Center for Sonoran Desert Studies

Staff and Research Associates

Staff

  • Debbie Colodner, Ph.D., Director of Education, Center for Sonoran Desert Studies
  • Rodrigo Medellín, Ph.D., Program Director, Conservation and Science - Mexico
  • Karen Krebbs, Conservation Biologist
  • Kim Franklin, Ph.D., Conservation Research Scientist
  • Barbara Yates, Administrative Coordinator
  • Marie Long, Interpretive Program Manager
  • Peggy Larson, Archives Assistant and Librarian
  • Bill Hornbaker, Manager, Digital Library
  • Sonya Norman, Public Programs Coordinator
  • Beth Rice, Reservations Coordinator
  • Amy Orchard, Education Specialist
  • Jesús García, Education Specialist
  • Robin Kropp, Education Specialist
  • Brenda King, Education Specialist

Research Associates

  • Dan Austin, Ph.D., Tucson, Arizona, Society for Economic Botany.
  • Julio Betancourt, Ph.D., U.S. Geological Survey, Tucson, Arizona.
  • Richard C. Brusca, Ph.D., Tucson, Arizona
  • Stephen L. Buchmann, Ph.D. The Pollinator Partnership, San Francisco, California.
  • Alejandro Castellanos Villegas, Ph.D. Universidad de Sonora, Hermosillo, Sonora, México.
  • Thomas R. Van Devender, Ph.D. Tucson, Arizona
  • Mark A. Dimmitt, Ph.D. Tucson, Arizona
  • Lloyd T. Findley, Ph.D. Centro de Investigación en Alimentación y Desarrollo (CIAD), Unidad Guaymas, Sonora, México.
  • Robert Fritz, Ph.D. Vassar College.
  • Sandra Guido. Alianza Para la Sustentabilidad del Noroeste Costero Mexicana (ALCOSTA), Mazatlán, Sinaloa, México.
  • Michael E. Irwin, Ph.D. University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, Illinois.
  • Dr Laura López-Hoffman, Ph.D., University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona.
  • Jose Luis León de la Luz, Ph.D. Centro de Investigaciónes Biológicas del Noroeste (CIBNOR) La Paz, Baja California Sur, México.
  • Francisco Molina Freaner, Ph.D. Instituto de Ecología-UNAM, Unidad Hermosillo, Sonora, México.
  • Wendy Moore, Ph.D. University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona.
  • Cristina Peñalba, Ph.D. Instituto de Ecología-UNAM, Unidad Hermosillo, Sonora, México.
  • M.C. Jesús Sánchez Escalante, Ph.D. Universidad de Sonora, Hermosillo, Sonora, México.
  • Richard Spellenberg, Ph.D. New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico.
  • Billie L. Turner, Ph.D. University of Texas, Austin, Texas.
  • Albert Vanderheiden, Ph.D. Centro de Investigación en Alimentación y Desarrollo (CIAD), Unidad Mazatlán, Sinaloa, México.