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SCBI Staff

Steven Monfort, Ph.D., D.V.M.
John and Adrienne Mars Director, Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute
Ricardo Stanoss, D.V.M.
Academic Program Manager
William Pitt, Ph.D.
Deputy Director, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute; Associate Director of Conservation and Science, Smithsonian's National Zoo

Center for Conservation & Sustainability

Francisco Dallmeier, Ph.D.
Center Head, Conservation Biologist
Alfonso Alonso, Ph.D.
Managing Director, International Field Programs
Reynaldo Linares-Palomino, Ph.D.
Managing Director, Peruvian Andes Biodiversity Assessment and Monitoring Program
Ximena Velez-Zuazo, Ph.D.
Marine Managing Director
Anna TC Feistner, Ph.D.
Managing Director, Gabon Biodiversity Program
Ana María Sánchez Cuervo, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Jessica Deichmann, Ph.D.
Conservation Biologist
Tremaine Gregory, Ph.D.
Conservation Biologist
Hadrien Vanthomme, Ph.D., D.V.M.
Conservation Biologist

Center for Species Survival

Nucharin Songsasen, Ph.D., D.V.M.
Head, Center for Species Survival
Paul Marinari
Senior Curator
Janine Brown, Ph.D.
Research Physiologist/Endocrinology Laboratory Head
Megan Brown, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Pierre Comizzoli, Ph.D., D.V.M.
Research Biologist
Adrienne E. Crosier, Ph.D.
Cheetah Biologist
Ashley N. Edes, Ph.D.
George E. Burch Postdoctoral Fellow
Katie L. Edwards, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Marcia de Almeida Monteiro Melo Ferraz, Ph.D., D.V.M.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Brian Gratwicke, Ph.D.
Conservation Biologist
Mary Hagedorn, Ph.D.
Research Biologist
Warren E. Johnson, Ph.D.
Conservation Geneticist
Diana Koester, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Pei-Chih Lee, Ph.D.
Research Specialist
Rosana Nogueira de Moraes, Ph.D., D.V.M.
Senior Research Fellow
Piper Mullins
Program Manager, Pan-Smithsonian Cryo-Initiative
Jennifer Nagashima, Ph.D.
Smithsonian Institution Postdoctoral Fellow
Budhan S. Pukazhenthi, Ph.D.
Research Physiologist (Ungulates)
Tricia Rowlison, Ph.D.
Research Specialist
Eneour Puill-Stephan, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Paul M. Angell Foundation Fellowship)
Kimberly Terrell, Ph.D.
Research Associate
Gina Della Togna, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
David E. Wildt, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist Emeritus
Klaus-Peter Koepfli
Conservation Biologist
Natalia A. Prado, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Alyssa Wetterau
Graduate Student Researcher
Morgan Bragg , M.S.
Graduate Student Researcher

Center for Conservation Genomics

Robert C. Fleischer, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist and Center Head
Michael G. Campana, Ph.D.
Computational Genomics Scientist
Susette Castañeda Rico, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Mia Keady
Graduate Student Researcher
Anna M. Kearns, Ph.D.
SIBG Postdoctoral Fellow
Blake Klocke, Ph.D.
Conservation Biologist, Graduate Student Researcher
Klaus-Peter Koepfli
Conservation Biologist
Jesus E. Maldonado, Ph.D.
Research Geneticist
Nancy Rotzel McInerney
Laboratory Manager
Kevin P. Mulder
Visiting Researcher
Carly R. Muletz Wolz, Ph.D., M.S.
Robert and Arlene Kogod Secretarial Scholar, Molecular Pathogen Scientist
Lillian D. Parker
Predoctoral Fellow
Natalia A. Prado, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Katherine Ralls, Ph.D.
Senior Research Zoologist Emerita
Madhvi Venkatraman
Graduate Fellow
Elin Videvall, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Researcher, Computational Genomics Scientist
Alyssa Wetterau
Graduate Student Researcher
Anat M. Belasen, Ph.D., M.S.
David H. Smith Conservation Research Postdoctoral Fellow
Morgan Bragg , M.S.
Graduate Student Researcher
Vanessa Guerra Canedo, M.S.
Graduate Student Researcher
Randall Jiménez Quirós, Ph.D., M.S.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Kelly Speer, Ph.D., M.S.
Biodiversity Genomics and George E. Burch Postdoctoral Fellow
Vinícius Cardoso Cláudio, M.S.
Predoctoral fellow
E. Emperatriz Gamero, M.S.
Smithsonian Fellow and Graduate Student researcher

Conservation Ecology Center

Peter Leimgruber, Ph.D.
Center Head, Conservation Biologist
Kristina J. Anderson-Teixeira, Ph.D.
Forest Ecologist, Leader of CTFS-ForestGEO Ecosystems & Climate Initiative
Sumalika Biswas, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Andy J. Boyce, Ph.D.
Conservation Ecologist
Michael Butler Brown, Ph.D.
Conservation Science Fellow
Justin M. Calabrese, Ph.D.
Quantitative Ecologist
Grant M. Connette, Ph.D.
Ecologist
Ramiro Daniel Crego, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Researcher
Shermin de Silva, Ph.D.
James Smithson Fellow
Wolfgang Dittus, Ph.D.
Primatologist
Chris H. Fleming, Ph.D.
Smithsonian Fellow
Shifra Goldenberg, Ph.D.
Ecologist
Qiongyu Huang, Ph.D., M.S.
Wildlife Biologist
Norbert (Nobby) Kunert, Ph.D.
Forest ecologist and plant physiologist
Katie LaJeunesse Connette, M.E.M.
International Program Manager
John McEvoy, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
William J. McShea, Ph.D.
Wildlife Ecologist
Katherine Mertes, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Michael Noonan, Ph.D.
Smithsonian Fellow
Christie Sampson, Ph.D.
Smithsonian Fellow
Hila Shamon, Ph.D.
Landscape Ecologist
Melissa Songer, Ph.D.
Conservation Ecologist
Jared Stabach, Ph.D.
Ecologist
Alan J. Tepley, Ph.D.
Senior Researcher
Jennifer Zhao
eMammal Data Manager

Virginia Working Landscapes

Amy E.M. Johnson, Ph.D.
Program Director, Virginia Working Landscapes
Charlotte Lorick
Outreach and Communications Coordinator
Joseph M. Guthrie
Survey Coordinator

Global Health Program

Suzan Murray, D.V.M., D.A.C.Z.M.
Program Director
MacDonald Farnham, D.V.M.
Morris Animal Foundation and Dennis and Connie Keller Director of Training, Veterinary Medical Officer
James Hassell, Ph.D., B.V.M
Keller Family Secretarial Scholar
Maureen Wanjiku Kamau, B.V.M
Veterinary Research Fellow in One Health
Dawn Zimmerman, D.V.M., M.S.
Director of Wildlife Health, Veterinary Medical Officer, Global Lead - PREDICT Kenya

Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center

T. Scott Sillett, Ph.D.
Head, Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center
Justine Bowe
Bird Friendly® Coffee Program Manager
Evan Buechley, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Rebecca Cheek, Ph.D.
Graduate Student
Emily Cohen, Ph.D.
Research Ecologist
Nathan W. Cooper, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Roslyn Dakin, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Mary Deinlein
Bird Conservation/Education Specialist
Dana L. Moseley
Postdoctoral Fellow
Brian S. Evans, Ph.D.
Migratory Bird Ecologist
Maybellene Gamboa, Ph.D.
Graduate Student
Timothy Guida
Research Technician
Michael T. Hallworth, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Autumn-Lynn Harrison, Ph.D.
Scientist
Alex E. Jahn, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Researcher
Nicole Krauss
Graduate Student
Pete Marra, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist Emeritus
Desiree L. Narango
Ph.D Candidate
Bob Reitsma
Research Technician
Robert Rice, Ph.D.
Scientist
Brandt Ryder, Ph.D.
Research Scientist
Dara Satterfield, Ph.D.
James Smithson Postdoctoral Fellow
Amy Scarpignato
Research Technician
Calandra Stanley
Ph.D Candidate
Jonathon J. Valente, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Department of Veterinary Medicine

Kelly Helmick, D.V.M., D.A.C.Z.M.
Supervisory Veterinary Medical Officer

Smithsonian-Mason School of Conservation

Joseph Kolowski, Ph.D.
Wildlife Ecologist, Graduate and Professional Training Manager