Research Staff

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Rachael Auer

Research Scientist I
Ecology Technician, Litvak Lab

she/her
Email: 
rauer@unm.edu
Phone: 
505-277-8685
Office: 
CAST 137

Duty Area/s:

Research

Specific Duties:

  • Conduct and oversee ecology surveys at Dr. Litvak's NMEG sites

Melissa (Missy) Bacigalupa

Photo: Melissa (Missy)  Bacigalupa

Program Manager, Sevilleta LTER
MS Student

she/her
Email: 
mbacigalupa@unm.edu
Phone: 
505-980-4598
Office: 
CERIA 310

Duty Area/s:

Research

Sara Brant

Photo: Sara Brant

Senior Collection Manager, Division of Parasites, Museum of Southwestern Biology
Research Assistant Professor

Email: 
sbrant@unm.edu
Phone: 
505-277-8171
Office: 
CERIA 105, CAST 2480, Lab: CAST 2468

Duty Area/s:

Accounting , Administration , Facilities , IT , Research

Specific Duties:

  • Manages and cares for the parasite collection at MSB
  • Staff and student management

Mariel Campbell

Photo: Mariel Campbell

Collection Manager, Division of Genomic Resources, Museum of Southwestern Biology

She/her
Email: 
campmlc@unm.edu
Phone: 
505-277-7808
Office: 
CERIA 326

Duty Area/s:

Accounting , Administration , Facilities , IT , Research

Specific Duties:

  • Manages the frozen tissue and DNA natural history genomics collection at MSB in support of research and education

Yvonne Chauvin

Photo: Yvonne Chauvin

Senior Research Tech
Natural Heritage NM, Museum of Southwestern Biology

Email: 
chauvin@unm.edu
Office: 
MARN 220

Duty Area/s:

Research

Sarah Cherne

Field Research Tech

Email: 
chernes@unm.edu
Phone: 
(505) 272-3822
Office: 
MARN 219

Duty Area/s:

Research

Emily S. DeArmon

Senior Collections Manager, Division of Fishes, Museum of Southwestern Biology

Email: 
esdearmon@unm.edu
Phone: 
505-277-6005
Office: 
CERIA 136

Duty Area/s:

Facilities , Research

Specific Duties:

  • Managing and caring for the Southwestern US fishes collection at MSB

Michelle Dent

Research Scientist II
Rudgers Lab

Email: 
dentmich1@unm.edu

Duty Area/s:

Research

Jonathan Dunnum

Photo: Jonathan Dunnum

Senior Collections Manager, Division of Mammals, Museum of Southwestern Biology

he/him/él
Email: 
jldunnum@unm.edu
Phone: 
505-277-9262
Office: 
CERIA Bldg 83, room 248

Duty Area/s:

Accounting , Administration , Facilities , IT , Research , Teaching/Student Support

Specific Duties:

  • Curation and management of the Division of Mammals
  • Field and collection based research on mammals and pathogens
  • Student training

Celina Eberle

Lab Tech
Barrow Lab

Email: 
ceberle17@unm.edu

Duty Area/s:

Facilities , Research

Kim Eichorst

Research Lecturer III
BEMP Science Director

she/her/hers
Email: 
kimde@unm.edu
Office: 
CAST 184

Duty Area/s:

Research , Teaching/Student Support

Harpo Faust

Senior Collections Manager, Herbarium, Museum of Southwestern Biology

Email: 
harpofaust@unm.edu
Phone: 
505-277-3781
Office: 
CERIA 252

Duty Area/s:

Research

J. Tomasz Giermakowski

Photo: J. Tomasz Giermakowski

Senior Collections Manager, Division of Amphibians and Reptiles, Museum of Southwestern Biology

Email: 
tomas@unm.edu
Phone: 
505-277-5130
Office: 
CERIA 140

Duty Area/s:

Accounting , Facilities , IT , Research

Specific Duties:

  • Manages and cares for the amphibian and reptile collection at MSB
  • Maintains the liquid nitrogen production system at MSB

Kelsey Gilbert

Lab Animal Tech 1

Email: 
ekgilbert22@unm.edu
Office: 
CAST 005

Duty Area/s:

Facilities , Research

Corrie Gonzalez (Reasner)

Photo: Corrie Gonzalez

GIS Coordinator
Vegetation Ecologist

she/her
Email: 
cdreas88@unm.edu

Duty Area/s:

Research

Specific Duties:

  • Species Distribution Modeling
  • Spatial Data Analysis
  • Vegetation Data Analysis

Marissa Goodwin

Research Scientist III
Hurteau Lab

Email: 
migoodwin@unm.edu
Office: 
CAST 161

Duty Area/s:

Research

Laura Green

Research Scientist II
Hanson Lab

Email: 
lauraelizagreen@unm.edu

Duty Area/s:

Research

Kristofer Hall

Network Analyst III, Sevilleta LTER

he/him
Email: 
khall001@unm.edu
Office: 
CERIA 310

Duty Area/s:

Research

Alesia Hallmark

Operations Manager, Sevilleta Field Station

Email: 
alesiahallmark@unm.edu

Duty Area/s:

Facilities , Research

Jennifer Hathaway

Photo: Jennifer Hathaway

Research Scientist I
Northup Lab

Email: 
jjm@unm.edu
Phone: 
505-277-0653
Office: 
MARN 238, Lab: CAST 1549

Duty Area/s:

Research

Hagar Hecht

Visiting Scholar

Email: 
hhecht@unm.edu
Office: 
CAST 161

Duty Area/s:

Research

Amy Jankowski

Biology Librarian, Centennial Library

she/her
Email: 
ajankowski@unm.edu
Phone: 
505-277-1186
Office: 
Centennial Lib: L166

Duty Area/s:

Research , Teaching/Student Support

Andy Johnson

Photo: Andy Johnson

Senior Collections Manager, Division of Birds, Museum of Southwestern Biology

Email: 
ajohnson@unm.edu
Phone: 
505-277-1359
Office: 
CERIA 249

Duty Area/s:

Research

Specific Duties:

  • Manages and cares for the bird collection at the MSB

Jennifer Kavka

Photo: Jennifer Kavka

Research Administrator, COBRE/CETI
A&S FRSO

Email: 
jekavka@unm.edu
Phone: 
505-277-5508, Fax: 505-277-7234
Office: 
CAST 230

Duty Area/s:

Administration , Research

Rebecca Keeshen

Unit Administrator I, NHNM and MSB

Email: 
rebecca@unm.edu
Phone: 
505-277-3822 Ext. 221
Office: 
MARN 121

Duty Area/s:

Administration , Research

Amanda Kennedy

Research Scientist I
NHNM

Email: 
amandak@unm.edu
Phone: 
505-277-3822 x222
Office: 
MARN 211

Duty Area/s:

Research

Tayli Lam

Photo: Tayli Lam

Department Administrator, R-3

Email: 
tlam@unm.edu
Phone: 
505-277-1794
Office: 
CAST 178

Duty Area/s:

Administration

Specific Duties:

  • Administration
  • Finance
  • HR
  • General Inquiries

Jade Lawrence

Senior Research Scientist I

Email: 
jlawrence1@unm.edu

Matt Leister

Research Lecturer II
BEMP Science Director

he/him
Email: 
mleister@unm.edu
Office: 
CAST 184, Lab: CAST 1524, Field Office: 1526

David Lightfoot

Photo: David  Lightfoot

Senior Collection Manager, Division of Arthropods, Museum of Southwestern Biology

Email: 
dlightfo@unm.edu
Phone: 
505-277-4225
Office: 
CERIA 216

Duty Area/s:

Research

Specific Duties:

  • Arthropod research collection management and insect taxonomy and ecology research

Manuela Londono Gaviria

Research Scientist II
Webster Lab

Email: 
mlondono@unm.edu

Duty Area/s:

Research

Lijun Lu

Research Tech
Loker Lab

Email: 
lijun80@unm.edu

Duty Area/s:

Research

Jason Malaney

Biosciences Curator, NM Museum of Natural History
Associate Curator, Mammals Division, MSB

Email: 
jmalaney@unm.edu

Duty Area/s:

Administration , Research

Anejelique Martinez

Research Tech
Newsome Lab

Email: 
anejeliquem@unm.edu

Grace McCartha

Research Scientist I - NHNM

Email: 
gmccartha@unm.edu
Phone: 
505-277-3822
Office: 
MARN 221

Duty Area/s:

Research

Jade McLellan

Research Scientist I
Rudgers Lab

she/her
Email: 
jmclellan@unm.edu

Duty Area/s:

Research

Specific Duties:

  • Sevilleta LTER, Long-Term Bee Monitoring Program

Jade McLellan

Research Scientist I, Sevilleta LTER

she/her
Email: 
jmclellan@unm.edu

Elizabeth Milford

Photo: Elizabeth  Milford

Sr. Research Scientist I
Riparian Ecologist

She/her
Email: 
emilford@unm.edu
Phone: 
(505) 277-3822 x227
Office: 
Marron 220

Duty Area/s:

Research

Specific Duties:

  • Co-PI on multiple riparian research and monitoring projects primarily focused on wetland assessment, riparian vegetation monitoring and vegetation mapping

Kerri Neely

Research Scientist III

Email: 
kneely@unm.edu
Office: 
Castetter 257

Duty Area/s:

Research

Wesley Noe

Photo: Wesley Noe

Coordinator, Lecture Demonstration
Greenhouse Facilities Manager

He/they
Email: 
wnoe@unm.edu
Office: 
CAST 3413

Duty Area/s:

Facilities

Richard Norwood

Photo: Richard Norwood

Systems/Network Analyst 3

Email: 
rinorwood@unm.edu
Phone: 
505-277-3822 Ext. 225
Office: 
MARN 114

Duty Area/s:

IT , Research

Christopher O'Connor

Lab Tech
Webster Lab

they/them
Email: 
cjoconnor@unm.edu
Office: 
CAST 1540

Duty Area/s:

Facilities , Research

Adrienne Raniszewski

Collections Associate, Division of Mammals, Museum of Southwestern Biology

Email: 
aranis@unm.edu
Phone: 
505-277-5369
Office: 
CERIA 251

Duty Area/s:

Research

Emily Reynebeau

Photo: Emily Reynebeau

Research Scientist
PhD Student

She/her
Email: 
ereynebeau@unm.edu
Phone: 
479-313-5584
Office: 
Castetter 3548

Duty Area/s:

Research

Specific Duties:

  • Lab and field technician in the Takacs-Vesbach lab

Angela Salazar

Administrative Assistant III, CETI, Kava

Email: 
amsalaz@unm.edu
Phone: 
505-277-0558
Office: 
CAST 2424

Duty Area/s:

Administration , Research

Melissa Sanchez

Senior Research Scientist II
Molecular Biology Facility Manager

Email: 
melissa3@unm.edu
Phone: 
505-277-4278
Office: 
CAST 229

Duty Area/s:

Administration , Research

Bryanna Saxton

Technical Lab Coordinator

she/her
Email: 
bsaxton@unm.edu
Office: 
CAST 261

Duty Area/s:

Research

Mark Sheehan

Field Research Tech
Rudgers Lab

Email: 
mcsheeha@unm.edu

Duty Area/s:

Research

Amy Urbanovsky

Photo: Amy Urbanovsky

Research Tech, Natural Heritage NM, Museum of Southwestern Biology

Email: 
aurbanovsky@unm.edu
Phone: 
505-277-3822 Ext. 229
Office: 
MARN 219

Duty Area/s:

Research

Ernest Valdez

Research Wildlife Biologist, USGS

Email: 
ernie@unm.edu
Phone: 
505-277-0566
Office: 
CAST 105

Duty Area/s:

Research

Melissa Villatoro Castaneda

Photo: Melissa Villatoro Castaneda

Research Scientist III
Rudgers Lab

Email: 
melvc20@unm.edu

Duty Area/s:

Research

Dani Wiley

Photo: Dani Wiley

Research Scientist I
Barrow Lab

she/her
Email: 
dwiley7@unm.edu
Office: 
CAST 202

Duty Area/s:

Research

Ara Winter

Research Scientist III, BEMP

Email: 
akooser@unm.edu
Office: 
CAST 184

Duty Area/s:

Research

Purbendra Yogi

Photo: Purbendra Yogi

Field Research Tech
Rudgers Lab

Email: 
yogip@unm.edu
Office: 
CAST 251, 265

Duty Area/s:

Research