Meet the Team
Leadership
Holger Klinck, Ph.D
John W. Fitzpatrick Director
Laurel B. Symes, Ph.D
Assistant Director (on sabbatical)
Academic interests:
• Entomology
• Community Ecology
• Tropical Biology
Larissa S. M. Sugai, Ph.D.
Interim Assistant Director | Capacity Building & Terrestrial Research
Academic interests:
• Tropical Ecology
• Community Ecology
• Biodiversity Science
Research, Teaching and Extension Faculty
Léa Bouffaut, Ph.D
Principal Investigator | Marine Research
Academic interests:
• Distributed Acoustic Sensing
• Sound propagation
• Arctic & sub-Arctic baleen whales
Dena J. Clink, Ph.D.
Principal Investigator | Terrestrial Research
Wendy Erb, Ph.D.
Extension Associate | Capacity Building & Participatory Science
Academic interests:
• Community-based participatory methods
• Social-ecological monitoring
• Primate health and behavior
Daniela Hedwig, Ph.D.
Principal Investigator | Terrestrial Research
Academic interests:
• Terrestrial monitoring
• Vocal communication
• Capacity building
Stefan Kahl, Ph.D.
Principal Investigator | Computational Bioacoustics
Academic interests:
• Computational bioacoustics
• AI-powered sound ID
• Community science
Aaron Rice, Ph.D.
Principal Investigator | Marine Research
Connor Wood, Ph.D
Principal Investigator | Terrestrial Research
Academic interests:
• Quantitative ecology
• Community ecology
• Large-scale terrestrial monitoring
Administration
Deborah Cipolla-DennisProject Management & Administration
- Janelle L. Hanson
Administrative Assistant
- Ed Moore
Field Operation and Procurement Manager
- Chris Pelkie
Lead Data Management
Staff
- Patrick T. Chaopricha
Team Member Swift Project
- Russ Charif
Team member, Capacity Building
- Cameron Dunn
Team Member, Capacity Building & Digital Engagement
- Bobbi Estabrook
Team Member Elephant Listening Project
- Ben Gottesman, Ph.D.
Capacity Building Co-lead
- Derek Jaskula
Team Member Marine Field Operations
- 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
- 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
Postdoctoral Fellows
- Rebecca Cohen, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Marine Ecology
- Isla Keesje Davidson, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
- 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
Graduate Students
- Valeria Aspinall
Graduate Student, Marine Ecology
- Andrea Bonilla
Graduate Student, Marine Ecology
- Isha Bopardikar
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
- Ivonne Kienast
Graduate Student, Terrestrial Ecology
- Ben Mirin
Graduate Student, Ethno-ornithology
- Marisol Valverde Montellano
Graduate Student, Freshwater Ecology
- Elizabeth Ng
Graduate Student, Terrestrial Ecology
- Dawn Parry
Graduate Student, Marine Ecology
- Britney Pepper
Graduate Student, Marine Ecology
- Rylie Strasbaugh
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
