Meet the Team

Principal Investigators

Catherine McFadden, Professor 
Harvey Mudd College
Estefania Rodriguez, Associate Curator
American Museum of Natural History
 

Senior Personnel

Andrea Quattrini, Postdoctoral Fellow
Harvey Mudd College (starting Nov 1)
Mercer Brugler, Assistant Professor
NYC College of Technology
Brant Faircloth, Assistant Professor
Louisiana State University

Collaborators

Juan Sanchez, Univ de los Andes
Luisa Duenas, Univ de los Andes
Marcelo Kitahara,  São Paulo Fed. Univ.
Cheryl Morrison, US Geological Survey
Eliot Bush, Harvey Mudd College

Outreach and Education

We will be conducting and participating in numerous outreach events throughout this project. Some of these events will be held at the American Museum of Natural History.

We will  train  several undergraduates in bioinformatics, taxonomy and systematics, and phylogenetics.  Follow our Blog to find out more.

Photo Credits Above: C. McFadden, the  NOAA Okeanos Explorer Program, and the AMNH