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My lab focuses on the study of urban microbial communities, and we have lead a national initiative to provide research experiences for undergraduate students in exploring complex microbiomes…
Nickolas Dubin is a Queens-native Naturalist and Queens College Masters Student, with a background in Geology. He teaches both ecology and geology labs at Queens College, and specializes…
I’m Eli, I work on the lichens of the Appalachian Mountains at the New York Botanical Garden.
Chris Kreussling (Flatbush Gardener) is an urban naturalist and avid iNaturalist user (@xris) based in Brooklyn. Aside from their habitat garden, their “local patch” is Prospect Park.
Olga Calderón is a professor of Biology and Microbiology at LaGuardia Community College (CUNY). She received her Ph.D. from the CUNY Graduate School and University Center in Science…
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,…
Zihao Wang is a botanist affiliated with NYC Parks. Zihao says, “As an immigrant to the U.S., observing local nature and identifying plants is my way of making…
Ansel Oommen, CASAC-T, MLS(ASCP)CM is a credentialed alcoholism and substance abuse counselor trainee, horticultural therapist trainee, licensed and board certified medical laboratory scientist, and graduate entomology student studying…
Dr Megan Wilson is an entomologist at Rutgers specializing in termites. She is a member of the Jessica L. Ware Lab at the American Museum of Natural History….
Dr Adrienne Brundage is an Instructional Assistant Professor of Entomology at Texas A&M University. She is an award-winning educator and a board certified forensic entomologist with expertise in…
