Director

CTR Director: Thomas Smith

Associate Directors

CTR Associate Directors:
Jordan Karubian, Latin America Director
Kevin Njabo, Africa Director
John Pollinger, Conservation Genetics Resource Center Director

Senior Researchers

Brenda Larison - Center for Tropical Research, University of California, Los Angeles
Kristen Ruegg - University of California, Los Angeles and University of California, Santa Cruz

Affliliated Faculty

Anthropology
H. Clark Barrett
Susan Perry
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Biomathematics/David Geffen School of Medicine
Marc Suchard (and Biostatistics and Human Genetics)
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Biostatistics/School of Public Health
Marc Suchard (and Biomathematics and Human Genetics)
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Center for International Emergency Medicine
Eric Savitsky
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Center for Society and Genetics
Jessica Lynch Alfaro
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Cotsen Institute of Archaeology
Thomas Wake
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Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (EEB)
Michael Alfaro
Paul Barber
Daniel Blumstein
Martin Cody
Arthur Gibson
Malcolm Gordon
Patricia Gowaty
Gregory Grether
William Hamner
Stephen Hubbell
Henry Hespenheide
David Jacobs
Glen MacDonald (and Geography)
Kenneth Nagy
Peter Narins (Steering Committee member and Physiological Science)
Peter Nonacs
Phil Rundel
Lawren Sack
Brad Shaffer
James Lloyd-Smith
Victoria Sork (Steering Committee member)
Charles Taylor
Blaire Van Valkenburgh
Richard Vance
Robert Wayne (Steering Committee member)
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Epidemiology/School of Public Health
Anne Rimoin
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Geography
Judith Carney
Thomas Gillespie (Steering Commitee member)
Glen MacDonald (and EEB)
Gregory Okin
Anthony Orme
Marilyn Raphael
Hartmut Walter
Yongkang Xue
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Graduate School of Education and Information Studies
Walter Allen
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Human Genetics/David Geffen School of Medicine
Marc Suchard (and Biomathematics and Biostatistics)

Institute of the Environment and Sustainability (IoES)
Carl Maida (and School of Dentistry)
Stephanie Pincetl
Brad Shaffer
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Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology
Ann Hirsch
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Physiological Science
Peter Narins (Steering Committee member and EEB)
Barney Schlinger
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Physiology/David Geffen School of Medicine
Alan Grinnell
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Political Science
Michael Ross
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Public Policy
J.R. DeShazo
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School of Dentistry
Carl Maida (and IoES)
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School of Public Health
John D. Clemens - University of California, Los Angeles
Hilary Godwin - University of California, Los Angeles (Steering Commitee member) 
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Urban Planning
Susanna Hecht
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World Arts and Cultures
Allen Roberts (Steering Commitee member)
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Postdoctoral Research Fellows

Trevon Fuller
Ryan Harrigan

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Graduate Students and Research Associates

Shiferaw Asseffa
Gabriela Castañeda
Anthony Chasar
Samantha Cheng
Chris Creese
Emily Curd
Sarah Fernandez
Geoffrey Andrew Fricker
Allison Fritts-Penniman
Keith Gaddis
Princess Gilbert
Qixin He
Sirena Lao
Faith Inman-Narahari
Rachel Johnston
Erica Jones
Lexi Journey
Karen Kapheim
Edward Mitchard
Ranjan Muthukrishnan
Akane Nishimura
Willis Okech Oyugi
Hilton Oyamaguchi
Setal Prabhu
Chelsea Robinson
Colin Rundel
Raul Sedano
Jennifer Sheridan
Basma Sheta
Stephanie Steele
Marisa Tellez
Pamela Thompson
Madeline Tiee
Erin Toffelmier
Camille Yabut
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International Research Associates

Bertin Akpatou - Ivory Coast
Luis Carrasco - Ecuador
Tanga Mbi Chrysantus - Cameroon
Jean Bernard Dongmo - Cameroon
Francis Alemanji Forzi - Cameroon
Juan Freile - Ecuador
Adriana Garmendia - Mexico
Legrand Nono Gonwouo - Cameroon
Jamie Guerra - Ecuador
Jessica Irwin - Canada
Dennis Anye Ndeh - Cameroon
Sergio Nigenda - Mexico
Adán Oliveras de Ita - Mexico
Tatiana Santander - Ecuador
Jean Michel Takuo - Cameroon
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Senior Research Fellows

Arkhat Abzhanov - Harvard University
Donat Agosti - American Museum of Natural History, New York
Allison Alvarado - Center for Tropical Research, University of California, Los Angeles
Douglas E. Alsdorf - Ohio State University
Chris Anderson - Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico
Eric Anderson - University of California, Santa Cruz and Southwest Fisheries Science Center
Nicola Anthony - University of New Orleans
Victoria Arch - Angaza Design
Philippe Auzel - McGill University, Quebec, Canada
Carol Baird - University of California, Berkeley & Cal Alive!
Frank Bayliss - San Francisco State University
Paul Beier - Northern Arizona Unviersity & Nature Conservation Research Center of Ghana
Steven Beissinger - University of California, Berkeley
Elena Berg - Uppsala University, Sweden
Louis Bernatchez - Université Laval, Quebec, Canada
Timothy Bonebrake - University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Camille Bonneaud - Station d'Ecologie Expérimentale du CNRS à Moulis, Saint-Girons, France
Rauri Bowie - University of California, Berkeley
Katrina Brandon - Conservation International
Jeffrey Brawn - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Thomas Brooks - International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
Micheal Bruford - Cardiff University, Wales, United Kingdom
Wolfgang Buermann - University of Leeds, United Kingdom
Paul Bunje - X Prize Foundation
Ryan Calsbeek - Dartmouth College
Scott Carroll - University of California, Davis & Institute for Contemporary Evolution, Davis, California
Jaime Chaves - University of Miami, Florida
Kuei-Chiu Chen - Cornell University
Zac Cheviron - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaigne
Celine Clabaut - Harvard University
Sonya Clegg - Griffith University, Gold Coast Campus, Australia
Edward Connor - San Francisco State University
Anton Cornel - University of California, Davis
Daniela Cusack - University of California, Santa Barbara
Peter Daszak - EcoHealthAlliance
Erick De la Barrera - Centro de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
David F. DeSante - The Institute for Bird Populations
Thomas Dietsch - US Fish and Wildlife Service 
Caroline Dingle - University of Hong Kong
Renata Durães - Tulane University
Roger Fotso - Wildlife Conservation Society, Cameroon
Adam Freedman - Harvard University
Leonida Fusani - University of Ferrara, Italy
Rosemary Gillespie - University of California, Berkeley
Ana Paula Giorgi - Center for Tropical Research, University of California, Los Angeles
Derek Girman - Sonoma State University
Madelyn Glickfeld - University of California, Los Angeles
Mary Katherine (Katy) Gonder - University at Albany, City University of New York
Benoit Goossens - Cardiff University, Wales, United Kingdom and Danau Girang Field Centre, Malaysia
Catherine Graham - State University of New York at Stony Brook
Russell Greenberg - Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center, Washington, D.C.
Antonio Guillén-Servent - Instituto de Ecología, A. C., México
Ali Hamilton – Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History
Alexander (Sandy) Harcourt - University of California, Davis
Alan Harper - Terra Penninsular and Audubon California
Christiane Meyer Healey - University of Massachusetts Amherst
Evon Hekkala - Fordham University
Gregor Hodgson - Reef Check Foundation
Darren Irwin - University of British Columbia, Canada
Piotr Jablonski - Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
Hugh Jones - University of Western Australia
Blaise Kadjo - Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques, CÔte D'Ivoire
Kristine Kaiser - University of California, Riverside
J. Patrick Kelley - University of California, Berkeley
Margaret Kinnaird - Mpala Research Centre, Kenya
Alex Kirschel - Oxford University, United Kingdom
Michael Kohn - Rice University
William Laurance - James Cook University, Australia
Matthew LeBreton - Cameroon
Gretchen Lebuhn -San Francisco State University
Jonathan Levine - University of California, Santa Barbara
Claire Loiseau - Center for Tropical Research, University of California, Los Angeles
Irby Lovette - Cornell University
Jenella Loye - University of California, Davis
Yadvinder Malhi - Oxford University, United Kingdom
Erin Marnocha - University of California Natural Reserve System
Peter Marra - Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center, Washington, D.C.
Michael McColm - Nature & Culture International
John McCormack - Occidental College
Borja Milá - Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Spain
Nadia de Moraes-Barros - Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil
Craig Moritz - Australian National University
John Novembre - University of California, Los Angeles
J. Cully Nordby - University of California, Los Angeles
Tim O'Brien - Mpala Research Centre, Kenya
Matt Orr - University of Oregon
Sonal Pandya - Conservation International
Thomas Parker - San Francisco State University
Jim Patton - University of California, Berkeley
Debra Pires - University of California, Los Angeles
Shauna Price- George Washington University, Washington D.C.
Eduardo Mendoza Ramirez -Centro de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas, Mexico
Deborah Randall - Frankfurt Zoological Society
Mark Reynolds - The Nature Conservancy
Amy Rogers - Pinchot Institute for Conservation, Ecuador
David Romo - Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador
Richard N. Rosomoff - Independent Writer/Researcher
Sassan Saatchi - NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Sharlene Santana - University of Washington
Eduardo Santana Castellón - Universidad de Guadalajara-CUCSUR, Mexico
Chris Schneider - Boston University
Nathalie Seddon - University of Oxford, United Kingdom
Ravinder Sehgal - San Francisco State University
Katy Semple Delaney - National Park Service, Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, California
Brad Shaffer - University of California, Los Angeles
Miles Silman - Wake Forest University
Whendee Silver - University of California, Berkeley
Hans Slabbekoorn - Leiden University, The Netherlands
Greg Spicer - San Francisco State University
Kelly Swing - Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador
Corey E. Tarwater - University of California, Berkeley
Zachary Tchoundjeu - World Agroforestry Centre
Henri Thomassen - University of Tübingen, Germany
Joseph Tobias - University of Oxford, United Kingdom
Gediminas Valkiunas - Vilnius University, Institute of Ecology, Lithuania
Richard VanBuskirk - Pacific University
Ilonka von Lippke - Center for Tropical Research, University of California, Los Angeles
Benjamin Wang - Center for Tropical Research, University of California, Los Angeles
Samuel Wanji - University of Buea, Cameroon
Peter Warshall - Northern Jaguar Project
Paula White - Center for Tropical Research, University of California, Los Angeles
Nathan Wolfe - Stanford University & Global Viral Forecasting Initiative
Xiaoming Xiao - University of Oklahoma
Alex Hon-Tsen Yu - National Taiwan University
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CTR Undergraduate Researchers

CTR Lab Assistants
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Partner Organizations

The Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation
Conservation Genetics Resource Center, UCLA
Conservation International
Danau Girang Field Centre
Earth Protect
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Edward Grey Institute of Field Ornithology
Fundacion Jatun Sacha
Institute for Bird Populations
Institute of the Environment and Sustainability (UCLA)
Instituto Manantlán de Ecología y Conservación de la Biodiversidad, Universidad de Guadalajara-CUCSUR, Mexico
Jatun Sacha Foundation, Ecuador
Mpala Wildlife Foundation
The Nature Conservancy
Organization for Tropical Studies
Point Reyes Bird Observatory
Reef Check Foundation
Terra Peninsular
Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador
Wildlife Conservation Society
World Resources Institute
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Friends of CTR

Virginia Bria
Jennifer Brancato
John Brancato
Joseph Brooks
Jeff Buchbinder
Bertha Burnes
Lisa Fimiani
Lee Cooper
Carol Olson Coote
Garry George
James Keston
Ethel Laczko
John Lobel
Clark Miller
Gary Morris
Margery Nicolson
Larry Wan
Sara Wan

bioME 5 Organics
The Girls in the Vineyard
Noah's Naturals
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Alumni

Connie Clark
Mark Collins
Mark Fogil
Aaron French
Ellen Van Gelder
Denise Hardesty
Kimberly Holbrook
Mari Kimura
John Poulsen
Alex Richard
Don Stauffer
Peg Wade
Ken Whitney
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Administration

Administrative Analyst: Christa Gomez
Administrative Assistant: Joey Yan
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