People

Current lab members

Andy Johnson, Collections Manager for MSB Division of Birds

M.S. University of Alaska 

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Matthew Baumann, MSB Birds Research Associate

M.S. UNM, 2014

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Ethan Linck, MSB Birds Research Associate

Former NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellow, UNM, 2020-2022

Current Assistant Professor, Montana State University 

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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)

LyAndra Lujan, Post-Bac Researcher 2019-2020

B.S. UNM 2019 

Current PhD Student, Institute of Ecology and Evolution at the University of Oregon

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Lisa Barrow, NSF Postdoctoral Fellow 2016-2018

Current Assistant Professor of Biology, UNM & Curator of the Division of Amphibians and Reptiles, Museum of Southwestern Biology

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

Current Postdoctoral Research Associate at Texas Tech University

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Paxton Cruz, Undergraduate Researcher 2017-2018

John Ford, Undergraduate Researcher 2017-2018

Andrea Chavez, UNM M.S. 2016

Wildlife, Fish, and Rare Plants Program Manager for the Cibola National Forest and National Grasslands, U.S. Forest Service 

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Ariel Gaffney, UNM M.S. 2016

Current Forensic Ornithologist at the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Forensics Lab

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Libby Beckman, UNM Ph.D. 2016

Current Staff Curator at the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology at UC Berkeley 

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Natalie Wright, UNM Ph.D. 2015

Current Assistant Professor of Biology, Kenyon College 

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

Current Postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard University

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Spencer Galen, UNM M.S. 2014

Current Assistant Professor at University of Scranton 

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Phred Benham, UNM M.S. 2012

Current Postdoctoral Fellow at the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology at UC Berkeley

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Shane DuBay, UNM M.S. 2012

Current Assistant Professor at the University of Texas, Arlington

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Sabrina McNew, Post-Bac Researcher

Current Assistant Professor, University of Arizona

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Matt Jones, UNM B.S. 2011

Current 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

Current Ph.D. Student, Department of Pathology, UNM

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Laura Pagés-Barceló, Post-Bac Researcher

Current Environmental Educator at the Bosque Ecosystem Monitoring Program 

Stacey Scroggs, UNM B.S. 2009

Current Ph.D. Student, Department of Biology, New Mexico State University

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Doug Whelan, UNM B.S. 2010

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

Current M.S. Student, UNM

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

Current Research Technician at Cancer Research and Treatment Center at UNM

Cole Wolf, UNM B.S. 2014

Current Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Wisconsin-Madison

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

Current Zookeeper at the ABQ Biopark

Gerald Bustos, UNM B.S. 2009

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

Monica Lucero, UNM B.S. 2008

Current Biologist with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Endangered Species 

Matthew O'Donnell, Post-graduate Research Associate

Iris Olivas, UNM B.S. 2013

Current Post-baccalaureate IRTA, Rocky Mountain Laboratories 

Julie Padilla, UNM B.S. 2016

Erika Pohl, UNM B.S. 2013

Current Emergency Veterinarian at Fort Collins Veterinary Emergency & Rehabilitation Hospital

Angelica Portillo, UNM B.S. 2014

Liana Schmader, UNM B.S. 2011

Sarah Marie Sheldon, UNM B.S. 2008

Current M.S. Student at Cal State San Marcos

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

Current Postdoc, UC Berkeley

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Rosie Steinberg, UNM B.S. 2013

Current Ph.D. Candidate at the University of New South Wales, Australia

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Sarah Swiderek, UNM B.S. 2011

Current Family Medicine Resident, UNM School of Medicine

Raymond VanBuskirk, UNM B.S. 2014

Owner and Lead Guide at BRANT Tours; Sales & Marketing Manager at Redstart Birding

Geneva Williams, UNM B.S. 2009

Current Ph.D. Student at Washington University St. Louis

Nicholas R. Wilson, Post-Bac Researcher