Institution
Martha Fischer
General Curator and Director of WildCare Institute Center for Conservation in the Horn of Africa, Saint Louis Zoo WildCare Park
- Email: Fischer@stlzoo.org
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
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
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
Michael Frachetti
Professor of Archaeology, WashU
- Email: frachetti@wustl.edu
Primary subject(s) of interest: Anthropology, Archaeology, Asia, Human Ecology, Grassland ecology, Tropical jungles
Primary geographic area(s) of interest: Asia-Pacific (Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Nepal)
Habitats and Ecosystems of interest: Grassland, Deserts, Urban areas, Mountains
Ashley D. Franklin
Program Analyst, AZA Reproductive Management Center, Saint Louis Zoo
- Email: franklin@stlzoo.org
Primary subject(s) of interest: Reproductive biology and management, genetics, endocrinology, applied statistics, mammals (particularly felids and canids)
Primary geographic area(s) of interest: Global; wild and captive populations
Habitats and Ecosystems of interest: Zoos and Aquariums
Gayle Fritz
Professor Emerita of Archaeology, WashU
- Email: gjfritz@wustl.edu
Primary subject(s) of interest: Agriculture, plant domestication, archaeobotany, ethnobotany, and conservation
Primary geographic area(s) of interest: Mexico, United States (Mississippi River valley, St Louis Metro area, SE and Southwest US)
Habitats and Ecosystems of interest: Forest, Savanna, Grassland, Freshwater, Deserts, Agricultural land, Urban areas
Roy Gereau
Assistant Curator and Tanzania Program Director, Missouri Botanical Garden
Primary subject(s) of interest: Floristics, plant taxonomy, and plant conservation
Primary geographic area(s) of interest: Tanzania
Habitats and Ecosystems of interest: Forest, Savanna, Shrubland, Grassland, Urban areas
Theresa Gildner
Assistant Professor of Biological Anthropology, WashU
- Email: gildner@wustl.edu
Primary subject(s) of interest: Human biology, parasitology, host-pathogen coevolution, immune function
Primary geographic area(s) of interest: Ecuador, United States
Habitats and Ecosystems of interest: Agricultural land, Urban areas, Rainforest
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
Shirley Graham
Curator, Lythraceae, Missouri Botanical Garden
Primary subject(s) of interest: Flowering plant systematics, Lythraceae
Primary geographic area(s) of interest: Global (Mexico & Brazil)
Habitats and Ecosystems of interest: Savanna, Shrubland
Jessica Griffard
Early Childhood and Elementary Instructor at Missouri Botanical Garden
- Email: jgriffard@mobot.org
Primary geographic area(s) of interest:: Ethnobotany, artifacts made from plants, education
Primary geographic area(s) of interest: Global
Danelle Haake
RiverWatch Director and Stream Ecologist, National Great Rivers Research and Education Center
- Email: dhaake@lc.edu
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
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 Projects
LEC Seed Grant Projects
- Biological Inventory and Conservation of Arevik National Park and Zangezur Sanctuary, Armenia
- Protecting Biodiversity and Human Health through Wild Edible Plants of Alandraza-Agnalavelo Sacred Forest, Madagascar
- Socio-economic and Cultural Adaptation to Biodiversity Loss and Climate Change: Analysis and Intervention Efficacy Study in Three Madagascar Subsistence Communities
Julie Hartell-DeNardo
Kevin Beckmann Curator of Carnivores and WildCare Center for Polar Bear Conservation Director, Saint Louis Zoo
- Email: hartell@stlzoo.org
Primary subject(s) of interest: Carnivore conservation, Carnidae, Felidae, Ursidae, Canidea, Pinnipedia
Primary geographic area(s) of interest: Africa (Namibia, Somaliland, Tanzania, Kenya), Alaska
Habitats and Ecosystems of interest: Forest, Savanna, Shrubland, Grassland, Marine, Agricultural land
Heidi Hellmuth
Curator of Primates, Saint Louis Zoo
- Email: hellmuth@stlzoo.org
Primary subject(s) of interest: Primate conservation, animal welfare, animal behavior and behavior management (enrichment and training)
Primary geographic area(s) of interest: Malaysia (orangutan), Republic of Congo (chimpanzee and gorilla); I am the program coordinator for our partnerships with HUTAN in Malaysian Borneo and with the Goualougo Triangle Ape Project in Republic of Congo
Habitats and Ecosystems of interest: Forest, Zoos
LEC Seed Grant Projects
Keith Hengen
Assistant Professor of Biology, WashU
- Email: khengen@wustl.edu
Primary subject of interest: Neuroscience
Primary geographic interest: United States
Erik Herzog
Professor of Biology and Neuroscience, Viktor Hamburger Distinguished Professor in Arts & Sciences, WashU
- Email: herzog@biology.wustl.edu
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
Paul Hime
Instructor in Genetics, Department of Genetics and McDonnell Genome Institute, WashU School of Medicine
- Email: paul.hime@wustl.edu
Primary subject of interest: Genomics, Genetics, Evolutionary Biology, Phylogenetics
Primary geographic interest: Global
Peter Hoch
Curator Emeritus, Research, Missouri Botanical Garden
Primary subject of interest: Plant evolution, impacts of human-influenced environmental changes
Primary geographic area of interest: United States
Derek Hoeferlin
Professor and Chair of Landscape Architecture, Sam Fox School of Design and Visual Arts, WashU
- Email: hoeferlin@wustl.edu
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
Sarah Holaday
Director of Animal Care & Conservation, Endangered Wolf Center
Primary subject(s) of interest: Conservation
Habitats and Ecosystems of interest: Forest, Agricultural land
Douglas Holland
Library Director, Peter H. Raven Library, Missouri Botanical Garden
Primary subject of interest: Biodiversity literature
Primary geographic area of interest: United States
Rose Hores
Lecturer in Biological Anthropology, WashU
- Email: hores@wustl.edu
Primary subject(s) of interest: Primatology, community ecology, conservation biology, human-wildlife interface, global health
Primary geographic interest: Peru
Lora Iannotti
Lauren and Lee Fixel Distinguished Professor, WashU School of Public Health
- 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: Ecuador, Haiti, Madagascar, United States (St. Louis)
LEC Seed Grant Projects
Nathan Jacobs
Professor, Computer Science & Engineering, WashU
- Email: jacobsn@wustl.edu
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
Associate Professor of Biological Sciences, University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy
- Email: ben.jellen@gmail.com
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
Iván Jiménez
Associate Scientist, Center for Conservation and Sustainable Development, Missouri Botanical Garden
- Email: ivan.jimenez@mobot.org
Primary subject of interest: Andes, Neotropics
Primary geographic interest: Global
LEC Seed Grant Projects
Nisa Karimi
Assistant Scientist, Science and Conservation Division, Africa and Madagascar Program, Missouri Botanical Garden
- Email: nkarimi@mobot.org
Primary subject(s) of interest: Plant ecology & evolution, pollination biology, conservation
Primary geographic area(s) of interest: Madagascar, Tanzania, South Africa
Habitats and Ecosystems of interest: Forest, Savanna, Shrubland, Grassland, Deserts
Andrew Kaul
Restoration Scientist, Center for Conservation and Sustainable Development, Missouri Botanical Garden
- Email: akaul@mobot.org
Primary subject(s) of interest: Restoration, Herbaceous plant communities, Invasion biology, Land management
Primary geographic area(s) of interest: USA
Habitats and Ecosystems of interest: Forest, Grassland, Urban Areas
Andreas (Andi) Kautt
Assistant Professor, Biology Department, WashU
- Email: kautt@wustl.edu
Primary subject(s) of interest: Evolutionary Genomics, Adaptation & Speciation, Animal Behavior
Habitats and Ecosystems of interest: Forest, Shrubland, Grassland, Freshwater
Elizabeth (Lisa) Kelley
Executive Director-WildCare, Director-Center for Conservation in Madagascar, Saint Louis Zoo
- Email: lkelley@stlzoo.org
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
LEC Projects
Elizabeth Kellogg
Member and Robert E. King Distinguished Investigator at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
Primary subject(s) of interest: Evolution of development, phylogenetics, grass diversity
Primary geographic area(s) of interest: Warm places globally: Africa ,Asia, Australia, North America, South America
Habitats and Ecosystems of interest: Grassland
Tristram R. Kidder
Professor of Anthropology, Professor of Environmental Studies, WashU
- Email: trkidder@wustl.edu
Primary subject of interest: Anthropological Archaeology, Paleoecology, Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction, Climate Change, Geoarchaeology, The Formation of Hierarchical Social Systems, The Emergence of Social Complexity, Complex Hunter-Gatherer History, Historical Ecology
Jason Knouft
Professor of Biology, Saint Louis University; Director, Freshwater Policy Institute, National Great Rivers Research and Education Center
- Email: jason.knouft@slu.edu
- Developing the Bluntnose Minnow (Pimephales notatus) as a Model for Studying Genomic Responses of Freshwater Species to Urban Environments
- Genomic Investigation of Gut Microbiome Associations in Freshwater Fish Assemblages
- Going Wild in Forest Park: Tracking the Movement of Wildlife and Disease in an Urban Food Web
Bronwen Konecky
Assistant Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences, WashU
- Email: bkonecky@wustl.edu
Primary subject of interest: Tropical cilmate and paleoclimate, climate-ecosystem feedbacks, plant biomarkers
Primary geographic interest: Africa, Asia, South America, tropical Pacific. Currently working in Peruvian Andes, Botswana, Uganda, Indonesia, Galapagos Islands
LEC Seed Grant Projects
Corinne Kozlowski
Endocrinologist, Saint Louis Zoo
- Email: kozlowski@stlzoo.org
Primary subject of interest: Endocrinology, physiology, conservation
Primary geographic interest: Global
LEC Seed Grant Projects
Kyra N. Krakos
Professor of Biology, Maryville University
- Email: kkrakos@maryville.edu
Doug Ladd
Senior Lecturer, Sam Fox School, WashU
- Email: dladd@mobot.org
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
Jalene LaMontagne
E. Desmond Lee Professor in Botanical Studies, Department of Biology, University of Missouri-Saint Louis
- Email: jalene.lamontagne@umsl.edu
Primary subject(s) of interest: Population ecology, macrosystems biology, mast seeding, consumer-resource dynamics, synchrony, synthesis
Primary geographic area(s) of interest: North America, Global
Habitats and Ecosystems of interest: Forest, Savanna, Urban Areas
Michael Landis
Assistant Professor of Biology, WashU
- Email: michael.landis@wustl.edu
Primary subject(s) of interest: Evolution, phylogenetics, biogeography, epidemiology
LEC Seed Grant Projects
Kelly Lane-deGraaf
Associate Professor of Epidemiology, College for Public Health and Social Justice, Saint Louis University
- Email: kelly.lanedegraaf@slu.edu
Primary subject(s) of interest: Disease ecology, environmental racism, population genetics
Habitats and Ecosystems of interest: Urban areas
Allan Larson
Professor of Biology, WashU
- Email: larson@wustl.edu
Primary subject of interest: Evolutionary biology, genetics, and the histories of these disciplines
Stephen Leard
Business Intelligence Analyst , Saint Louis Zoo
- Email: leard@stlzoo.org
Primary subject of interest: Remote sensing, immersive interfaces, ecosystem services, connectivity for biosecurity
Primary geographic interest: Global
Danielle N. Lee
Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences, Southern Illinois University - Edwardsville
- Email: danilee@siue.edu
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
Program Director, Online Master of Natural Resources, Virginia Tech
- Email: kieranlindsey@gmail.com
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
Fangqiong Ling
Assistant Professor of Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering, WashU
- Email: fangqiong@wustl.edu
Primary subject of interest: Microbial ecology, community assembly, built environment microbiome
Primary geographic areas of interest: United States, Switzerland, Netherland, China
LEC Seed Grant Projects
Haijun Liu
Assistant Professor, Biology Department, Saint Louis University
- Email: haijun.liu@slu.edu
Primary subject(s) of interest: Photosynthetic microbes, photosynthesis adaptation mechanisms, coral bleaching, natural light energy harvesting diversity
Primary geographic area(s) of interest: USA, global (marine, coral symbiont dinoflagellates), Mideast (Israel)
Habitats and Ecosystems of interest: Freshwater, Deserts, Agricultural land
Xinyi Liu
Associate Professor of Archaeology, WashU
- Email: liuxinyi@wustl.edu
Primary subject(s) of interest: Archaeology of Food, Domestication, Paleoenvironment, Food Globalization
Primary geographic area(s) of interest: China, Tibetan Plateau, Kazakhstan, Central America
Habitats and Ecosystems of interest: Grassland, Agricultural land, High altitude environment
LEC Seed Grant Projects
Quinn Long
Director, Shaw Nature Reserve, Missouri Botanical Garden
Primary subject(s) of interest: Conservation and restoration of rare plant species and natural communities, particularly grassland, savannah, and woodlands
Primary geographic area(s) of interest: Midwestern and Southeastern United States
Habitats and Ecosystems of interest: Forest, Savanna, Grassland
Jonathan Losos
William H. Danforth Distinguished Professor of Biology, WashU; Director, Living Earth Collaborative
- Email: losos@wustl.edu
Primary subject of interest: Lizard ecology and evolution
Primary geographic interest: Caribbean, Central America, and South America