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To
date, in 2008 a total of 114 fellowship
appointments have been recorded by the National
Museum of Natural History, with 53 fellows currently
in-residence, 9 anticipated to start their appointment
soon, 50 who have already completed their fellowship,
2 whose registered fellowship was terminated,
not successfully completed or declined.
Following
is the current list of Smithsonian fellows,
research students and scholars included in Natural
History's graduate community. The list also
includes those awarded a Smithsonian Fellowship
this year, although the appointment may not
begin until next year. The fellows community
includes 139 fellows, graduate and post
graduates including (46) fellows, (36)
visiting students and scholars, (17) external
fellows as well as those with an academic appointment
at Research Student (41).
Fellows
include graduate students as well as pre- and
postdoctoral; senior and community 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.
The
term "Smithsonian Fellow" is
used only for those individuals awarded a Smithsonian
fellowship. The term Visiting Student
is used for predoctoral level students funded
through other grants and the term Visiting
Scientist/Visiting Scholar designates postdoctoral
level researchers. Students and scholars in-residence
at NMNH but whose funding is from an external
source are called External Fellow.
The
title of Research Student is an academic
appointment awarded by the NMNH. 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. Research Students can be undergraduate
or graduate level students.
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.
Fellows
List 2008
| ABUTARBOUSH,
Rania.
Research Student. American University.
Studying zebrafish retinal tissue for
TEM. Working with Rafael Lemaitre. Department
of Invertebrate Zoology. 5-Nov-07 to 30-Dec-08.
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| 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. 1-Sep-08 to 31-Aug-10.
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 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. |
| ARTHUR,
George.
Smithsonian 2008 Senior Postdoctoral Fellow.
Carved in wood: symbolism in the woodcarvings
of the Akan of Ghana. Working with Mary Jo
Arnoldi. Department of Anthropology. 15-Dec-07
to 15-Apr-08. |
| BAGARINAO,
Teodora.
External Postdoctoral Fellow. SEAFDEC, Philippines.
Studying the history of the USS Albatross,
Philippines Expedition of 1907-1910, examining
specimens collected and publications about
them. Working with David Smith. Department
of Vertebrate Zoology, Fishes. 4-Sep-07 to
31-Jan-08. |
 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. |
| 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-Jul-09.
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| BENTOR,
Eli .
Smithsonian 2008 Senior Postdoctoral Fellow.
Aro Ikeji Masquerade Festival: Practicing
History Through Performance. Working with
Mary Jo Arnoldi. Department of Anthropology.
15-Aug-08 to 15-Jun-09. |
 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. |
| BIRD,
Nathan.
Research
Student. George
Washington University. Studying the development
of the Weberian apparatus in fishes. Working
with Lynne R. Parenti. Department of Zoology,
Fishes. 1-Mar-05 to 1-Jun-09. |
| BISWAS,
Sayantan.
Research Student. George Washington University.
Systematics, biogeography and conservation
of frogs, lizards and snakes, especially South
and Southeast Asian; use of phylogenetic approach
to understand diversification in the tropics;
adopting evolutionary perspectives into conservation
planning. Working with Kevin deQueiroz. Department
of Vertebrate Zoology, Amphibians and Reptiles.
15-Dec-05 to 31-Dec-09. |
 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-08.
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 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. |
| CAKIRLAR,
Canan.
Smithsonian 2006 Postdoctoral Fellow. Tuebingen
University. Environment and Long-Distance
Trade in 3rd Millennium BCE North Syria: The
Archaeomalacological Evidence. Working with
Melinda Zeder. Department of Anthropology.
15-May-07 to 14-Feb-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. |
| CHARLES,
Stevland.
Research Student. Howard University. Studying
lizards. Working with Kevin deQueiroz. Department
of Vertebrate Zoology, Amphibians and Reptiles.
29-Sep-08 to 31-May-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. |
 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.
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 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. |
| CORA,
Ildiko.
Smithsonian 2008 Graduate Student Fellow.
Micro-and Nano-Scale Local Structural Studies
for Solving Geological Problems. Working with
Jeff Post. Department of Mineral Sciences.
14-Jul-08 to 19-Sep-08. |
| CURRAN,
Sabrina.
Smithsonian 2008 Postdoctoral Fellow. Bovid
Ecomorphology Using Geometric Morphometrics.
Working with Melinda Zeder. Department of
Anthropology. 15-Feb-09 to 15-May-09.
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| CURRANO,
Ellen.
Research Student. Pennsylvania
State University. Studying the botany of the
Bighorn Basin. Working with Scott Wing. Department
of Paleobiology. 15-Nov-05 to 30-Sep-08. |
| DANIELS,
Brian.
Smithsonian 2007 Predoctoral Fellow. University
of Pennsylvania. Working with Bruce Bernstein.
Department of Anthropology. 15-Sep-07 to 14-May-08.
|
 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.
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| DAVIDSON,
Brian.
Research Student. University of Maryland.
Employing molecular genetic techniques to
assess gene flow between hybridizing bird
taxa. Working with Mike Braun. Department
of Zoology, Birds. 1-Dec-06 to 31-Nov-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.
|
| ERICKSON,
David.
Visiting Scientist Postdoctoral Fellow. Working
with John Kress. Department of Botany. 1-May-06
to 31-Dec-08. |
| FAITH,
John Tyler.
Research Student. George
Washington University . Studying taphonomic
processes. Working with Anna Behrensmeyer.
Department of Paleobiology. 15-Nov-05 to 31-Dec-10.
|
 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.
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 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.
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| FLOREZ,
Ruben.
Smithsonian 2008 Postdoctoral Fellow. Forging
an American Pluralism: The Mexican Revolution
and American Civil Rights. Working with Bill
Merrill. Department of Anthropology. 15-Jun-08
to 14-Jul-09. |
| FOX-DOBBS,
Kena.
Visiting Scientist Postdoctoral Fellow. University
of California, Santa Cruz . Working with Jennifer
Leonard. Department of Vertebrate Zoology,
Genetics Lab. 1-Apr-07 to 31-Dec-08. |
 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. |
| GOMEZ,
Felicia.
Research Student. George
Washington University. Studying disease and
how human pathogens may have been selective
agents in human evolution. Working with Richard
Potts. Department of Anthropology. 1-Oct-05
to 30-May-08. |
| GOLER,
Kellyn.
Research Student. University of Pennsylvania.
Studying high resolution CT images of human
skulls from the Early Bronze Age site of Bab
edh-Dhra, Jordan and preparing a computer
data base for these data. Working with Don
Ortner. Department of Anthroplogy. 1-Nov-07
to 30-Dec-09. |
 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.
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| GOWDA,
Vinita.
Research Student. George
Washington University. Studying phylogeography
and reproductive biology of Caribbean Heliconia.
Working with John Kress. Department of Botany.
1-Oct-05 to 1-Juy-09. |
| 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-08. |
 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. |
| HANLON,
Elizabeth.
Research Student. Studying bats. Working with
Don Wilson. Department of Vertebrate Zoology,
Mammals. 1-Jun-07 to 30-May-08. |
| HARADON,
Catherine.
Research Student. George Washington University.
Fauna of the Middle Pleistocene. Working with
Rick Potts. Department of Anthropology. 15-May-06
to 14-Sep-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. |
| HAYES,
Kenneth.
Smithsonian 2008 Postdoctoral Fellow. Comparative
Anatomy and Phylogenetics of the Lower Caenogastropoda
(Mollusca: Gastropoda) Architaenioglossa (Ampullariidae,
Cyclophoridae, Vivparidae) and the Campanilidae.
Working with Ellen Strong. Department of Invertebrate
Zoology. 1-Mar-09 to 28-Feb-10. |
| HELGEN,
Kristofer Michael.
Visiting Scientist Postdoctoral Fellow. University
of Adelaide, Australia. Current Topics in
Integrative Mammalian Systematics: Case Studies
of Procyonid Carnivores and Lipotyphlan Insectivores.
Working with Don Wilson. Department of Zoology,
Mammals. 15-Jun-06 to 31-Aug-08. |
| HENRY
Amanda.
Research Student. George Washington University.
Studying Phytoliths in modern and archaic
soils. Working with Dolores Piperno. Department
of Anthropology. 1-Jan-06 to 31-Dec-08. |
 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. |
| HONEYCHURCH,
William.
Visiting Scientist Postdoctoral Fellow. Working
with Dan Rogers. Department of Anthropology.
19-Jan-07 to 19-Jan-08. |
| HORN,
James. Visiting Scientist Postdoctoral
Fellow. Duke University and Fairchild Tropical
Gardens, Florida. Phylogeny and development
of Euphorbia. Working with Kenneth
Wurdack. Department of Botany. 1-Sep-08 to
30-Aug-10. |
| HULTGREN,
Kristin.
Smithsonian 2008 Marine Sciences Postdoctoral
Fellow. University of California, Davis. Examining
the phylogenetic and morphological factors
regulating coexistence in Synalpheus, in a
geographic context. Working with Nancy Knowlton.
Department of Invertebrate Zoology. 15-Oct-08
to 14-Oct-09. |
| IVANOVA,
Marina.
External Senior Postdoctoral Fellow. Vernadskt
Institute, Moscow. Working with Glenn MacPherson.
Department of Mineral Science. |
 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. |
| JOHNSON,
Stephanie.
Research 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. |
 JUD,
Nathan.
Research 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. |
 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.
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| KINGSTON,
Sarah.
Research Student. University
of Maryland. Studying genome-wide consequences
of gene flow across hybrid zones. Working
with Mike Braun. Department
of Zoology, Birds.
15-Oct-05 to 31-Dec-11. |
 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.
|
| LALAO,
Razafitsalama.
Fellow. Missouri Botanical Garden. Studying
Asteropeiaeae. Working with Jun Wen. Department
of Botany. 14-Apr-08 to 13-May-08.
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| LAM,
Susanna.
Smithsonian 2007 Graduate Student Fellow.
Mineral analysis of Chinese Jades from the
Neolithic through the Han Dynasty. Working
with Sorena Sorenson. Department of Mineral
Sciences. 7-Jan-07 to 14-Mar-08. |
| LARSON,
Jonella.
Visiting Scientist Postdoctoral Fellow. University
of . Studying. Working with Aaron Crowell.
Department of Anthropology, Arctic Studies
Center. 1-Jun-08 to 30-Oct-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-Apr-08.
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| LOOY,
Cynthia.
Visiting Scientist Postdoctoral Fellow. Utrecht
University, The Netherlands. Evolution of
Late Paleozoic conifers. Working with William
DiMichele. Department of Paleobiology. 1-Feb-08
to 15-Sep-08. |
 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.
|
| LU,
Jin-Mei.
Visiting Scientist Fellow. Chinese Academy
of Science. The phylogenetic and biogeographic
study of ferns. Working with Jun Wen. Department
of Botany. 11-Feb-08 to 10-Feb-09. |
 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.
|
| MAH,
Christopher.
Visiting Scientist Postdoctoral Fellow. University
of Illinois. Phylogenetic Analysis and Taxonomic
Revision of the Asteriidae (Forcipulataceae:
Asteroidea). Working with David Pawson. Department
of Invertebrate Zoology. 15-Sep-06
to 14-Aug-09. |
 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. |
| MARDEN,
Kerriann.
Smithsonian 2008 Predoctoral Fellow. Tulane
University. Taphonomy and mortuary variability
in the Chaco Canyon. Working with Don Ortner.
Department of Anthropology. 1-Aug-08 to 31-Jan-09.
|
 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.
MEHDIABADI,
Natasha.
Smithsonian 2008 Postdoctoral Fellow. Rice
University. Phylogenetic and behavioral
tests of symbiont choice in the Attine ant-fungus
symbiosis. Working with Ted Schultz. Department
of Entomology. 15-Sep-08 to 14-Sep-09.
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| MEYERS,
Richard.
Visiting Student Predoctoral Fellow. Working
with JoAllyn Archambault. Department of Anthropology.
1-Sep-07 to 1-May-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. |
| MULDER,
Mark.
Visiting Student Fellow. Working with Paul
Taylor. Department of Anthropology. 19-Aug-07
to 31-Jan-08. |
| MULDER,
Mark.
Visiting Student Fellow. The role of International
Scientific Expeditions in Ethnographic Studies
and Scientific Institutions. Working with
Paul Taylor. Department of Anthropology. 19-Aug-07
to 31-Jan-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. |
| NEVELL,
Lisa.
Research
Student. George
Washington University. Studying variation
in cranial base morphology in Hominoids and
other primates. Working with Richard Potts.
Department of Anthropology. 1-Oct-05 to 30-Sep-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 6-Feb-09.
|
| PARHAM,
James.
Smithsonian 2008 Postdoctoral Fellow. The
Systematics of a Widespread American Turtle
(genus Trachemys) based on morphological,
molecular, and fossil evidence. Working with
George Zug. Department of Vertebrate Zoology.
1-Sep-08 to 31-Aug-09. |
| PAUSTIAN,
Megan.
Research Student. University of Maryland,
College Park. Working with Ellen Strong. Department
of Invertebrate Zoology. 25-Aug-08 to 31-May-10.
|
| PIMIENTA,
Maria Cleopatra.
Research Student. University del Valle. Ecuadorian
rainforest canopy arthropods. Working with
Terry Erwin. Department of Entomology. 15-Nov-06
to 14-Nov-09. |
 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. |
| PONTSIOEN,
Robert.
Visiting Student Predoctoral Fellow. University
of Aberdeen. Investigating the historical
and contemporary significance of craft production,
the meaning of making, the status of practitioners,
and rationales of artifact collecting and
curating. Working with Paul Taylor. Department
of Anthropology. 2-Jun-08 to 30-Nov-08.
|
| PUNYASENA,
Surangi.
Smithsonian 2007 Postdoctoral Fellow. Morphological
evolution of Neotropical pollen and functional
ecology interpretations. Working with Scott
Wing. Department of Paleobiology. 1-Sep-07
to 31-Aug-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. |
| REDDEN,
Karen.
Research
Student. George
Mason University. Studying Fabaceae. Working
with Vicki Funk. Department of Botany. 21-Aug-02
to 14-May-08. |
| REDDEN,
Karen.
Smithsonian
2008 Postdoctoral Fellow.
George
Mason University. Distribution and biogeography
of basal members of the Compositae. Working
with Vicki Funk. Department of Botany. 1-Sep-08
to 31-Oct-09. |
 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.
|
| REYNOLDS,
Sheila.
Research Student. University
of Maryland. Studying genetic study of Satin
Bowerbirds. Working with Mike Braun. Department
of Zoology, Birds. 15-Jan-05
to 31-May-10. |
 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. |
| RITGER
, Rebecca.
Research Student. California Department of
Health Services. Studying the nemertean genus
Tubulanus. Working with Jon Norenburg.
Department
of Invertebrate Zoology.
15-Nov-05 to 14-Nov-08. |
 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. |
| RIVERA
ANDIA, Juan Javier.
Smithsonian 2007 Postdoctoral Fellow. Kinds
of transmission and forgetting involved in
symbolic activities performed in the cattle
branding ritual of the contemporary Peruvian
Central Andes. Working with Bill Merrill.
Department of Anthropology. 1-Jan-08 to 30-Jun-08.
|
| RONG,
Li.
Visiting Scientist Postdoctoral Fellow. Chinese
Academy of Sciences. Working with Jun Wen.
Department of Botany. 1-Apr-08 to 31-Mar-09.
|
 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. |
| SARZETTI,
Laura.
Research Student. University of Tucuman, Argentina.
Examining plant-insect associations from the
Rio Pichileufu Flora of Chubut Province, Argentina.
Working with Conrad Labandeira. Department
of Paleobiology. 15-Jul-06 to 14-Jul-08. |
 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-08. |
 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.
|
| SHARP,
Koty.
Visiting Scientist Postdoctoral Fellow. Scripps
Institute of Oceanography. Investigation of
Transmission of microbes in gametes and larvae
in two Caribbean coral genera, Montsatrea
and Porites. Working with Valerie Paul.
Smithsonian Marine Station, Fort Pierce. 1-Feb-06
to 31-Jan-08. |
| SIDLAUSKAS,
Brian.
Smithsonian 2006 Postdoctoral Fellow. Working
with Richard Vari. Department of Zoology,
Fishes. 1-Mar-07 to 28-Feb 08. |
| SILVA,
Joana.
Research Student. George Washington University.
phylogenetic analysis of Eunice. Working
with Kristian Fauchald. Department of Invertebrate
Zoology. 1-Dec-06 to 31-Nov-09. |
 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. |
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