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…
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 Gautam Surya is a scientist with the Wildlife Conservation Society, working on a variety of climate adaptation and conservation planning projects around the world (e.g. Afghanistan, Cameroon,…
Dr M. Caitlin Fisher-Reid is a biologist at Bridgewater State University. The Prospect Park BioBlitz will be her seventh Macaulay BioBlitz. Caitlin says, “I am a herpetologist, someone…
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