Home About Staff Staff Leadership Brandie Smith John and Adrienne Mars Director, Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute Mike Beglinger Director of Facilities, Planning, and Operations Matt Cannella Director of External Affairs Peter Leimgruber Director of Conservation and Science Nikki Mounts Director of Business Operations Tony Barthel Director of Animal Care Annalisa Meyer Director of Brand Management and Communications Animal Care Sciences Staff Bryan Amaral Senior Curator Tony Barthel Director of Animal Care Michael Brown-Palsgrove Curator, Asia Trail and Giant Pandas Sara Hallager Curator of Birds Elizabeth Herrelko Animal Welfare and Research Curator Kenton Kerns Curator, Small Mammal House and Kids' Farm Colleen Lynch Senior Curator, Smithsonian Conservation and Biology Institute Becky Malinsky Curator of Primates Mike Maslanka Senior Nutritionist and Head, Department of Nutrition Science Rick Quintero Curator, Supervisory Life Support Systems and Water Quality Craig Saffoe Curator of Great Cats, Andean Bears and Africa Trail Rebecca Sturniolo Curator, American Trail and Amazonia Donald L. Neiffer Chief Veterinarian Department of Veterinary Medicine Staff Donald L. Neiffer Chief Veterinarian Kelly Helmick Department Head, Senior Veterinarian Smithsonian-Mason School of Conservation Staff Joseph Kolowski Wildlife Ecologist, Graduate and Professional Training Manager Virginia Working Landscapes Staff Amy E.M. Johnson Conservation Biologist and Program Director Erin Shibley Program Coordinator Fellows Bernadette Rigley Conservation Ecologist Jordan Coscia Graduate Fellow, Restoration Ecologist Migratory Birds Staff T. Scott Sillett Research Wildlife Biologist & Center Head Mary Deinlein Bird Conservation/Education Specialist Nathan W. Cooper Research Ecologist Bob Reitsma Research Technician Andy J. Boyce Research Ecologist Ruth Bennett Ecologist Adelyn Hanchette Bird Friendly Outreach Coordinator & Research Assistant Autumn-Lynn Harrison Research Ecologist Alexandra Anderson Quantitative Ecologist Research Associates Nicolas Gatti Postdoctoral Research Fellow Pete Marra Senior Scientist Emeritus Robert Rice Scientist Brandt Ryder Research Scientist Emily Cohen Research Ecologist Jonathon J. Valente Postdoctoral Research Fellow Evan Buechley Postdoctoral Research Fellow Fellows James Mouton Postdoctoral Fellow Fernando G. López Ecologist (Postdoctoral research fellow) Global Health Program Staff Maureen Wanjiku Kamau Veterinary Research Fellow in One Health James Hassell Center for Conservation & Sustainability Staff Alfonso Alonso Center Head, Center for Conservation and Sustainability Ana María Sánchez Cuervo Conservation Biologist Research Associates Anna TC Feistner Research Associate Ximena Velez-Zuazo Managing Director, Center for Conservation and Sustainability Peru Hub Reynaldo Linares-Palomino Managing Director, Peruvian Andes Biodiversity Assessment and Monitoring Program Karim Ledesma Program Coordinator Frank Princée Research Associate Tremaine Gregory Research Associate T. Mitchell (Mitch) Aide Research Associate Farah Carrasco-Rueda Research Associate Milena Fiuza-Diniz Landscape Ecologist James McNamara Research Associate Hadrien Vanthomme Research Associate Jessica Deichmann Research Associate Fellows Fernanda Abra Smithsonian Fellow Center for Conservation Genomics Staff Robert C. Fleischer Research Associate Jesus E. Maldonado Research Geneticist and Acting Center Head Michael G. Campana Computational Genomics Scientist Nancy Rotzel McInerney Biologist, Laboratory Manager Research Associates Elin Videvall Postdoctoral Researcher, Computational Genomics Scientist Jonathan D. Ballou Scientist Emeritus Katherine Ralls Senior Research Zoologist Emerita Anna M. Kearns SIBG Postdoctoral Fellow Paige A. Byerly Postdoctoral Researcher Tammy R. Wilbert Research Associate Klaus-Peter Koepfli Conservation Biologist Natalia A. Prado Postdoctoral Fellow Fellows Lillian D. Parker Predoctoral Fellow E. Emperatriz Gamero Smithsonian Fellow Madeleine Becker Graduate Student Researcher Alyssa Wetterau Graduate Student Researcher Susette Castañeda Rico Postdoctoral Research Fellow Mia Keady Graduate Student Researcher Melissa Ingala Peter Buck and Global Genome Initiative Postdoctoral Fellow Sally L. Bornbusch Microbial Ecologist Anat M. Belasen David H. Smith Conservation Research Postdoctoral Fellow Morgan Maly Graduate Student Researcher Alexandra L. DeCandia Postdoctoral Fellow Conservation Ecology Center Staff Ellen Welti Ecologist Qiongyu Huang Roger and Molly Sit Giant Panda Biologist Kristina J. Anderson-Teixeira Forest Ecologist, Leader of ForestGEO Ecosystems & Climate Program Lacey Hughey Ecologist, Program Coordinator William J. McShea Wildlife Ecologist Katie LaJeunesse Connette International Program Manager Grant M. Connette Ecologist Jared Stabach Research Ecologist Katherine Mertes Research Ecologist Craig Fergus GIS Lab Manager Melissa Songer Conservation Ecologist Tom Akre Research Ecologist and Program Scientist - Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute and Working Land & Seascapes Brigit Rooney Snapshot USA Survey Coordinator Research Associates Valentine Herrmann Research Assistant Justin M. Calabrese Quantitative Ecologist John McEvoy Postdoctoral Research Fellow Wolfgang Dittus Primatologist Iara Lacher Program Lead, Changing Landscapes Initiative Fellows Chris H. Fleming Smithsonian Fellow Ramiro Daniel Crego Postdoctoral Researcher Michael Butler Brown Conservation Science Fellow Jin Xu Postdoctoral Research Fellow Babar Zahoor Postdoctoral Research Fellow Center for Species Survival Staff Mary Hagedorn Senior Research Scientist Budhan S. Pukazhenthi Research Physiologist (Ungulates) Jenny Santiestevan Biorepository Manager Janine Brown Research Physiologist, Endocrinology Laboratory Head Nicole Boisseau Endocrinology Lab Manager Steve Paris Biological Science Technician Nucharin Songsasen Head, Center for Species Survival Pei-Chih Lee Research Biologist Piper Mullins Program Manager, Pan-SI Cryo-Initiative Tricia Rowlison Research Specialist Pierre Comizzoli Research Biologist - Program Officer for Science Jennifer Nagashima Reproductive Biologist Brian Gratwicke Conservation Biologist Adrienne E. Crosier Cheetah Biologist Brian Coyle Program Manager Jonathan E. Kolby Reserach Ecologist Jane Anderson Applied Research Ecologist, Biosecurity Risk Analyst Amanda Liew Applied Research Ecologist Cadhla Firth Applied Research Ecologist Research Associates Jessica Deichmann Research Associate Morgan Bragg Graduate Student Researcher Klaus-Peter Koepfli Conservation Biologist Morgan Maly Graduate Student Researcher Daniela Chavez Fellows Rosana Nogueira de Moraes Senior Research Fellow Alexandra L. DeCandia Postdoctoral Fellow Erika Paulson Postdoctoral Fellow Olga Amelkina Postdoctoral Fellow Jane Braswell Graduate Student Researcher Natalia A. Prado Postdoctoral Fellow Board Member Hal Brierley James “Jim” Dyer Mary Cook Stephanie Cutter Ginni Dreier Geoff Tracy Joan Donner Emeritus Beth Stevens Kenneth "Ken" Lore Chair Lili Thomas Buffett Angela "Angie" Marriott Emeritus James Coss James "Jim" Dinegar Adrienne B. Mars Emeritus Nels B. Olson Susan A. Mars Vice-Chair Ziad S. Ojakli Tori Emerson Barnes Doug Varley Craig Shapiro
