Solny Adalsteinsson
Principal Investigator and Staff Scientist, Tyson Research Center, Washington University in Saint Louis
Primary subject of interest: Urban ecology, disease ecology, ticks, birds, small mammals
Primary geographic interest: Midwest and mid-Atlantic US
Julian Aguirre-Santoro
Curator of Vascular Plants, Latin America
- Email: jaguirre-santoro@mobot.org
Primary subject of interest: Plant systematics and floristics
Primary geographic interest: Colombia, Brazil, United States, Jamaica, Mexico, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, Suriname, Venezuela, Panama, Costa Rica
Matthew A. Albrecht
Associate Scientist in Conservation Biology, Center for Conservation and Sustainable Development, Missouri Botanical Garden
Primary subject of interest: Plant conservation, threatened plants and communities
Primary geographic interest: Ozarks and Southeastern US
Robert Aldridge
Professor Emeritus of Biology, Saint Louis University; Researcher, Saint Louis Zoo
Primary subject of interest: Herpetology, conservation
Primary geographic area of interest: Guam, Mexico
Whitney Anthonysamy
Assistant Professor of Biology, Saint Louis College of Pharmacy
- Email: whitney.anthonysamy@uhsp.edu
Primary subject of interest: Population ecology and conservation, herpetology
Primary geographic area of interest: Saint Louis
Kathleen Apakupakul
Research Assistant, Institute for Conservation Medicine, Saint Louis Zoo
- Email: apakupakul@stlzoo.org
Primary subject of interest: Conservation medicine, one health
Primary geographic interest: Global
Wendy Applequist
Associate Curator, William L. Brown Center, Missouri Botanical Garden
Primary subject of interest: Plant taxonomy, medicinal plants, natural product discovery
Primary geographic interest: United States, Madagascar
Cheryl Asa
Affiliate Scientist, Saint Louis Zoo
- Email: asa@stlzoo.org
Primary subject of interest: Reproductive and behavioral sciences
Primary geographic area of interest: Latin America; continuing work in Mexico
John J. Atwood
Curatorial Assistant, Bryophyte Herbarium, Missouri Botanical Garden
Primary subject of interest: Bryology
Matthew Austin, PhD
Curator of Biodiversity Data, Herbarium, Missouri Botanical Garden
- Email: maustin@mobot.org
Primary subject of interest: Plants and pollinators; Impacts of global change on plant-pollinator relationships.
Patricia Barberá-Sanchez
Assistant Scientist, Africa and Madagascar Department, Missouri Botanical Garden
- Email: pbarbera@mobot.org
Primary subject(s) of interest: Taxonomy and systematics of African plants
Primary geographic area of interest: Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Sao Tome and Principe, Madagascar
Eli Baskir
Behavior Research Associate, Saint Louis Zoo
- Email: baskir@stlzoo.org
Primary subject of interest: Animal behavior
Primary geographic interest: Global
Burgund Bassuner
Science Specialist, Center for Conservation and Sustainable Development, Missouri Botanical Garden
Primary subject of interest: Population genetics and plant conservation
Primary geographic area of interest: United States
Karen Bauman
Laboratory Manager, Research Department, Saint Louis Zoo
- Email: kbauman@stlzoo.org
Primary subject of interest: All species, especially canids and ungulates; reproduction, wildlife technologies
Primary geographic interest: Ex situ, North America, global
Yehuda Ben-Shahar
Assistant Professor of Biology, Washington University in Saint Louis
Primary subject of interest: Evolutionary, molecular and population genetics of insect behavior; The genetics of phenotypic tradeoffs.
Primary geographic interest: Global
John R. Bermingham Jr.
Associate Professor of Genetics, Center for Genome Sciences and Systems Biology, Washington University School of Medicine
Primary subject of interest: Conservation genetics, herpetology
Primary geographic interest: Global
Peter Bernhardt
Professor of Biology, Saint Louis University
Primary subject of interest: Pollination, Anthophilous insects (bees, beetles, syrphid flies, butterflies and moths), flowering plant groups (orchids and other petaloid monocots), montane wildflowers of the Himalayas, Proteaceae of Australia, redbuds and dogwoods of Missouri
Primary geographic area of interest: American Midwest, Eastern Australia, Yunnan China
Chris Birkinshaw
Assistant Curator, Africa and Madagascar, Missouri Botanical Garden
Primary subject of interest: Management of protected areas (including sustainable use of natural resources, forest restoration, monitoring, control of invasive plant species) and ex-situ plant conservation (including field gene-banks)
Primary geographic interest: Madagascar
Stephen Blake
Assistant Professor of Biology, Saint Louis University
Primary subject of interest: Ecology and conservation of mega vertebrates
Primary geographic interest: Congo Basin, Galapagos Islands, Missouri
Adrianus (Jacco) Boon
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
- Email: jboon@wustl.edu
Primary subject of interest: Virology and virus ecology
Primary geographic interest: USA
Arpita Bose
Associate Professor of Biology / Earth & Planetary Sciences
- Email: abose@wustl.edu
Primary subject of interest: Microbial Ecology, Climate Change, Climate Action
Primary geographic interest: United States, Puerto Rico, Argentina, India
Emily Bowling
Conservation Educator, Saint Louis Zoo
- Email: bowling@stlzoo.org
Primary subject of interest: Palm oil sustainability, public education
Primary geographic interest: Tropical rainforests, local conservation
Louise Bradshaw
Retired Director of Education, Saint Louis Zoo
- Email: Bradshaw@stlzoo.org
Primary subject of interest: Climate change education, enhancing biodiversity, community-based conservation engagement, nature-based education
Primary geographic interest: Saint Louis region
John Brinda
Assistant Scientist, Research, Missouri Botanical Garden
- Email: john.brinda@mobot.org
Primary subject of interest: Ecology, taxonomy, and conservation of bryophytes
Primary geographic area of interest: USA, Madagascar
Andrew Brown
Professor of Spanish, Department of Romance Languages & Literatures
- Email: abrown@wustl.edu
Mónica Carlsen
Assistant Scientist – Education Coordinator, Missouri Botanical Garden
Primary subject of interest: Plant diversity and evolution
Primary geographic interest: Neotropics (Mexico and Brazil)
Bruce Carlson
Associate Professor of Biology, Washington University in Saint Louis
Primary subject of interest: Sensory and evolutionary neuroscience in electric fish
Primary geographic interest: Sub-Saharan Africa
Bob Coulter
Director, Litzsinger Road Ecology Center, Missouri Botanical Garden
- Email: bob.coulter@mobot.org
Primary subject of interest: Youth civic engagement and place-based education
Primary geographic interest: Global
Thomas Croat
PA Schulze Curator of Botany and Researcher, Missouri Botanical Garden
Primary subject of interest: Taxonomy and ecology of Neotropical Araceae
Primary geographic interest: Neotropics