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Biocollections team

People

Center staff and faculty

Leadership

Hojun Song

Hojun Song

Professor and Director of ASU Biocollections
[email protected]
ORCID Profile
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Collections Staff

Jaime Galvez

Jaime Galvez

NEON Sample Preparator
[email protected]
Leslie Landrum

Leslie Landrum

Curator - Emeritus
[email protected]
480-965-4679
Chandra Earl

Chandra Earl

NEON Biodiversity Informatician
[email protected]
ORCID Profile
Scholar Profile
Edward Gilbert

Edward Gilbert

NEON Biodiversity Informatician
[email protected]
ORCID Profile
Scholar Profile
Kelsey Yule

Kelsey Yule

NEON Data Science Specialist
[email protected]
ORCID Profile
Scholar Profile
Matthew Jones

Matthew F. Jones

Associate Curator - Invertebrate, Vertebrate and Trace Fossils
[email protected]
ORCID Profile
Scholar Profile
Azhar Husain

Azhar Husain

NEON Cryo Collections Manager
[email protected]
ORCID Profile
Frauke Ziemmeck

Frauke Ziemmeck

Curatorial Assistant
[email protected]
480-417-0054
Elizabeth Makings

Elizabeth Makings

Collections Manager - Vascular Plants
[email protected]
Kathleen B. Pigg

Kathleen B. Pigg

Curator - Fossil and Extant Plants
[email protected]
480 358 5575
ORCID Profile
Scholar Profile
Frank Bungartz

Frank Bungartz

Collections Manager - Lichens and Digital Data
[email protected]
480-465-0968
Sangmi Lee

Sangmi Lee

Collections Manager - Insects and Mollusks
[email protected]
(480) 727-5977
Jay Taylor

Jay Taylor

Associate Curator - Ornithology
[email protected]
Isabelle Betancourt

Isabelle Betancourt

NEON Invertebrate Collections Manager
[email protected]
Natalie Mastick

Natalie Mastick

Collections Manager - Vertebrates
[email protected]
(602) 543-0254
Laura Steger

Laura Steger

NEON Environmental and Zoological Collections Manager
[email protected]

Affiliated Faculty

Nathan

Nathan Upham

[email protected]
602-496-4541
Krystal Tsosie

Krystal Tsosie

[email protected]
480-727-3143
ORCID Profile
Scholar Profile
Beckett Sterner

Beckett Sterner

[email protected]
480 727 7881
ORCID Profile
Scholar Profile
Matthew Prebus

Matthew Prebus

[email protected]
530-492-2828
ORCID Profile
Scholar Profile
Matthew Jones

Matthew F. Jones

Associate Curator - Invertebrate, Vertebrate and Trace Fossils
[email protected]
ORCID Profile
Scholar Profile

Research Associates

Norm Woodley

Norm Woodley

Bill Warner

Bill Warner

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Albert Thurman

Dale Snyder

Dale Snyder

KC Smith

KC Smith

Fred Skillman

Fred Skillman

Bill Murphy

Bill Murphy

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Bob Johnson

Steve Lingafelter

Steve Lingafelter

David Hawks

David Hawks

Francoise Hartman

Francoise Hartman

Richard Cunningham

Richard Cunningham

Graduate Students

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Annie Weaver-Bryant
Juliet Stromberg
[email protected]
Plant ecology
Brennan Hays
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Cedar Siemann
Matt Jones
[email protected]
Placental mammal evolution
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Eduardo Gutierrez Gomez
Frank Bungartz
[email protected]
Diversity of lichenized fungi
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Emily Baker
Hojun Song
[email protected]
Orthoptera genetics
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Hannah Ivester
Jessie Ebie & Kim Pegram
[email protected]
Pollinator-plant interactions
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Jackson Linde
Hojun Song
[email protected]
Evolution of crickets and katydids
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Joe Stahulak
Tim Linksvayer
[email protected]
Evolution of insect social traits
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Shreya Balla
Kathleen Pigg & Andrew Salywon
[email protected]
Orchid-fungi interactions and science illustration
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Sol Wantz
Hojun Song
[email protected]
Orthoptera systematics

Student Workers/Volunteers

NEON Collections

No active students
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Alexander Fenlon
2023 - present
Anthony Tarlip
Anthony Tarlip
2026 - present
Ava Chavez
Ava Chavez
2026 - present
Ethan Hotelling
Ethan Hotelling
2026 - present
Leodivina Dodoo
Leodivina Dodoo
2024 - present
Rianna Sandoval
Rianna Sandoval
2024 - present
Sophie Galitsky
Sophie Galitsky
2026 - present
Sophie Galitsky
Sophie Galitsky
2026 - present
Ana Castro
Ana Castro
Feb 2020 - May 2022
Cody Smith
Apr 2019 - Mar 2020
Grace Desplanques
Grace Desplanques
Sep 2026 - present
Hannah Ivester
Hannah Ivester
Oct 2024 - present
Jorge Hernandez Sumano
Jul 2024 - May 2025
Sonja Savic
Feb 2021 - May 2022
No active students

Natural History Collections

Ana Sotelo
Ana Sotelo
2025 - present
Andrew Burgess
Andrew Burgess
2025 - present
Avery Kruger
Avery Kruger
2024 - 2025
Camila Naranjo
Camila Naranjo
2025 - present
Case Curtis
Case Curtis
2026 - present
Colten Hannappel
Coleten Hannappel
2026 - present
Erin Idleman
Erin Idleman
2025 - present
Hailey Veronica Bernard
Hailey Veronica Bernard
2026 - present
Irene James
Irene James
2026
Joseph Stahulak
Joseph Stahulak
2026 - present
Marina Marjanovic
Marina Marjanovic
2025 - present
Marvin Flores Espinoza
Marvin Flores Espinoza
2026 - present
Michael Kipersztok
Michael Kipersztok
2025 - 2026
Molly Kummen
Molly Kummen
2026 - present
Natalie Melkonoff
Natalie Melkonoff
2026 - present
Riad Husrieh
Riad Husrieh
2026 - present
Sarah Calcaterra
Sarah Calcaterra
2025 - present
Sarah Collins
Sarah Collins
2025 - present
Sena Alex
Sena Alex
2024 - 2025
Sidney Ashy
Sidney Ashby
2026 - present
Sophia Baitoo
Sophia Baitoo
2026 - present
Zara Farooqui
Zara Farooqui
2026 - present
Zoe Skeens
Zoe Skeens
2026 - present
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Sharzhad Mohammadian
2025 - present
No active students
No active students
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Jack Rodriguez
2026 - present
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Kumari Anubha
2025 - present
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Sebastian Ibrahin
2025 - 2025
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AJ Maser
2024 - present
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Anthony Tarlip
2025 - present
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Ariel Aslan
2026 - present
Arjun Blair
Arjun Blair
2026
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Camryn Bennefield
2026 - present
Jayden Ealy
Jayden Ealy
2025 - 2026
Kaelan McWilliams
Kaelan McWilliams
2025 - 2026
Olivia Soza
Olivia Soza
2025 - present
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Ruby Sotelo Torres
2026 - present
Samuel Robles
Samuel Robles
2025 - 2026
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Sharzhad Mohammadian
2023 - present
Sophie Galitsky
Sophie Galitsky
2025 - present
Suvasini Subbaraman
Suvasini Subbaraman
2025 - 2026
Zach Mock
Zach Mock
2025 - 2026
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