Meet the Team
Leadership
Holger Klinck, Ph.D.John W. Fitzpatrick Director
- Laurel B. Symes, Ph.D.
Assistant Director (on sabbatical)
- Larissa S. M. Sugai, Ph.D.
Interim Assistant Director
Administration
- Deborah Cipolla-Dennis
Project Management & Administration
- Janelle L. Hanson
Administrative Assistant
- Ed Moore
Field Operation and Procurement Manager
- Chris Pelkie
Lead Data Management
Staff
- Capt. Fred Channell
Team Member Marine Field Operations
- Patrick T. Chaopricha
Team Member Swift Project
- Russ Charif
Team member, Capacity Building
- Dena J. Clink, Ph.D.
Lead SE Asia Projects
- Cameron Dunn
Team Member, Capacity Building & Digital Engagement
- Bobbi Estabrook
Team Member Elephant Listening Project
- Ben Gottesman, Ph.D.
Capacity Building Co-lead
- Daniela Hedwig, Ph.D.
Lead Elephant Listening Project
- Derek Jaskula
Team Member Marine Field Operations
- Stefan Kahl, Ph.D.
Lead BirdNET Technology
- Raymond Mack
Team Member Rockhopper/Robin
- Isabella Marshall
Research Engineer
- Michael Pitzrick
Team Member Raven Pro
- Dimitri Ponirakis
Team Member Raven-X/Noise Analytics
- Ashakur Rahaman
Lead Engagement Projects
- Kate Reed
Team Member, Raven Workbench
- Aaron Rice, Ph.D.
Lead Marine Projects
- Daniel Salisbury
Team Member Marine Projects
- Chris Tessaglia-Hymes
Team Member Marine Field Operations
- Ben Thomas
Lead Raven Pro Project
- Sophie Trowbridge, DVM
Team Member Elephant Listening Project
- Sha Wang
Team Member Raven Pro
- Connor Wood, Ph.D.
Lead BirdNET Ecology
- Islamiat Abidemi Raji, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
- Eric R. Snyder, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, Marine Research
- Philip Blackman
Raven Team Member, Software Developer
- Caleb Centanni
Graduate Student, Terrestrial Ecology
- Meghan A. Beatty, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Associate, Terrestrial Ecology
- Marie-Ève Clark
Graduate Student, Marine Ecology
- Maria Vasilkin
Software Engineer
Postdoctoral Fellows
- Léa Bouffaut, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Marine Technology
- Rebecca Cohen, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Marine Ecology
- Isla Keesje Davidson, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
- Wendy M. Erb, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Terrestrial Ecology
- Spencer R. Keyser, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Terrestrial Ecology
- Sharon Martinson, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Terrestrial Ecology
- Mickey Pardo, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
- Xavier Raick, Ph.D.
Postdoc, Marine Ecology
- Vijay Ramesh, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Terrestrial Ecology
- Irina Tolkova, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
- Islamiat Abidemi Raji, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
- Eric R. Snyder, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, Marine Research
- Meghan A. Beatty, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Associate, Terrestrial Ecology
Graduate Students
- Andrea Bonilla
Graduate Student, Marine Ecology
- Matthew Duggan
Graduate Student, Marine Ecology
- Heather “Hopper” Galloway
Graduate Student, Marine Ecology
- Marissa Garcia
Graduate Student, Marine Ecology
- Karianne Kapfer
Graduate Student, Marine Ecology
- Marisol Valverde Montellano
Graduate Student, Freshwater Ecology
- Britney Pepper
Graduate Student, Marine Ecology
- Caleb Centanni
Graduate Student, Terrestrial Ecology
Volunteers
- Chris Clark, Ph.D.
Visiting Senior Scientist
- Karolin Klinck
Volunteer
- Liz Rowland
Volunteer
- Yu Shiu, Ph.D.
Volunteer
- Peter Wrege, Ph.D.
Volunteer
