People

Principal Investigator
		Area of Interest
	Walter Jetz Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and of Forestry and Environmental Studies 165 Prospect Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06511 walter.jetz@yale.edu Phone: +1 (203) 432-7540	Ecology, Global biodiversity science, Global change biology, Ecoinformatics

Research Scientist
		Area of Interest
	Cory Merow Research Scientist 165 Prospect St, New Haven, CT 06511-8934 cory.merow@yale.edu	New tools for distribution modeling, Demographic distribution models, Maximum entropy and ecological theory, Plant community abundance dynamics

Postdoctoral Researcher
		Area of Interest
	Brett Jesmer Postdoctoral Associate in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology brett.jesmer@yale.edu	Movement ecology, behavioral ecology, foraging ecology, nutritional ecology, demography, conservation and management of mammals
	Mario Ribeiro de Moura Postdoctoral Associate in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology mario.r.moura@yale.edu	Global biodiversity, conservation biogeography, macroecology, macroevolution, species distribution models, spatial ecology
	Scott Rinnan Postdoctoral Associate in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology scott.rinnan@yale.edu
	Erica Stuber Postdoctoral Associate in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology erica.stuber@yale.edu
	Nathan Upham Postdoctoral Associate in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology nathan.upham@yale.edu	Ecological diversification, biogeography, molecular phylogenetics, fossil calibration, niche evolution, spatial biodiversity

PhD Student
		Area of Interest
	Ben Carlson Graduate School Student ben.carlson@yale.edu	Movement ecology, resource selection, remote sensing, GIS, informatics, conservation
	Diego Ellis Soto Associate 165 Prospect St, New Haven, CT 06511-8934 diego.ellissoto@yale.edu	Movement ecology, island biogeography, tropical biodiversity, eco-informatics
	Muyang Lu Graduate Student (Ph.D.) muyang.lu@yale.edu	Macroecology, Macroevolution, Biogeography, Biodiversity Conservation

Former Postdoc or Graduate Student
		Area of Interest
	Katherine Mertes Former Graduate Student (Ph.D.) katherine.mertes@yale.edu	Spatial scale, species distribution patterns, remote sensing
	Carsten Meyer Former Postdoctoral Researcher carsten.meyer@idiv.de	Macroecology, Biogeography, Biodiversity Knowledge Gaps
	Dan Rosauer Former Postdoctoral Researcher dan.rosauer@anu.edu.au	Research Fellow, Australian National University, Canberra
	Adam M. Wilson Former Postdoctoral Researcher adamw@buffalo.edu	Assistant Professor, University of Buffalo
	Natalie Cooper Former Postdoctoral Researcher natalie.cooper@nhm.ac.uk	Staff Scientist, Natural History Museum, London
	Frank A La Sorte Former Postdoctoral Researcher fal42@cornell.edu	Research Scientist, The Cornell Lab of Ornithology
	James Watson Former Postdoctoral Researcher james.watson@uq.edu.au	Associate Professor, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
	Haibao Ren Former Postdoctoral Researcher renhb@ibcas.ac.cn	Assistant Professor, Chinese Academy of Sciences
	Lauren Buckley Former Postdoctoral Researcher lbuckley@uw.edu	Associate Professor, University of Washington Seattle
	Holger Kreft Former Postdoctoral Researcher hkreft@uni-goettingen.de	Associate Professor, Faculty of Forest Sciences and Forest Ecology, University of Göttingen
	Mao-Ning Tuanmu Former Postdoctoral Researcher mntuanmu@gate.sinica.edu.tw	Assistant Research Fellow (tenure-track faculty) - Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
	Chia-Ying Ko Former Postdoctoral Researcher cyko235@ntu.edu.tw	Faculty, Institute of Fisheries Science and Department of Life Science, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
	Alison G. Boyer Former Postdoctoral Researcher alison.boyer@utk.edu	Research Assistant Professor, University of Tennessee
	W. Daniel Kissling Former Postdoctoral Researcher W.D.Kissling@uva.nl	Associate Professor of Quantitative Biodiversity Science, University of Amsterdam
	Morgane Barbet-Massin Former Postdoctoral Researcher morgane.barbet-massin@yale.edu	Postdoctoral Associate, Paris-Sud University in Orsay, France
	Jonathan Belmaker Former Postdoctoral Researcher jonathan.belmaker@yale.edu	Assistant Professor, Tel Aviv University
	Sami Domisch Former Postdoctoral Fellow in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 165 Prospect St, New Haven, CT 06511-8934 sami.domisch@yale.edu Phone: +1 (203) 432-1597	Senior postdoc at Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB)
	Marta Jarzyna Former Postdoctoral Associate in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 165 Prospect St, New Haven, CT 06511-8934 marta.jarzyna@yale.edu Phone: +1 (203) 432-1597	Assistant Professor, Ohio State University
	Petr Keil Former Postdoctoral Researcher petr.keil@yale.edu	Research Fellow, iDiv, Leipzig, Germany
	Ryan Powers Postdoctoral Fellow in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 165 Prospect St, New Haven, CT 06511-8934 ryan.powers@yale.edu Phone: +1 (778) 997-3646	Remote Sensing & GIS, Biodiversity, Conservation Biology, Landscape Ecology, Geo-visualization and Complex Systems
	Ignacio Quintero Graduate Student (Ph.D.) ignacio.quintero@yale.edu Phone: +1 (203) 285-9464	Diversification, Macroevolution, Systematics, Phylogeography, Biogeography

Map of Life
		Area of Interest
	Michelle Duong Project Manager 165 Prospect Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06511 michelle.duong@yale.edu	Biodiversity, conservation, ecology
	Julie Hart Data and Outreach Coordinator julie.hart@yale.edu
	Jeremy Malczyk Sr Software Engineer 165 Prospect St, New Haven, CT 06511-8934 jeremy.malczyk@yale.edu Phone: +1 (203) 432-1597	Jetz Lab, Map of Life
	Kira McCall Research Associate 1 kira.mccall@yale.edu
	Ajay Ranipeta Lead Software Engineer 165 Prospect St, New Haven, CT 06511-8934 ajay.ranipeta@yale.edu Phone: +1 (203) 432-1597	Biodiversity, spatial, ecology, mapping and data analysis
	Caitlin Wolters Front-End Web Developer caitlin.wolters@yale.edu
	Isabel Del Toro Mijares Research Assistant isabel.deltoromijares@yale.edu

Visitor
		Area of Interest
	Melodie McGeoch melodie.mcgeoch@monash.edu	Ecology, Spatial Ecology, Conservation Biology, Invasion Biology, Protected Areas

Former Lab Visitor
		Area of Interest
	Renqiang Li Research Scholar renqiangli@igsnrr.ac.cn
	Claire Baldeck Visitor cabaldeck@gmail.com	Species distribution modeling, conservation biogeography, tropics
	Tessa Adler Undergraduate Researcher tessa.adler@yale.edu	I'm interested in scientific writing, marine biology, conservation biology, and ecosystem ecology.
	Shalila de Bourmont Student Employee 246 Church St, New Haven, CT 06510-1703 shalila.debourmont@yale.edu	I'm interested in the intersection between ecology and human health.
	Pamela Gonzalez del Pliego, PhD Visiting Research Scholar pgonzalezdelpliego@gmail.com
	Dan Greenberg Visiting PhD Student dgreebe@sfu.ca	Macroevolution, conservation
	Drew Robinett Undergraduate Researcher drew.robinett@yale.edu	My scientific interests include conservation biology, global change ecology, and ornithology, but I also love education, poetry, and music and would love to explore how the latter can get people involved in the former.
	Cody Schank Former Research Assistant cody.schank@yale.edu	PhD student, University of Texas, Austin
	Robin Sleith Former Research Assistant robin.sleith@yale.edu	PhD student, NY Botanical Garden
	Christopher Trisos Postdoctoral Associate ctrisos@sesync.org	Macroecology, Macroevolution
	Giuseppe Amatulli Research Scientist 165 Prospect St, New Haven, CT 06511-8934 giuseppe.amatulli@yale.edu Phone: +1 (203) 432-1597
	Michael Torselli Research Assistant michael.torselli@yale.edu

Former Undergraduate Students
		Area of Interest
	Gwen Antell Undergraduate Student gwen.antell@yale.edu	Behavioral ecology, species distribution, comparative ethology, entomology
	Rebecca Beilinson Undergraduate Student rebecca.beilinson@yale.edu	Conservation biology, macroecology, disease ecology, biogeography