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:
Chair, Entomology . Appointment term: 15-Nov-05
to 14-Nov-08 . Science Unit: Department
of Entomology .
ACEVEDO,
Pedro, Curator, Botany. B.A. (1977)
University of Puerto Rico; Ph.D. (1989)
City University of New York. Research specialties:
Systematics or Neotropical Sapindaceae,
especially of climbing genera of Paullinieae
tribe; floristics of the Caribbean Islands
(Greater Antilles); taxonomy of climbing
plants. Science Unit: Department
of Botany
ADEY,
Walter H., Research Scientist, Curator,
Crustose Coralline Algae. B.S. (1955) Massachusetts
Institute of Technology; Ph.D. (1963) University
of Michigan. Research specialties: Algal
ecology; Holocene geology as related to
coastal ecosystems; microcosm modeling of
aquatic systems; systematics and biogeography.
Science Unit: Department
of Botany.
ADIS
, Joachim . Research Associate . Institutional
affiliation: Max-Planck-Institute . Education:
. Research specialties: canopy research
in South America. . Staff sponsor: Terry
Erwin . Appointment term: 5-Aug-04 to 4-Aug-07
. Science Unit: Department of Entomology
.
AFABLE
, 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: 28-Jun-04
to 27-Jun-07 . Science Unit: Department
of Anthropology .
AGNARSSON
, Ingi . Research Associate . Institutional
affiliation: University of British Columbia
. 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-04 to 14-Nov-07 . Science Unit: Department
of Entomology .
AGOSTI
, Donat . Research Associate . Institutional
affiliation: None . 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-Nov-04 to 14-Nov-07
. Science Unit: Department of Entomology
.
AIELLO
, Annette . Research Associate . Institutional
affiliation: Smithsonian Tropical Research
Institute. . Education: B.A. (1972) Brooklyn
College; M.A. (1975) Harvard University;
Ph.D. (1978) Harvard University. . Research
specialties: insect life histories; especially
Lepidoptera; insect behavior, ecology, and
evolution. . Staff sponsor: Robert K. Robbins
. Appointment term: 15-Nov-04 to 14-Nov-07
. Science Unit: Department of Entomology
.
ALLISON
, Allen. . Research Associate . Institutional
affiliation: Bishop Museum . Education:
B.S. (1972) Univeristy of California, Davis;
Ph.D. (1979) University of California, Davis.
. Research specialties: systematics and
ecology of amphibians and reptiles; structure
and diversity of insect communities . Staff
sponsor: George R. Zug, Ronald Heyer and
Kevin de Queiroz . Appointment term: 15-Nov-05
to 14-Nov-08 . Science Unit: Department
of Vertebrate Zoology, Amphibians and Reptiles
.
ALONSO
, Leeanne E. . 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-05 to 14-Nov-08
. Science Unit: Department of Entomology
.
ALTIG
, Ronald . Research Associate . Institutional
affiliation: Mississippi State University,
retired. . 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: Kevin de Queiroz . Appointment
term: 15-Nov-04 to 14-Nov-07 . 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-04 to 14-Nov-07
. Science Unit: Department of Anthropology
.
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.
ANGULO
, Enrique . Research Associate . Institutional
affiliation: None . Education: MD. (1976)
Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos,
Peru. . Research specialties: locus of domestication
an utilization of the Muscovy duck; antiquity
and distribution of tapirage, including
changing the color of feathers on living
birds; biological explanations for cultural
evidence, interpretation of faunal remains,
El Nino events o . Staff sponsor: Betty
Meggers and Dennis Stanford. . Appointment
term: 15-May-05 to 14-May-08 . Science Unit:
Department of Anthropology .
ARBOLINA,
Risa Diemond, Archaeologist (Repatriation).
B.A.(1993) Columbia University; Ph.D.(2001)
Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX.
Research specialties: North American Archaeology;
Archaeology of the American Southwest; Prehistoric
Farming Strategies; Repatriation. Science
Unit: Department
of Anthropology.
ARCHAMBAULT,
Joallyn, Head, American Indian Program.
B.A. (1970), M.A. (1971), Ph.D. (1984) University
of California, Berkeley. Research specialties:
North American Indian ethnology with emphasis
on the Plains and the Southwest; art and
material culture; political clientelism;
ethnic group relations; museological history
of exhibits as relates to American Indians.
Science Unit: Department
of Anthropology.
ARELLANO
, Jorge . Collaborator . Institutional
affiliation: None . Education: B.S. (1970)
San Andres University. . Research specialties:
environmental archaeology . Staff sponsor:
Dennis Stanford and Betty Meggers . Appointment
term: 15-Nov-06 to 14-Nov-09 . Science Unit:
Department of Anthropology .
ARMOUR-CHELU
, Miranda J. . Research Associate .
Institutional affiliation: Harvard 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-04 to 14-Nov-07 . Science Unit:
Department of Paleobiology .
ARNAUD
, Madeline . Collaborator . Institutional
affiliation: None. Education: None. . Research
specialties: sorting literature . Staff
sponsor: Ted R. Schultz and Norman Woodley
. Appointment term: 15-May-05 to 14-May-08
. Science Unit: Department of Entomology
.
ARNAUD
, Paul H. . Research Associate . Institutional
affiliation: California Academy of Sciences
. 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: 31-Aug-04 to 30-Aug-07 . Science Unit:
Department of Entomology .
ARNOLDI,
Mary Jo, Curator, African Art and Ethnology.
B.F.A. (1970) Bowling Green State University;
M.A. (1975) Michigan State University; Ph.D.
(1983) Indiana University. Research specialties:
African ethnography with emphasis on visual
and performing arts; post-colonial public
culture, museum history and museology. Science
Unit: Department
of Anthropology.
ASSEFA,
Zelalem. Visiting Scientist Postdoctoral
Fellow. SUNY at Stony Brook. Working to
develop and build a searchable visual reference
collection of the dentition of east African
large mammals. Working with Richard Potts.
Department of Anthropology. 1-Jan-04
to 31-Mar-07.
ATIL
, Esin. . Research Associate . Institutional
affiliation: None . Education: B.A. (1958)
Western College for Women; M.A. (1960) University
of Michigan; Ph.D. (1969) University of
Michigan, Ann Arbor. . Research specialties:
cultural history and art in the Middle East
. Staff sponsor: Paul M. Taylor . Appointment
term: 15-Nov-05 to 14-Nov-08 . 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-05 to 14-Nov-08 . Science Unit:
Department of Paleobiology .
BABIJ,
Eleanora. Research Student. George
Mason University. Studying seabirds. Working
with Carla Dove. Department of Zoology,
Birds. 1-Feb-05 to 31-Jan-07.
BALDWIN,
Carole C., Curator of Fishes. B.S. (1981)
James Madison University; M.S. (1986) College
of Charleston; Ph.D. (1992) College of William
and Mary. Research specialties: Diversity
and evolution of tropical marine and deep-sea
fishes; marine conservation; public communication
of science. Science Unit: Department
of Vertebrate Zoology, Division
of Fishes.
BAMBACH
, Richard . Research Associate . Institutional
affiliation: Virginia Polytechnic Institute
and State 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: Scott Wing . Appointment
term: 15-May-05 to 14-May-08 . Science Unit:
Department of Paleobiology .
BANKS
, Jo Ann . Collaborator . Institutional
affiliation: Purdue University . Education:
B.S. (1975) University of Wisconsin, La
Crosse; M.S. (1978) University of Wisconsin,
La Crosse; Ph.D. (1985) Ohio State University.
. Research specialties: arsenic hyperaccumulation
in ferns . Staff sponsor: Vicki Funk . Appointment
term: 15-Nov-06 to 14-Nov-07 . Science Unit:
Department of Botany .
BANKS
, Richard C. . Research Associate .
Institutional affiliation: USGS Patuxent
Wildlife Research Center. . 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: Chair, Zoology . Appointment
term: 15-Nov-04 to 14-Nov-07 . Science Unit:
Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Birds
.
BARON-SZABO
, Rosemarie C. . Research Associate
. Institutional affiliation: Research Institution
Senckenberg . Education: 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-04 to
14-Nov-07 . Science Unit: Department of
Invertebrate Zoology .
BARROWS
, Edward M. . 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-Jan-05 to 14-Nov-07 . Science Unit: Department
of Entomology .
BARSE
, William P. . Research Associate .
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-05 to 14-Nov-08 . 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
at 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: 12-May-04 to 12-May-07 . Science Unit:
Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Amphibians
and Reptiles .
BAYER,
Frederick M., Zoologist Emeritus. B.A.
(1948) University of Miami; M.S. (1954),
Ph.D. (1958) George Washington University.
Research specialties: Systematics, morphology,
and ultrastructure of octocorals, worldwide.
Science Unit: Department
of Invertebrate Zoology.
BEADELL,
Jon S. Smithsonian 2006 Predoctoral
Fellow. University of Maryland, College
Park. Disease, Genetics and the Evolution
of Immune Response in Island Avifauna. Working
with Robert Fleischer. Department of Zoology,
Genetics Lab. 1-Jun-06 to 31-May-07.
BECKER
, Vitor O. . Collaborator . Institutional
affiliation: Serra Bonita Reserve . Education:
B.S. (?) Universidade Federal Rural do Rio
Grande do Sul; M.S. (1973) Center for Tropical
Education and Research; Ph.D. (1981) Imperial
College, University of London. . Research
specialties: biology of Atlantic forests
of southern Brazil; Gelechioidea; neotropical
Lepidoptera. . Staff sponsor: Donald R.
Davis . Appointment term: 15-Nov-06 to 14-Nov-09
. 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: Storrs Olson . Appointment
term: 15-May-06 to 14-May-09 . Science Unit:
Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Birds
.
BEHRENSMEYER,
Anna K., Research Paleobiologist and
Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology. B.A.
(1967) Washington University; M.A. (1968),
Ph.D. (1973) Harvard University. Research
specialties: Paleoecology of terrestrial
environments, especially in the later Cenozoic
of Africa and Pakistan, continental sedimentation,
vertebrate taphonomy in recent and ancient
contexts, taphonomic processes affecting
the fossil record in general, human paleoecology,
evolution of terrestrial ecosystems Co-director,
Evolution of Terrestrial Ecosystems (E.T.E.)
Program. Science Unit: Department
of Paleobiology.
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: 3-Aug-04 to 2-Aug-07
. Science Unit: Department of Entomology
.
BENITEZ,
Alexander. Research Student.
University
of Texas at Austin. Studying the origins
and distribution of obsidian artifacts recovered
from archaeological sites in the Toluca
Valley, Mexico. Working with Dan Rogers.
Department of Anthropology. 14-Jun-04 to
14-Nov-07.
BENJAMIN,
Suresh P. Smithsonian 2006 Postdoctoral
Fellow. University of Basel, Switzerland.
Generic Revision and Phylogenetic Analysis
of the Crab Spider Subfamily Stephanopinae
and the Phylogeny of Thomisidae (Arachnida:
Araneae). Working with Jonathan A. Coddington.
Department of Entomology. 1-Jan-07 to 31-Dec-07.
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-Jan-05 to 14-Nov-07 . Science Unit:
Department of Anthropology .
BERNOR
, Raymond . Research Associate . Institutional
affiliation: Harvard University . Education:
B.A. (1971) University of California, Los
Angeles; M.A. (1973) University of California,
Los Angeles; Ph.D. (1978) University of
California, Los Angeles. . Research specialties:
Neogene mammals. . Staff sponsor: Robert
Emry . Appointment term: 15-May-05 to 14-May-08
. Science Unit: Department of Paleobiology
.
BERNSTEIN
, Robin . Research Associate . 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-05
to 14-May-08 . 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: Robert J. Emry . Appointment
term: 15-Nov-04 to 14-Nov-07 . Science Unit:
Department of Paleobiology .
BIFOLCK,
Amber. Research Student. American University.
Fluctuating asymmetry in California sea
lions. Working with Jim Mead and Charlie
Potter. Department of Zoology, Mammals.
15-May-06 to 14-May-07.
BILBY
, Kenneth . Research Associate . Institutional
affiliation: Bard College . Education: B.A.
(1976) Bard College; M.A. (1980) Wesleyan
University; Ph.D. (1990) Johns Hopkins University.
. Research specialties: cultures of the
Caribbean; ethnomusicology; cultural creolization;
polyglot culture. . Staff sponsor: John
P. Homiak . Appointment term: 15-Nov-04
to 14-Nov-07 . Science Unit: Department
of Anthropology .
BILLECK,
William, Program Manager, Repatriation
Office. B.A. (1976) Queens College; M.S.
(1980) University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee;
Ph.D. (1993) University of Missouri. Research
specialties: Repatriation, North American
Archaeology, Historic Archaeology, Glass
Trade Bead Studies. Science Unit: Department
of Anthropology.
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-07.
BISHOP,
Ronald, Curator, Mexican and Central
American Archaeology. B.A. (1965) San Francisco
State University; Ph.D. (1975) Southern
Illinois University. Research specialties:
Archaeology of Meso- and Central America;
ancient materials characterization; exchange
systems; quantitative methods. Science Unit:
Department
of Anthropology.
BISWAS
, Sayantan . Collaborator . Institutional
affiliation: George Washington University
. Education: B.S. (1997) University of Calcutta;
M.S. (1999) Wildlife Institute of India.
. Research specialties: 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 . Staff sponsor:
Kevin de Queiroz . Appointment term: 15-Dec-05
to 31-Dec-07 . Science Unit: Department
of Vertebrate Zoology, Amphibians and Reptiles
.
BLACKMAN,
James, Curator, Archaeology. B.A. (1965),
M.S. (1971) Miami University (Ohio); Ph.D.
(1975) Ohio State University. Research specialties:
Archaeological materials characterization;
Chemical characterization by INAA; exchange
systems; production technology and organization,
Old World, Middle East, Spanish Colonial
Americas. Science Unit: Department
of Anthropology.
BOBE
, Rene . Research Associate . Institutional
affiliation: SUNY, Buffalo . 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-04 to 14-Nov-07 . Science Unit:
Department of Paleobiology .
BONIFACACINO
DE LEON, Jose M. 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.
BOSTROM
, Peter . Collaborator . Institutional
affiliation: None . Education: None. . Research
specialties: artist and photographer; replications
of Paleoindian and Paleolithic artifacts.
. Staff sponsor: Dennis Stanford . Appointment
term: 15-May-05 to 14-May-08 . Science Unit:
Department of Anthropology .
BOUCHET
, Philippe . Research Associate . Institutional
affiliation: Museum National d'Histoire
Naturelle, Paris . Education: B.S. (1974)
Unviversity 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-05 to 14-May-08 . 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-04
to 14-Nov-07 . Science Unit: Department
of Anthropology .
BRADY,
Sean Gary, Research Entomologist. B.A.
(1990) California Polytechnic University,
Pomona; M.A. (1993) California State University,
Fullerton; Ph.D. (2002) University of California,
Davis. Research specialties: Phylogenetics,
systematics, biogeography, and molecular
evolution of ants and bees; social insect
evolution; theory and methods of phylogenetic
analysis. Science Unit: Department
of Entomology.
BRAUN,
Michael J., Research Zoologist. B.A.
(1977) Cornell University; Ph.D. (1983)
Louisiana State University. Research specialties:
Molecular phylogenetics, molecular evolutionary
genetics, avian hybridization and speciation,
biogeography of Neotropical birds, conservation
genetics. Science Unit: Department
of Vertebrate Zoology, Birds
Division.
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:
anatomy, ethnology and egg surface structure
of fishes. . Staff sponsor: G. David Johnson
. Appointment term: 15-Nov-04 to 14-Nov-07
. Science Unit: Department of Vertebrate
Zoology, Fishes .
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-05 to 14-May-08
. Science Unit: Department of Anthropology
.
BROWER
, Andrew Van Zandt. . Research Associate
. Institutional affiliation: Oregon 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 usi . Staff
sponsor: Robert K. Robbins . Appointment
term: 15-Nov-04 to 14-Nov-07 . Science Unit:
Department of Entomology .
BROWER
, Lincoln Pierson. . Research Associate
. Institutional affiliation: Sweet Briar
College . Education: B.A. (1953) Princeton
University; Ph.D. (1957) Yale University.
. Research specialties: monarch butterflies
and annual migration to Mexico . Staff sponsor:
Robert K. Robbins . Appointment term: 15-Nov-06
to 14-Nov-09 . 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-04
to 14-Nov-09 . 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-04 to 14-Nov-07 . 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: 3-Aug-04 to
2-Aug-07 . Science Unit: Department of Vertebrate
Zoology, Mammals .
BUDAEVA,
Nataliya. Smithsonian 2006 Predoctoral
Fellow. Shirshou
Institute of Oceanology, Russia. Revision
of deep-sea onuphids using cladistic analysis.
Working
with Kristian Fauchald. Department of Invertebrate
Zoology. 1-Oct-06 to 31-Mar-07.
BUDD
, Ann . 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: Stephen Cairns . Appointment
term: 15-Jan-05 to 14-Nov-07 . Science Unit:
Department of Invertebrate Zoology .
BUENO
(FRAGOSO) , Silvia Santiago. . Research
Associate . Institutional affiliation: Instituto
de Biologia, Mexico . Education: B.S. (1969)
Facultad de Ciencias, Mexico; M.S. (1975)
Facultad de Ciencias; Ph.D. (1984) Facultad
de Ciencias, Mexico. . Research specialties:
insect systematics, biological diversity
and aquatic systems, particularly Elmidae
and other tropical Coleoptera. . Staff sponsor:
Vicki Funk . Appointment term: 31-Aug-04
to 30-Aug-07 . Science Unit: Department
of Entomology .
BUENO-SORIA
, Joaquin . 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-06 to 14-Nov-09 . 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-May-06
to 14-Nov-09 . 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: Gillian Flynn and William
Fitzhugh . Appointment term: 15-Jan-05 to
14-May-09 . Science Unit: Department of
Anthropology .
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.
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-04 to 14-Nov-07
. Science Unit: Department of Anthropology
.
BURGESS,
Laurie E., Associate Chair. B.A. (1985)
Pennsylvania State University; M.A. (1999)
University of Maryland. Research specialties:
North American historical archaeology, glass
trade bead studies. Science Unit: Department
of Anthropology.
BURKE
, Christina E. . Collaborator . Institutional
affiliation: Indiana University . Education:
B.A. (1989) University of Rochester. . Research
specialties: ethnohistory, museum anthropology,
American Indian art, language and literacy.
. Staff sponsor: Daniel J. Rogers and Candace
Greene. . Appointment term: 15-May-06 to
14-May-09 . Science Unit: Department of
Anthropology .
BURKE
, Randolph . 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-05 to 14-May-08
. 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: conservation status of neotropical
lianas; corridors and preserves as biodiversity
banks; population biology, biogeography,
and systematics of neotropical lianas. .
Staff sponsor: Scott Wing . Appointment
term: 15-Nov-04 to 14-Nov-07 . Science Unit:
Department of Paleobiology .
BURNS,
John M., Curator of Lepidoptera. A.B.
(1954) Johns Hopkins University; M.A. (1957),
Ph.D. (1961) University of California, Berkeley.
Research specialties: Evolutionary biology;
systematics and population biology of Lepidoptera,
chiefly Hesperioidea (skippers) and Papilionoidea;
biological poetry. Science Unit: Department
of Entomology.
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: South American freshwater
fishes. . Staff sponsor: Stanley Weitzman
. Appointment term: 15-Nov-04 to 14-Nov-07
. Science Unit: Department of Vertebrate
Zoology, Fishes .
BUZAS,
Martin A., Senior Research Paleobiologist
and Curator of Foraminifera. B.A. (1958)
University of Connecticut; M.S. (1960) Brown
University; Ph.D. (1963) Yale University.
Research specialties: Foraminifera; quantitative
ecology-paleoecology; biogeography; evolution.
Science Unit: Department
of Paleobiology.
BYE
, Robert . Research Associate . Institutional
affiliation: Universidad Nacional Autonoma
de Mexico . Education: B.S. (1969) University
of New York, Syracuse; Ph.D. (1976) Harvard
University. . Research specialties: ethnobotany;
ethnoecology; botanical diversity; human-environmental
relationships . Staff sponsor: W. John Kress
and William Merrill . Appointment term:
15-Nov-06 to 14-Nov-09 . Science Unit: Department
of Botany .
CADLE
, John E. . Research Associate . Institutional
affiliation: Chicago Zoological Society
. Education: B.S. (1975) University of Georgia;
Ph.D. (1982) University of California, Berkeley.
. Research specialties: systematics, phylogeny,
natural history, and conservation of tropical
amphibians and reptiles, with a focus on
the Neotropics and Madagascar. . Staff sponsor:
Kevin de Queiroz . Appointment term: 15-Nov-04
to 14-Nov-07 . Science Unit: Department
of Vertebrate Zoology, Amphibians and Reptiles
.
CAIRNS,
Stephen D., Research Zoologist, Curator
of Cnidaria. B.A. (1971) University of New
Orleans; M.S. (1973), Ph.D. (1976) University
of Miami. Research specialties: Systematics,
zoogeography mineralogy, and phylogeny of
Neogene to Recent Scleractinia (deep water
and reef corals), Octocorallia and Stylasteridae
(hydrocorals), worldwide. Science Unit:
Department
of Invertebrate Zoology.
CAKIRLAR,
Canan. Smithsonian 2006 Postdoctoral
Fellow. Tuebingen University, Germany. Environment
and Long-Distance Trade in 3rd Millennium
BCE North Syria: The Archaeomalacological
Evidence. Working with Melinda A. Zeder.
Department of Anthropology. 15-May-07 to
14-Feb-08.
CALDAS
, Astrid . Collaborator . 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-06 to 14-Nov-09
. Science Unit: Department of Entomology
.
CALLAGHAN
, Curtis J. . Collaborator . Institutional
affiliation: None . Education: . Research
specialties: butterfly family Riodiniae
. Staff sponsor: Robert K. Robbins . Appointment
term: 15-Nov-05 to 14-Nov-08 . Science Unit:
Department of Entomology .
CAMP
, David K. . Research Associate . Institutional
affiliation: None . Education: B.S. (1967)
Mercer University; . Research specialties:
systematics of decapod and stomatopod crustaceans,
with special emphasis on the fauna of the
southeastern U. S. and the Gulf of Mexico.
. Staff sponsor: Rafael Lemaitre . Appointment
term: 15-May-05 to 14-May-08 . Science Unit:
Department of Invertebrate Zoology .
CAMPISANO,
Christopher. Visiting Student Predoctoral
Fellow. Rutgers University. Refined Faunal
Analysis and Environmental Context of Hominid
Evolution ar Hadar, Ethiopia. Working with
Richard Potts. Department of Anthropology.
1-Feb-05 to 31-Jan-07.
CARLETON,
Michael D., Curator of Mammals. B.A.
(1966) University of Massachusetts; Ph.D.
(1979) University of Michigan. Research
specialties: Systematics and evolution of
muroid rodents. Science Unit: Department
of Vertebrate Zoology, Mammals
Division.
CARLSON
, Robert W. . Adjunct Scientist . Institutional
affiliation: Department of Agriculture,
Agricultural Research Service. . Education:
B.A. (1962) University of Michigan; M.S.
(1963) University of Michigan; Ph.D. (1968)
University of Michigan. . Research specialties:
parasitic Hymenoptera, principally the family
Ichneumonidae, subfamily Campopleginae.
. Staff sponsor: Chair, Entomology . Appointment
term: 15-Nov-04 to 14-Nov-09 . Science Unit:
Department of Entomology .
CARPENTER
, Kent E. . Research Associate . Institutional
affiliation: Old Dominion University . Education:
B.S. (1975) Florida Institute of Technology;
Ph.D. (1985) Univeristy of Hawaii. . Research
specialties: classification and biology
of marine fishes. . Staff sponsor: Victor
G. Springer . Appointment term: 15-Nov-04
to 14-Nov-07 . Science Unit: Department
of Vertebrate Zoology, Fishes .
CARRANO,
Mathew T., Research Paleobiologist &
Curator of Dinosaurs. B.S. (1991) Brown
University; M.S. (1995) & Ph.D. (1998)
University of Chicago. Research specialties:
Large-scale evolutionary patterns within
Dinosauria; systematics of basal Theropoda;
vertebrate paleoecology of Mesozoic terrestrial
ecosystems; the dinosaur fossil record.
Science Unit: Department
of Paleobiology.
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-07.
CASTANZO
, Ronald . Collaborator . Institutional
affiliation: None . 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-06 to 14-Nov-09
. Science Unit: Department of Anthropology
.
CASTRO,
Johnathan M., Associate Curator. B.S.
(1993) Humboldt State University; Ph.D.
(1999) University of Oregon. Research specialties:
Volcanology; crystallization history of
magma. Science Unit: Department
of Mineral Sciences.
CASTRO
, Ricardo M. C. . Research Associate
. Institutional affiliation: Universidade
de Sao Paulo, Brazil . Education: B.S. (1977)
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro;
M.S. (1984) Universidade de Sao Paulo; Ph.D.
(1990) Universidad de Sao Paulo. . Research
specialties: systematics of freshwater South
American fishes; ecology and conservation
of freshwater and marine fishes of the eastern
Brazil . Staff sponsor: Richard P. Vari
. Appointment term: 15-May-06 to 14-May-09
. Science Unit: Department of Vertebrate
Zoology, Fishes .
CAUSEY
, Douglas . Research Associate . Institutional
affiliation: Harvard University . Education:
B.A. (1974) University of California, Irvine;
M.S. (1977) University of California, Irvine;
M.S. (1980) University of AZ; Ph.D. (1982)
Harvard University. . Research specialties:
archaeological/paleoecological/biogeographical
in Western Aleutian Islands. . Staff sponsor:
William W. Fitzhugh . Appointment term:
15-Nov-04 to 14-Nov-07 . Science Unit: Department
of Anthropology .
CECIL
, C. Blaine . 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-06
to 14-Nov-09 . Science Unit: Department
of Paleobiology .
CHAN
, Raymund . Research Associate . Institutional
affiliation: University of Hawaii, Manoa
. Education: B.S. (1989) National University
of Sihgapore; 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: 31-Mar-03
to 14-Nov-07 . Science Unit: Department
of Botany .
CHAO
, Ning Labbish. . Collaborator . Institutional
affiliation: Bio-Amazonia Conservation International
. 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. . Staff sponsor: G. David
Johnson . Appointment term: 15-Nov-05 to
14-Nov-08 . Science Unit: Department of
Vertebrate Zoology, Fishes .
CHAVARRIA
, Gabriela . Collaborator . Institutional
affiliation: Defenders of Willdlife . 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 and David Furth
. Appointment term: 15-Nov-05 to 14-Nov-08
. Science Unit: Department of Entomology
.
CHESSER
, Robert . 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, Zoology
. Appointment term: 15-Nov-04 to 14-Nov-09
. Science Unit: Department of Vertebrate
Zoology, Birds .
CHILDS
, S Terry. . 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-05 to 14-May-08 . Science Unit:
Department of Anthropology .
CHONIERE,
Jonah. Research Student. George Washington
University. Studying vertebrate paleontology.
Working with Matt Carrano. Department of
Paleobiology. 1-Mar-05 to 1-Jun-07.
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-Jan-05 to 14-Nov-07 . 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-06 to 14-Nov-09 . Science Unit:
Department of Paleobiology .
CLARK
, John L. . Research Associate . Institutional
affiliation: University of Utah . Education:
B.S. (1993) University of Vermont; Ph.D.
(2004) George Washington University. . Research
specialties: Gesneriaceae. . Staff sponsor:
Vicki Funk . Appointment term: 15-Jan-05
to 14-Nov-07 . 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-Jan-05
to 14-Nov-07 . Science Unit: Department
of Botany .
CLARKE,
Roy S., Curator Emeritus of Meteorites.
B.A. (1949) Cornell University; M.S. (1957),
Ph.D. (1976) George Washington University.
Research specialties: Chemical and mineralogical
relationships in metallic meteorites; role
of phosphorous in the development of iron
meteorite structures. Science Unit: Department
of Mineral Sciences.
CLEMENTZ
, Mark . 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-06 to 14-Nov-09
. Science Unit: Smithsonian Marine Station,
Fort Pierce .
CODDINGTON,
Jonathan A., Senior Curator of Arachnida
and Myriapoda. B.A. (1975) Yale; M.A. (1978),
Ph.D. (1984) Harvard University. Research
specialties: Systematics and behavior of
spiders; species richness estimation; theory
and design of biological inventories. Science
Unit: Department
of Entomology.
CODY
, Jeannine H. . 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-05
to 14-May-08 . Science Unit: Department
of Vertebrate Zoology, Fishes .
COHEN,
Andrew S. Smithsonian 2006 Senior Postdoctoral
Fellow. University of Arizona. A 1.5 Million
Year Paleoecological Record from Lake Malawi:
Implications for Understanding Continental
Ecosystem Evolution and Regional Paleoclimate
History in East Africa. Working with Anna
Kay Behrensmeyer and Richard Potts. Department
of Anthropology. 15-Aug-06 to 15-Jan-07.
COLE
, F. Russell . Collaborator . Institutional
affiliation: Colby College . Education:
B.S. (1970) University of Massachusetts;
M.S. (1973) University of Illinois; Ph.D.
(1977) University of Illinois, Urbana. .
Research specialties: mammalian systematics,
ecology and evolution; environmental science
and society; field biology and ecological
theory; marine biology and conservation
biology . Staff sponsor: Don Wilson . Appointment
term: 15-May-06 to 14-May-09 . Science Unit:
Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Mammals
.
COLE
, Kathleen Sabina. . Research Associate
. Institutional affiliation: University
of Louisiana . 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-04 to 14-Nov-07
. 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, Zoology . Appointment term:
15-Nov-04 to 14-Nov-09 . Science Unit: Department
of Vertebrate Zoology, Fishes .
COLLINS
, Jennifer A . Collaborator . Institutional
affiliation: None . Education: B.S. (1993)
University of California, Davis; M.A. (2004)
National University. . Research specialties:
medusae; development of science curricula.
. Staff sponsor: Jon Norenburg . Appointment
term: 15-Jan-05 to 14-Nov-07 . Science Unit:
Department of Invertebrate Zoology .
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-04 to 14-Nov-09 . Science Unit: Department
of Invertebrate Zoology .
CONATHAN,
Lisa. Smithsonian 2006 Postdoctoral
Fellow. Also
supported by a grant from the Endangered
Languages Documentation Programme from the
University of London. University
of California, Berkeley. The Arapaho language
texts of A.L. Kroeber, 1899-1900. Working
with Ives Goddard and Lucy Thomason. Department
of Anthropology. 1-Nov-06 to 30-Apr-07.
CONDON
, Marty . Collaborator . Institutional
affiliation: None . Education: B.S. (1973)
University of Michigan; Ph.D. (1984) University
of Texas, Austin. . Research specialties:
ecology of tropical vines of the family
Cucurbitaceae and their interactions with
animals including fruit flies, Heliconius
butterflies, other insects, hummingbirds
and bats . Staff sponsor: Wayne N. Mathis
and Alan Norrbom . Appointment term: 15-Nov-05
to 14-Nov-08 . Science Unit: Department
of Entomology .
CONSTANTINO,
Paul. Research Student. George Washington
University. Studying ecomorphology of masticatory
hypertrophy in primates. Working with Richard
Potts. Department of Anthropology. 1-Oct-05
to 31-Dec-07.
COOK
, Anita G. . Research Associate . Institutional
affiliation: Catholic University of America
. Education: B.A. (1973) Bard College; M.A.
(1979) State University of New York, Binghamton;
Ph.D. (1985) State University of New York,
Binghamton. . Research specialties: ancient
states and empires; history of the visual
arts in the Andes; iconography and inscription
in complex societies without writing; material
culture and the constitution of meaning
through object analysis; political economy
of early empires; exhibiting cultures; and
Andean archaeology and ethnohistory . Staff
sponsor: Betty Meggers . Appointment term:
15-May-06 to 14-May-09 . Science Unit: Department
of Anthropology .
COPELAND
, Robert S. . Collaborator . Institutional
affiliation: None . 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-05 to 14-Nov-08 . Science Unit: Department
of Entomology .
CORRIGAN
, Catherine . Research Associate .
Institutional affiliation: Johns Hopkins
University . Education: B.S. (1995) Michigan
State University; M.S. (1989) Michigan State
University; Ph.D. (2003) Case Western Reserve
University. . Research specialties: geochemical
studies of meteorites and other extraterrestrial
materials; new analytical techniques for
robotic spacecraft missions. . Staff sponsor:
Timothy McCoy . Appointment term: 15-May-05
to 14-May-08 . Science Unit: Department
of Mineral Sciences .
COSCARON
ARIAS , Cecilia Laura . Research Associate
. Institutional affiliation: None . Education:
B.S. (1983) La Plata National University;
Ph.D. (1989) La Plata National University.
. Research specialties: insect taxonomy
and biology; Smiluliidae . Staff sponsor:
Wayne N. Mathis and Richard Wilkerson .
Appointment term: 15-May-06 to 14-May-09
. Science Unit: Department of Entomology
.
COTTRELL,
Elizabeth. Science Unit: Department
of Mineral Sciences.
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-04 to 14-Nov-07 . Science Unit: Department
of Entomology .
COX
, Neil . Collaborator . Institutional
affiliation: IUCN / SSC . Education: B.S.
(1984) University of Hertfordshire; . Research
specialties: resulting databases . Staff
sponsor: W. Ronald Heyer . Appointment term:
15-Nov-06 to 14-Nov-08 . 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: 29-Jun-04
to 28-Jun-07 . Science Unit: Department
of Invertebrate Zoology .
