postdoctoral Fellow. Chinese
Academy of Sciences. A systematic study of
the fern genus Dryopteris, focusing on its
morphological character, evolution, and classification.
Working with Jun Wen. Department of Botany.
1-Jan-10 to 31-Dec-10. 
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-10. 
ZACHOS,
Louis.
Smithsonian 2008 Postdoctoral Fellow. Heuristic
Modeling of Growth and Development in Stem
Group Echinoids (Perischoechinoidea). Working
with Doug Erwin. Department of Paleobiology.
15-Jan-09 to 14-Jan-10. 
ZHU,
Weidong.
Visiting Graduate Student Fellow. Chinese
Academy of Sciences. A systematic study of
Astilbe and Aruncus. Working
with Jun Wen. Department of Botany. 1-Jan-10
to 30-Apr-10. Fellow 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.
In FY '09 there were a total of 103 fellowships administered at the National Museum of Natural History. For comparison:
FY '08 NMNH administered
118 fellowship appointments
FY '07 NMNH administered
87 fellowship appointments
Counts exclude those individuals with an appointment as Research Student, although many Research Students are at the graduate level and are often considered as part of the fellows community.
The FY '09 count of 103 includes 2 individuals who declined or didn't successfully complete their fellowship.
- The numbers by NMNH Science Department (103 total fellows hosted)
Anthropology: 25
Botany: 20
Entomology: 18
Invertebrate Zoology: 13
Mineral Sciences: 8
Paleobiology: 8
Vertebrate Zoology 20 (birds: 3, Fish: 3, herps: 1, mammals: 4)
Genetics Lab: 0
Marine Station, Ft. Pierce: 0- The numbers by Funding Source
External funding: 18
Smithsonian funding: 41
NMNH funding: 43- The numbers by Fellowship Type
Graduate Student: 7
Predoctoral: 21
Postdoctoral: 68
Senior Postdoctoral: 5
Other: 2
There were 50 fellowships that carried over from a previous fiscal year start date and 53 who started (registered) their appointment in FY '09. For comparison:
In
FY '08 there were 62 new
fellowships started (registered)
In FY '07 there were 65
new fellowships started
(registered)
There were xx appointments that carried over from ca 2008 to ca 2009. From 1 Oct 08 to 31 Dec 08 an additional xx fellowship appointments were recorded at NMNH.