Whitney Anthonysamy

Whitney Anthonysamy

Associate Professor of Biology, University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy

Primary subject(s) of interest:  Urban ecology, population ecology, conservation biology, herpetology

Primary geographic area(s) of interest: United States (Saint Louis, Missouri)

Habitats and Ecosystems of interest: Forest, Freshwater, Urban areas

Matthew Austin

Matthew Austin

Curator of Biodiversity Data, Herbarium, Missouri Botanical Garden

Primary subject(s) of interest: Herbaria, global change biology, hyperspectral botany, phenology, ecology

Primary geographic area(s) of interest: Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America

Habitats and Ecosystems of interest: Forest, Grassland, Urban Areas, Botanic Gardens and Herbaria

Karen Bauman

Karen Bauman

Manager of Reproductive Sciences, Saint Louis Zoo

Primary subject(s) of interest: All species, especially canids and ungulates; reproduction, wildlife technologies

Primary geographic area(s) of interest:  Ex situ, North America, global

Habitats and Ecosystems of interest: Zoos

Peter Bernhardt

Peter Bernhardt

Research Associate of Missouri Botanical Garden

Primary subject(s) 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; plant systematics and phytogeography of the floras of southern Australia; redbuds and dogwoods of Missouri; pollination in urban versus rural flora native to North America; popular illustrations and depictions of flora and their pollinators from the 19th-21st century; the history of the writings of Charles Darwin and his contemporaries on floral adaptation/evolution; bee diversity on rural versus urban trees of redbud (Cercis canadensis) and dogwood (Cornus florida) in St. Louis and its counties

Primary geographic area(s) of interest:  United States (Saint Louis, Missouri, Kansas), Australia (New South Wales, Victoria, Western Australia), China (Kunming, Lijiang and Yulong (Yunnan))

Habitats and Ecosystems of interest: Forest, Savana, Shrubland, Grassland, Montane>3000m

Stephen Blake

Stephen Blake

Assistant Professor, Biology Department, Saint Louis University

Primary subject(s) of interest: Ecology and conservation of mega vertebrates

Primary geographic area(s) of interest:  Congo Basin, Galapagos Islands, Central Africa, Saint Louis, MO

Habitats and Ecosystems of interest: Forest, Grassland, Agricultural land, Urban areas

LEC Seed Grant Projects

Louise Bradshaw

Louise Bradshaw

Retired Director of Education, Saint Louis Zoo

Primary subject(s) of interest:  Climate change education, enhancing biodiversity, community-based conservation engagement, nature-based education, urban biodiversity

Primary geographic area(s) of interest:  Saint Louis region (Missouri)

Habitats and Ecosystems of interest: Urban biodiversity

Bruce Carlson

Bruce Carlson

Professor of Biology, WashU

Primary subject(s) of interest: Sensory and evolutionary neuroscience in electric fish

Primary geographic area(s) of interest: Sub-Saharan Africa

Habitats and Ecosystems of interest: Freshwater

Bob Coulter

Bob Coulter

Director, Litzsinger Road Ecology Center, Missouri Botanical Garden

Primary subject(s) of interest: Youth civic engagement and place-based education

Primary geographic area(s) of interest: Global

Habitats and Ecosystems of interest: Forest, Grassland, Freshwater

LEC Seed Grant Projects

Aimee Dunlap

Aimee Dunlap

Associate Professor, Biology Department, University of Missouri-Saint Louis

Primary subject(s) of interest: Cognitive, behavioral, and urban ecology, mechanisms of decision making, pollination and foraging in bees and flies

Habitats and Ecosystems of interest: Shrubland, Grassland, Agricultural land, Urban areas, Zoos

Martha Fischer

Martha Fischer

General Curator and Director of WildCare Institute Center for Conservation in the Horn of Africa, Saint Louis Zoo WildCare Park

Primary subject(s) of interest: All Horn if Africa wildlife including Grevy's zebra, hirola, black rhino, mountain nyala, giraffe, African wild ass, and Ethiopian wolf; southeast Asian wildlife, such as banteng; local Missouri wildlife and urban biodiversity

Primary geographic area(s) of interest: Horn of Africa, including Kenya, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti and Somaliland

Habitats and Ecosystems of interest: Savanna, Grassland, Deserts, Urban areas

LEC Seed Grant Projects

Kasey Fowler-Finn

Kasey Fowler-Finn

Associate Professor of Biology, Saint Louis University

Primary subject(s) of interest:  Evolutionary ecology, behavioral ecology, vibrational communication, biotremology, climate change, evolution of complex traits, animal communication

Primary geographic area(s) of interest: Saint Louis, Eastern North America

Habitats and Ecosystems of interest: Forest, Shrubland, Grassland, Agricultural land, Urban areas

Danelle Haake

Danelle Haake

RiverWatch Director and Stream Ecologist, National Great Rivers Research and Education Center

Primary subject(s) of interest: Anthropogenic impacts on aquatic invertebrates; ecological impacts of pavement deicers; freshwater mussel population dynamics; community science; ecological epidemiology

Primary geographic area(s) of interest: United States

Habitats and Ecosystems of interest: Freshwater, Urban areas

LEC Seed Grant Projects

Robbie Hart

Robbie Hart

Director, William L. Brown Center, Missouri Botanical Garden

Primary subject(s) of interest: Climate change impacts on plant ecology and human environmental knowledge systems; ethnobotany; montane and alpine; Madagascar; community-based conservation; food plants

Primary geographic area(s) of interest: Himalaya; Hengduan/Mountains of Southwest China; Pacific Northwest; Madagascar

Habitats and Ecosystems of interest: Forest, Shrubland, Grassland, Agricultural land

LEC Seed Grant Projects

Erik Herzog

Erik Herzog

Professor of Biology and Neuroscience, Viktor Hamburger Distinguished Professor in Arts & Sciences, WashU

Primary subject(s) of interest: Circadian rhythms, light pollution, preterm birth, brain cancer

Primary geographic area(s) of interest: United States

Habitats and Ecosystems of interest: Forest, Grassland, Deserts, Urban areas

Derek Hoeferlin

Derek Hoeferlin

Professor and Chair of Landscape Architecture, Sam Fox School of Design and Visual Arts, WashU

Primary subject(s) of interest:  Trans-boundary river basin management, architecture, landscape architecture, urban design

Primary geographic area(s) of interest: United States (Mississippi River Basin), China, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam (Mekong River Basin), Netherlands, France, Germany, Switzerland (Rhine River Basin)

LEC Seed Grant Projects

Nathan Jacobs

Nathan Jacobs

Professor, Computer Science & Engineering, WashU

Primary subject(s) of interest:  Computer Vision, Remote Sensing, Species Distribution Modeling

Habitats and Ecosystems of interest: Forest, Savanna, Shrubland, Grassland, Deserts, Agricultural land, Urban areas

Ben Jellen

Ben Jellen

Associate Professor of Biological Sciences, University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy

Primary subject(s) of interest: The ecology, physiology, behavior, learning, and conservation of amphibians, reptiles and birds

Primary geographic area(s) of interest: Central and eastern Missouri and central and southern Illinois

Habitats and Ecosystems of interest: Forest, Grassland, Freshwater, Urban areas

Elizabeth (Lisa) Kelley

Elizabeth (Lisa) Kelley

Executive Director-WildCare, Director-Center for Conservation in Madagascar, Saint Louis Zoo

Primary subject(s) of interest:  Coordinating wildlife programs and evaluation, wildlife conservation, anthropology, primatology, lemurs

Primary geographic area(s) of interest: Madagascar, global

Habitats and Ecosystems of interest: Forest, Savana, Deserts

Doug Ladd

Doug Ladd

Senior Lecturer, Sam Fox School, WashU

Primary subject(s) of interest: Lichen taxonomy

Primary geographic area(s) of interest:  North America (Interior Highlands, Great Plains, Central Tallgrass Prairie, Great Lakes)

Habitats and Ecosystems of interest: Forest, Savanna, Grassland, Urban areas

LEC Seed Grant Projects

Kelly Lane-deGraaf

Kelly Lane-deGraaf

Associate Professor of Epidemiology, College for Public Health and Social Justice, Saint Louis University

Primary subject(s) of interest:  Disease ecology, environmental racism, population genetics

Habitats and Ecosystems of interest: Urban areas

Danielle N. Lee

Danielle N. Lee

Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences, Southern Illinois University - Edwardsville

Primary subject(s) of interest:  Animal Behavior, Mammalogy, Ethology, Urban Ecology, Science Outreach, STEM Diversity

Primary geographic area(s) of interest:  Mid-West United States (Saint Louis Metro area); Tanzania (Arusha)

Habitats and Ecosystems of interest: Forest, Grassland, Urban areas

Kieran Lindsey

Kieran Lindsey

Program Director, Online Master of Natural Resources, Virginia Tech

Primary subject(s) of interest:  Urban wildlife, human-wildlife interface

Primary geographic area(s) of interest: United States, Midwest and Mid-Atlantic

Habitats and Ecosystems of interest: Urban areas

Liz Mallott

Liz Mallott

Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, WashU

Primary subject(s) of interest:  human and nonhuman primates, gut microbiome, host-microbe interactions, molecular and microbial ecology

Primary geographic area(s) of interest:  United States, Costa Rica, Mexico, Ecuador, Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Asia

Habitats and Ecosystems of interest: Forest, Savanna, Shrubland, Urban Areas

Kim Medley

Kim Medley

Director, Tyson Research Center, WashU

Primary geographic area(s) of interest: United States (Missouri)

Habitats and Ecosystems of interest: Forest, Grassland, Freshwater, Urban areas

LEC Seed Grant Projects

Mary Merello

Mary Merello

Curatorial Assistant, Missouri Botanical Garden

Primary geographic area(s) of interest: Vietnam, Indonesia, Ecuador

Habitats and Ecosystems of interest: Herbarium

Jeffrey Meshach

Jeffrey Meshach

Deputy Director, World Bird Sanctuary

Affiliated Institution(s): Saint Louis Zoo, Saint Louis University

Primary subject(s) of interest: Birds, especially birds of prey

Primary geographic area(s) of interest: United States (Missouri)

Habitats and Ecosystems of interest: Freshwater, Urban areas

Jim Miller

Jim Miller

Retired, Missouri Botanical Garden

Primary subject(s) of interest: Natural products research, systematics of Boraginaceae, flora of Madagascar

Primary geographic area(s) of interest: Africa (Madagascar), South America

Habitats and Ecosystems of interest: Forest, Deserts

LEC Seed Grant Projects

Sara Miller

Sara Miller

Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, UMSL

Primary subject(s) of interest: Diversification in social insects, evolutionary ecology, and population genetics, urban ecology

Primary geographic area(s) of interest:   USA (Missouri)

Habitats and Ecosystems of interest: Agricultural land, Urban areas

Regina Mossotti

Regina Mossotti

Vice President of Animal Care, Saint Louis Zoo

Primary subject(s) of interest: African Painted Dog, American Red Wolf, Mexican Wolf

Primary geographic area(s) of interest: United States (southwest and southeast)

Habitats and Ecosystems of interest: Forest, Savanna, Zoos

Jamie Palmer

Jamie Palmer

Technician, Wildlife Biologist, Institute for Conservation Medicine, Saint Louis Zoo

Primary subject(s) of interest: Conservation Medicine, One Health, Wildlife Health, Herpetology

Primary geographic area(s) of interest: Global

Habitats and Ecosystems of interest: Forest, Freshwater, Deserts, Urban areas, Zoos

Nezka Pfeifer

Nezka Pfeifer

Museum Curator, Stephen and Peter Sachs Museum, Missouri Botanical Garden

Primary subject(s) of interest: Museum studies, museum exhibitions, history, contemporary art, anthropology, conservation

Primary geographic area(s) of interest: Global

Habitats and Ecosystems of interest: All

Jenny Price

Jenny Price

Research Fellow, Sam Fox School, WashU

Primary subject(s) of interest:  Public arts and humanities projects--Environment and public space

Primary geographic area(s) of interest:  United States (Los Angeles, Saint Louis, Missouri)

Habitats and Ecosystems of interest: Urban areas

Carmen Puglisi, PhD

Carmen Puglisi, PhD

Curator (Asia), Herbarium, Missouri Botanical Garden

Primary subject(s) of interest: Taxonomy of Southeast Asian flowering plants, esp. Ebenaceae and Gesneriaceae

Primary geographic area(s) of interest:  Indonesia, Thailand, Papua New Guinea, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam, Australia,

Habitats and Ecosystems of interest: Forest

Rodrigo Reis

Rodrigo Reis

Professor, WashU Brown School

Primary subject(s) of interest: Livability, Built environment, and Public health

Primary geographic area(s) of interest: Brazil, United Kingdom, United States (St. Louis), Mexico

Habitats and Ecosystems of interest: Urban areas

Susanne Renner

Susanne Renner

Honorary Professor of Biology, WashU

Primary subject(s) of interest: Plant evolution; plant sexual systems; mutualisms; biogeography; history of systematics

Primary geographic area(s) of interest:  Worldwide

Habitats and Ecosystems of interest: Forest, Urban areas

Barbara Schaal

Barbara Schaal

Professor of Biology, Mary-Dell Chilton Distinguished Professor, WashU

Primary subject(s) of interest:  Evolutionary genetics of plants, molecular evolution of genetics, systematics, and quantitative genetics

Habitats and Ecosystems of interest: Forest, Grassland, Agricultural land, Urban areas

Ed Spevak

Ed Spevak

Curator of Invertebrates, Saint Louis Zoo

Primary subject of interest: Pollinators, native bee conservation, Native American reservations

Primary geographic interest: Missouri, Nebraska, South Dakota, Montana

Habitats and Ecosystems of interest: Grassland, Agricultural land, Zoos

LEC Seed Grant Projects

Daniel Warren

Daniel Warren

Professor, Saint Louis University

Primary subject(s) of interest:  Comparative Animal Physiology, Ecophysiology, Metabolism, Thermal Biology

Primary geographic area(s) of interest:  Midwestern United States from Missouri to the Canadian border

Habitats and Ecosystems of interest: Freshwater, Urban areas

Emily Warschefsky

Emily Warschefsky

Alice Brown Curator & Associate Scientist, William L. Brown Center, Missouri Botanical Garden

Primary subject(s) of interest: Plant domestication and evolution, phylogenomics, population genomics, hybridization

Primary geographic area(s) of interest:  Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, United States

Habitats and Ecosystems of interest: Forest, Agricultural land, Urban areas

Catherine Werner

Catherine Werner

Director, Sustainability & Innovation, National League of Cities

Primary subject of interest:  Biophilic cities, climate justice, eco-literacy, equity, nature-based solutions for people & climate, urban ecology, urban biodiversity, urban forestry, urban heat island, urban monarch/pollinator conservation.

Primary geographic area of interest: United States and Biophilic Cities

Habitats and Ecosystems of interest:  Urban areas

Emily Wroblewski

Emily Wroblewski

Assistant Professor of Biological Anthropology, WashU

Primary subject(s) of interest: Primate population and evolutionary genomics, immunogenomics

Primary geographic area(s) of interest: United States, Tanzania, Uganda, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of Congo, Nigeria, Cameroon

LEC Seed Grant Projects

Tad Yankoski

Tad Yankoski

Senior Entomologist, Sophia M. Sachs Butterfly House, Missouri Botanical Garden

Primary subject(s) of interest:  Insect biodiversity and conservation, citizen science, insect husbandry

Primary geographic area(s) of interest:  Global, with a focus on animals of the tropics (Costa Rica) and USA (Missouri)

Habitats and Ecosystems of interest: Forest, Savanna, Shrubland, Grassland, Deserts, Agricultural land, Urban areas, Zoos