Anthony Dell
Research Scientist, NGRREC; Affiliated Faculty, Biology, Saint Louis University; Visiting Scholar, Biology, Washington University in Saint Louis
- Email: tonyidell@gmail.com
Primary subject of interest: Community ecology, temperature, metabolic scaling, behavior
Primary geographic range of interest: Global, with current work in Saint Louis, Nebraska, Tahiti, Iceland, and Australia
Karen DeMatteo
Lecturer of Environmental Studies, Washington University in Saint Louis; Researcher, Saint Louis Zoo
Primary subject of interest: Ecology, conservation, and management of predator-prey species using noninvasive techniques
Primary geographic interest: Global (special interest in tropics and temperate)
Ashley Edes
Animal Welfare Scientist, Department of Reproductive and Behavioral Sciences, Saint Louis Zoo
- Email: aedes@stlzoo.org
Primary subject of interest: Animal welfare, primatology, stress, behavior, endocrinology
Christine Edwards
Stephen and Camilla Brauer Conservation Geneticist, Center for Conservation and Sustainable Development, Missouri Botanical Garden
Primary subject of interest: Conservation genetics, molecular systematics, phylogeography, DNA metabarcoding, quantitative genetics, understanding response of plants to environmental stress (focusing mainly on plants of conservation concern)
Primary geographic interest: Americas and islands of the western Indian Ocean (Madagascar and the Mascarenes)
Justin Elden
Curator/Herpetology & Aquatics
- Email: elden@stlzoo.org
Primary subject of interest: Herpetology, Cave Biology
Primary geographic interest: Via the Saint Louis Zoo(Missouri, Armenia, Ecuador) and externally (Guatemala, Costa Rica, Ukraine, Puerto Rico)
Kate Farley
Assistant Scientist, William L. Brown Center
- Email: kfarley@mobot.org
Primary subject of interest: Ethnobotany, traditional ecological knowledge, community-based conservation, North American biodiversity, invasive species
Primary geographic interest: United States
David Fike
Associate Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Director of Department of Environmental Studies, Washington University in Saint Louis
Primary subject of interest: Biogeochemical cycling in modern/ancient marine sediments and soils
Primary geographic interest: Global–currently: Australia, Canada, France, French Guiana, Estonia, Lithuania, Italy, New Zealand, Namibia, Oman, Papua New Guinea, Scotland, Sweden, US
Martha Fischer
Curator of Mammals- Ungulates and Elephants, Saint Louis Zoo
- Email: Fischer@stlzoo.org
Primary subject of interest: All Horn of Africa wildlife including Grevy’s zebra, African elephant, Hirola, Black rhino, Mountain nyala, Giraffe, African wild ass, Speke’s gazelle, Ethiopian wolf, and Okapi
Primary geographic interest: Horn of Africa including Kenya, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti and Somaliland; DRC (Okapi)
Marc Fourrier
The Jane Goodall Institute, Great Ape Conservation Director
- Email: mfourrier@janegoodall.org
Primary subject of interest: Conservation biology, Tropical forest ecology, Seed dispersal ecology, Great ape conservation
Primary geographic interest: Democratic Republic of Congo, Burundi, Republic of Congo, Liberia, Senegal, Mali, Guinea
Kasey Fowler-Finn
Assistant Professor of Biology, Saint Louis University
Primary subject of interest: Animal communication, insects, and arachnids
Primary geographic area of interest: Saint Louis, Eastern North America
Michael Franchetti
Professor of Anthropology, Washington University in Saint Louis
- Email: franchetti@wustl.edu
Primary subject of interest: Anthropology, Archaeology, Asia, Human Ecology, Grassland ecology, Tropical Jungles
Primary geographic interest: Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Maldives, Nias (Indonesia)
Ashley D. Franklin
Program Analyst, AZA Reproductive Management Center, Saint Louis Zoo
- Email: franklin@stlzoo.org
Primary subject of interest: Reproductive biology and management, genetics, endocrinology, applied statistics, mammals (particularly felids and canids)
Primary geographic interest: Global; wild and captive populations
Gayle Fritz
Professor Emeritus of Archaeology, Washington University in Saint Louis
Primary subject of interest: Agriculture, archaeobotany, ethnobotany, and conservation
Primary geographic interest: North America
Roy Gereau
Assistant Curator and Director of Tanzania Botanical Research and Conservation Programme, Missouri Botanical Garden
Primary subject of interest: Floristics, plant taxonomy, and plant conservation
Primary geographic interest: Tanzania
Ashley Glenn
Research Specialist, William L. Brown Center, Missouri Botanical Garden
Primary subject of interest: Ethnobotany, food anthropology, refugee and immigrant cuisine
Primary geographic interest: Bosnia, United States
Alan Graham
Curator of Paleobotany & Palynology, Center for Conservation and Sustainable Development, Missouri Botanical Garden
Primary subject of interest: Vegetation history, land bridges, migrations, natural history
Primary geographic interest: New World
Shirley Graham
Curator, Lythraceae and Researcher, Missouri Botanical Garden
Primary subject of interest: Flowering plant systematics, Lythraceae
Primary geographic interest: Global
Jessica Griffard
Research Specialist, William L. Brown Center, Missouri Botanical Garden
- Email: jessica.griffard@mobot.org
Primary subject of interest: Ethnobotany, artifacts made from plants, education
Primary geographic interest: Global
Danelle Haake
RiverWatch Director and Stream Ecologist, National Great Rivers Research and Education Center
- Email: dhaake@lc.edu
Robbie Hart
Assistant Curator, High Elevation Ethnobotany and GLORIA, Missouri Botanical Garden
Primary subject of interest: Mountains, ethnobotany, climate change
Primary geographic interest: Himalaya
Julie Hartell-DeNardo
Zoological Manager, Carnivores, Saint Louis Zoo
- Email: hartell@stlzoo.org
Primary subject of interest: Carnivore conservation, Felidae, Carnidae, Ursidae
Primary geographic interest: Africa (Tanzania, Namibia), South America (Columbia, Ecuador, Peru), Artic Regions (Alaska, Norway)
Elizabeth Haswell
HHMI-Simons Faculty Scholar Director of Research, NSF Center for Engineering MechanoBiology / Associate Professor
- Phone: 3149359223
- Email: ehaswell@wustl.edu
Heidi Hellmuth
Curator of Primates
- Email: hellmuth@stlzoo.org
Primary subject of interest: Primate conservation, animal welfare, animal behavior and behavior management (enrichment and training)
Primary geographic area of interest: I am the program coordinator for our partnerships with HUTAN in Malaysian Borneo and with the Goualougo Triangle Ape Project in Republic of Congo
Erik Herzog
Professor of Biology and Neuroscience
- Email: herzog@biology.wustl.edu
Primary subject(s) of interest: circadian rhythms
Primary geographic interest: United States
Paul Hime
Instructor in Genetics, Department of Genetics and McDonnell Genome Institute
- Email: paul.hime@wustl.edu
Derek Hoeferlin
Associate Professor, Chair of landscape architecture and urban design programs, Sam Fox School
- Email: hoeferlin@wustl.edu
Sarah Holaday
Director of Animal Care & Conservation, Animal Care
Primary subject of interest: Conservation
Douglas Holland
Library Director, Peter H. Raven Library, Missouri Botanical Garden
Primary subject of interest: Biodiversity literature
Primary geographic area of interest: United States
Bill Houston
Assistant General Curator, Saint Louis Zoo
- Email: Houston@stlzoo.org
Primary subject of interest: Restoration of Sahelo-Saharan species
Primary geographic interest: Niger, Chad, Sahara
Feng Sheng Hu, PhD
Dean of the Faculty of Arts & Sciences, Professor of Biology and of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Lucille P. Markey Distinguished Professor in Arts & Sciences, Washington University in Saint Louis
- Email: deanhu@wustl.edu
Lora Iannotti
Associate Professor, Associate Dean for Public Health, Brown School
- Email: liannotti@wustl.edu
Primary subject of interest: animal source foods and small livestock and fisheries development; child growth and development, maternal and young child nutrition and nutrient deficiencies (zinc, iron, vitamin A, B12, choline, and fatty acids)
Primary geographic area of interest: Haiti, Ecuador, Kenya
Nathan Jacobs
Professor, Computer Science & Engineering
- Email: jacobsn@wustl.edu
Primary subject of interest: Computer Vision, Remote Sensing