Institution
Rachel Penczykowski
Assistant Professor of Biology, Washington University in Saint Louis
Primary subject of interest: Plant-pathogen interactions, Plantago and Powdery Mildew, disease ecology, food webs
Primary geographic interest: Latitudinal gradient spanning the Mississippi River Basin (N Minnesota to the Mississippi Delta)/Åland Island of SW Finland
Nezka Pfeifer
Museum Curator, Missouri Botanical Garden
- Email: npfeifer@mobot.org
Primary subject of interest: Museum studies, anthropology, conservation
Primary geographic interest: Global
Anya Plutynski
Associate Professor of Philosophy, Faculty Member in the Division of Biology and Biomedical Sciences, and Graduate Director in Philosophy; Washington University in Saint Louis
Primary subject of interest: History and philosophy of biology and medicine, conservation, biodiversity, ethics
Amy Pool
Curatorial Assistant, Missouri Botanical Garden
Primary subject of interest: Floristics; Sharing science, the importance of biodiversity and conservation, and the significance of global climate change with the local public.
Primary geographic interest: Central America
David Powell
Director of Research, Saint Louis Zoo
- Email: dpowell@stlzoo.org
Primary subject of interest: Animal behavior, animal welfare, human behavior/ethics, reproductive biology
Primary geographic interest: Global
Jenny Price
Research Fellow, Sam Fox School of Arts and Architecture, Washington University in Saint Louis
Primary subject of interest: Public arts and humanities projects--Environment and public space
Primary geographic interest: Los Angeles, Saint Louis
Carmen Puglisi
Curator (Asia), Herbarium
- Email: cpuglisi@mobot.org
Primary subject of interest: Taxonomy of Southeast Asian flowering plants, esp. Ebenaceae and Gesneriaceae
Primary geographic area of interest: Indonesia, Thailand, Papua New Guinea, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
David C. Queller
Spencer T. Olin Professor of Biology, Washington University in Saint Louis
Primary subject of interest: Social amoebae (Dictyostelium) and Bacteria social evolution, Relatedness, Mutualisms, Symbiosis
Primary geographic interest: Mountain Lake Biological Station, Tyson Research Center, Costa Rica, Panama
Armand Randrianasolo
Curator, William L. Brown Center, Missouri Botanical Garden
Primary subject of interest: Plant and ecosystem conservation, community-based conservation
Primary geographic interest: Madagascar
Fidisoa Rasambainarivo
Wildlife Veterinarian, Saint Louis Zoo; Doctoral student at University of Missouri- Saint Louis
Primary subject of interest: Conservation medicine, emergence and transmission of diseases at the human-domestic animal and wildlife interface; Carnivore conservation (Felidae, Canidae, Ursidae)
Primary geographic interest: Madagascar (conservation medicine), Tanzania, Namibia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Alaska, Norway (carnivore conservation)
Rodrigo Reis
Professor and Chair of Urban Design, Brown School of Social Work, Washington University in Saint Louis
Primary subject of interest: Livability, Built environment, and Public health
Primary geographic interest: Brazil, Saint Louis, UK, Colombia, Chile
Susanne Renner
Honorary Professor of Biology
- Email: srenner@wustl.edu
Primary subject of interest: Plant evolution; plant sexual systems; mutualisms; biogeography; history of systematics
Primary geographic interest: Worldwide
Jill Richardson
Lecturer, Anthropology
- Email: rjill@wustl.edu
Primary subject(s) of interest: Governance of natural resources, environmental social movements, race and ethnicity
Primary geographic area of interest: United States (Montana)
Robert Ricklefs
Curators' Professor of Biology, University of Missouri- Saint Louis
Primary subject of interest: Ornithology and ecology
Primary geographic area of interest: West Indies, Global
Tara Rocque
Assistant Professor of Practice, Washington University School of Law
- Email: tarocque@wustl.edu
Crickette Sanz
Associate Professor of Biological Anthropology, Washington University in Saint Louis
Primary subject of interest: Trees, carbon, conesrvation, Goualoogo triangle
Primary geographic interest: Republic of Congo
Barbara Schaal
Professor of Biology, Mary-Dell Chilton Distinguished Professor, Washington University in Saint Louis
Odean Serrano
Founder, Countering Wildlife Trafficking Institute
- Email: odean@cwtinstitute.org
Primary subject(s) of interest: Wildlife Conservation, Geospatial Analytics, Anti-Poaching, Countering Wildlife Trafficking
Primary geographic interest: Central African Republic, Madagascar, United States, *Mali, Burkina Faso (*Support research remotely from US)
Adam Smith
Ecologist, Center for Conservation and Sustainable Development, Missouri Botanical Garden
Primary subject of interest: Global change and conservation
Primary geographic interest: Global
Edward Spevak
Curator of Invertebrates for Pollinators, Saint Louis Zoo
- Email: spevak@stlzoo.org
Primary subject of interest: Pollinators, native bee conservation, Native American reservations
Primary geographic interest: Missouri, Nebraska, South Dakota, Montana
Joe Steensma
Professor of Practice, Brown School of Social Work, Washington University in Saint Louis
Primary subject of interest: Sustainability, fisheries, biodiversity and health, birds
Primary geographic interest: Bahamas, Haiti, Costa Rica, Australia, Global
Peter F Stevens
Professor of Biology, University of Missouri- Saint Louis; Curator and Researcher, Missouri Botanical Garden
Primary subject of interest: Seed plant diversification and evolution
Primary geographic interest: Global
Glenn Stone
Professor of Sociocultural Anthropology and Environmental Studies, Washington University in Saint Louis
David Strait
Professor, Anthropology
- Email: dstrait@wustl.edu
Primary subject of interest: Paleoanthropology, Biogeography, Systematics
Primary geographic interest: South Africa, Italy
Joan E. Strassman
Charles Rebstock Professor of Biology, Washington University in Saint Louis
Primary subject of interest: Social amoebae (Dictyostelium) and bacteria social evolution, relatedness, mutualisms, symbiosis
Primary geographic interest: Mountain Lake Biological Station, Tyson Research Center, Costa Rica, Panama
Charlotte M. Taylor
Curator and Researcher, Missouri Botanical Garden
Primary subject of interest: Floristics
Primary geographic interest: Neotropics
Jordan Teisher
Curator and Director of the Herbarium, Missouri Botanical Garden
- Email: jteisher@mobot.org
J. Sebastián Tello
Assistant Scientist, Center for Conservation and Sustainable Development, Missouri Botanical Garden
Primary subject of interest: Forest ecology and biogeography
Primary geographic interest Neotropics, Amazon, Andes, Global
Alan Templeton
Charles Rebstock Professor Emeritus of Biology, Washington University in Saint Louis
Primary subject of interest: Endangered salamanders, reintroduction of wild ass, conservation genetics, landscape genetics and restoration of collared lizards
Primary geographic interest: Israel (salamanders and wild ass); Glade Communities in the Ozarks (collared lizards)
Anne Tieber
Curator of Birds, Saint Louis Zoo
- Email: Tieber@stlzoo.org
Primary subject of interest: All birds, especially Humboldt penguins
Primary geographic interest: Pacific Islands/Saipan, Global
Mikhail Tikhonov
Assistant Professor of Physics
- Email: tikhonov@wustl.edu
Primary subject of interest: Statistical physics, Microbial eco/evo
Primary geographic interest: United States
Christopher Topp
Associate Member and Principal Investigator, Topp Lab, Danforth Plant Science Center
- Email: ctopp@danforthcenter.org
Primary subject of interest: Root and rhizosphere biology
Primary geographic area of interest: United States
Carmen Ulloa
Curator and Researcher, Missouri Botanical Garden
Primary subject of interest: Plants
Primary geographic interest: Andes
Thomas Valone
Professor of Biology, Saint Louis University
Primary subject of interest: Ecology, communities and behaviors
Primary geographic area of interest: North America
David Wang
Professor of Molecular Microbiology and Pathology and Immunology
- Email: davewang@wustl.edu
Primary subject of interest: Viral biodiversity and genomics
Primary geographic interest: USA, France
Mark Wanner
Zoological Manager of Herps and Aquatics, Saint Louis Zoo
- Email: Wanner@stlzoo.org
Primary subject of interest: Ecuadorian amphibians, Western Asian reptiles and amphibians
Primary geographic interest: Ecuador, Armenia, Georgia, Iran
Wes Warren
Assistant Director of Comparative Genomics, McDonnell Genome Institute, Washington University School of Medicine
Primary subject of interest: Evolution of vertebrate traits, question: how does the loss or adaptation of a trait correlate to genome change?
Primary geographic area of interest: Global
Emily Warschefsky
Missouri Botanical Garden, Alice Brown Curator, Associate Scientist, William L. Brown Center
- Email: ewarschefsky@mobot.org
Catherine Werner
Sustainability Studio, LLC
- Email: CatherineWerner@me.com
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: Urbanized areas, including the City of Saint Louis
Katie Westby
Postdoctoral Research Associate - Tyson Research Center
- Email: kwestby@wustl.edu
Primary subject(s) of interest: Ecology and evolution of mosquitoes, urban, invasion, and disease ecology.
Primary geographic interest: United States
Helina Woldekiros
Assistant Professor of Archaeology, Washington University in Saint Louis
Primary subject of interest: Zooarchaelogy
Primary geographic interest: Ethiopia, Horn of Africa
Heather Woofter
Director of the College of Architecture and Graduate School of Architecture & Urban Design
- Email: woofter@wustl.edu
Primary subject of interest: Architecture, urban design, landscape architecture, art
Primary geographic interest: I am applying the role of Director, working with faculty across disciplines. In addition, I am a practitioner and we have architectural projects around the world -- not specifically in Biodiversity work, although this is an interest, and of holistic importance for architects. At this time, perhaps only to 'pin' St. Louis.