People

Oona Takano, Ph.D. Candidate

M.S. Texas A&M University, 2016

B.S. University of Florida, 2010

Peter Mattison, Ph.D. Student

M.S. Cornell University, 2006

B.A. Cornell University, 2000

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Andy Johnson, Collections Manager for MSB Division of Birds

M.S. University of Alaska

Matthew Baumann, MSB Birds Research Associate

M.S. UNM, 2014

After UNM: Environmental Monitoring Team, Sandia National Labs, Albquerque, NM

Jessie Williamson, MSB Birds Research Associate

PhD, UNM 2022

After UNM: Rose Postdoctoral Fellow, Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

Currently: Assistant Professor, Department of Zoology & Physiology, University of Wyoming

Ethan Linck, MSB Birds Research Associate

Former NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellow, UNM, 2020-2022; Currently: Assistant Professor, Montana State University

Donna Schmitt, MSB Birds Research Associate

Greg Schmitt, MSB Birds Research Associate

Sandy Williams, MSB Birds Research Associate

Selected lab alums

Robert W. Dickerman, Curator Emeritus, MSB Division of Birds, 2007-2015

Benefactor, specimen preparator, mentor, role model (1926-2015)

Kyana Montoya, M.S. 2024

B.S. UNM, 2020

After UNM M.S.: Research Technician, Marchetti Lab, UNM Health Sciences Center

Marialejandra (Malé) Castro Farías, M.S. UNM 2023

B.S. Universidad Central de Venezuela, 2017

Dani Wiley, Research Associate, B.S. UNM 2021

After UNM B.S.: Ph.D. Student, Barrow Amphibian and Reptile Diversity Lab at UNM

Tina Guo, Undergraduate Researcher 2018-2020

LyAndra Lujan, Post-Bac Researcher 2019-2020

B.S. UNM 2019

After UNM: Ph.D., Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Oregon.

Selina Bauernfeind, Post-Bac PREP Fellow 2017-2019

After UNM: Computer Scientist, Los Alamos National Laboratories

Lisa Barrow, NSF Postdoctoral Fellow 2016-2018

After UNM Postdoc: Postdoc, Ohio State Univ.; Assistant Professor & Curator of Amphibians & Reptiles, Museum of Southwestern Biology, UNM

Rosario Marroquin-Flores, Post-bac PREP Fellow 2016-2017

After UNM: PhD, Illinois State University; Postdoc, Texas Tech University; Assistant Professor, James Madison University.

Paxton Cruz, Undergraduate Researcher 2017-2018

John Ford, Undergraduate Researcher 2017-2018

Andrea Chavez, UNM M.S. 2016

After UNM: Wildlife, Fish, and Rare Plants Program Manager for the Cibola National Forest and National Grasslands, U.S. Forest Service, Albuquerque, NM

Ariel Gaffney, UNM M.S. 2016

After UNM: Forensic Ornithologist, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Forensics Lab, Ashland, Oregon.

Libby Beckman, UNM Ph.D. 2016

After UNM: Curator, University of Montana; Curator, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, UC Berkeley; Core Lab Manager, Univ. Alaska-Fairbanks.

Natalie Wright, UNM Ph.D. 2015

After UNM: Postdoc, University of Montana; Associate Professor, Kenyon College.

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C. Jonathan Schmitt, UNM M.S. 2015 & UNM B.S. 2012

After UNM: Ph.D., Harvard University; Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University; Assistant Professor, Eastern New Mexico University, Portales, NM.

Spencer Galen, UNM M.S. 2014

After UNM: Ph.D., Gilder Graduate School of the American Museum of Natural History; Associate Professor, University of Scranton.

Phred Benham, UNM M.S. 2012

After UNM: Ph.D., Univ. Montana; Postdoctoral Fellow, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, UC Berkeley; Assistant Professor, Univ. Alaska-Fairbanks.

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Shane DuBay, UNM M.S. 2012

After UNM: Ph.D., Univ. Chicago; Postdoc Fellow, Univ. Michigan; Assistant Professor, University of Texas, Arlington

Sabrina McNew, Post-Bac Researcher

After UNM: Ph.D., Univ. Utah; Postdoc Fellow, Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology; Assistant Professor, University of Arizona

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Matt Jones, UNM B.S. 2011

After UNM: M.S., Univ. Wyoming; Ph.D., Univ. Montana, Research Associate, USGS Southwest Biological Science Center

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Adrienne Raniszewski, Curatorial Technician, MSB Division of Birds

Current Collections Associate & Staff Coordinator at MSB Division of Mammals

Matt Graus, Post-Bac researcher, UNM B.S. 2009

After UNM B.S.: Ph.D., Department of Pathology, UNM

Laura Pagés-Barceló, Post-Bac Researcher

After UNM: Environmental Educator, Bosque Ecosystem Monitoring Program

Stacey Scroggs, UNM B.S. 2009

After UNM B.S.: Ph.D., Department of Biology, New Mexico State University

Doug Whelan, UNM B.S. 2010

Matthew Segura, UNM B.S. 2014, Post-Bac Researcher

After UNM B.S.: M.S. Student, UNM School of Architecture, Planning, and Design

Sebastian Restrepo-Cruz, UNM B.S. 2015, Post-Bac Researcher

After UNM B.S.: Research Technician at UNM Cancer Research and Treatment Center

Cole Wolf, UNM B.S. 2014

After UNM: Ph.D., Univ. Montana; Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Bethany Abrahamson, UNM M.S. 2014, UNM B.S. 2012

After UNM: Zookeeper at the ABQ Biopark, Albuquerque, NM

Gerald Bustos, UNM B.S. 2009

Jennifer Clark, UNM B.S. 2012, Post-Bac Researcher

Monica Lucero, UNM B.S. 2008

After UNM: Biologist with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Endangered Species Program

Matthew O'Donnell, Post-graduate Research Associate

Iris Olivas, UNM B.S. 2013

After UNM: Post-baccalaureate IRTA, Rocky Mountain Laboratories

Julie Padilla, UNM B.S. 2016

Erika Pohl, UNM B.S. 2013

After UNM: Emergency Veterinarian at Fort Collins Veterinary Emergency & Rehabilitation Hospital

Angelica Portillo, UNM B.S. 2014

Liana Schmader, UNM B.S. 2011

After UNM: Staff at Roadrunner Foodbank, Albuquerque, NM.

Sarah Marie Sheldon, UNM B.S. 2008

After UNM: M.S. Student at Cal State San Marcos

Ashley Smiley, UNM B.S. 2013 and Post-Bac Researcher

After UNM: Ph.D., UC Berkeley, 2025; Current staff member, UC Berkeley