How to contact/find out more about members of the Biosystematists (NOTE: This page is under construction)

Institution	Email Address	Research/Professional Interests
California Academy of Sciences
Fisher, Brian L	bfisher at calacademy.org	Systematics, biodiversity, biogeography and evolution of ants.
Fritsch, Peter W.	pfritsch at mail.calacademy.org	Systematics, phylogeny, molecular systematics, biogeography, evolution of plant breeding systems, evolution of plant/insect interactions; land plants: angiosperms: ebenales, Styracaceae (storax family)
Ghiselin, Michael	mghiselin at calacademy.org	History of Science
Hope, Sylvia	shope at calacademy.org	Palaeornithology, basal systematics of Neornithes, behavior and systematics of Corvidae; Aves (birds), fossil birds (mesozoic and early Tertiary), Corvids (extant)
Jameson, David L.	djameson at calacademy.org	Molecular Systematics; Biology of Amphibians; Preservation of Open Space
Kavanaugh, David H.	dkavanaugh at calacademy.org	Systematics, biogeography, evolution, montane environments; Insecta, Coleoptera, Carabidae and Amphizoidae
California State University, Hayward
Steele, Kelly P.	ksteele at gauss.sci.csuhayward.edu	Systematics and evolution of tribe Trifolieae (Fabaceae)
California State University, Sacramento
Brittan, Martin R.	brittanm at saclink.csus.edu	Biosystematics, evolution, biogeography, aquatic ecology, ichthyology, fisheries biology; fishes in general, but especially freshwater fishes, specialist in southeastern Asiatic freshwater fishes, in particular Rasbora, Danio, and related genera
Kerster, Harold W.	kersterh at saclink2.csus.edu	Genecology, variance in environmental fitness, neighborhood size, mathematical population genetics; flowering plants, herps
Shepard, William D.	william.shepard at csus.edu	Systematics of Coleoptera: Elmidae, Dryopidae, Psephenidae
San Francisco State University
Bernstein, R. L.	rbernste at sfsu.edu	Genomics, DNA informatics, computer analysis and simulations
Desjardin, Dennis E.	ded at sfsu.edu	Systematics, fungal evolution, esp. tropical mushrooms and their allies (Basidiomycetes, Agaricales)
Patterson, Bob	patters at sfsu.edu	Systematics, phylogeny, biogeography and floristics, botany; Polemoniaceae, Hydrophyllaceae, Goodeniaceae
Masta, Susan	smasta at sfsu.edu	Phylogenetics, population genetics, molecular evolution, phylogeography, evolution on islands, esp. with spiders and toads
Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park
Rank, Nathan	rank at sonoma.edu	The effects of ecological factors (i.e., natural enemies) on plant-insect herbivore interactions., biochemical adaptation in montane insects and in the biogeography of predator-prey interactions; leaf beetles (family Chrysomelidae, subfamily Chrysomelinae), willows (Salix spp.) and poplars (Populus spp.), the host plants of the leaf beetles (Salicaceae, willow family), trap-nesting wasps (genus Symmorphus, Eumeninae) that specialize on leaf beetles, hover flies (genus Parasyrphus, family Syrphidae) that also specialize on leaf beetles
James, Matthew J.	matt.james at sonoma.edu	Paleontology (marine mollusks), conservation (all aspects), and history (particularly the 1905-06 California Academy of Sciences expedition) of the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.
Whitkus, Richard	whitkus at sonoma.edu	Systematics and evolutionary genetics of plants; molecular marker applications.
Stanford University, Palo Alto
Ackerly, David	dackerly at stanford.edu	Comparative evolutionary ecology, phylogeny and ecology, chaparral ecology, tropical forest ecology
van Tuinen, Marcel	mvtuinen at stanford.edu	avian molecular systematics, specifically ratite and flamingo phylogeny avian biogeography, molecular clocks, neornithine fossil record, holocene fossil record of yellowstone birds, evolutionary ecology, effect of climate change on population and community structure
University of California, Berkeley
Baldwin, Bruce G.	bbaldwin at uclink4.berkeley.edu	Plant systematics, evolution, cytogenetics, molecular systematics, phylogenetics, biogeography, molecular evolution, diversification, adaptive radiation, of angiosperms, especially Compositae/Asteraceae (particularly subtribe Madiinae - the California tarweeds and Hawaiian silversword alliance)
Barr, Cheryl B.	cbarr at nature.berkeley.edu	Taxonomy, geographic distribution, habitat preferences; Insecta: Coleoptera: aquatic Dryopoidea: Elmidae, Dryopidae, Psephenidae, Lutrochidae, Eulichadidae, aquatic dryopoid beetles, riffle beetles
Conroy, Chris	ondatra at socrates.berkeley.edu	Systematics of mammals, particularly murid rodents. Biogeography, phylogeography of western North America, Alaska and Beringia. Co-speciation between mammals and viruses. Natural history collection curation.
Gershwin, Lisa-ann	gershwin at socrates.berkeley.edu	Systematics of pelagic cnidarians (Cubozoa, Hydrozoa, Scyphozoa) and ctenophores, evolution, biogeography, developmental biology, natural history, ecology, toxinology, invasive species, morphology, and genomics
Hickman, Carole S.	caroleh at socrates.berkeley.edu	Analysis of form in living and fossil organisms; theoretical, constructional, evolutionary, and developmental morphology; evolution of development; molluscan systematics and biogeography; larval biology; mechanics of gastropod suspension feeding; functional morphology of the gastropod radula; hydrothermal vent mollusks; chemosymbosis; biomineralization; adaptations on tropical oceanic islands; evolutionary radiation, extinction, and conservation of tree snails.
Johnson, Ned K.	neddo at socrates.berkeley.edu	Systematics, population genetics, hybridization, reproductive isolating mechanisms, biogeography; birds especially those of the New World
Kaplan, Donald R.	kaplandr at nature.berkeley.edu	General plant morphology; entire plant kingdom, especially vascular plants
Lidicker, William Z., Jr.	lidicker at socrates.berkeley.edu	Evolution and systematics of mammals, population biology including population genetics, population dynamics, social behavior, community ecology, landscape ecology, philosophy and history of science; mammals, vertebrates
Mishler, Brent	bmishler at socrates.berkeley.edu	Theory of systematics; phylogenetic reconstruction using both molcules and morphology; evolution of green plants; phylogenetic systematics of mosses (especially the families Pottiaceae and Calymperaceae); Green plants, bryophytes, mosses
Powell, Jerry A.	powellj at nature.berkeley.edu	Insecta, Lepidoptera, Tortricidae and other microlep families; microlepidoptera biologies; insect-plant relationships; Lepidoptera larval food plants; biodiversity inventory; systematics
Smith, Alan R.	arsmith at uclink4.berkeley.edu	Phylogeny of pteridophytes and of the families Polypodiaceae and Grammitidaceae, floristics of Mexican, Venezuelan, and Bolivian ferns and allies, monographic studies in Thelypteridaceae, Grammitidaceae, biogeography of ferns; Pteridophyta: ferns and fern allies
Strother, John L.	strother at uclink4.berkeley.edu	Taxonomy, monography, floristics, nomenclature; Compositae, composites
Wake, David B.	wakelab at uclink4.berkeley.edu	Systematics, functional, developmental and evolutionary morphology, geographical ecology, biogeography, phylogenetics, molecular and morphological approaches to evolution; Amphibia, anura and Caudata, especially Plethodontidae
Lawrence Berkeley Labs
Jeffrey Boore	jlboore at lbl.gov	Genomics
University of California, Davis
Carlson, Sandy	carlson at geology.ucdavis.edu	Phylogenetic systematics, evolutionary paleobiology, functional morphology, especially Brachiopods (Brachiopoda), lophophorates, marine invertebrates - fossil and Recent
Cranston, Peter	pscranston at ucdavis.edu	Systematics, ecology and biogeography of aquatic insects, particularly the Chironomidae (non-biting midges).
Dean, Ellen	eadean at ucdavis.edu	Systematics of Lycianthes (Solanaceae), ethnobotany
Gullan, Penny J.	pjgullan at ucdavis.edu	Systematics and biology of scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea), especially soft scales, eriococcids, margarodids and mealybugs; ant-coccoid interactions; insect-plant interactions involving sap-sucking insects, especially gall-inducing taxa.
Howard, Walter E.	wehoward at ucdavis.edu	wildlife ecology and management
Jones, Andi	awjones at ucdavis.edu	Functional morphology and character evolution in New World monkeys (Primates: Platyrrhini)
Kuzoff, Robert K.	rkkuzoff at ucdavis.edu	Developmental evolution of plants, especially angiosperms; mechanisms of floral diversification; evolutionary theory;phylogenetic theory.
Kimsey, Lynn S.	lskimsey at ucdavis.edu	Phylogeny, biogeography, biodiversity, taxonomy, of Insecta: Hymenoptera, Psocoptera
Nadler, Steve	sanadler at ucdavis.edu	Molecular systematics, host-parasite cophylogeny, genetics of geographic variation; Nematoda (nematodes), parasites
Sanderson, Michael J.	mjsanderson at ucdavis.edu	Evolutionary biology; phylogenetic systematics, especially of angiosperms; molecular systematics; macroevolutionary and phylogenetic theory
Shaffer, H. Bradley	hbshaffer at ucdavis.edu	Molecular systematics, herpetology, intraspecific phylogenetics, qtl mapping and trait analysis; Reptiles and amphibians, particular research emphasis has been on salamanders (family Ambystomatidae), turtles (higher order relationships among families), and on intraspecific phylogenetics of several species of California amphibians, and Australian and U.S. freshwater turtles
Ward, Philip S.	psward at ucdavis.edu	Systematic and evolutionary biology of Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae); ant-plant mutualisms; revisionary taxonomy; social insect biology
California Department of Food & Agriculture, Sacramento
Gaimari, Stephen D.	sgaimari at cdfa.ca.gov	Systematics of Diptera, especially Lauxanioidea (Lauxaniidae, Chamaemyiidae, Celyphidae, Eurychoromyiidae) and Therevidae; phylogenetic relationships, classification, zoological nomenclature, taxonomy, biogeography, and evolution of feeding preferences.
Somerby, Ronald E.	rsomerby at smtp1.cdfa.ca.gov	Taxonomy, systematics, evolution, mimicry; Tenebrionidae (darkling ground beetles), Eleodes, Blapylis, work-related groups, identifications for intercepted examples from agriculture: Lepidoptera, Acarina
Other Affiliation
Fautin, Daphne G.   University of Kansas,    Lawrence	fautin at ukans.edu	Systematics, evolution, biogeography, symbiology, natural history,: Sea anemones
Gerson, Elihu M.   Tremont Research Institute	gerson at ieee.org
Sperling, Felix   University of Alberta	felix.sperling at ualberta.ca	Speciation, molecular systematics, faunal surveys, conservation; Insects, especially Lepidoptera
Withgott, Jay   Freelance science writer	withgott at nasw.org	Evolution, ecology, and conservation biology
Wojciechowski, Martin F.    Arizona State University	mfwojciechowski at asu.edu	Molecular systematics and evolution of plants, especially Fabaceae (legumes), molecular biology and evolution of bacteria, organelles, transposable elements
Zavortink, Thomas J.   University of San Francisco	zavortinkt at usfca.edu	Systematics, biology; Culicidae-mosquitoes, Apoidea-bees