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

Staff
		Area of Interest
	Anna Schuerkmann Program Manager anna.schuerkmann@yale.edu

Research Scientist
		Area of Interest
	Bort Edwards Research Scientist robert.edwards@yale.edu	Diversity and Conservation of Plants
	Charlie Marsh Research Scientist in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology charliem2003@gmail.com	Spatial Ecology; Beta-Diversity; Spatial Scaling; Tropical Ecology; Species Distribution Models
	Jennifer McGowan Research Associate jennifer.mcgowan@yale.edu	Decision-science, systematic conservation planning, spatial prioritization, conservation finance
	Ruth Oliver Associate Research Scientist ruth.oliver@yale.edu	Global Biodiversity, Macroecology, Climate Change, Bioacoustics, Remote Sensing, Machine Learning
	Scott Rinnan Project Manager & Research Scientist scott.rinnan@yale.edu	Population Dynamics, Animal Behavior, Animal Movement, Climate Change, Species Distributions

Postdoctoral Researcher
		Area of Interest
	Douglas Booher Postdoctoral Associate in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology doug.booher@yale.edu	Global Diversity, Geographic Distribution, and Conservation of Ants
	Jeremy Cohen Postdoctoral Associate 165 Prospect St, New Haven, CT, 06511 Jeremy3cohen@gmail.com Website	Spatial modeling
	Fabiola Iannarilli Postdoctoral Associate in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology fabiola.iannarilli@yale.edu	Variation of Animal Distribution and Abundance in Space and Time
	Alexander Killion Incoming Postdoctoral Researcher killion@umich.edu	Biodiversity Conservation, Remote Sensing, Decision-Science, Spatial Prioritization, Transdisciplinarity
	Jussi Mäkinen Postdoctoral Associate in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology jussi.makinen@yale.edu	Spatial Ecology, Statistics and Conservation
	Aurore Maureaud Postdoctoral Associate in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology aurore.maureaud@yale.edu	Marine life and the complexity of ecosystems
	Stefan Pinkert Postdoctoral Associate in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology stefan.pinkert@yale.edu	Diversity, Geographic Distribution, and Conservation of Butterflies
	Emily Sandall Postdoctoral Associate in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology emily.sandall@yale.edu	Functional Morphology and Mechanics, Biodiversity, and Distributional Traits of Dragonflies and Damselflies
	Kevin Winner Postdoctoral Associate in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology kevin.winner@yale.edu	Joint Species Distribution Models, Spatial Models, Point Processes, Machine Learning, Statistical Ecology, Discrete Statistics, Kernel Methods, Metacommunity Dynamics, Abundance Dynamics, Movement Ecology

PhD Student
		Area of Interest
	Ben Carlson PhD Candidate ben.carlson@yale.edu	Movement Ecology, Resource Selection, Remote Sensing, GIS, Informatics, Conservation
	Diego Ellis Soto PhD Student diego.ellissoto@yale.edu	Movement ecology, island biogeography, tropical biodiversity, eco-informatics
	Richard Li PhD Student richard.li.rl839@yale.edu	Urban Ecology, Invasion Ecology, Biogeography, Botany, Ornithology
	Muyang Lu PhD Candidate muyang.lu@yale.edu	Macroecology, Macroevolution, Biogeography, Biodiversity Conservation
	Shubhi Sharma, MSc PhD Student shubham.sharma@duke.edu	Spatial biodiversity science; Statistical ecology; Quantitative ecology

Map of Life
		Area of Interest
	Rob Anderson Post Grad Associate robert.anderson.ra685@yale.edu	Biodiversity, Species Interactions, Mapping, Conservation, Ornithology
	Isabel Del Toro Mijares Postgrad Associate isabel.deltoromijares@yale.edu
	Kalkidan Fekadu Postgraduate Associate kalkidanfekadu.chefira@yale.edu	Remote Sensing and Machine Learning
	Kate Ingenloff Research Associate kathryn.ingenloff@yale.edu	Biodiversity Informatics; Active Advocate for the Development of Open-Access Biodiversity Data and Resource
	Maisha Lucas Postgraduate Associate Maisha.Lucas@yale.edu	Data Analysis, Conservative of Insects, and Environmental Policy
	Julie Pham Software Engineer julie.pham@yale.edu
	Ajay Ranipeta Lead Software Engineer ajay.ranipeta@yale.edu Phone: +1 (203) 432-1597	Biodiversity, Spatial Ecology, Mapping, Data Analysis
	Yanina Sica Data Manager & Research Associate yanina.sica@yale.edu	Biodiversity Conservation, Species Distribution Modelling, Spatial Ecology, Land Use/Land Cover Change Modelling
	Jessica Vigneron Post Grad Associate jessica.vigneron@yale.edu	Cognitive Ecology, Behavioural Ecology, Animal Behaviour, Cognition, Machine Learning, Statistical Modelling, Tropical Ecology, Conservation, Primatology, Mammalogy.
	John Wilshire Software Engineer john.wilshire@yale.edu	Plants, Birds, Ecology and Evolution

Former Postdoc or Graduate Student
		Area of Interest
	Carsten Meyer Former Postdoctoral Researcher carsten.meyer@idiv.de	Group Leader, iDiv, Germany
	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
	Mao-Ning Tuanmu Former Postdoctoral Researcher mntuanmu@gate.sinica.edu.tw	Assistant Research Fellow (tenure-track faculty) - Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
	Holger Kreft Former Postdoctoral Researcher hkreft@uni-goettingen.de	Professor, Faculty of Forest Sciences and Forest Ecology, University of Göttingen
	Lauren Buckley Former Postdoctoral Researcher lbuckley@uw.edu	Associate Professor, University of Washington Seattle
	Adam M. Wilson Former Postdoctoral Researcher adamw@buffalo.edu	Assistant Professor, University of Buffalo
	Dan Rosauer Former Postdoctoral Researcher dan.rosauer@anu.edu.au	Research Fellow, Australian National University, Canberra
	W. Daniel Kissling Former Postdoctoral Researcher W.D.Kissling@uva.nl	Associate Professor of Quantitative Biodiversity Science, University of Amsterdam
	Alison G. Boyer Former Postdoctoral Researcher alison.boyer@utk.edu	Research Assistant Professor, University of Tennessee
	Haibao Ren Former Postdoctoral Researcher renhb@ibcas.ac.cn	Assistant Professor, Chinese Academy of Sciences
	James Watson Former Postdoctoral Researcher james.watson@uq.edu.au	Associate Professor, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
	Frank A La Sorte Former Postdoctoral Researcher fal42@cornell.edu	Research Scientist, The Cornell Lab of Ornithology
	Natalie Cooper Former Postdoctoral Researcher natalie.cooper@nhm.ac.uk	Staff Scientist, Natural History Museum, London
	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 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 marta.jarzyna@yale.edu Phone: +1 (203) 432-1597	Assistant Professor, Ohio State University
	Brett Jesmer Former Postdoctoral Associate brett.jesmer@yale.edu	Assistant Professor, Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation, Virginia Tech
	Petr Keil Former Postdoctoral Researcher petr.keil@yale.edu	Research Fellow, iDiv, Leipzig, Germany
	Colin Mahony colin.mahony@yale.edu	Chief Climatologist, Forest Service, British Columbia, Canada
	Cory Merow Research Scientist 165 Prospect St, New Haven, CT 06511-8934 cory.merow@yale.edu	Assistant Research Professor, U Connecticut
	Katherine Mertes Former Graduate Student (Ph.D.) katherine.mertes@yale.edu	Postdoctoral Staff Associate, Smithsonian Institution
	Ryan Powers Former Postdoctoral Fellow ryan.powers@yale.edu Phone: +1 (778) 997-3646	Remote Sensing & GIS, Biodiversity, Conservation Biology, Landscape Ecology, Geo-visualization and Complex Systems
	Ignacio Quintero Former Graduate Student (Ph.D.) ignacio.quintero@yale.edu Phone: +1 (203) 285-9464	Diversification, Macroevolution, Systematics, Phylogeography, Biogeography
	gabriel.reygondeau Former Research Scientist gabriel.reygondeau@yale.edu	Global Biodiversity, Global Marine Ecosystems, Marine Biogeography, Climate Change
	Mario Ribeiro de Moura Postdoctoral Associate in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology mario.r.moura@yale.edu	Visiting Associate Professor, Federal University of Paraíba, Brazil
	rohan.simkin PhD Student rohan.simkin@yale.edu	Biodiversity, Habitat Loss, Threatened Species, Urban Land-Use Change, Human Health
	Nathan Upham Postdoctoral Associate in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology nathan.upham@yale.edu	Ecological Diversification, Biogeography, Molecular Phylogenetics, Fossil Calibration, Niche Evolution, Spatial Biodiversity
	Erica Stuber Research Scientist in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology erica.stuber@yale.edu	Spatial and Behavioral Ecology, Methods for Assessing Scale-Dependency, Cross-Scale Linkages, Integrated Modeling, Animal 'Personalities'

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

Former Lab Visitor
		Area of Interest
	Claire Baldeck Visitor cabaldeck@gmail.com	Species Distribution mModeling, Conservation Biogeography, Tropics
	Melodie McGeoch melodie.mcgeoch@monash.edu	Ecology, Spatial Ecology, Conservation Biology, Invasion Biology, Protected Areas
	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	Ecology and Human Health Interactions
	Victoria Dombrowik Research Assistant 165 Prospect St, New Haven, CT 06511-8934 victoria.dombrowik@yale.edu	Global Biodiversity, Disease Ecology, GIS, Remote Sensing
	Michelle Duong Former Program Manager 165 Prospect Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06511 michelle.duong@yale.edu	Biodiversity, Conservation, Ecology
	Pamela Gonzalez del Pliego, PhD Visiting Research Scholar pgonzalezdelpliego@gmail.com
	Dan Greenberg Visiting PhD Student dgreebe@sfu.ca	Macroevolution, Conservation
	Julie Hart Data and Outreach Coordinator julie.hart@yale.edu
	Amelia Linett Research Assistant 165 Prospect St, New Haven, CT 06511-8934 amelia.linett@yale.edu	Climate Change, Conservation Ecology, Animal Welfare, Food Policy, Environmental Justice
	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
	Renqiang Li Research Scholar renqiangli@igsnrr.ac.cn
	Drew Robinett Undergraduate Researcher drew.robinett@yale.edu	Conservation Biology, Global Change Ecology, Ornithology, Science Communication
	Robin Sleith Former Research Assistant robin.sleith@yale.edu	PhD student, NY Botanical Garden
	Michael Torselli Research Assistant michael.torselli@yale.edu
	Christopher Trisos Postdoctoral Associate ctrisos@sesync.org	Senior Research Fellow, U Cape Town
	Giuseppe Amatulli Research Scientist 165 Prospect St, New Haven, CT 06511-8934 giuseppe.amatulli@yale.edu Phone: +1 (203) 432-1597
	Caitlin Wolters Front-End Web Developer caitlin.wolters@yale.edu