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Name E-Mail Address Specialty Research Locations Other Expertise
         
Staff Scientists        
Ambrose, Barbara   bambrose@nybg.org  plant genomics, morphology and development     
Balick, Michael J.  mbalick@nybg.org  Arecaeae (Palm family)  Belize, Micronesia, neotropics  Ethnobotany, poisonous plants 
Boom, Brian M.  bboom@nybg.org  Neotropical systematic and economic botany; Rubiaceae; forest inventories  neotropics   
Brenner, Eric D.  ebrenner@nybg.org  Gymnosperm genomics     
Buck, William R.  bbuck@nybg.org  Pleurocarpus mosses  worldwide   
Campbell, Lisa M.  lcampbell@nybg,org  Systematics; Anatomy of Xyridaceae  North America; Venezuela, particularly the Guayana region  Poales 
Daly, Douglas C.  ddaly@nybg.org  Burseraceae (frankincense family)  Neotropics (especially Amazonian Brazil), Mexico, Madagascar, New Guinea, Vietnam  leaf architecture, tree identification, floristics of Amazonia, economic botany, certification of managed tropical forests 
Halling, Roy E.  rhalling@nybg.org  Agaricales and Boletales (mushrooms, puffballs and related groups)  Worldwide  poisonous fungi 
Henderson, Andrew J.  ahenderson@nybg.org  Arecaeae (Palm family)  South Asia, Central America, Caribbean, South America   
Holmgren, Noel   nholmgren@nybg.org  Intermountain Flora  North America, Venezuela  Scrophulariaceae (Beard Tongue family) 
Holmgren, Patricia   pholmgren@nybg.org  Intermountain Flora  North America   
Kallunki, Jacquelyn A.  jkallunki@nybg.org  Rutaceae (Orange family)  neotropics   
Karol, Kenneth   kkarol@nybg.org  Green Algal Systematics and Evolution (Charales)   Worldwide  Organellar Genome Evolution 
Kelly, Lawrence M.  lkelly@nybg.org  Aristolochiaceae (Birthwort family), Symplocaceae (Sweetleaf family), Saurauia (Actinidiaceae; Kiwi family)  neotropics, worldwide   
Litt, Amy   alitt@nybg.org  plant genomics; floral morphology and development    Vochysiaceae 
Little, Damon P.  dlittle@nybg.org  Gymnosperms and Bioinformatics  North America, worldwide   
Michelangeli, Fabian A.  fabian@nybg.org  Melastomataceae  neotropics  ant-plant interactions 
Mickel, John T.  jmickel@nybg.org  Pteridophytes (Ferns and related groups)  Mexico, North America   
Miller, James S.  jmiller@nybg.org  Systematics of Boraginaceae, Flora of Madagascar  Latin America, Africa, Madagascar  Natural products research 
Moran, Robbin C.  rmoran@nybg.org  Pteridophytes (Ferns and related groups)  Costa Rica, neotropics, North America   
Mori, Scott A.  smori@nybg.org  Lecythidaceae (Brazil nut family); floristics of the Neotropics but, especially in Amazonia, Guayana, French Guiana, Saba in the Netherlands Antilles, and the Osa Peninsula of Costa Rica.  Neotropics, especially Amazonia and Guayana and in the following countries: Costa Rica, French Guiana, and Saba in the Netherlands Antilles. 

Ecology of lowland rain forest trees.

 
Naczi, Robert F. C.  rnaczi@nybg.org  Floristics of eastern North America, Systematics and ecology of Cyperaceae, Systematics and ecology of Sarraceniaceae  Western Hemisphere 

 

 
Nee, Michael H.  mnee@nybg.org  Solanaceae (Tomato family)  Bolivia, Brazil, neotropics  Cucurbitaceae (Squash family) 
Padoch, Christine   cpadoch@nybg.org  Smallholder resource management in tropics  Amazonia, Southeast Asia   
Pedraza, Paola   ppedraza at nybg.org; paola.pedraza at gmail.com  Systematics of Ericaceae  Central and South America  Andean flora, especially floristics and diversity in paramos and cloud forests. 
Peters, Charles M.  cpeters@nybg.org  Tropical forestry and ecology  Amazonia, Mexico, Indonesia, Myanmar, Vietnam, SW China   
Stevenson, Dennis Wm.  dws@nybg.org  Cycadaceae (Cycad family)  neotropics, worldwide  test 
Thiers, Barbara M.  bthiers@nybg.org  Hepaticae (Liverworts)  neotropics, worldwide   
Thomas, William Wayt  wthomas@nybg.org  Cyperaceae (Sedge family), Simaroubaceae (Tree of Heaven family, and Picramniaceae (Bitter-bush Family)  Brazil (especially the Atlantic coastal forest), neotropics, worldwide  Executive Director, Organization for Flora Neotropica 
Torke, Benjamin   btorke@nybg.org  Leguminosae (bean family); floristics and species diversity in Amazonia  neotropics, especially Brazil   
Zanoni, Thomas A.  tzanoni@nybg.org  Gymnosperms  West Indies   

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Research Associates        
Atha, Daniel  datha@nybg.org  Plants of Belize, the Republic of Georgia and the Northeastern United States; Acalypha subgenus Linostachys     
Cibrian, Angelica  acibrian@nybg.org  Population Genetics  Mexico, Central America, Micronesia  Palms & Cycads, Conservation Genetics, Genomics, and Systematics 
Couvreur, Thomas  tcouvreur@nybg.org  Molecular phylogenetics, biogeography, character evolution, tropical botany, taxonomy of palms and Annonaceae  Neotropics, Africa  GIS, databasing 
Hall, John  jhall@nybg.org  Evolution and systematics of green algae  Global, emphasis on North America   
Harris, Richard  rharris@nybg.org  Lichens  North America, West Indies  lichens worldwide 
Law, Wayne  wlaw@nybg.org  Ethnobotany; Ecology  Micronesia   
Mitchell, John  jmitchell@nybg.org  Anacardiaceae  neotropics, worldwide   
Mohamed, Abeer  amohamed@nybg.org  Molecular mechanisms underlying flower and fruit development     
Porter Morgan, Holly  hpmorgan@nybg.org  Conservation Biology; Geographic Information Systems; Species Distribution Modeling   Neotropics; Worldwide  Pollination Ecology, Chamaedorea (Arecaceae) 
Schulz, Christian  cschulz@nybg.org  Systematic and evolution of gymnosperms     
Sewell, Matthew  msewell@nybg.org       
Stevens, Hannah  hstevens@nybg.org 

Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Conservation Biology

 

Amazonia; worldwide

 

 

 
Vandebroek, Ina  ivandebroek@nybg.org  Ethnobotany of Neotropical medicinal plants   Bolivia, Dominican Republic   Community outreach and extension activities  

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Graduate Students        
Ahmad, Amna  aahmad@nybg.org  Molecular and morphological systematics of Hymenocallis (Amaryllidaceae)     
Ahmed, Selena  selenaceae@gmail.com 

Biocultural diversity

 

Mountains of Southwest China

 

Tea (section Thea of Camellia)

 
Bletter, Nat  nbletter@yahoo.com  Quantitative Cross-Cultural Medical Ethnobotany of Peru and Mali  Peru, Mali, Guatemala, Northeastern US  Chocolate/Cacao, Invasive plants 
Campos, Marina  marina.campos@yale.edu  Amazonian ethnobotany     
Coffey, Kevin  kcoffey@nybg.org  Plant genetic resource patterns in human-dominated landscapes in Thailand     
Cole, Ian  icole@nybg.org  Plant phytochemistry    Tissue culture 
Crawley, Karen  kcrawley@nybg.org  Reproductive health and medicinal plants used by Neotropical women     
De Gezelle, Jillian  jdegezelle@nybg.org  Medical Ethnobotany  Belize, neotropics  Maya ethnomedicine, reproductive health 
Doyle, Vinson  vdoyle@nybg.org  endophytic fungi     
Geiselman, Cullen  cgeiselman@nybg.org  Biology of bat-pollinated plants     
Gordon, Jeffrey  jeffgordon@nybg.org  Genomics of viral resistance in Tomato     
Hawken, Iona  iona.hawken@yale.edu  Forest products and land use in Amazonia     
Huang, YaYi  yhuang@nybg.org  Phylogenetic relationships in the Lecythidaceae     
Huish, Ryan  rhuish@nybg.org  Population ecology/genetics, conservation biology, ethnobotany  South Pacific (Fiji and Tonga)  Santalum yasi (Santalaceae) 
Jeanson, Marc  mjeanson@nybg.org  Arecaceae (Palm family)  Malaysia-Indochina-Indonesia   
Kitalong, Christopher  ckitalong@nybg.org  Ethnobotany     
Kriebel, Ricardo  rkriebel@nybg.org  Systematics of Melastomataceae     
Lendemer, James  jlendemer@nybg.org  Lichens and lichenicolous fungi; especially Lepraria  

North America, Chile. 

Dichanthelium dichotomum group (Poaceae). 
McClelland, Donald  dmcclelland@nybg.org  Systematics of Solanum     
McGinty, Meghan  mmm2196@columbia.edu  Ecology of Brazilian Atlantic Coastal forests     
Meyer, Rachel  rmeyer@nybg.org  Ethnobotany and Systematics of eggplant     
Offringa, Lisa  loffringa@nybg.org  Ethnobotany     
Osmundson, Todd  tosmundson@nybg.org  Fungi (Agaricales)     
Pabon-Mora, Natalia  npabon-mora@nybg.org  Floral development, systematics  Neotropics   
Perez, William  wperez@nybg.org  Systematics of green algae     
Piotto, Daniel  daniel.piotto@yale.edu  Forest dynamics in the tropics, restoration ecology, rural development  Atlantic Coastal Forest of Southern Bahia, Brazil   
Putzel, Louis  lputzel@nybg.org  Global timber markets and forest management  Peruvian Amazon, China  Conflict resolution  
Roberts, Andrew  aroberts@nybg.org  Natural resource management by small farmers; landscape history  Cambodia   
Sundue, Michael  msundue@nybg.org  Systematics of ferns and lycophytes  Tropical montane forests of the Americas   
Tipton, Camille  ctipton@nybg.org  Huaorani (a recently-contacted tribe of the Ecuadorian Amazon) use of medicinal plants to treat introduced disease      
Vasco, Alejandra  avasco@nybg.org  Systematics of the fern genus Elaphoglossum (Dryopteridaceae)  Cloud Forests and Páramos of the Neotropics  Systematics of Neotropical Ferns and Lycophytes 


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