Washington University

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

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

Garland Allen
Professor of Biology, Washington University in Saint Louis
- Email: gallen@wustl.edu
Primary subject of interest: History of biology: evolutionary theory, development and genetics, naturalist-experimentalist debates 1880-1950

Kaylee Arnold
Kaylee Arnold is a disease ecologist who studies how anthropogenic disturbances impact host-associated microbial communities and infectious disease transmission. Her research has previously explored the relationships between the gut microbiomes of insect disease vectors, deforestation, and vector-borne disease transmission risk. As a Living Earth Collaborative Biodiversity Postdoctoral Fellow, Kaylee will be working with Drs. Rachel Penczykowski (WUSTL), Danielle Lee (SIUE), and Solny Adalsteinsson (Tyson Research Center) to explore plant microbiomes and fungal pathogen transmission across an urbanization gradient and to develop STEM projects with K-12 public schools in St. Louis. Please visit Kaylee’s website: https://www.arnoldkaylee.com and Twitter: @Black_Ecologist to learn more about her research and outreach.
- Email: akaylee@wustl.edu

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

Adrianus 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

Stanton Braude
Teaching Professor of Biology, Washington University in Saint Louis
Primary subject of interest: Inbreeding, Naked mole-rats, social evolution
Primary geographic interest: East Africa

Andrew Brown
Professor of Spanish, Department of Romance Languages & Literatures
- Email: abrown@wustl.edu

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

Gautam Dantas
Professor in Departments of Pathology and Immunology, Biomedical Engineering, and Molecular Microbiology, Washington University in Saint Louis
Primary subject of interest: (1) Understanding how diverse microbiomes respond to chemical and biological perturbations, (2) harnessing these insights to rationally design therapeutic strategies to curtail antibiotic-resistant pathogens and remedy pathological microbiome states, and (3) engineering microbial catalysts to convert renewable biomass into value chemicals such as biofuels and pharmaceuticals.
Primary geographic region of interest: United States, El Salvador, Peru, Pakistan, Niger, South Africa, Republic of Congo, Laos, Netherlands, China, India

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)

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

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)

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

Elizabeth Haswell
HHMI-Simons Faculty Scholar Director of Research, NSF Center for Engineering MechanoBiology / Associate Professor
- Phone: 3149359223
- Email: ehaswell@wustl.edu

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

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

Tristram R. Kidder
Chair and Professor of Anthropology, Professor of Environmental Studies, Washington University in Saint Louis

Bronwen Konecky
Assistant Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Washington University in Saint Louis
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

Doug Ladd
Director of Conservation, Missouri Chapter of The Nature Conservancy; Senior Lecturer, Sam Fox School, Washington University in Saint Louis

Michael Landis
Assistant Professor, Department of Biology
- Email: michael.landis@wustl.edu
Primary subject(s) of interest: Evolution, phylogenetics, biogeography, diversification

Carolyn Lesorogol
Professor of Social Work in the Brown School of Social Work; Associate Dean for Global Strategy and Programs, Washington University in Saint Louis
Primary subject of interest: Anthropology, pastoralism, land use, livelihoods, conservation
Primary geographic interest: Kenya

Fangqiong Ling
Assistant Professor of Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Washington University in Saint Louis
Primary subject of interest: Microbial ecology, community assembly, built environment microbiome
Primary geographic areas of interest: United States, Switzerland, Netherland, China

Xinyi Liu
Assistant Professor of Archaeology, Washington University in Saint Louis
Primary subject of interest: Anthropology, early agriculture
Primary geographic interest: China and Tibet

Jonathan Losos
William H. Danforth Distinguished Professor of Biology, Washington University in Saint Louis; Director, Living Earth Collaborative
Primary subject of interest: Lizard ecology and evolution
Primary geographic interest: Caribbean, Central America, and South America

Suzanne Loui
Lecturer of Environmental Studies, Washington University in Saint Louis
Primary subject of interest: Environmental humanities, science communication

William Lowry
Professor of Political Science and Environmental Studies, Washington University in Saint Louis

Liz Mallott
Assistant Professor, Department of Biology
- Email: mallott@wustl.edu
Primary subject of interest: human and nonhuman primates, gut microbiome, host-microbe interactions, molecular and microbial ecology
Primary geographic interest: United States, Costa Rica, Mexico, Ecuador, Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia

Jacqueline Margetts
Senior Lecturer, Landscape Architecture, Sam Fox School of Design
Primary subject(s) of interest: Socially engaged design, Design with the veridic, post-hurricane landscape recovery, the landscape architecture of Ted Smyth.
Primary geographic interest: United States, New Zealand

Fiona Marshall
James W. and Jean L. Davis Professor in Arts & Sciences of Anthropology, Washington University in Saint Louis

Beth Martin
Senior Lecturer in Environmental Studies, Associate Director of Washington University Climate Change Program, Washington University in Saint Louis

Virginia (Ginger) McKay
Assistant Research Professor. George Warren Brown School of Social Work
- Email: Virginia.mckay@wustl.edu

Judi McLean Parks
Taylor Professor of Organizational Behavior, Olin Business School, Washington University in Saint Louis
Primary subject of interest: Conflict resolution, diversity, cultural differences, identity and sustainability via entrepreneurial endeavors
Primary geographic area of interest: Madagascar

Kim Medley
Director, Tyson Research Center, Washington University in Saint Louis
- Email: kim.medley@wustl.edu

Krista Milich
Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Washington University in Saint Louis
- Email: krista.milich@wustl.edu
Primary subject of interest: Non-human primates, reproductive ecology, behavioral endocrinology, zoonotic disease, community conservation
Primary geographic area of interest: East Africa and South America

David Morgan
Research Associate, Department of Anthropology, Washington University in Saint Louis
- Email: dmorgan22@wustl.edu
Primary subject of interest: Trees, carbon, conservation, Goualoogo Triangle
Primary geographic interest: Republic of Congo

Ashley Morhardt
Assistant Professor of Anatomy, Department of Neuroscience
- Email: amorhardt@wustl.edu
Primary subject(s) of interest: Paleontology, Anatomy, Evolution, Ontogeny, Science Communication

Natalie Mueller
Assistant Professor of Anthropology
- Email: ngmueller@gmail.com
Primary subject of interest: Plant domestication, agrobiodiversity, developemental plasticity and evolution
Primary geographic interest: United States, Kenya