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 Website	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 Website	New tools for distribution modeling, Demographic distribution models, Maximum entropy and ecological theory, Plant community abundance dynamics

Postdoctoral Researcher
		Area of Interest
	Marta Jarzyna Postdoctoral Associate in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 165 Prospect St, New Haven, CT 06511-8934 marta.jarzyna@yale.edu Phone: +1 (203) 432-1597 Website	Global change ecology,functional and trait biogeography, macroecology, scaling patterns of biodiversity, spatial ecology
	Marius Somveille Postdoctoral Researcher Max Planck Yale Center for Movement Biodiversity and Global Change 165 Prospect St msomveille@gmail.com Website	Macroecology, spatial modeling, animal migrations, global change ecology
	Nathan Upham Postdoctoral Associate in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 165 Prospect St, New Haven, CT 06511-8934 nathan.upham@yale.edu Website	Ecological diversification, biogeography, molecular phylogenetics, fossil calibration, niche evolution, spatial biodiversity

PhD Student
		Area of Interest
	Ben Carlson Graduate Student (Ph.D.) ben.carlson@yale.edu Website	Biodiversity informatics, remote sensing, tropical ecology, landscape ecology, conservation
	Muyang Lu Graduate Student (Ph.D.) muyang.lu@yale.edu Website	Macroecology, Macroevolution, Biogeography, Biodiversity Conservation
	Ignacio Quintero Graduate Student (Ph.D.) ignacio.quintero@yale.edu Phone: +1 (203) 285-9464 Website	Diversification, Macroevolution, Systematics, Phylogeography, Biogeography

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

Map of Life
		Area of Interest
	Michelle Duong Project Manager 165 Prospect Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06511 michelle.duong@yale.edu Website	Biodiversity, conservation, ecology
	Julie Hart Data and Outreach Coordinator julie.hart@yale.edu Website
	Jeremy Malczyk Sr Software Engineer 165 Prospect St, New Haven, CT 06511-8934 jeremy.malczyk@yale.edu Phone: +1 (203) 432-1597 Website	Lead Developer, Jetz Lab, Map of Life
	Kira McCall Research Assistant kira.mccall@yale.edu Website
	Ajay Ranipeta Software Engineer 165 Prospect St, New Haven, CT 06511-8934 ajay.ranipeta@yale.edu Phone: +1 (203) 432-1597 Website	Biodiversity, spatial, ecology, mapping and data analysis
	Michael Torselli Research Assistant michael.torselli@yale.edu Website
	Luis Villanueva-Rivera Research Associate 2 165 Prospect St, New Haven, CT 06511-8934 luis.villanueva-rivera@yale.edu Website	Biodiversity, spatial, ecology, ecoinformatics, mapping and data analysis
	Caitlin Wolters Web Developer caitlin.wolters@yale.edu Website

Visitor
		Area of Interest
	Diego Ellis Soto Visiting Research Scholar 165 Prospect St, New Haven, CT 06511-8934 diego.ellissoto@yale.edu Phone: +1 (203) 432-1597 Website	Movement ecology, island biogeography, tropical biodiversity, eco-informatics
	Pamela Gonzalez del Pliego, PhD Visiting Research Scholar pgonzalezdelpliego@gmail.com Website
	Dan Greenberg Visiting PhD Student dgreebe@sfu.ca Website	Macroevolution, conservation

Former Lab Visitor
		Area of Interest
	Renqiang Li Research Scholar renqiangli@igsnrr.ac.cn Website
	Claire Baldeck Visitor cabaldeck@gmail.com Website	Species distribution modeling, conservation biogeography, tropics
	Tessa Adler Undergraduate Researcher tessa.adler@yale.edu Website	I'm interested in scientific writing, marine biology, conservation biology, and ecosystem ecology.
	Giuseppe Amatulli Research Scientist 165 Prospect St, New Haven, CT 06511-8934 giuseppe.amatulli@yale.edu Phone: +1 (203) 432-1597 Website
	Shalila de Bourmont Student Employee 246 Church St, New Haven, CT 06510-1703 shalila.debourmont@yale.edu Website	I'm interested in the intersection between ecology and human health.
	Mario Ribeiro de Moura Visiting Assistant in Research mario.moura@yale.edu Website	Biodiversity, macroecology, conservation biogeography, species distribution models, spatial ecology
	Drew Robinett Undergraduate Researcher drew.robinett@yale.edu Website	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.
	Christopher Trisos Postdoctoral Associate ctrisos@sesync.org Website	Macroecology, Macroevolution

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