Christian Liriano is a student at CUNY and a freelance field biologist. His research interests are the habitat ecology/taxonomy of understudied organisms from northeastern North America (e.g., spiders, bryophytes), comparative community and ecosystem ecology of rural/urban systems and general research on the community/ecosystem ecology of aquatic/terrestrial ecosystems.
![Christian Liriano, wearing a dark blue jacket and a backpack, leans on a rock to examine it closely with a magnifier.](https://files.eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3963/2020/08/16005029/Screen-Shot-2020-09-09-at-4.03.54-PM.png)