If you are an alum of Department E3B, let us know what you’re doing these days. Please drop a line to e3b@columbia.edu. Thank you!
Abdel-Qader, Faisal
Mailman School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology // Research in Infectious Diseases
MPH Candidate in Epidemiology at the Mailman School of Public Health
Adams, Danielle
Behavioral ecolgy & animal communication
Ph.D. student, Dept of Biology, Univ of Maryland
Adeney, Marion
Tropical ecosystems, land use change, remote sensing of wetlands and conservation
Program Officer, Andes-Amazon Initiative at Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
Agarwala , Meghna
Forest degradation and commerce in Central India: Evidence from ecology, remote sensing and political ecology
Post-doctoral research fellow at Columbia University, continuing her work with Ruth DeFries.
Agin, Timothy
Conservation biology, animal behavior
Solutions Engineer at Datadog
Amoin, Alexa Mae
Certified Pilates Instructor (at Equinox Fitness); Prospective grad student
Arce, Javier
Reconstructing Amazonian Ecological Memory: How Humans and Rivers Shape the Peruvian Amazon Landscape.
Associate Professor at UNC Chapel Hill
Ashkin, Michelle
Conservation biology education
Co-Director Education at Wild Bird Fund
Bachelot, Bene
The role of mycorrhizal fungi and natural enemy communities on seedling dynamics in a secondary tropical rainforest
Post-Doctoral Associate at Duke University
Bailey, Jeffrey Scott
Columbia University School of Nursing - MSN / Doctor of Nursing Practice, Family Nurse Practitioner
Bailey, Honor
Mostly Mozart Festival House Program Intern at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
Baird, Cody
Consultant at Eliot Partnership (Global Insurance Executive Search)
Banerjee, Gitanjali
Habitat use by the Great Indian Rhinoceros and other sympatric large herbivores in Kaziranga National Park, Assam, India.
Conservation Biologist, Conservation Programs, Zoological Society of London.
Bayani, Niloufar
Marine conservation biology, population studies, behavorial ecology
Program manager, Persian Wildlife Heritage Foundation
Bean, William T
focus on spatial ecology of mammals
Assistant Professor in the Department of Wildlife at Humboldt State University
Beath, Shalini
Urban ecosystems
Project Manager for City of Rochester's Department of Environmental Services
Non-human primate behavior and ecology; anatomy
Graduate Research Assistant at Comparative Primatology Lab at UMass Amherst
Bennett, Chanda
Reconstructing the Evolutionary and Population History of an Introduced Carnivore, The small Indian Mongoose (Herpestes javanicus).
Assistant Director and Advising Dean Columbia University
Berezdivin, Derek
Environmental policy
Auditor, Ernst & Young; CPA certification pending
Bernal, Nuria
Diversity of Rodent Populations Inhabiting Bolivian Valleys; community-based conservation projects and Bolivian wildlife survey projects
Center for Biodiversity Conservation (CBC), Working in Bolivia on
Bett, Nolan
conservation biology of the gray shanked douc langur
Ph.D. student at the University of British Columbia
Betts, Derek
Behavioral Ecology, Foundation and Government Grants, GIS and camera trap technology
Program Manager, Global Conservation, Wildlife Conservation Society; Foundation and Govt Grants Manager, African Parks Network; Conservation Field Technologist, Panthera
Bickerman, Kalyn
conservation biology of loggerhead sea turtles, marine ecosystems
PhD Candidate in Pollinator Conservation, Ecology and Environmental Sciences at the University of Maine Orono
Bilgin, Rasit
The Phylogeography and Populatopn Genetics of Three cave-Dwelling Bat Species in Southeastern Europe and Anatolia.
Assistant Professor, Institute of Environmental Sciences at Bogazici University, Istanbul.
Conservation biology and genetics; evolutionary ecology; ecological niche modeling; molecular phylogenetics; landscape genetics and ecology; biogeography
DIRECTOR, BIODIVERSITY INFORMATICS RESEARCH, AMNH CENTER FOR BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION; AFFILIATED PROFESSOR, RICHARD GILDER GRADUATE SCHOOL, AMNH; ADJUNCT INSTRUCTOR E3B; PRESIDENT, AMNH CHAPTER OF THE ASSOCIATION FOR WOMEN IN SCIENCE
Booth, Laura
Interpretive Park Ranger, Muir Woods National Monument, Golden Gate National Recreation Area
Bowman, William
The Respiratory Ecophysiology of Woody Stems and Branches in Temperate Forest Trees.
Senior Scientist Land Use Ecological Services
Brandt (Lamster), Stephanie
Senior Scientist; Endangered Species Act Coordinator; NEPA reviewer at the Environmental Protection Agency in New York
Brown, Michelle
Old world primate social and ranging patterns.
Assistant Professor, University of California, Santa Barbara
Budsock, Andrew
Tropical forest ecology
Environmental Due Diligence Consultant, Environmental Resources Management
Burke-Montoya, Jacqueline
Mice: epigenetics and superovulation
Senior Teaching Artist, Dancing Classrooms.
MOVEMENT ECOLOGY, POPULATION ECOLOGY, SPATIAL ECOLOGY, CONSERVATION BIOLOGY
PHD CANDIDATE, DARTMOUTH COLLEGE; MEMBER OF THE IUCN GIRAFFE AND OKAPI SPECIALIST GROUP
Cai, Fayme
Animal Care Technician, Healthy Pets Veterinary Services; Veterinary student, Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine
Calnan, Jacqui
Habitat validation, resource assessment, coral reef ecosystems
International student coordinator, Archbishop John Carroll High School
Cannon, Brandi
Botanical Conservation
New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Land Management Assistant
Cardiff, Scott
Bat cave selection and conservation in Ankarana, northern Madagascar
PhD candidate, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Carlson, Sara
Systematics of Caryoteae (Palmae)
AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellow at U.S. Agency for International Development
Earth Lab at University of Colorado Boulder
Forest Ecologist, Earth Lab, University of Colorado Boulder
Child, Melissa
Invasive species in NYC, issues in urban ecology
Office Manager at The Flight Academy
Chou, Linda
Natural resource conservation
Ivory and Wildlife Trade Program Officer, Global Environmental Institute
Chou, Emily
Marine mammal ecology/conservation
Master's Candidate at Columbia University in the City of New York
Chowdhury, Shahrina
Primate behavior, blue monkeys in Kakamega forest, Kenya
Ph.D. candidate at the City University of New York
Genetic connectivity of natural popilations of the Mexican understory palm Chamaedorea ernesti-augustii.
Assistant Professor Laboratorio Nacional de Genomica para la Biodiversidad in Guanajuato, México
Coffey, Kevin
Agrodiversity in Southeast Asia.
Adaptation/SERVIR, USAID's Global Climate Change Office
Collins, Andrew
Educator Training Manager, Raspberry Pi Foundation
Conrad, Katie
lobster houses, methods of sustainable fishing and agriculture
Coastal Biologist US Fish and Wildlife Service North Florida Field Office Jacksonville, FL
Cordi, Victoria
Marine research systems ecology
Senior Manager, Corporate and Foundation Relations Rainforest Alliance London, UK
ECOLOGY AND MICROBIOLOGY OF CORAL REEFS
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY, RICE UNIVERSITY
Cortes, Marina
Temporal and landscape level variation in spatial genetic structure of the herb Heliconia acuminate in central Amazonia
Assistant Professor, Ecology Dept, UNESP - São Paulo State University, Rio Claro
CRISTOFARO WILLIAMS, FRANCESCA
CONSERVATION EDUCATION - INFLUENCING VISITOR ATTITUDES TOWARD BEE-EATERS AT THE BRONX ZOO
Curriculum and Evaluation Consultant for the Audubon CT Schoolyard Habitat Program, NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY
Crk, Tanja
Forest ecology, tropical landscape managment, agroforestry
Biologist, Office of Science and Technology, Office of Water, EPA
Cronell, Sarah
conservation genetics
Director Financial Services at Cloud Technology Partners
Cross, Hugh
Sechium evolution
Research Scientist, State Herbarium of South Australia, Science Resource Centre, Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Adelaide, South Australia.
Cullman, Georgina
Land use, diverse values, and conservation practice in the periphery of Makira protected area, northeastern Madagascar
Ecologist, New York City's Department of Parks & Recreation, in the Natural Resources Group
Dammann, Nancy
Living in the Edge: Community Based Resource Governance of the Aquatic Terrestrial Zone.
International Facilitator/Coordinator, VASI: Visión Amazónica para la Sostenibilidad Integral
Historical biogeography of the Antilles: Earth history and phylogenetics of endemic chiropteran taxa.
Associate Professor, SUNY Stony Brook Department of Ecology & Evolution, head of Dávalos Lab.
Dean, Annie Margaret
Primate social behavior
General Manager, Uber Eats at Uber
Decandia, Alexandra
Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Princeton University
Devlin, Allison
Ecology and Conservation of Large Carnivores
Research Associate, PANTHERA; Ph.D. student, SUNY College of Environmental Science & Forestry (SUNY ESF)
Diamant, Eleanor
behavioral ecology of birds
Reading Assistant, Columbia University
DiFiore, Sonia
GIS mapping and forest ecology
Conservation Coordinator, Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, OH.
Douglas, Leo
Parks and protected areas on small islands: their representitiveness and efficacy for the conservation of biological diversity.
Clinical Assistant Professor, NYU Graduate School of Arts and Science
Duarte, Rinna
anatomical reconstruction both paleo and forensic
New York State Employee, NY state Dept. of Motor Vehicles
Dwyer, Meggan
MARINE AQUACULTURE
RESEARCH Director, SUSTAINABLE ECOLOGICAL AQUACULTURE NETWORK, AQUACULTURE RESEARCH INSTITUTE, UNIVERSITY OF MAINE ORONO
Eastwood, Erin
Marine conservation
Ocean Policy Specialist at the Monterey Bay Aquarium
Ekernas, Stefan (Lars)
Proximate Reasons for Natal Dispersal in Blue Monkeys
Survey biologist for the wild horse & burro program, U.S. Geological Survey
Escovar Fadul, Tatiana
Conservation genetics, environmental management
Deputy Director of Planning and Territorial Development, National Planning Department, Colombia
Fagan, Matt
The changing matrix: Reforestation and connectivity in a tropical habitat corridor
Assistant Professor, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Department of Geography and Environmental Systems
Faivovich, Julian
The phylogenetic relationships of Scinax and other hylid frogs.
Curator & Chair of Herpetology, División Herpetología, Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales & Adjunct professor in the Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina; Principal Investigator of CONICET
Falxa-Raymond, Nancy
FOREST CONSERVATION ECOLOGY, GIS
ECOLOGIST, USDA FOREST SERVICE
Fener, Heather
Human-Induced Landscape Changes of New York City
Freelance photographer, with Wildlife Conservation Society, National Geographic, etc
Ferraz, Gonçalo
Bird population ecology; seabird population dynamics; forest bird flocking behavior.
Assistant Professor of Population Ecology at the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, in Brazil.
Ferrie, Gina
Behavioral aspects of penguin ecology
Research Manager/Population Biologist, Disney's Animal Kingdom
Fillat, Devon
broader issues in conservation biology
Realtor Associate, Keller Williams Realty, Inc
Fiorello, Christine
Disease ecology of wild and domestic carnivores in Bolivia.
Zoo veterinarian, Albuquerque BioPark
Flynn, Dan
Community and ecosystem ecology in Inner Mongolia, China
Environmental Biologist and Data Scientist, Volpe National Transportation Research Center, Cambridge, MA
Foerster, Steffen
disease ecology, epidemiology, behavioral ecology
City Research Scientist Office of Surveillance and Epidemiology Bureau of Tuberculosis Control NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; Research Associate Jane Goodall Research Institute Department of Evolutionary Anthropology Duke University
Forrest, Jessica
Patterns of Land Cover Change in and around Madidi National Park in Bolivia and adjacent areas of Peru
Consultant, Independent
Freeman, Andrea
Endoparasites of Western Lowland Gorillas at Bai Hokou, Central African Republic
Emergency Veterinarian, animERge
Fuller, James
Diversity of form, content, and function in the vocal signals of adult male blue monkeys (Cercopithecus mitis stuhlmanni ): an evolutionary approach to understanding a signal repertoire
Teaching at the City University of New York
Gao, Lu
Rainforest conservation, sustainability, primate behavioral ecology
Program Associate, TRAFFIC at World Wildlife Fund
Gaynor , Kaitlyn
Mammal ecology and conservation
PhD candidate at UC Berkeley's Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management
Research Technician, American Museum of Natural History; Adjunct faculty member, Adelphi University
Goelst, Claire
Large Mammal Biology; Habitat Fragmentation
Clinical Research Regulatory Coordinator, CUMC
Gómez, Andrés
Ecology of West Nile Virus.
Senior Biodiversity Researcher, ICF International
Gonçalves da Silva, Anders
Causes of spatial structure in mammals: a case study in the Atlantic Forest, Brazil.
Senior Bioinformatician, University of Melbourne, AUSTRALIA
Grant, Taran
The Phylogeny of Poison Dart Frogs (Anura, Dendrobatidae).
Assistant Professor, Dept of Zoology, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Greenbaum, Matthew
Teaching ecology and conservation
Production Team Leader, ExL Events
Gregory (Baczyk) , Joanna "Asia"
Vegetation and grazing issues in Tanzania
Project Manager/Restoration Biologist, Southern California Edison
Costs and benefits of cooperative breeding in fluctuating environments
Postdoctoral research fellow, The University of Guelph
Gunther, Tricia
wildlife conservation, captive breeding, policy
Zookeeper, Bergen County Zoological Park
Gutierrez-Velez, Victor
Influence of land cover changes and climate variability on fire activity in the Peruvian Amazon
Postdoctoral Researcher, Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), Bogor, Indonesia
The genomics and neurobiology of behavioral evolution
PhD student, Princeton University
Hacker, Chloe
Wildlife
Restoration Associate, Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust in Seattle
Haeckel, Ingrid
tropical forest ecology, ethnobotany
Conservation and Land Use Specialist the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Hudson River Estuary Program
Haight, Chris
Project Manager, Wetlands and Riparian Restoration, NYC Invasive Species Taskforce, NYC Dept of Parks and Recreation
Hains, Taylor
Genomic & Bioinformatic Technician at Smithsonian Institution, Museum of Natural History
Hajjar, Reem
Forestry policies in Brazilian rainforest
Postdoctoral Research Fellow at University of British Columbia
Human Resources Manager at Columbia Business School
Hekkala, Evon
Conservation Genetics at the Species Boundary: Case studies from African and Carribean Crocodiles (genus: Crocodylus).
Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Fordham University, Bronx, New York.
Environmental controls of foliar respiration in Arctic plants
Postdoctoral Scientist, Ecosystems Center at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole
Hickey, Lisa
Using Models to Understand Moose Recolonization of the Adirondacks
Program Manager, Hunting and Wildlife Trade, Wildilfe Conservation Society
Hise, Jeremy
Science and Technology
Founder, Hise Scientific Instrumentation, LLC
Hoch, Jessica
Soil Microbial Communities
Park-As-Lab Program Coordinator, Randall's Island Park Alliance
Hofmeister, Natalie
Avian behavior, molecular ecology
PhD Student, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Cornell University
Hou, Chia-Yi
climate change, ecology, conservation biology, emergence of infectious diseases
joint PhD student at National University of Singapore and Imperial College London.
Hsueh, Diana
Urban Ecology, Biogeochemistry, Isotopes, Air and Water Quality Monitoring
Senior Water Quality Laboratory Technician, City of Pasadena Department of Water and Power (Pasadena, CA)
Hua-Connell, Susan
Primate studies
Earth Science Teacher, Mechanicville High School
Huang, Charles
Hematology and Blood Biochemistry of Sea Turtles in Baja California Sur, Mexico
Web Developer; GIS Specialist, Conservation Science Program, World Wildlife Fund.
Hunt, Maya
Nate Sawtell's Neuroscience Lab in 2014, 2016-2017 at Columbia Medical Center
Medical student at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Hunter, Christopher
Project Associate, Scientific Operations at The New York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF)
Isles, Peter
Aquatic ecology, invasive species
Ph.D. student at University of Vermont
Jain, Meha
Adaptation to climate variability in social agro-ecological systems
Assistant Professor School for Environment and Sustainability University of Michigan
Jaris, Hannah
Population genetics
Senior Coordinator, American Museum of Natural History
Jennings, Kevin
Invasive species, plant ecology
Wildlife Technician, NYS Dept. of Environmental Conservation
Marine Conservation
Novelist; Ph.D. student, Harvard University
Johnson, Francine
Conservation medicine and botany
Medical Laboratory Technologist, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Johnson, McKenzie
Effect of an Urban-to-Rural Gradient on Mosquito Diversity and Malaria Prevalence in Iquitos, Peru
PhD Candidate, Duke University
Johnson, Rebecca
Director of Administration, graduate school at the american museum of natural history; NYC DoEducation affiliate
Jones , Byron
Consultant, Strategist, Analyst, Project Manager, Team Leader, Lean & Agile Business Savvy
Jouseau, Claire
Ecosystem stability in moss-microarthropod communities.
Recently Research Scientist, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Ecologie et Gestion de la Biodiversité, Paris, France.
Joya, Christopher
ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AND POLICY
MIDDLE SCHOOL SCIENCE TEACHER WITH NYC DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
food systems and behavioral change
Executive Director of Reducetarian Foundation; Director of Public Relations at Reserve; Author
Keen, Sara
Behavior ecology, avian ecology
PhD student in the Neurobiology and Behavior department at Cornell University; visiting student at Oxford, Zoology department
Kelly, Ryan
Genetics and Geography in West Coast Chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora).
Assistant Professor, School of Marine and Environmental Affairs, University of Washington
Kendall, Corrine
Environmental variation affects population and behavioral wildlife ecology
Assistant Curator of Conservation and Research, North Carolina Zoo
Kershaw, Francine
The influence of ecological process on evolution of a highly migratory Baleen whale
Project Scientist, Marine Mammal Protection & Oceans, Nature Program at Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
Kheng, Valentine
Conservation animal genetics
Technical Support for Country Director, Wildlife Conservation Society, Indonesia
King, Kristen
Urban ecology
DIRECTOR OF NATURAL AREAS RESTORATION, NYC DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION
Klass, Keren
dispersal and landscape genetics of black howler monkeys in Chiapas, Mexico
Ph.D student at the University of Toronto
Kleinstein, Deborah
NY Tidal wetlands, macrofossils, vegetation studies, climate, and sea level history
molecular evolution of infectious diseases
Assistant Professor of Epidemiology at the School of Public Health, SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Kriensky, Debra
Avian Conservation & Ecology
Conservation Biologist at NYC Audubon
Kutska, Debra
Perceptions of polar bear conservation
Environment & Sustainability Initiatives Program Manager at Cook County Department of Environment and Sustainability
LaBruna, Danielle
Conservation GIS
Geospatial analyst in the Global conservation division, Wildlife Conservation Society.
Lantner, Murray
conservation biology
Environmental Engineer, WATER COMPLIANCE BRANCH, U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
Law, Jeremy
Marine conservation biology, population studies, behavorial ecology
Project Implementation Manager, New York Tree Trust
Lawrence, Jenna
Understanding the pair bond in brown titi monkeys (Callicebus brunneus): male and female reproductive interests.
Lecturer at E3B, Columbia University. Jenna also serves as Program Director for the Center of Environmental Research and Conservation's (CERC) SEE-U programs.
Systematics, Biogeography, and Conservation Studies of the Turtle Family Geoemydidae.
Lecturer, Faculty of Environmental Sciences Vietnam National University, Hanoi.
Lee, Mei-Ho
Disease ecology
Senior Research Officer, EcoHealth Alliance, Malaysia
Lenseth, Elizabeth
Marine mammals, endangered species.
Environmental Scientist at TRC Solutions
Li, Justine
Environmental policy
Business Integrity, Facebook
Lopez, Elora
Lu, Jacqueline
Forest ecology, ecosystem restoration, urban ecosystem planning and invasive species.
Director of Research & Analysis, Forestry, Horticulture & Natural Resources, NYC Parks.
Macedo, Marcia
Tropical Deforestation and the Land-Water Interface
Assistant scientist, Woods Hole Research Center
Macias, Miguel
Malone, Cynthia
Tropical ecosystem conservation
PHD Student at University of Toronto
Mammides, Christos
human disturbance and food supply effects on primates
Associate Professor, Guangxi University
Marek, Mia
Conservation of ecosystems, behavioral ecology, mammalian conservation, including snow leopards
Biologist, Jacobs
Masi, Lisa
Urban Ecology
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation as a Wildlife Biologist working with Endangered Species.
Maust-Mohl, Maria
Animal behavior and conservation education
Assistant professor of Psychology at Manhattan College
McCartney-Melstad, Evan
Conservation genetics
Postdoctoral Researcher at University of California, Los Angeles
McDermott, Amy
Reef fish phylogenetics
Amy was awarded a Taylor/Blakeslee Fellowship by the Council for the Advancement of Science Writing, and is an M.S. studeent at UC Santa Barbara
McFadden, Kate
The Ecology, Evolution and Natural History of the Endangered Dwarf Carnivores of Cozumel Island, Mexico.
Passed away October 27, 2014
McGinty, Meghan
Brazilian agroforestry
Owner of Cultivate Nature, Great Falls VA; Creating backyard habitats through gardening with native plants.
McKeon, Mallory
Otolaryngology Research Study Assistant at Boston Children's Hospital
Menchaca Rodriguez, Angelica
Conservation genetics
PhD student at University of Bristol
Méndez, Martín
Environmental factors to population structure in mobile marine organisms: a combined genetic oceanographic approach.
Director, Southern Cone & Patagonia, Wildlife Conservation Society; Visiting Scientist, AMNH, Adjunct Professor at Columbia and NYU
Michl, Lisa
land management, special-status species conservation, habitat restoration
Marin County Parks
Mihnovets, A. Nicole
Historical and contemporary genetic perspectives on New World monk seals (Genus Neomonachus)
Science Advising Dean at Columbia University in the City of New York
Miller, Emily
Mixed species association of blue monkeys, Kakamega Forest, Kenya.
Ph.D. student in Ecology at UC Davis
Miller, Kathryn
Wild dog conservation
Miller, Caitlin Alexandra
Manager, Government Relations and Foundation Support at American Museum of Natural History
Mirotchnick, Nick
invasive species, global environemntal change
Data Coordinator, Ontario Brain Institute
Morales-Miranda, David
Admissions Coordinator at Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons
Mulcahy, Erin
behavioral ecology and conservation
Senior Product Strategy Lead, Education, LittleBits
Munsch, Cathy
marine population studies, ecology, genetics
Project Manager, NYU Langone Medical Center
Murray, Anita
characterizing and comparing humpback whale songs from Madagascar and Western Australia
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD at The University of Queensland, Australia.
Muscarella, Bob
Functional and phylogenetic dimensions of tree diversity across environmental gradients in Puerto Rico: Insights to community assembly processes
Postdoctoral Researcher, Aarhus University, Denmark
Neoavian systematics and biogeography
Ph.D. Candidate in Geological Sciences, the University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas
Nadeem Mirza, Humza
Chronic Disease Epidemiology
Master of Science Candidate, Yale School of Public Health
Naro-Maciel, Eugenia
Connectivity and Structure of Atlantic Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas) populations: A Genetic Perspective.
Assistant Clinical Professor, Liberal Studies, New York University
Naylor, Lauren
Community based conservation
Ranger Survey Intern, Global Wildlife Conservation
Human well-being, livelihood strategies and impacts on natural resources
TA for SEE-U NYC, Core Coordinator - the Network for Conserving Central India (NCCI)
Newman, Sharon
Oak mortality and plant populations
PhD student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, program: Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences
Nichols, Elizabeth
Ecosystem services
Foreign Affairs Officer & AAAS ST Fellow, US Department of State
Noyes (Baird), Kaitlin
Coral reef ecology, ecosystem presevation
Director of Ocean Academy, Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences; Instructor, Coral Reefs Ecology, Bermuda Institute of Ocean Science (BIOS) in partnership with the Center for Environmental Research and Conservation (CERC).
Olival, Kevin
Flying fox population genetics and phylogeny; Nipah virus emergence.
Vice President of Research, EcoHealthAlliance and Adjunct Lecturer, Columbia University.
Ordway, Elsa
Human impact on land use modification
PH.D. STUDENT DEPT OF EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE (SCHOOL OF EARTH SCIENCES AT STANFORD) ADVISED BY DR. ERIC LAMBIN
Orrick, Katherine (Kaggie)
African elephant habitat effects
Botswana Program Director at Round River Conservation Studies
Osmundson, Todd
ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION OF FUNGI
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, DEPT OF BIOLOGY, UNIV OF WISCONSIN – LA CROSSE
Pace, Sara
Environmental biology, species identification, avian and fish ecology
Ecological Consultant, Earth Institute Center for Environmental Sustainability
Palmeri, Davia
Natural history & conservation of birds
Conservation Policy Coordinator at Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
Peters, Jaquelyn
Marine conservation
Rainforest Alliance administrator/financial manager
Peterson, Joel
Animal behavior, conservation, biodiversity
Medical Student, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Pikus, Alyxandra
environmental change and behavior
Media Services Assistant at The Earth Institute Columbia University
Pineda-Catalan, Oscar
Anthropogenic Pressures and Effects on Podocnemis Turtles (P. expansa, P. unifilis, P. sextuberculata) in the Iquitos Area of the Peruvian Amazon
Conservation Biologist at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory/American Museum of Natural History
Porzecanski, Ana Luz
HISTORICAL BIOGEOGRAPHY OF THE SOUTH AMERICAN ARIDLANDS: A MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETIC STUDY OF ENDEMIC AVIAN TAXA
DIRECTOR, CENTER FOR BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION, AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY & PROJECT DIRECTOR, NETWORK OF CONSERVATION EDUCATOR AND PRACTITIONERS
Pownall, Jessica
Urban Advantage Coordinator/Education Specialist at the Staten Island Zoo in Staten Island, NY
Prager, Case
Biodiversity, ecosystem services
Ph.D. student, E3B, Columbia University.
Prager, Case
Biodiversity and ecosystem function, human land use, ecosystem stability and ecosystem services
Priester , Molly
Comparative phylogegraphy and behavioral ecology of birds
PhD Student at Richard Gilder Graduate School
Putnam, Andrea
Ecological divergence, Swallowtail butterfly species
Population Biologist at San Diego Zoo Global
Quintero-Rivero, Maria-Esther
Avian Diversification in the Andes: Understanding Endemism Patterns and Historical Biogeography
Head of the Priority and Endangered species program at the Comisión Nacional para el Uso y Conocimiento de la Biodiversidad (CONABIO)
PhD Student at the Department of Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology (Columbia University)
Ramey, Tonya
PhD Candidate,University of British Columbia studying riparian and stream ecology in western Canada.
Rasoamam Pianina, Vanessa
Marine mammal biology and conservation
Teaching conservation biology, University in Madagascar.
Raygorodetsky, Gleb
Strict Protection or Managed Harvest? Furbearers, Institution and Socioeconomic Change in Kamchatka, Russia (1971-2001).
Adjunct Fellow at United Nations University Traditional Knowledge Initiative
Historical biogeography of southern Asia: Investigating patterns of biotic assemblages and their relationships using endemic avian taxa.
Associate Professor Biology Dept, Loyola University Chicago Chicago IL USA
Reddy, Avinash
Population Genetics, Pathogen Evolution
Research MPhil student, Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge
Environmental influences on mental health and brain development / brain aging
PhD Candidate in Clinical Psychology at Duke University
Reynolds, Taralynn
Conservation education, primate research
Science Teacher, Biology and AP Environmental Science at BASIS International Shenzhen
Richardson, Jennifer
Ricklan, Sarah
MPhil candidate in Applied Biological Anthropology at Cambridge University
Rivera, Christian Josué
Endangered species conservation; social-ecological systems; hunting; wildlife trade; biocultural diversity and conservation
PhD student in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation at the University of Florida
Rivera J., Christian
Endangered species conservation; social-ecological systems; hunting; wildlife trade; biocultural diversity and conservation
PhD student in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation at the University of Florida: Gainesville
Roberts, Su-jen
Intra-sexual competition and reproduction in wild blue monkeys
Wildlife Conservation Society
Rogers, Jessica
National park success
Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies at SUNY Potsdam
Rossi, Natalia
Conservation genetics
Cuba Program Manager Mesoamerica and Western Caribbean Program Wildlife Conservation Society
Roth, Allison
Social activity in wild blue monkeys
Ph.D. student, Oxford University
Rothe, Jean
Conservation science
Bird survey at Black Rock, Lab Manager Quinnipiac College
A HIERARCHIAL EXAMINATION OF GENETIC DIVERSIFICATION: CONSERVATION IMPLICATIONS FOR PARROTS IN THE GENUS AMAZONA
PROFESSOR, UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
Sauer, Kirsten
Ph.D. student, Cornell University
Savant, Neha
Wildlife & Fisheries Ecologist, New York City's Department of Parks & Recreation, in the Natural Resources Group
Schelly, Robert
Phylogenetics of the Lamprologini based on molecules and morphology.
Scientist, Vertebrate Zoology, Ichthyology - at AMNH.
Schikler, Peter
Senior Counsel, Environmental Law Division at the New York City Law Department
Schmidt, Kari
Spatial and temporal evaluation of molecular genetic variation in scarlet macaws (Ara macao): Implications for population management in La Selva Maya, Central America
post-doctoral fellowship in Costa Rica
Impacts of disturbance and climate extremes in tropical forests
Postdoc at University of Minnesota, Powers lab
Scovronick, Sara
Environmental education and policy
Administrative Coordinator, Consortium for Policy Research in Education (CPRE), Teacher's College, Columbia University.
Sears, Robin
New forestry on the floodplain: the ecology and management of Calycophyllum spruceanim (Rubiaceae) in the Amazon landscape.
Program Dean, The School for Field Studies, environmental study abroad programs, Salem, MA, USA www.fieldstudies.org.
Seewagen, Chad
Physiological ecology and conservation of migratory birds
Senior Wildlife Biologist, AKRF Inc. Consulting; Adjunct Assistant Professor, Pace University; Graduated with PhD from Univ. of Western Ontario in 2010
Seto, Stephanie
Small mammal ecology
Science teacher, The Browning School, Manhattan
Sibata, Camila
Molecular ecology of corals
High school biology teacher in New York City.
Sigoun, Amanda
Turtle trade and conservation
Senior Research Assistant at the Center for Biodiversity and Conservation
Simpson, Joshua
Sircely, Jason
Biophysical regulation and economic valuation of ecosystem services in Sauri and Mbola Millennium Villages Project (MVP) sites in Kenya and Tanzania
Post-doctoral scientist, Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory, Colorado State University Fort Collins
Smith, Laura
Effect of protected areas on local livelihoods
City Clerk of the city of Cherry Hills Village, Colorado
Smith, William Leo
The Limits and Relationships of Mail-Checked Fishes (Teleostei: Percomorpha) and the Evolution of Venom in Fishes.
Assistant Curator and Head of Fishes, Department of Zoology, The Field Museum & Committee on Evolutionary Biology, The University of Chicago.
TROPICAL CONSERVATION (TERRESTRIAL AND MARINE), ORNITHOLOGY, WILDLIFE REHABILITATION
PROGRAM MANAGER AT THE CORAL REEF ALLIANCE IN SAN FRANCISCO
Stade, Kirsten
impacts of livestock grazing on ecology of fire-adapted ponderosa pine ecosystems
Working at a national non-profit to defend whistle blowers in state and federal environmental agencies; with a contractor providing climate change training and communications for a federal agency; Founder of Peaceful Dog, www.peacefuldog.org
Starger, Craig
Coral Population Genetics in the Indonesian Seas.
Research Scientist, School of Global Environmental Sustainability, Colorado State University
Stevens, Hannah
Plant conservation (including Amazonia, the Caribbean, Micronesia, SE Asia and China), identifying species at risk using GIS
GIS Program Manager at The New York Botanical Garden
Stiner, Eric
Malaria, bats, primates, phylogenetics
Ph.D. student, CUNY Hunter, Department of Ecology, Evolutionary Biology and Behavior.
Stracey, Christine
Patterns in urban bird communities
Ph.D. student, University of Florida, Department of Biology and in partenership with the Florida Museum of Natural History
Takahashi, Maressa
Interface of behavioral ecology and conservation biology
Biologist, Columbia University in the City of New York
The environmental regulation of symbiotic nitrogen fixation
Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
Terlizzi, Katie
Effects of habitat fragmentation, urbanization
Educator and Research Associate for Black Rock Forest Consortium
Terwilliger, Lauren
Conservation genetics, population conservation, landscape analysis
Ph.D. student, University of Minnesota. Research topics include genetic issues in conservation, conservation of populations, species and ecosystems.
Thaler, Madeline (Maddy)
BS in Enivironmental Biology, MSc in Primate Conservation at Oxford Brookes University
Primate Release Coordinator for Cercopan at Cross River National Park, Nigeria
Thornton, Joseph
Professor, Depts of Human Genetics and Ecology & Evolution at University of Chicago
Thurman, Mollie
Marine conservation
Torregrossa, Ann-Marie
Wildlife nutrition
Pursuing Ph.D. from the University of Utah.
Tremain, Kristin
Phenology & climate change, phylogenetics, mammalogy, conservation behavior.
Senior Biologist/Climate Ecologist for AECOM
Trimarco, Ellen
Forest ecosystems, herpetology, carbon storage and climate change.
Conservation Genetics Program Manager, Sackler Institute for Comparative Genomics, American Museum of Natural History.
Tupper, EB
Assistant Director of Compliance, Global Conservation Program, Wildlife Conservation Society
Valencia, Vivian
Ecological and social dimensions of tree diversity in coffee agroforestry systems
Assistant Professor at the Farming Systems Ecology group, Wageningen University & Research, The Netherlands
Vallely, Andrew
Ornithology
Field Associate in the Dept. of Ornithology at the American Museum of Natural History. Co-author of the book: Annotated Checklist of the Birds of Belize, as well as the forthcoming, A guide to the birds of Central America, to be published by Princeton University Press.
Vintinner Betley, Erin
Food and water studies; biocultural approaches to conservation; stakeholder engagement; sea turtle conservation
Biodiversity Specialist and Programs Coordinator, Center for Biodiversity and Conservation at the American Museum of Natural History.
Vitazkova, Sylvia
Effects of demography and ecology on parasites of wild black howler monkeys (Alouatta pigra) from Beliza and southern Mexico.
Director, Zoo & Aquarium Leadership Program, MAIS; Assistant Professor, New Century College, George Mason University.
Wadler-Lase, Rebecca
Wildlife ecology, International Conservation, Conservation Education
Sustainabily Education Program Associate at Izaak Walton League of America.
Walsh (Fischer), Erica
BAT ECOLOGY
Lead Category Specialist at Walmart eCommerce
Walsh Byers, Meredith
Artificial Reefs Affect Community Dynamics in a Shallow Back-Reef Lagoon
Environmental Scientist, Dvirka & Bartilucci Consulting Engineers.
Warlick, Anne-Elizabeth
Human and large mammal ecology conservation, focus on Tanzania.
Biologist and Consultant, Ecology and Environment Inc.
Weeks, Brian
Combining phylogenetic analyses with community ecology to better understand the niche relationships among species
Weeks, Brian
Combining phylogenetic analyses with community ecology to better understand the niche relationships among species
Wetterer, Andrea
Evolution and the Ecological Diversification of Phyllostomid Bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera).
Research assosciate, division of vertebrate zoology, AMNH. Postdoctoral researcher, Department of Anatomical Sciences, SUNY Stony Brook.
Willigan, Erin
ECOTOURISM IN MAINLAND SOUTHEAST ASIA
CHIEF MARKETING OFFICER, AMERICORD; President, The Americord Foundation
urban ecology & evolution, herpetology, tropical ecology
Assistant Professor, New York University
Applied Scientist, The Nature Conservancy; Associate Research Scientist, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies
Bat foraging and disease ecology in agroecosystems
Ph.D. Student at University Wisconsin Madison
Tropical ecology, herpetology, ecosystem ecology.
Assistant Professor, Department of Biology University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI
Wynn-Grant, Rae
The impacts of human activity on carnivore population persistence
Postdoctoral Fellow at American Museum of Natural History
Yackulic, Charles
GEOGRAPHIC RANGE AND POPULATION DYNAMICS OF ENDANGERED SPECIES. POPULATION AND ECOSYSTEM MODELLING OF MANAGED RIVERS.
USGS RESEARCH STATISTICIAN
Yau, Ferdie
Endangered mammals, jaguars
NYC Dept of Parks and Recreation, Natural Resources Group at Bronx River.
Zambrana Flores, Ivan
Political Ecology, Conservation Biology, Climate Change
Executive Director, Plurinational Authority of Mother Earth / D.Phil. student University of Oxford, U.K.
Zenny, Nathalie
Coral reef ecology
Pedro Bank Project Manager, Jamaica Program, The Nature Conservancy.
